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Privacy Policy
Effective August 31, 2004
Advanced Technical Solutions is committed
to protecting any personal information that you
may provide to us. In particular, we believe it
is important for you to know how we treat
information about you that we may receive from
this Web site.
Information Collected
In general, you can visit this Web site without
telling us who you are or revealing any
information about yourself. Our web servers
collect the domain names, not the e-mail
addresses, of visitors. Our web servers also
seek (as many Web sites do) to place a "cookie"
(a small data file) on your computer's hard
drive which allows the server to determine the
computer when it visits again, in order to track
statistical information about navigation to and
throughout certain areas of our site, and to
Advanced Technical Solutions promotions on other
sites. This cookie is not used to obtain your
name or any personal data, and the information
that is tracked is used only for internal
purposes, such as to improve site navigation and
to measure the effectiveness of our promotional
placements, and is not shared with anyone other
than Advanced Technical Solutions affiliates and
contractors who assist Advanced Technical
Solutions in these efforts and are bound to
confidentiality. However, if you prefer not to
accept cookies, you can set your browser to
reject them or to alert you before one is
placed.
In addition, there are portions of this Web site
where we may need to collect personal
information from you for a specific purpose,
such as to provide you with certain information
you request. The information collected from you
may include your name, address, telephone, fax
number, or e-mail address
Use of Collected Information
Domain name information that we collect is not
used to personally identify you and instead is
aggregated to measure the number of visits,
average time spent on the site, pages viewed,
etc. We use this information to measure the use
of our site and to improve the content of our
site.
When other information is collected from you,
such as your name and e-mail address, we
generally let you know at the time of collection
how we will use the personal information.
Usually, we use the personal information you
provide only to respond to your inquiry or to
process your request (such as to receive
electronic annual reports or to be added to our
supplier diversity database). This information
may be shared with other Advanced Technical
Solutions businesses, but only if necessary to
fulfill your request or for related purposes.
We may share the personal information you
provide with other companies we have hired to
provide services for us. These companies - our
vendors - are contractually bound to use
personal information we share with them only to
perform the services we have hired them to
provide. We do not share, sell, or lease
personal information about you to any third
parties for their marketing use. We will release
information about you if you direct us to do so,
if we are required by law to do so, or in other
legally limited circumstances (for example, to
protect your account from fraud).
If you register with one of Advanced Technical
Solution's business units online, they may use
this information to provide you with custom
information about Advanced Technical Solution's
offerings in support of your business needs.
They may also seek to place a "cookie" (small
data file) as discussed above in order to
provide you with tailored information. You
should review the privacy policy associated with
that Advanced Technical Solutions business' Web
site for further information about that Advanced
Technical Solutions business' privacy practices.
Links to Other Sites
Advanced Technical Solution's Web site may
contain links to other sites such as Advanced
Technical Solutions distributors and sales
affiliates. While we try to link only to sites
that share our high standards and respect for
privacy, we are not responsible for the content,
security, or privacy practices employed by other
sites.
Security of Collected Information
We maintain strict physical, electronic, and
administrative safeguards to protect your
personal information from unauthorized or
inappropriate access. We restrict access to
information about you to those Advanced
Technical Solutions workers who need to know the
information to respond to your inquiry or
request. Workers who misuse personal information
are subject to disciplinary action.
Access to Collected Information
You may review and update the information that
you provide to us through this Web site by
contacting us as described below.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy
policy, please use the Contact Us page. We
welcome your questions and suggestions about our
privacy policy.
Changes to this Policy
Please check this privacy policy periodically to
inform yourself of any changes. Although we
reserve the right to modify or supplement this
privacy policy, we will provide notice to you on
this Web site of any major changes for at least
30 days following the change. |
