PRIVACY POLICY
YMESYSTEMS are committed to protecting your privacy. This statement details the steps we take to protect your personal information when you visit our websites or use an online application that contains a link to this statement (collectively, the “sites”). This statement also covers information we receive when you contact us (e.g., to submit a comment or query or to seek support with one of our products or services). It describes the personal information that we collect, the purposes for which we use such information and your choices regarding our use of it. The steps we take to protect your personal information and how you can review and correct your personal information are also covered here. By accessing our sites or providing us your information when you contact us, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.For purposes of this statement, “personal information” means information that identifies a particular individual, such as name, postal address, email address or phone number. When other information, such as email newsletter choices, product purchases or consumer product preferences, is associated with personal information, this other information also becomes personal information. >contact details, such as your name, title, company/organization name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers and physical address; >information about your company and job function; >your e-mail marketing preferences; >financial information (including credit card or account information); >information, such as your nationality and country of residence, that allows us to determine your eligibility under export; >control regulations to receive information about certain technologies; >information used to customize and facilitate your use of our sites, including login and technical information; >inquiries about and orders for our products and services; >information that assists us in identifying the products and services that best meet your requirements; >event registration information; and feedback from you about our sites and our products and services generally. You are not required to provide any of this information, but if you do not, we may not be able to provide you the requested service or complete your transaction. Information collected automatically. We collect information about your visit to our sites, including what pages you view, the number of bytes transferred, the links you click, the materials you access and other actions taken within YMESYSTEMS’ sites. We may combine this information with your personal information to and use the combined information in accordance with this privacy statement. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and capabilities and language, your operating system, the date and time you access the site and the website from which you linked to one of our sites. We do not combine this standard information with other personal information. Our use of information Services and transactions. We use your personal information to deliver services or carry out transactions you have requested, including, but not limited to, providing information on YMESYSTEMS products or services, registering purchased products, processing product orders, handling warranty claims, replacing product manuals, answering customer service requests and facilitating use of our sites. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with YMESYSTEMS – including, but not limited to, learning about you and how you interact with and use YMESYSTEMS products and services; developing and managing our products, services and customer care; and providing you with information about YMESYSTEMS products and services that you may be interested in -- information collected by our sites may be combined with information we collect or acquire through other means. Website and product improvement. We may use your personal information to perform business analyses or for other purposes to improve the quality of our business, our sites and YMESYSTEMS products or services (including new products or services), or to make our sites easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing our sites to your particular preference or interests. Communications. We may use your personal information to inform you of products or services available from YMESYSTEMS in which you may be interested and to send you surveys regarding your use of YMESYSTEMS products and services. You can opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by contacting us using the contact information listed in this privacy statement. Moreover, each promotional e-mail communication we send includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication. If you elect to unsubscribe, we will remove you from the relevant list within 10 business days. Our use of cookies Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which is downloaded to your hard disk or to your browser's memory when you visit one of YMESYSTEMS’ sites. Cookies are useful because they help arrange the content and layout of our sites and allow us to recognize those computers or other devices that have been to our sites before. Cookies do many different jobs, such as allowing our websites to remember your preference settings and helping us to enhance the usability and performance of our sites and your experience using them.Our sites also may contain electronic images known as web beacons – sometimes called single-pixel gifs – that allow us to count the number of users who have visited specific pages. We may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. Disclosure of your personal information Except as described below, personal information that we collect about you through our sites or that you provide to us when you contact us will not be shared outside of YMESYSTEMS without your permission.Disclosure to service providers. YMESYSTEMS contracts with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, sending out information, conducting surveys, processing transactions, analyzing our sites and performing business and other analyses to improve the quality of our business, our sites and YMESYSTEMS products or services. We provide these companies with only those elements of your personal information they need to deliver those services effectively. These companies and their employees are prohibited from using personal information they receive from YMESYSTEMS for any other purpose.Disclosure to distributors. In responding to a request made by you, we may share your personal information with companies that distribute our products. In those cases, we provide these companies with only those elements of your personal information they need to respond to your request, and these companies and their employees are prohibited from using that personal information for any other purpose. In some cases, we may seek your permission to share your information with distributors for marketing purposes other than responding to a request from you. However, we will not share your information for such marketing purposes unless we have obtained your express consent to do so.Disclosure in connection with transactions. In connection with certain transactions, we may disclose some or all of your personal information to financial institutions, government entities and shipping companies or postal services involved in fulfillment of the transaction.Disclosures in connection with acquisitions or divestitures. Circumstances may arise where for strategic or other business reasons YMESYSTEMS decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses in some countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of personal information sellers. We may disclose information we maintain about you to the extent reasonably necessary to proceed with the negotiation or completion of a merger, acquisition or sale of all or a portion of YMESYSTEMS’ assets. It is YMESYSTEMS’ practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these types of transactions.Disclosure for other reasons. We may disclose personal information if required or authorized to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served on us, to protect and defend our rights or property or, in urgent circumstances, to protect the personal safety of any individual. Security YMESYSTEMS are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in facilities to which access is limited. For sites to which you log in, it is your responsibility to ensure the security of your password and not to reveal this information to others. When you move around a site to which you have logged in, or from one site to another that uses the same login mechanism, we verify your identity by means of an encrypted cookie placed on your machine. Reviewing your personal information In some cases, you can review and correct personal information provided through our sites by going to the page on which you provided the information. In all cases, you can make a request to review and correct your personal information that is collected via our sites or that you provide when you contact us or ask YMESYSTEMS to stop using it by contacting us using the contact information listed below. We may take steps to verify your identity before providing you access to your personal information. You can help us to maintain the accuracy of your information by notifying us of any change to your mailing address, phone number or e-mail address. |