Privacy Policy
Guardit Technologies Website Privacy Statement
This document was last updated on August 27, 2008.
Keeping customer information private is a priority for Guardit Technologies,
it subsidiaries and affiliates. To give you product updates and notification
services, we need to collect certain information from you. However,
we are committed to maintaining the privacy of this information in accordance
with law. Everyone with access to personal information about our customers
is required to follow this policy.
1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Guardit Technologies, is committed to protecting your privacy. This
Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard
to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with
our website. By accessing www.guarditthenetwork.com you acknowledge
and fully understand Guardit’s Privacy Statement and freely consent
to the information collection and use practices described in this Website
Privacy Statement.
2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES
Related services and offerings with links from this website, including
vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by
clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website.
Online merchants and others who participate in Guardit’s services
are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to
take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since
we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating
merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy
practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that
you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third
parties before you provide any personal information or complete any
transaction with such parties.
3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
Guardit collects certain information from and about its users three
ways: directly
from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.
a. Web Server Logs.
When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer
the site
and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
- Your Internet protocol address.
- The kind of browser or computer you use.
- Number of links you click within the site.
- State or country from which you accessed the site.
- Date and time of your visit. Name of your Internet service provider.
- Web page you linked to our site from.
- Pages you viewed on the site.
b. Use of Cookies
Guardit may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience.
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a
Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses
to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only
be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience
feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page,
or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific
information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process
of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing
and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing
personalized functionality..
Guardit reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with
partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies
on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value
(such as merging into Guarditthenetwork.com a site that relies on third-party
cookies).
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser
settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality
on our Website.
c. Personal Information Users
Visitors to our website can register to purchase services. When you
register, we will request some personal information such as name, address,
email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other
relevant information. If you are purchasing a service, we will request
financial information. Any financial information we collect is used
only to bill you for the services you purchased. If you purchase by
credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider.
For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information.
You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that
we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such
data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and
troubleshooting.
We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect
from you to
third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary
including:
- To fulfill your service requests for services.
- To protect ourselves from liability,
- To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the
company.
4. USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES
Guarditthenetwork.com Web pages may contain electronic images known
as Web beacons – sometimes also called single-pixel gifs –
that allow Guardit to count users who have visited those pages and to
deliver co-branded services. Guardit may include Web beacons in promotional
e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages
have been opened and acted upon.
Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers
to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or
email communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service
providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows
the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit
certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation
to those page views, which in turn enables us and our service providers
to learn which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and
how you use the site. Guardit prohibits Web beacons from being used
to collect or access your personal information.
5. OUR SECURITY PROCEDURES
We Restrict Access to Non-Public Personal Information About You to
Those Persons Who Need Such Information to Provide Products or Services
to You. We Maintain Physical, Electronic and Procedural Safeguards That
Comply With Federal Regulation to Guard Your Nonpublic Personal Information.
6. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable
information in your web account file is correct and current. You may
review this information by contacting us by sending an email to our
support attendant customerservice@guardit.com.
7. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
Guardit has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement.
When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the
top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this
privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect
the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service
constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
8. CONTACTING US
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation,
failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices,
please contact us at privacy@guardit.com or send your comments
to :
Guardit Technologies
Attention: Privacy Statement Personnel
4240 Ridge Lea Rd, Suite 40
Amherst, NY 14226
Guardit will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond
and resolve
any problem or question.