Privacy Policy
Introduction
Contendia Communications is commited to your privacy. This privacy policy deals with personally-identifiable information (referred to as "data" below) that may be collected by this site. This policy does not apply to other entities that are not owned or controlled by Contendia Communications, nor does it apply to persons that are not employees or agents of Contendia Communications, or that are not under Contendia Communication's control. Please take time to read this site's Terms of use.
1. Collection of data
Contendia Communications collects data from two sources:
- Client generation
- Website usage
Contendia Communications collects pertinent data about clients in the normal course of business operations as is necessary for legal identification, liability purposes, business communication and billing.
Additionally, registration for an account on this site requires a valid e-mail address and a user name that has not been chosen already. You are not required to provide any other information if you do not want to. Please be aware that the user name you choose, the e-mail address you provide and any other information you enter may render you personally identifiable, and may possibly be displayed on this web site intentionally (depending on choices you make during the registration process, or depending on the way in which the site is configured) or unintentionally (subsequent to a successful act of intrusion by a third party).
Contendia Communications may associate a user account with a client account and thereby identify a user account with additional information not specifically provided through the use of this site.
Contendia Communications may also automatically receive general information that is contained in server log files, such as your IP address and cookie information. Information about how advertising may be served on this site (if advertising is displayed) is set forth below.
2. Use of data
Data may be used to customize or improve your user experience on this site. Efforts will be made to prevent your data being made available to third parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii) your consent is obtained, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out for the sharing of data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires interaction with a third party, or is provided by a third party, such as an application service provider; (iv) pursuant to legal action or law enforcement; (v) it is found that your use of this site violates the site policy, terms of use, or other usage guidelines, or if it is deemed reasonably necessary by to protect Contendia Communication's legal rights and/or property; or (vi) this site is purchased by a third party, in which case that third party will be able to use the data in the same manner as set forth in this policy. In the event you choose to use links displayed on this web site to visit other web sites, you are advised to read the privacy policies published on those sites.
No information gathered through the use of this website is sold, rented or disseminated in any way to outside parties without express consent.
Information gathered through Contendia Communication's business operations, such as names, addresses, email addresses, etc., is only used in direct relation to Contendia Communication's need to communicate with clients. We do not send spam.
We carefully manage our clients, as well as our own, email subscription only newsletter offerings to ensure compliance with our acceptable use policy. If you believe you are receiving unsolicited email communications from Contendia Communications, a Contendia Communications IP address, or a Contendia Communications client, please notify us immediately here.
We may occassionally use client information such as is already publicly available (Eg. website addresses) in case studies or as sales examples in the normal course of operations, and these examples may be published on this website. Individual clients may opt out of this use of their information by submitting a request here.
3. Cookies
This web site sets and uses cookies to enhance your user experience. Advertisements may display on this web site and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer; such cookies are subject to the privacy policy of the parties providing the advertisement. However, the parties providing the advertising do not have access to this site's cookies.
4. Editing or deleting your account information
You are provided with the ability to edit certain aspects of the information stored in your user account by visiting your user account control panel. You can request that your user account be deleted. To do so, please submit a request here. Content or other data that you may have provided, and that is not stored within your user account, such as articles published, may continue to remain on the site at Contendia Communication's discretion, even after your user account is deleted. Please see the site's Terms of use for more information.
5. Changes to this privacy policy
Changes may be made to this policy from time to time. You will be notified of substantial changes to this policy either by through the posting of a prominent announcement on the site, and/or by a mail message sent to the e-mail address you have provided, which is stored within your user settings.
7. NO GUARANTEES
While this privacy policy states standards for maintenance of data, and while efforts will be made to meet the said standards, the site editor is not in a position to guarantee compliance with these standards. There may be factors beyond the site editor's control that may result in disclosure of data. Consquently, the site editor offers no warranties or representations as regards maintenance or non-disclosure of data.
8. Contact information
If you have any questions about this policy or about this web site, please feel free to contact the site administrator.