This document was last updated May 1, 2003.
At Windows & SQL Programmers Ltd, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to developing technology that gives you the most powerful and secure online experience. You can travel through most of our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of WinSQL.com; it does not apply to other online or offline Windows & SQL Programmers sites, products or services.
Collecting your Personal
Information
We
will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or allows
us to contact you. Generally, this information
is requested
when you are requesting information on our services, ordering e-mail newsletters,
or when registering for us to call you. Personal information collected by WinSQL.com
often is limited to name, address, company name, telephone number, e-mail address,
language, country or location, but may include other information when needed
to provide a service you requested.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information
in order to improve the design and functionality
of our website and to share with advertisers. For
example, we may tell an advertiser that X number
of individuals visited a certain area on our website,
but we would not disclose anything that could be
used to identify those individuals. From each user
visiting our site we collect the time of visit, the
pages visited, the referring site (where appropriate),
the hostname of the user, the browser used, and in
some cases, a user's mouse-trail on the front page.
Again, it's important to stress that this information is collected and processed in aggregate, and no attempt is made to link this information back to the user, or to identify them from the information provided.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
- To deliver services that you request or purchase.
- To help you quickly find software, services or information on WinSQL.com.
- To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
- To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from Windows & SQL Programmers Ltd.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United Kingdom or any other country in which Windows & SQL Programmers Ltd or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Control of your Personal
Information
When
you register, or otherwise give us personal information,
WinSQL.com will not share that information with
third parties without your permission, other
than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the
purposes stated above.
Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want WinSQL.com to communicate with you. You can decide what information you want to receive and how you want to receive it. Or you can tell us not to contact you.
WinSQL.com
may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical
service issues related to a product
or service you requested. You will not be able to
choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they
are considered an essential part of the service you
have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information
is correct and current.
Security of your Personal
Information
WinSQL.com
strictly protects the security of your personal
information and honors your choices for its intended
use. We carefully protect your data from
loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access.
You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your user name and password, so do not share these with others.
Use of Cookies
To ensure we are publishing content customers need and want, WINSQL.com collects
site-visitation statistics using cookies. We only use this information in
aggregated form and only use site-visitation statistics for improving our
site.
When
someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the
customer’s machine
(if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if
the customer has visited
the site previously. Web beacons, also known as clear
gif technology, or action tags, assist in delivering
the cookie. This technology tells us how many visitors
clicked on
key elements (such as links or graphics) on a WinSQL.com Web page. We do not
use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on WinSQL.com;
it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about WinSQL.com web site
usage. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies but do
not allow other companies to place clear gifs on our sites.
If you choose to not have your
browser accept cookies from the WinSQL.com web site,
you will be able to
view the text on the screens, however you will not
experience a personalized visit nor will you be able
to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.
Changes to this Statement
WinSQL.com
will 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 statement, WinSQL.com will notify
you by placing prominent notice on the web site.
Contact Information
Windows & SQL Programmers
Ltd welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy
Policy, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail.
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Windows & SQL
Programmers Ltd
31 Leconfield Road
Highbury
London N5 2RZ