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04/09/2004
Your privacy is important to us.
MaintenanceForums.com
is sensitive to protecting the private information that our members and
visitors provide to us. We also want you to have the opportunity to
obtain interesting and useful information regarding maintenance and
reliability services. The loyalty of our members is very important to us
and we hope this policy will demonstrate our commitment to making sure
your experience at MaintenanceForums.com is a positive one.
This privacy policy
describes how MaintenanceForums.com treats information received about
you when you become a MaintenanceForums.com member, when you provide
information to us and when you use MaintenanceForums.com to explore the
World Wide Web. This policy is organized into the following sections:
- Member Information
- Voluntary Customer
Surveys
- Web Site Use and
Navigation Information
- Cookies
- Opting Out or
Un-subscribing
- Changes to
MaintenanceForums.com’s privacy policy
- Related Web Sites
Privacy
- Questions, comments
or concerns
Please read Privacy
Policy carefully. Also, please remember that no computer system should
be considered safe from intrusion. Email may pass through many computer
systems and should not be considered a secure means of communication
unless encrypted. Even then, information is only as secure as the
encryption method.
Member Information
For the forum
discussion and message board:
Information
is collected such as name, job title, company name, address, email
address, telephone number, and optional special interest indications.
MaintenanceForums.com collects and stores customer information for the
primary purpose of ensuring that your involvement in maintenance and
reliability is genuine and not strictly for commercial benefit and for
forwarding MaintenanceForums.com member email notification and
occasional special offers. This information is not made available to
3rd parties for any use. This membership list is self-service and
allows you to add your email (opt in), delete your email (opt out). To
update or change information, please use the forum links or send an
email to
maintenanc@maintenanceforums.com with your current subscriber
email address and the details of what information you would like changed
or updated. We can also unsubscribe you using this method if you
prefer.
How You Can Access
or Update Your Personal Information
If you would like
to update, change or delete your personal information you can do so by
clicking the forum links or you can ask us to do it manually by sending
an email to
maintenanc@maintenanceforums.com
with your current subscriber email address and the details of what
information you would like changed or updated. We can also unsubscribe
you using this method if you prefer.
For Member Message Posts
Membership information is kept private and is not available to
other members.
Information that you post in a message
such as name, job title, company name, address, email address, and
telephone number, are visible to other members who read your message
posting. Please do not include any private
information in your posts that you do not wish other forum members to
see.
How we Use Member Information
The member information that we collect
during the registration process is or may be used:
- To examine system logs to resolve system
problems
- To make sure that only MaintenanceForums.com
members are able to access certain member-only services.
This information is kept on a limited access
computer and is only available to personnel on a need to know basis.
- We provide
some information to companies that we use to perform certain
functions for us, for example, a web site for message board
hosting, an email service provider, an e-mail list service
provider, and a chat service provider. We choose providers who
pledge to maintain your privacy as well. None of the third party
service providers are authorized by MaintenanceForums.com to
release your information.
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- Occasionally
we use our customer database to distribute MaintenanceForums.com
announcements.
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MaintenanceForums.com will share information with government
authorities when legally required to do so and may cooperate
with these authorities investigating claims of illegal activity
such as (but not limited to) illegal transfer or use of
copyrighted material, or postings or email containing threats of
violence. Except under the limited circumstances described
above, we do not disclose customer information to third parties.
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Web Site Use and
Navigation Information
Web Site Use
and Navigation Information
Our servers collect each time a user visits our web site, certain
anonymous use and navigation information. This information is aggregated
and anonymous. It tells us how our web site is used and navigated,
including the number, frequency, and duration of visits to each Web
page.
Web Site use and
navigation information that we collect may include the domain names of
visitors who are not already MaintenanceForums.com members (such as "www.user’sinternet-service-provider.com)
and of MaintenanceForums.com members, but it does not otherwise contain
individually identifiable information about any visitor to our Web Site.
How We Use Web Site Use
and Navigation Information
Like member
information, we use the anonymous, aggregated information to improve the
content and navigation features of our Web Site.
Cookies
Like most Web
Sites, MaintenanceForums.com makes use of browser "cookies". Cookies are
files written to a user’s hard disk and read by server programs to
inform a Web Site if the user has previously visited that site. We use
cookies to 1) track if you are a new or return visitor to
MaintenanceForums.com. 2) Allow automatic log in for returning members
Companies who provide
services on our Web Site may also use cookie technology. We do not
control the use of cookies by our third party service providers.
Opting Out or
Un-subscribing and accessing your contact information
MaintenanceForums.com
does not have any interest in sending you information that you do not
want. You can automatically opt out or unsubscribe from this service by
following the forum links to control your own membership information and
to cancel your membership at any time. You may also call, write or fax
to the address and numbers listed at the bottom of this page.
Web Site Use by People
under the age of 18
MaintenanceForums.com is designed for adult professionals who are
involved in the use reliability technologies such as vibration analysis,
infrared thermography etc…
This site contains no
information that may be harmful to people under the age of 18.
Security Precautions:
MaintenanceForums.com data is stored on computers in a secured office.
The computer also requires a password to log in for access. A state of
the art firewall and security software system prevents unauthorized
access. The office is located in a locked building that meets all
acceptable security standards.
Only company management
has access to this information and they are the same parties responsible
for the drafting of this privacy policy.
Changes to
MaintenanceForums.com Privacy Policy
We make changes
to this policy from time to time. We will post changes to our Privacy
Policy here, so be sure to check back periodically. We may also decide
to notify members via email of significant changes. Regardless of later
updates or changes to our privacy policy , we will never use the
information you submit under our current privacy policy in a new way
without allowing you to opt out or otherwise prohibit that use.
Related Web Sites
Privacy Policies
This posted privacy policy reflects MaintenanceForums.com's privacy
commitment and does not include other corporate web sites owned or
maintained by related web sites and companies such as
Reliabilityweb.com or
Maintenance-Tips.com.
Questions, Comments,
Concerns and/or Ideas
If you
have any questions, comments, concerns or ideas about our Privacy
Policy, or any other aspect of our services, you may contact us at
maintenanc@maintenanceforums.com
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