| TechnoTwist and the Privacy of our Visitors and Members At TechnoTwist, we respect your privacy whether you're a first-time Visitor or a dedicated Member. We do collect information from you, but our policy is to ensure that all personal information remains private to the extent that Members and Visitors wish it to remain private. To earn your trust and confidence in the Internet and in TechnoTwist, we are disclosing our privacy practices and the uses of the information we gather. To protect your privacy, TechnoTwist:
As you may know, TechnoTwist serves as an Internet Access Provider. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact us at: info@TechnoTwist.net. A. TECHNOTWIST'S COLLECTION AND USE OF GENERAL INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS AND VISITORS TechnoTwist collects information from all Visitors to our site, including IP address, operating system, and browser software. Using your IP address, we can determine your Internet Service Provider and your geographic location. This information reflects the population as a whole rather than focusing on individuals, and we use it to identify portals and other areas on our Web site and evaluate the effectiveness of our promotional activities. We also use this information to perform statistical analyses of collective characteristics and behavior, so we can measure overall Visitor demographics and interests regarding the Site. TechnoTwist does not collect the e-mail addresses of people who communicate with us via e-mail; we use the addresses only to respond to them. B. TECHNOTWIST'S COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FROM ITS MEMBERS AND VISITORSPersonal identifying information includes:
We collect information at various locations throughout the site. We give notice at each location that asks for personal identifying information, and such information will be used only for the purposes stated at the location of the collection, and/or within this Privacy Statement. When we collect personal identifying information, you will always have the choice of whether or not to provide it. However, you may not be able to receive certain of TechnoTwist's services without providing the information requested. We use this information for administrative and other purposes that we believe are necessary to maintain, improve and enhance our services. Such uses include data transmission, surveys of our Members, sending e-mail messages to all of our Members. TechnoTwist fully cooperates with law enforcement agencies in identifying those persons who use our services for illegal activities, and we reserve the right to release personal identifying information about Members when we believe our services are being used unlawfully even without a subpoena, warrant or court order. We do not
control the actions of our Members or Visitors. If you disclose personal
information to others, it may be collected and used by others. TechnoTwist
does not assume any responsibility for actions of those other parties. We believe that it is especially important to protect children's privacy online. Note: TechnoTwist defines children as minors under the age of 13 years. We do not knowingly collect any personal identifying information from children. D. MEMBERS? ABILITY TO CHANGE/REMOVE INFORMATIONIf, at any time you would like to find out the information TechnoTwist maintains about you, or change or delete any information within TechnoTwist's active database simply contact us at info@TechnoTwist.net. If you leave TechnoTwist, we may delete your information from our active database. Residual information will remain within our archived database and records. All Members and Visitors should be aware that, when they disclose personal identifying information to others, the information may be collected and used by others to send that person unsolicited e-mail from other parties, outside TechnoTwist. If you encounter any TechnoTwist Member who is improperly collecting or using information about users, please contact: info@TechnoTwist.net. E. SECURITY OF INFORMATION COLLECTED BY TECHNOTWIST Information collected by TechnoTwist is stored on secure servers and access is limited to authorized personnel only. F. OUTSIDE PARTY COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION Please be aware that TechnoTwist does not control the acts of its Members or Visitors. All Members and Visitors should be aware that, when they disclose personal information, on their Web site or elsewhere on the site, the information might be collected and used by others. Additionally, Members should be aware that when they link, or click on ad banners, they might go to other sites not operated by TechnoTwist. These outside parties may have different privacy policies from those of TechnoTwist. If you are asked to divulge personal identifying information at any point outside TechnoTwist, please be aware that privacy policies other than TechnoTwist may apply to the collection and use of that information. TechnoTwist does not control and does not assume any responsibility for any actions of third parties. NOTICE: Click here for important information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice please contact us at: info@TechnoTwist.net Thank you for your interest in TechnoTwist!
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