Monterey Technology Group, Inc. (“Monterey,”
“us” or “we”) publishes this Privacy Policy to
inform you of our practices concerning the collection and use of information you
provide us through interactions with this website. This policy is not applicable
to information gathered or provided to us by other methods or controlled by
other agreements. The website(s) to which this policy applies is(are) the
home page, and all related pages, of Monterey’s website, operating under the
URLs of the logbinder.com domain including but not limited to www.logbinder.com, kb.logbinder.com and forum.logbinder.com. Such website(s) are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy
as “The Site.”
Our Commitment to Privacy
To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online
information practices and the choices you can make about the way your
information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it
available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable
information may be requested./p>
A Note to Non-US Users
If you are located outside of the United States, please note that the
information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using
this website, you consent to this transfer and the processing of your data
(personal or otherwise) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You also
consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with this
website in the federal and state courts of, and in accordance with the laws of,
the state of North Carolina. The applicable laws in the United States
regarding the processing of data (personal or otherwise) may be less stringent
than the laws in your country.
A Note to California & Canadian Users
California and Canadian users may have certain rights to know how their personal
information may be shared with third parties who engage in direct marketing
activities. This Privacy Policy explains our practices and how you can elect to
opt-out of having your information shared for such purposes.
A Note to All Users
By using this website, you consent to this transfer and the processing of your
data (personal or otherwise) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You
also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with The
Site in the federal and state courts of, and in accordance with the laws of, the
state of North Carolina.
What is Personally Identifiable Information
"Personally identifiable information" is information that can be used to
identify you as an individual. Personally identifiable information includes your
name, address, telephone number and any other information that is connected with
you personally.
Information You Provide to Us
On some pages of The Site, you may be able to subscribe, register as a user,
order Products, make requests, and ask to receive materials. When you subscribe,
register, place an order for a Product, schedule a delivery, or otherwise
transact business on The Site, we may collect personally identifiable
information from you, such as your name, email address, address, country of
residence, phone number, zip code and/or mail code; gender and age; credit card
number, information, name, billing information, expiration date and security
code; order number, reference number, billing contact and address, and delivery
contact and address; other payment information; and subscriber or registration
user name, number, login, password, password reminder questions, security
questions and answers for returning users. If you provide us feedback or
testimonials regarding The Site, products or service via The Site or email, we
will collect your name, email address and other information you provide.
From time to time and if they are offered, you may be able to elect to
participate in a variety of Monterey emails or
e-letters (email services), ranging from daily news to specials.
Monterey collects personal information in
connection with the registration for and use of such services.
If you wish to opt out of receiving such promotional
emails, you should follow the directions to opt out on such emails or as
provided through The Site.
Personal Information Collected via Technology
To make The Site more useful to you, we may use
technological means to collect personally identifiable information from
you, including the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) you just came from, the URLs
you go to next, your browser type, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address.
We also may use cookies or clear GIFs to collect
personally identifiable information from you about your use of The Site
or emails we send you. You expressly consent to our use of cookies, clear
GIFs, web beacons and similar technical methods when you use The Site and
services.
An “IP Address” is a number that is usually associated with the place from which
you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or
your university. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our
servers, to gather broad demographic information, to administer The Site, and/or
to analyze The Site’s flow.
“Cookies” are small amounts of data (often including a unique identifier), that
are sent to your browser from a website's computers and stored on your
computer's hard drive. The Site may use both session cookies, which expire once
you close your web browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your computer
until you delete them, to provide you with a more personal and interactive
experience on The Site. You often have the ability to accept or to decline
cookies, typically through an option on your web browser. If you disable
your cookies, however, you will not have access to certain features of The Site
or portions of The Site may not function efficiently.
“Clear GIFs” are clear electronic images that are used to track your movements
on The Site. They help us determine whether content on The Site is
effective. We also use clear GIFs in certain types of emails (such as
HTML-based emails) to let us know which emails have been opened and acted upon
by recipients (including any persons to which the emails have been forwarded).
