Privacy Statement
3.1 Access. In order to access certain features of this Site, you may be required to register. During the registration process, either you or your employer will be required to provide SNA with certain information, including your name, employer, title, business address, business telephone number and business e-mail address (“Registration Data”). This Registration Data will be shared only with SNA companies, by you or your employer, to authorize your use of this Site. While you are accessing this Site, our Web servers may recognize your: (a) domain name; (b) ISP’s domain name; (c) IP address; (d) browser type; and (e) operating system. If you contact us with a technical question, we may collect certain information about your systems, including: (a) your browser type, version and settings (e.g., Java and cookie settings); (b) connectivity information (e.g., SSL/HTTPS compatibility, bandwidth capacity); and browser plug-in information (e.g., do you have Adobe, what is your media player, can you open Flash files, etc.). It is also possible that, upon agreement by you, SNA’s system may place certain programs, scripts or packets of information on your computer. These items are used solely to carry out the functions of the Site and for no other purpose.
3.2 Use of Information. Except for (i) Registration Data, which will be shared only with SNA companies, by you or your employer, to authorize your use of this Site, all information collected from you and recorded about you in connection with your use of this Site will be shared with SNA. Registration Data may be used by SNA: (a) in order to allow us to provide you with the products and services included within or accessible from this Site; (b) in order for us to provide you with access to or from the Linked Sites; (c) for our own marketing and/or research and development purposes; and (d) in connection with our client services and client management systems.
3.3 Disclosure of Information. SNA understands that privacy is important to you. Except as otherwise noted herein, SNA will not rent or sell information we have collected from or about you without your permission. For the purposes specified in the preceding paragraph, we may transfer or disclose Registration Data, Access Data and Visitor Data to any SNA company, wherever located in the world. We may disclose Registration Data, Access Data and Visitor Data to third parties who are contracted to perform services on behalf of SNA, such as those who assist SNA in bringing you this Site and providing you with certain features and functionality included within or accessible via this Site. We may also disclose Registration Data, Access Data and Visitor Data to third parties in connection with their providing you access to this Site or to allow you to access the Linked Sites. Disclosures to these third parties will be subject to confidentiality agreements and, where required, governed by contract in the form required by law. SNA may also be required, and reserves the right, to disclose information to governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory entities or agencies in response to regulatory inquiries or to comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations, court orders, subpoenas or other legal processes.
3.4 Consent. By (a) agreeing to these Terms of Usage, which include this Privacy Statement, or (b) by using this Site, and, in either case, providing any information that may be required, invited or otherwise collected by us as set forth above, you freely consent to SNA processing your information in the United States, England and any other countries and territories for the purposes set out in these Terms of Usage, and you also consent to the transfer of your information for such purposes to any SNA company wherever such entity may from time to time be located and to any third parties as described above and in accordance with applicable law and regulations. If you do not wish SNA to collect any of your information or do not agree with any of the terms and conditions of these terms of Usage, you should not use and should exit this Site. If after registering with SNA, you desire to withdraw the consent granted in this Section 3.4 for all future use of your information by SNA, you must notify SNA in writing at the address listed below and immediately cease use of this Site.
3.5 Inquiries. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement or your information that is held by us, please contact SNA in writing using the contact information provided below. If we receive a request regarding your personal information held by us, we will use reasonable means to provide you with such information that we can reasonably compile. You will be given the opportunity to rectify any inaccuracies in such information.
3.6 Encryption. SNA may use encryption technology to protect certain transmissions of data to/from this Site, but e-mail and other communications, unless otherwise noted on this Site, are not encrypted to/from this Site. Therefore, you should not send any personal or identifying information, such as account numbers, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, passwords, etc., to SNA via e-mail. By utilizing e-mail or other electronic communication means you acknowledge that you have no expectation of privacy with respect to the information delivered thereby and that SNAwill not be responsible for any loss or damage that could result from interception by third parties of any information so sent.
3.7 Linked Sites. Please remember that when you leave this Site and access a Linked Site you will be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies, if any, of the Linked Site that you are visiting. SNA will have no control over or liability for claims arising out of the terms of use or privacy policies of such Linked Sites.
3.8 Contact Information. In the event you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, this Privacy Statement or your information that is held by us, you may contact us in writing in the United States at Sterling North America Inc., 270 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, NY, 11788.