PRIVACY
STATEMENT
Thank you for visiting www.automationtraining.ca
(our "Site"). We appreciate
the opportunity to interact with
you on the Internet and are committed
to protecting and safeguarding
your privacy. The purpose of this
Privacy Statement is to inform
you about the types of information
we might collect about you when
you visit our Site, how we may
use that information, whether we
disclose it to anyone, and the
choices you have regarding our
use of, and your ability to correct,
that information.
What
Information We Collect and How
We Use It
Any information we collect on
our Site generally falls into the
following two categories: Personally
Identifiable Information and Aggregate
Information.
Personally Identifiable Information: This
refers to information that lets
us know specifically who you are.
In general, you can visit our Site
without telling us who you are
or revealing any Personally Identifiable
Information. As a visitor, you
may voluntarily provide Personally
Identifiable Information (such
as name, address, e-mail address,
and telephone number) to be shared
with a Automation Training
Affiliate for the purpose of contacting
you, including via e-mail, to respond
to your comments or inquiries.
In such event, we might maintain
a record of your contact, including
such Personally Identifiable Information,
in a file specific to you. We use
this information to provide better
service in the event that you contact
us again.
Surveys and Promotional Activities
- From time to time you may voluntarily
provide Personally Identifiable
Information to complete surveys
and questionnaires or to participate
in polls and personalized assessments.
We use this information to improve
our products and services. We may
also use your Personally Identifiable
Information to provide you newsletters
and other marketing information
we think would be of particular
interest to you concerning things
such as new product offers or Web
site features. But we always give
you the opportunity to let us know
if you do not wish to receive unsolicited
promotional materials from us,
and we will make every reasonable
effort to honor such requests.
Aggregate Information: This
refers to information that does
not, by itself, identify you as
a specific individual. Such information
would include the Uniform Resource
Locator ("URL") of the
Web site that referred you to our
Site, your Internet Protocol ("IP")
address (a number automatically
assigned to your computer whenever
you surf the Web), your operating
system and browser type, and any
search terms that you enter on
our Site. Our Web server aggregates
this information in order to monitor
the level of activity on our Site,
evaluate its effectiveness, and
improve the content of our Site
in order to make your visit an
easy and enjoyable experience.
We may collect, compile, store,
publish, promote, report, or otherwise
disclose or use any Aggregate Information,
provided that such information
does not personally identify you.
We do not correlate any Personally
Identifiable Information with the
Aggregate Information that we collect
on our Site. If we do correlate
any Aggregate Information to you,
it will be protected like any other
Personally Identifiable Information
under this Privacy Statement.
Sharing
Your Information
Except as disclosed in this Privacy
Statement, we do not sell, trade,
rent, or otherwise retransmit any
Personally Identifiable Information
we collect on-line unless we have
your permission. Any Personally
Identifiable Information you provide
to us will be stored in Automation
Training databases in the United
States.
Your
Choices
Your permission is always secured
first. We will not use or share
the Personally Identifiable Information
collected on our Site in ways unrelated
to the purpose for which you provided
the information, including those
described above, without providing
you a choice whether to permit
any such unrelated uses.
Accessing
and Correcting Your Information
We take reasonable measures to
ensure that any Personally Identifiable
Information we collect on our Site
is accurate, current, complete,
and reliable for its intended use.
If you wish to update or otherwise
correct Personally Identifiable
Information you have provided to
us, you may edit your Personal
Profile on-line after completing
registration, or contact us as
described in the "Contact
Us" section, below.
Protecting
Your Information
We acknowledge your trust and
are committed to take reasonable
steps to protect Personally Identifiable
Information you provide online
from loss, misuse, and unauthorized
access. We employ physical, electronic,
and managerial processes to safeguard
and secure your information.
Use
of Cookies On This Site
A "cookie" is a small
data file transferred to your computer's
hard drive that allows a Web site
to respond to you as an individual,
gathering and remembering information
about your preferences in order
to tailor its operation to your
needs, likes and dislikes. Cookies
also enable an Internet retailer
to keep track of a consumer’s
electronic “shopping cart” before
completing a purchase. Overall,
cookies are safe, as they only
identify your computer to customize
your Web experience. Accepting
a cookie does not provide us access
to your computer or any Personally
Identifiable Information about
you, other than the information
you choose to share. Other servers
cannot read them, nor can they
be used to deliver a virus.
Most browsers automatically accept
cookies, but you can usually adjust
yours (Microsoft Internet Explorer
or Netscape Navigator) to notify
you of cookie placement requests,
refuse certain cookies, or decline
cookies completely. If you turn
off cookies completely, there may
be some Web site features that
will not be available to you, and
some Web pages may not display
properly.
To support the personalized features
of our Site (such as your country
and language codes, electronic
shopping cart, and other ordering
and browsing functions) we must
send a cookie to your computer's
hard drive and/or use cookie-based
authentication to identify you
as a registered Site user. We do
not, however, use so-called “surveillance” cookies
that track your activity elsewhere
on the Web.
Use
of Active-X and Java Applets
On This Site
Active-X programs and Java Applets
are executable programs that can
be transferred to your computer's
hard drive to cause your computer
to perform functions in connection
with your visit to a Web site.
Our Site does not transfer any
Active-X programs or Java Applets
to your computer’s hard drive.
Use
of Third-Party Media and Research
Companies
Our Site may run limited third-party
ads only for those Merchant and
Services Partners with whom we
maintain linking agreements. We
do not, however, use third-party
media and research companies to
place ads for us on other parties'
Web sites.
Links
To Other Web Sites
Links to third-party Web sites
may be provided solely for your
information and convenience. If
you use these links, you will leave
our Site. This Privacy Statement
does not cover the information
practices of those Web sites linked
to our Site, nor do we control
their content or privacy policies.
We suggest that you carefully review
the privacy policies of each site
you visit.
Children's
Privacy Protection
We take special care to protect
the privacy needs of children under
the age of 13 and encourage parents
to be an active participant in
their child's online activities.
We abide by the requirements of
the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act (COPPA) and other relevant
laws. Our Site does not target
and is not intended for children
under the age of 13, and we will
not knowingly collect Personally
Identifiable Information from them.
If we discover personal data from
a child through our Site, we will
eliminate that data.
Changes
To This Statement
Any updates or changes to the
terms of this Privacy Statement
will be posted here on our Site
and the date of the newest version
posted below. Please check back
frequently, especially before you
submit any Personally Identifiable
Information at our Site, to see
if this Privacy Statement has changed.
By using our Site, you acknowledge
acceptance of this Privacy Statement
in effect at the time of use.
Contact
Us
If you have any concerns about
our use of your information or
about this Privacy Statement, please
send an e-mail to sales@automationtraining.ca,
or call 866.532.7628. We will make
every reasonable effort to address
your concerns and remedy any problems
you bring to our attention.
This Privacy Statement was last
revised on March 10, 2004.
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