This Applied Information Systems Website Privacy Policy is effective on April 2, 2008.
This Applied Information Systems Website Privacy Policy tells you what information Applied Information Systems may collect in connection with your use of www.thinkapplied.com. It also tells you how Applied Information Systems may use such information.
1. Information About Users Applied Information Systems Gathers
The information we gather from users helps us customize and continually improve our Applied Information Systems Websites and your experience using the Applied Information Systems Websites. Our information gathering activities include, but are not limited to the following:
(i) Information You Give Us
We receive and store any information you enter in your member registration form or give us in any other way such as your name, address, phone number, or e-mail address. Information that you provide is used to customize future services for you, to communicate with you regarding the Applied Information Systems Websites and our business, and to help us operate the Applied Information Systems Websites effectively. You may opt out of receiving promotions from Applied Information Systems based on this information by contacting us at , specifying opt-out in the subject line and including your contact information so we may update our records.
(ii) Automatic Information
We receive and store certain types of “automatic information” whenever you interact with us. “Automatic information” is information automatically collected whenever you visit the Applied Information Systems Websites. This information may include your Internet Protocol address, the identity of your Internet service provider, the type of browser that you use, and the date and time of your visit. An Internet Protocol address is a number assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet.
The Applied Information Systems Websites may also use “cookies.” A “cookie” is a small amount of data that is sent to your computer from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. When you initially visit the Applied Information Systems Website, a “cookie” is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We read the cookie each time you visit the Applied Information Systems Website. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if your browser is set to refuse cookies, the Applied Information Systems Websites may not work through your Web browser.
2. Links
There are links to other Websites from the pages of the Applied Information Systems Websites that take you outside of the Applied Information Systems Websites. These policies have no application once you have left the Applied Information Systems Websites, and other Websites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.
3. Aggregate Information
Applied Information Systems may combine the information you provide along with the statistics of your use on the Applied Information Systems Website, including what you view, with information derived from other users to create “aggregate data” that we use internally. This data is also used to operate the Applied Information Systems Website and to customize the Applied Information Systems Websites to deliver a better experience for our users.
4. Quality Assurance/Legal Compliance
Applied Information Systems may record and reproduce information you provide and records created by your use of the Applied Information Systems Websites for quality assurance and technical assistance purposed or for verifying a user’s compliance with this privacy policy or the law.
5. When Applied Information Systems Uses and Shares Information It Receives
We are not in the business of selling user information to others. We do use and share user information; however, in connection with the ordinary operation of our business as described below.
(i) Purpose of Communication
Applied Information Systems may use the information we receive for the purpose of communication with users/potential users and providing them with information about the products and services we offer. For example, the automatic information that we collect from you (such as your Internet Protocol address) may be used to send you or your organization information regarding various Applied Information Systems products and/or services.
(ii) Service and Product Providers
We contract with other product service providers to perform some of the functions relating to the Applied Information Systems Website on our behalf and to provide you some of the goods and services offered through Applied Information Systems business. Our providers will have access to member information only to the extent that it assists them in performing their functions for our users and customers. The ways in which we share information include, but are not limited, to the following:
(iii) Manufacturing Partners
Applied Information Systems partners with manufacturers to better communicate the availability of products and/or services. Applied Information Systems reserves the right to use contact information collected from the Applied Information Systems Websites in coordination with our manufacturing partners to support sales activities, manufacturer programs, and promotions that increase the awareness of products, services and training opportunities available from Applied Information Systems.
(a) Business Transactions
As Applied Information Systems grows its business, Applied Information Systems might sell or buy assets. In such transaction, user information is one of the transferred assets. Also, should Applied Information Systems sell substantially all of its assets or need to liquidate its assets in connect with bankruptcy, information collected from the Applied Information Systems Website will be one of the assets transferred.
(b) Protection of Applied Information Systems and Others
We disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Applied Information Systems’s rights or property, other users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Applied Information Systems may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.
6. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do, we will give you notice of the revised Privacy Policy by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Applied Information Systems Website and by revising the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the current Privacy Policy.
7. Security of My Information
Information transmitted on the Internet and/or stored on systems connect to the Internet is not 100% secure. As a result, we do not ensure, warrant, or guarantee the security or integrity of any information transmitted to us over the Internet or stored on our systems.
8. How You Can Remove Information
You may request that we delete any personal information we may have collected about your (address, phone number, e-mail address, or other registration information, etc.) from our systems by contacting us directly at .
Applied Information Systems respects your right to e-mail privacy and adheres to e-mail best practices for business-to-business communication. We will never sell your membership information or e-mail address to others. You always have the option to unsubscribe or opt out of receiving e-mails from Applied Information Systems at any time.