Clear GIFs on our site collect a limited set of information including cookie
number, time and date of a page view and a description of the page on which the
clear GIF resides. This information helps us assess the effectiveness of
certain communications and marketing campaigns. Web beacons are small
pieces of data that are embedded in images on he pages of web sites.
Cookies, Clear GIFs, web beacons and other technical methods may involve the
transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized
by us to collect information on our behalf.
We (or third party service providers on
our behalf) may also use cookies, Clear GIFs and other technical means to
collect aggregate information about web site users on an anonymous basis. We may
share aggregate demographic and usage information with our prospective and
actual business partners, advertisers and other third parties for any business
purpose.
Use of Information
We use the information you provide about yourself to provide Products,
Subscription(s), renewal(s) of the Subscription(s), services and/or an ordered
product to you. Such services and our use of information include the
assessment of, communication concerning, billing and payment, and fulfillment of
an order. We also use personally identifiable information to notify you
about updates to our services, marketing initiatives, and to respond to your
requests and inquiries. We also may use personally identifiable
information to offer you other products, programs or
services that we believe may be of interest to you, to send you newsletters and
other marketing material concerning sale information, and to issue discount
coupons. We use the information you provide to communicate with you, such
as to notify you when we make changes to our registration or subscription
agreement, to fulfill a request by you for a subscription or an online
newsletter, or to contact you about your account, subscription or registration
with us.
We use and may disclose to third parties the information that you provide also
for the purpose of fulfilling drop shipments and warranty/repair issues, if
applicable.
If you register with The Site, we may send you newsletters and emails that
directly promote the use of The Site or the purchase of our products or services
and may contain, in whole or in part, advertisements for third parties which
relate to others with whom we do business.
We do not share your personally identifiable information with outside parties
except to the extent necessary to provide services or ordered products to you or
as stated in this Privacy Policy.
We use return email addresses to answer emails or web-based requests that we
receive.
If you send a testimonial or comment to us, we may post it on The Site or use it
in any advertising materials. We will attribute your testimonial to you by
posting your name or some combination of your name and initials, if provided or
ascertainable, on The Site or advertising materials.
We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order to
ship a product or service and to confirm delivery, if applicable. We do not
share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to
provide services or ordered product or service.
We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send them
your gifts or cards, if applicable. From time to time, we also may use this
information to offer our products, programs, or services to them.
We may create anonymous data records from personally identifiable information by
excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally
identifiable to you. We use this anonymous data to perform statistical
analysis of users’ aggregate behavior so that we may enhance the content of our
services and The Site, and improve The Site’s navigation. We reserve the
right to disclose anonymous data to third parties in our discretion.
We use the non-personally identifiable information
that we collect to improve the design and content of The Site and to enable us
to augment your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the
aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or
services.
We may transfer information about you if we are
acquired by or merged, in part or in whole, with another company.
Agents and contractors of Monterey who have access to
personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in
a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not using
the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are
performing for Monterey.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard
against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that
personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a
manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
At some places on The Site, we may ask your
permission to disclose personally identifiable information about you to
companies whose practices are not covered by this Privacy Policy (e.g., other
marketers, magazine publishers, retailers, participatory databases and
non-profit organizations) that want to market products or services to youFinally,
we will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us
in ways unrelated to the ones described in this Privacy Policy without also
providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, or
rent to third parties the personally identifiable information collected from our
services.
Our Commitment to Data Security
The Site takes precautions to protect your personally identifiable information.
When you transmit credit card information, it is encrypted during transfer via
SSL (Secure Socket Layer).
While our goal is to operate a 100% error-free and secure site, we do not
guarantee that The Site is accurate, complete or free from unauthorized access.
To help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the
correct use of information, we have put in place physical, electronic, and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help
verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Our Commitment to Children's Privacy
The Site is not directed towards children, minors or anyone under the age of 18.
