AcomData Privacy Statement

This site is owned and operated by AcomData Incorporated. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At AcomData we want to make your online experience satisfying and safe. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

What Information AcomData Gathers and Tracks

AcomData gathers two types of information about users:
1) Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive notices, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys;

2) Information AcomData gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our site. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does AcomData divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

How AcomData Gathers User Information

Customer Login
Users of the site's Customer Login must register for these services (free of charge) the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address.

Polling

We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. AcomData may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

Surveys

AcomData may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We DO NOT share any of this information any third party.

Usage Tracking

AcomData tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. AcomData does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

Cookies

This site allows anonmyous "cookie-less" browsing. Our Customer Login does however make use of cookies to allow users the option of logging in automatically (without retyping their username and password). You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you�ve set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site.


Use of Information

AcomData uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on this site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. AcomData never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our site users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better site for you.

AcomData will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.


Sharing of Information
AcomData uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.


Opt-out Policy

We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:
1) Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
2) Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.


Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by AcomData. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

 

Copyrights and Trademarks

All materials published or otherwise accessible through this website, including, but not limited to, news articles, text, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video clips, software and other materials (the "Content") are protected by copyright, and are owned or controlled by AcomData, any others which may own copyright or the party credited as the provider of the content. All visitors shall abide by all additional copyright notices, information and restrictions contained in any content accessed through the service.

The Content is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, sale, distribution, performance, display or exploitation of any of the Content, whether in whole or in part, without the express written permission of AcomData is prohibited.

AcomData, Personalized Support and all other logos of AcomData, on this site are trademarks of AcomData.

Notwithstanding the above, visitors may download or copy, the content and other downloadable items displayed on the service for personal, non-commercial, use only, provided that visitors maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such content.


No Endorsements

Links to websites outside this Website are meant for convenience only. No endorsement of any third party products or services is expressed or implied by any information, material or content referred to or included on, or linked from or to this Website.

When you access a non-AcomData website, please unserstand that it is independent from AcomData, and that AcomData has no control over the content of that website. In addition, a link to a non-AcomData website does not mean that AcomData endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use of such website. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, troan horses and other items of a destructive nature. In no event will AcomData be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damage for any use of this website, or any other hyperlinked website, including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data on your information handling system or otherwise, even if we are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction This Website (excluding linked websites) is controlled by AcomData from its offices within the State of California, U.S.A. By accessing this website, you and AcomData agree that all matters relating to access to, or use of, this website shall be governed by the State of California and the laws of The United States of America, without regard to the conflicts of laws principals thereof. You and AcomData also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the State of California with respect to such matters.


Changes

The material in this web site and documents contained herein is for information only and subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made to assure its accuracy, AcomData assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this web site and documents contained herein, or from the use of the information contained herein. AcomData reserves the right to make changes or revisions to product design, prices, specifications, manuals, and packaging of AcomData products without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes.