ConsortiumWeb Privacy Policy
Privacy is an important issue. This website and all of our associated services were
designed with the protection of your privacy in mind. Consortium Web Services is
not in the business of selling information about you. This notice tells you what
information we collect, steps we take to protect and safeguard it, how we use and
share the information, and finally, how you can contact us with questions or concerns.
Information We Gather
- ConsortiumWeb collects personal information when you register as a member of Project
Consortium .
- ConsortiumWeb may also collect personal information when you send us information
in the form of questions or comments - this information is sent voluntarily by then
user.
- ConsortiumWeb automatically receives and records information on our server logs
from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request.
- ConsortiumWeb uses information for the following general purposes: products and
services provision, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement,
contact, research, and anonymous reporting.
IP Address
ConsortiumWeb may occasionally obtain IP addresses from users depending upon how
you access our web site. IP addresses, browser and session information may be used
for various purposes, including to:
- Diagnose and prevent service or technology problems reported by our users or engineers
that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or
ISP.
- Estimate the total number of users visiting consortiumweb.com from specific geographical
regions.
- Help determine which users have access privileges to certain content, services or
resources that we offer.
- Monitor and prevent fraud and abuse.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier
that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's
hard drive. If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to use ConsortiumWeb'
products or services that require you to "sign in", for example the Project
Consortium Web Portal. You may also not be able to take full advantage of all offerings.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify
you when a cookie is set. ConsortiumWeb uses its own cookies for a number of purposes,
including to:
- Require you to re-enter your ConsortiumWeb password after a certain period of time
has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.
- Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Consortium Web Services'
services.
- Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
- Conduct research to improve ConsortiumWeb' content and services.
Information Use, Sharing and Disclosure
ConsortiumWeb does not share personal information we learn about you from your use
of this web site with others except as described in this policy. We do not share
your information with unrelated third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
When you provide personal information through using this site you are however sharing
your personal information with Consortium Web Services, organizations that may hold
a majority interest in Consortium Web Services, their divisions or subsidiaries
and, ConsortiumWeb and any of its divisions or subsidiaries. The use of your personal
information by these organizations is subject to this policy.
ConsortiumWeb may use or share your personal information where it is necessary for
us to complete a transaction, to operate or improve Consortium Web Services and
related products and services, to do something that you have asked us to do, or
tell you of products and services that we think may be of interest.
Where you are contacted with an offer or service based on information you have shared
with ConsortiumWeb, we will do our best to provide you with an opportunity to opt-out
of receiving such further communications at the time you are contacted.
- ConsortiumWeb does or may share personally identifiable information about you under
the following circumstances:
- In the course of operating our business it may be necessary or appropriate for us
to provide access to your personal information to others such as our service providers,
contractors and select vendors so that we can operate our business. Where practical,
we seek to obtain confidentiality agreements that are consistent with this policy
and that limit others' use or disclosure of the information you have shared.
- We may share your personal information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or
legal process, to establish or exercise our legal rights or, defend against legal
claims and if in our judgment in such circumstances disclosure is required or appropriate.
- We may share your personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations
of ConsortiumWeb' terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
- As we continue to develop our business, we might also buy or sell all or part of
our business. In such transactions, personally identifiable information you have
shared with us is generally one of the business assets that will be transferred.
The transferred personally identifiable information will remain subject to the promises
made in this privacy policy or subsequent policies to which you have consented.
- If there is ever a change to how ConsortiumWeb uses or intends to use personal information,
we will post that change to this policy and, if the new policy is materially less
restrictive than this policy, we will seek your consent.
Confidentiality and Security
No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently,
we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and
you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make efforts to
ensure security on our systems.
We use physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal information
about you. Your Project Consortium account information is password-protected. In
certain areas, ConsortiumWeb uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data
transmissions. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information
may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls
and secure server software.
If ConsortiumWeb learns of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you
electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using this
web site or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate
with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating
to your use of this site. ConsortiumWeb may post a notice on our web site if a security
breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view
the consortiumweb.com web site. ConsortiumWeb may also send an email to you at the
email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where
you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.
To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent
from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us at
.
Changing your Preferences and Personal Information
You can edit your Project Consortium account information at any time. Most personal
information you may provide is entirely optional. You can delete your Project Consortium
account by visiting our Account page. Please note that some personal information,
primarily your contact information, may remain in ConsortiumWeb' records to the
extent necessary to protect our legal interests or document compliance with regulatory
requirements.
Contacting ConsortiumWeb
If you have a privacy concern regarding ConsortiumWeb, or this policy, and if you
cannot satisfactorily resolve it through the use of this web site, you should then
write to us by email to
.
Alternatively, you can use the contact information provided on the Contact Us page of this website.
In the event that we are still unable to resolve your concerns Consortium Web Services
is committed to cooperating to achieve a proper resolution of your privacy concerns.
If you object to any sharing of your personal information that may be permitted
under this policy, you may do so by writing us at the above address. We will take
reasonable steps to accommodate your requests as they relate to our practices. In
some instances, honouring your requests may interfere with or preclude your ability
to use the Service or may require us to terminate our relationship with you.
Effective Date: October 19th, 2005