Please do not send us any information about anyone under the age of 18, like
names, addresses or email addresses. In general, we do not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from those under 18. If, in limited
circumstances, we do knowingly collect personally identifiable information from
someone under the age of 18, we will do so only with verified parental consent
prior to collection. In the event that we learn that we have collected any
personal information from a child under the age of 18 without verification of
parental consent, we will delete that information from our database as quickly
as possible.
Breaches of Security
We are not responsible for any breach of security caused by third parties or for
any actions of any third parties that receive the information. We also may
link to other websites or we may allow to be displayed on The Site
advertisements of third parties. We are not responsible for such third party’s
privacy policies or how they treat information about their users.
Legal Subpoenas and Other Required Disclosures
We may disclose personally identifiable information if we are required to do so
by law, such as in response to a subpoena, or if we in good faith believe that
such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2)
protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or
unauthorized use of The Site; or (4) protect the personal safety or property of
our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide
false information or attempt to pose as someone else, information about you may
be disclosed as part of any investigation into your actions). We also may disclose such information in response to a
law enforcement agency's request or where we believe it is necessary to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected
fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any
person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy or other
disclaimers or legal terms at any time without giving you prior notice. Your use
of The Site following any such modification constitutes your agreement to follow
and be bound by such things as modified. For this reason, we encourage you
to review the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and other terms whenever you use The
Site.
Your California Privacy
Rights
Under a provision of California law, a California resident who has provided
personal information to a business with whom he/she has established a business
relationship for personal, family, or household purposes ("California customer")
may be entitled to request information about whether the business has disclosed
personal information to any third parties for the third parties' direct
marketing purposes. Alternatively, the law provides that if the company has a
privacy policy that gives either an opt-out or opt-in choice for use of your
personal information by third parties for marketing purposes, the company may
instead provide you with information on how to exercise your disclosure choice
options.
To the extent an California resident using The Site for personal, family, or
household purposes seeks information covered the law, The Site qualifies for the
alternative option. As stated in our Privacy Policy, users of The Site may
opt-out or opt-in to the use of your personal information by third parties.
Therefore, we are not required to maintain or disclose a list of the third
parties that received your personal information during the preceding year for
marketing purposes. To prevent disclosure of your personal information for use
in direct marketing by a third party, do not opt-in to such use when you provide
personal information on The Site. Please note that whenever you opt-in to
receive future communications from a third party, your information will be
subject to the third party's privacy policy. If you later decide that you do not
want that third party to use your information, you will need to contact the
third party directly, as we have no control over how third parties use
information. You should always review the privacy policy of any party that
collects your information to determine how that entity will handle your
information.
California residents who utilize The Site for personal, family, or household
purposes may request further information about our compliance with this law by
emailing rsmith@montereytechgroup.com. You should put the statement “Your
California Privacy Rights” in the subject field of your email. Please note that
we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we
are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through this
email address.
What Else Should I Know About My Privacy When Online?
The Site may contain hyperlinks to other websites. The Site also may contain
advertisements of third parties. We do not control and are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites or
advertisers, or even those third parties to whom we may disclose personally
identifiable information (as provided above). We does not share any of the
individual personal information you provide us with the websites to which we
links, except as stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although we may
share aggregate data with such websites (such as how many people use The Site).
Please check with those third party sites to determine their privacy policy.
When and if we embed third party content into a page of The Site, we will use
reasonable efforts to ensure that it is evident or to advise our users that they
have exited The Site and are entering a third-party controlled website. You
should read and understand any privacy policy noted on all third party websites
that you visit.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example through email, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that
information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal
information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for determining whether you intend for
your personal information to be confidential and for maintaining its
confidentiality. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
Terms of Use
The Terms of Use for The Site
are part of this Privacy Policy and are incorporated by reference herein
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please
contact us through the contact information on our Contact Us page or send us an
email at rsmith@montereytechgroup.com.
The Site is operated by:
Monterey Technology Group, Inc.
Last updated: August 2009