We will ask
you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal
information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a
transaction that you have requested such as receiving information about our
products and services, entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining
a limited-access premium site or service, signing up for an event or training,
or when purchasing, downloading and/or registering products. The personal
information we collect may include your name, title, company or organization
name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information about your job
function, information about your company, and credit card information.
The Site may
collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet
service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you
access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you
access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which
you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the
site, analyze trends and administer the site. Some of our sites collect
information about your hardware and software in order to provide a requested
service. Windows Update, for example, needs to know information about your
computer in order to recommend needed operating system updates.
Microsoft
technical communities provide opportunities to interact with our employees,
experts, and your peers in order to share knowledge and news about our products
and related technologies. In order to avoid your e-mail address or other
personal information from being gathered and used by others for inappropriate
or harmful purposes, we advise that you should be cautious about posting a real
e-mail address or other personal information to newsgroups, chats, or other
public forums.
The personal
information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to
provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or
authorized.
In support of
these uses, we may use personal information to provide you with more effective
customer service, to improve the Site and any related products or services, and
to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly
enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular
preference or interests. In order to offer you a more
consistent experience in your interactions with us.
We may use
your personal information to provide you with important information about the
product or service that you are using, including critical updates and
notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information
about other products and services, and/or share information with partners so
they may send you information about their products and services.
We merge
site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research
purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant
content. In some limited-entry sections of our site with your approval, we will
combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide
you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide
you the personalized service and won't merge your personal information with
site-visitation data.
When you sign
up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional e-mail, we may use
customized links or similar technologies to track e-mail links that you click.
We may associate that information with your personal information in order to
provide you more focused e-mail communications or purchase information. Each
e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery
of that type of communication.
Some services
on our site offer individuals the ability to publicly display certain personal
information, such as for a partner who wishes to publish contact information as
part of offering a business service. Participation in such services is always
optional.
We
occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf,
such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering
customer questions about products and services, and sending information about
our products, special offers, and other services. We will only provide those
companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are
required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited
from using that information for any other purpose.
We may
disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or
comply with legal process served on our site or the Site; (b) protect and
defend the rights or property of our company and our family of Web sites; or
(c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of employees or
agents, users of our products or services, or members of the public.
Personal
information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United
States or any other country in which our company or its affiliates,
subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent
to any such transfer of information outside of your country. We abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S.
Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data
from the European Union.
Except as
otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the
Site will not be shared outside of our company and its controlled subsidiaries
and affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next section,
you can access your personal information and make choices about how you wish to
be contacted.
Please be
aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not
necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to us in the
context of other, separately operated, Microsoft products or services.
We may send
out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues
related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a
product or service. In some services offered by us contact with the customer is
an intrinsic part of the service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service(s)
you have chosen.
We are
committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a
variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal
information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store
the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access
that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit
sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the
Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
We do not use
cookies on this Site.
If you have
questions regarding this statement, you should contact info@centralsoftware.com.
We may
occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the
"last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material
changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a
prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a
notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to
stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we
collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this
privacy statement and any updates.
We welcome
your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that we have not
adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us either by e-mail or via
postal mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
Central Software
Privacy,
10 St. Georges Street,
Douglas,