Privacy policy
Table of content:
A. INTRODUCTION
Word from the Company
Changes in Privacy Policy
Third Party Websites
Legal Issues
B. COLLECTED INFORMATION
Browsing
Information We Collect
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
C. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
How your personal information is used
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Cookies
D. PRIVACY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS
A. INTRODUCTION
Word from the Company
ADVSoft ("ADVSoft") has a strong commitment to providing superior service to all of our customers and visitors of this web site persistentssh.com and particularly respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this Website collects and uses information and we have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern the Website (the "Privacy Policy"). We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information or a list of our customers to third parties. However, as described in more detail in Part C below, there are limited circumstances in which some of your information will be shared with third parties, under strict restrictions, so it is important for you to review this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. We have organized this Privacy Policy by major processes and areas so that you can quickly link to the information of most interest to you. The bottom line is that meeting your needs and expectations form the foundation of everything we do - including protecting your privacy. Personal information on this Website is collected by ADVSoft and if after reviewing this Privacy Policy you have any questions or privacy concerns please send an e-mail to privacy@advsoft.info.
Changes in Privacy Policy
All personal information, as further described in Part B, that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. ADVSoft reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will provide notice of material changes on the home page of the Website. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which ADVSoft is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described in Section Creating, Accessing and Updating Your Personal Preferences. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days with the following exception: if at the time you provide personal information to ADVSoft you limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by ADVSoft or by third parties, ADVSoft will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent. However, if ADVSoft sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or ADVSoft (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, ADVSoft may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.
Third Party Websites
ADVSoft is only responsible for the Privacy Policy and content of this Website. The Website contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the use of cookies on websites that you have accessed through or from this Website and to the non-ADVSoft websites that you may access from this Website. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site.
Legal Issues
This is a United States website and is subject to United States law. ADVSoft will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to ADVSoft guests, visitors, associates, or property (including this site), or to others. As mentioned above, laws related to personal identifiable information vary by country. For example, personally identifiable information collected in the European Union is subject to the EU Directives concerning personal data, privacy and electronic communications, including but not limited to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
B. COLLECTED INFORMATION
Browsing
This Website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your e-mail address, or any other personally identifiable information. When you request a page from our web site, our servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header, JavaScript or similar technical tools, including the IP number, the time of the request, the URL of your request and other information. We collect such information in order to make our Website function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this Website, as our servers use this information to deliver to you the pages on this Website. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our Website and how we can better tune our Website, its contents and functionality to meet your needs.
Information We Collect
As a visitor to this Website, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information as described above in Section Browsing above. In connection with other activities, such as subscribing to the services offered on the Website, utilizing online software applications or purchasing any of the products and services available on the Website, ADVSoft may ask you to voluntarily supply us with certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities and/or make any purchases. If you elect to engage in these activities or make purchases, however, ADVSoft may ask that you provide us personal information, defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including but not limited to your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, employer, job title and department, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal information. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity or purchase, you will not be able to engage in that activity or make such a purchase.
When you use the Website, ADVSoft or third parties authorized by ADVSoft may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Website and its services. For example, we may log certain variable data, such as browser type, operating system, and the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of your computer. We use such data to facilitate and track your use of the Website and its services. ADVSoft also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Website. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.
When you submit personal information to ADVSoft through this Website, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which ADVSoft and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices . You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of ADVSoft. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
ADVSoft has established relationships with various service providers whose services are available to you from this Website or from Web sites that are linked to this Website. Typically, these providers offer services that ADVSoft customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with ADVSoft services and products. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Web site will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on this Website in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with ADVSoft personal information collected from you. In such instances, ADVSoft may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company`s security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches ADVSoft it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of ADVSoft. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in the United States and also in other countries where ADVSoft and its service providers conduct business.
C. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
How your personal information is used
ADVSoft collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. We will use your e-mail address to send a confirmation and, if necessary, might use the other information to contact you for help to process the purchase or service you have selected. If you subscribe to a service or register a product, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about product upgrades, patches, special offers, and other products and services of ADVSoft and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.
ADVSoft may collect information about the use of the Website, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. ADVSoft may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.
ADVSoft recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Website. Without your consent, ADVSoft will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from ADVSoft or its affiliates, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Website. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, ADVSoft will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
ADVSoft does use the services of third parties, such as e-mail service providers, purchase and order processing merchants and marketing companies that act as independent contractors on behalf of ADVSoft. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose ADVSoft specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the ADVSoft`s affiliates for their use without your approval.
There are other instances in which ADVSoft may divulge your personal information. ADVSoft may provide your personal information if necessary, in ADVSoft`s good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant, or order or to protect the rights of ADVSoft or others.
Cookies
Our Website uses "cookie" technology. "Cookies" are short pieces of data generated by a web server that a website stores on a user`s computer. Certain pages on our Website may require the use of a cookie for purposes of keeping information you enter on multiple pages together. Cookies also enable us to customize our Website and offerings to your needs and provide you with a better online experience with us. In addition, cookies are used to:
allow registered users to sign in without typing their sign in name each time;
measure usage of various pages on our Website to help us make our information;
more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access; and provide functionality such as online orders, ADVSoft`s services and other functionality that we believe would be of interest and value to you.
The types of cookies that we use are referred to as "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave the Website. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use cookies to gather information concerning your visits to other sites, nor ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with ADVSoft. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files.
In addition, the service providers we use to serve and host our advertisements, and/or deliver our e-mails, use session and persistent cookies, to track the number of times the Website is accessed and whether the site was accessed from an advertisement. There are no cookies in the advertisement or e-mail. A cookie is placed on your computer only if and when you click on an advertisement or open the e-mail. The cookie generated from the advertisement or e-mail does not contain any personally identifiable information and will remain on your hard drive until you delete it.
You may set your browser to block cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so will adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality and access certain content on our Website.
D. PRIVACY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS
ADVSoft takes and addresses its users` privacy concerns with utmost respect and attention. If you believe that there was an instance of non-compliance with this Online Privacy Policy with regard to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write or contact ADVSoft at privacy@advsoft.info.
In your message, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the ADVSoft Online Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.
Please note that if you provide ADVSoft with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), ADVSoft cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.