Active Information Collection
Like many web sites, this site actively collects information from you both by
asking you specific questions and by permitting you to communicate directly
with us via email, feedback forms, and/or chat rooms. Some of the information
that you submit may be personally identifiable information (that is,
information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your full name,
address, email address, phone number, and so on).
Some areas of this site may require you to submit information in order for you
to benefit from the specified features (such as newsletter subscriptions,
tips/pointers, order processing and payment processing) or to participate in a
particular activity (such as sweepstakes or other promotions). You will be
informed at each information collection point what information is required and
what information is optional.
Passive Information Collection
As you navigate through a web site, certain information can be passively
collected (that is, gathered without your actively providing the information)
using various technologies and means, such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses,
cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data collection.
An IP Address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet service
provider so you can access the Internet and is generally considered to be
non-personally identifiable information, because in most cases an IP address is
dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet) rather than static
(unique to a particular user's computer). We use your IP address to diagnose
problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest
route for your computer to use in connecting to our site, and administer and
improve the site.
A "cookie" is a bit of information that a web site sends to your web browser
that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences. This
site use cookies to identify an authenticated user. Cookies are destroyed when
a user logs out of his/her account.
"Persistent" cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on
the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete them.
Persistent cookies store information on your computer for a number of purposes,
such as retrieving certain information you have previously provided (e.g.,
passwords), helping to determine what areas of the web site visitors find most
valuable, and customizing the web site based on your preferences. This site
does not and will not uses persistent cookies.
"Internet tags" (also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs,
and 1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the web site server
information such as the IP address and browser type related to the visitor's
computer. This site currently does not use Internet tags. However, to improve
our services, we may uses Internet tags in the future. Tags may be placed on
both online advertisements that bring people to this site and different pages
of this site. These tags indicate how many times a page is opened and which
information is consulted. When Internet tags are used, we do not collect or
seek personally identifiable information through them.
"Navigational data"("log files", "server logs", and "clickstream" data) are used
for system management, to improve the content of the site, market research
purposes, and to communicate information to visitors. This site uses
navigational data.
Use and Disclosure of Information
Except as otherwise stated, we may use your information to improve the content
of this site, to customize this site to your preferences, to communicate
information to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research
purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
If you provide personally identifiable information to this site, we may combine
such information with other actively collected information unless we specify
otherwise at the point of collection. We will take reasonable measures to
prevent personally identifiable information from being combined with passively
collected information, unless you consent otherwise.
We will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to
do so by law or in the good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on VideophonePro
or this site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of VideophonePro
and its web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal
safety of users of VideophonePro, its web sites, or the public.
Access and Correction
To keep your personally identifiable information accurate, current, and
complete, you can update your information on this web site or contact us as
specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct personally
identifiable information in our possession that you have previously submitted
via this site.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information as
you transmit your information from your computer to our site and to protect
such information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet
transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, email sent to or
from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in
deciding what information you send to us via email. Moreover, where you use
passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this site, it is
your responsibility to safeguard them.
We store your information on a password protected limited access server. We use
128-bit SSL whenever personal identifiable and credit card information is
transmitted between this web site and your browser.
Links to Other Web Sites
This site may contain links or references to other web sites. Please be aware
that we do not control other web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy
Policy does not apply to those web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy
policy of every web site you visit.
About Children
You must be at least 18 years of age to have our permission to use this site.
We will not knowingly collect information from site visitors under age 18. We
encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and
the information they disclose to web sites. If you are the parent or guardian
of a child under 18 years of age and believe that the child has disclosed
personal identifiable information to us, please contact us as specified below
so that we can delete the child's information.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or
the information practices of this site, please call us at 866-222-5999 or email us at support@VideophonePro.com.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this site.
Please check back periodically and especially before you provide any personally
identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 06/22/2005.
Your Consent
By using this site, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever
you submit information via this site, you consent to the collection, use, and
disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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