PRIVACY POLICY (Updated May 30, 2003)
At Cadinfo, we take our users’
privacy very seriously. Therefore, we want to provide you with explicit information
regarding how we collect, gather, and identify information during your visit
to this site. This information may be expanded or updated as we develop or
change our site. So that you may always know what information we collect,
how we use it and when and how we disclose it, we recommend that you review
this policy from time to time to see if it has changed. Your continued use
of our site signifies your acceptance of our privacy policy.
1. Personal Information:
In general, you can visit Cadinfo
on the Internet without telling us who you are and without giving any personal
information about yourself. There are times, however, when we or our partners
may need information from you. You may choose to give us personal information
in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to give us information,
such as your name and address or e-mail, to correspond with you or to process
an order. You may give us your credit card details to buy something from us or
a description of your education and work experience in connection with a job
opening at Cadinfo that you wish to be considered
for. We intend to let you know how we will use such information before we
collect it from you; if you tell us that you do not want us to use this
information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your requests,
we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal information about somebody
else, such as a spouse or work colleague, we will assume that you have his or
her permission to do so.
2. How we gather information about our users:
We receive information about our users through a variety
of methods. These methods include forms on web pages, forms in our software,
and licensing procedures, attendance or participation in events that Cadinfo sponsors or participates in, industry groups and
organizations and publications, our partners and through direct communication
such as phone conversations. In our effort to provide personalization and
opportunities for products and services, we may at times ask you to submit
information about yourself. You never have to answer these questions. However,
if you should elect to withhold requested information, we may not be able to
provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this
information.
3. Fulfilling a Request or Transaction from You:
If you request something from this website, for example, a
product or service, a callback, or specific marketing materials, we will use
the information you provide to fulfill your request. To help us do this, we may
share information, with others, for instance, other parts of Cadinfo, Cadinfo's Business
Partners, shipping companies, postal or government authorities (for example,
Customs authorities) involved in fulfillment. In connection with a transaction
we may also contact you as part of our customer satisfaction surveys or for
market research purposes.
4. Protecting Users’ Property:
As part of our mainstream business practice, we may
request, or receive without request, proprietary information and property from
our customers, included computer-aided design (CAD) files, spreadsheets, source
code, object code and other materials. We treat and maintain such property with
the outmost privacy and confidentiality and assure that such property will be
not be shared, transmitted or copied to or with any person or entity, excluding
our business partners, employees, or agents, except with the express consent of the owners of
such property.
5. Submissions:
Cadinfo welcomes user input and feedback
and provides various services whereby such information can be made available to
users of our web services, such as FAQs and case
studies. Any user material, information or other communication transmitted or
posted to our web sites or services, or otherwise provided to Cadinfo ("Submission") is understood by both
parties to be non-confidential and non-proprietary. Cadinfo
has no obligation with respect to any Submission and may freely copy,
reproduce, incorporate, distribute or use such Submission as it wishes.
Submissions that are pornographic, violent, obscene, threatening, defamatory, libelous or violate the law in any way, are prohibited.
6. Protection of User Information:
We intend to protect your personal information and to
maintain its quality. We implement appropriate measures and processes, such as
using encryption when transmitting certain sensitive information, to help us to
keep your information secure and to maintain its quality. Cadinfo
will not monitor, edit or disclose information about a user or a user’s private
content, except that user agrees Cadinfo may do so in
the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary: (1) to comply
with the law; (2) to comply with legal process; (3) to enforce Cadinfo terms and conditions of this website; (4) to
respond to claims that such content violates the rights of third parties; (5)
to protect the interests of Cadinfo or others. All
material submitted to our website and services, are strictly kept confidential
and private by Cadinfo , and remain the property of the users submitting such
materials, unless otherwise agreed to by the owners and Cadinfo
. Cadinfo does not sell, rent or lease its customer
lists to third parties. Cadinfo may, from time to
time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular
offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally
identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not
transferred to the third party.
7. Security of your Personal Information:
Cadinfo secures your personal information
from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Cadinfo secures
the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a
controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure.
8. Protecting Children:
Cadinfo is committed to the safety of our
children. Children under the age of 18 may not participate in any discussion
boards, sweepstakes, nor make any public postings or submissions on any our
website or services.
9. Links to Other Websites:
This site may contain links to other sites. Cadinfo is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of other websites. Please refer to the policies of the respective site.
This website may include inaccuracies or typographical errors.
Cadinfo may make improvements and/or changes in
the products, services, programs, and prices described in this website at
any time without notice.