WinGear.NET Privacy Policy

WinGear.NET Statement of Privacy
This document was last updated February 20, 2004.

At WinGear.NET, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to promote hardware that gives partners of the site the most powerful online experience. You can travel through most of our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read the complete WinGear.NET.com privacy statement.

Collecting your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are asked to register before entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site, or when purchasing and registering WinGear.NET products. Personal information collected by WinGear.NET.com often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you choose to make a request in the Hardware area of the Web site, we will request personal information such as: name, address, telephone number, and event or project information.

When you register for a valid WinGear.NET account, we keep this registration information on file with any information you've already given us on previous visits to our Web site. This is considered your personal profile.

If you ever want to review or update your profile, simply visit the Your Account and edit your personal information. We’ll ask you to disclose your credentials (e-mail address and password) so that only you can access your profile.

Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for four primary purposes:

To make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once
To help you quickly find hardware, services or information on WinGear.NET
To help us create and deliver content most relevant to you
To alert you to product special offers, updated information and other new services from WinGear.NET

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering hardware requests, answering customer questions about hardware or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

WinGear.NET will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on WinGear.NET or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of WinGear.NET and its family of Web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of WinGear.NET, its Web sites, or the public.

Control of your Personal Information
When you register for a WinGear.NET account, or otherwise give us personal information, WinGear.NET will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

WinGear.NET may send out periodic e-mails informing you of issues related to a service you requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may review and update this information at any time at the Your Account. You can:

View and edit personal information you have already given us
Express how WinGear.NET can help you & your team with marketing information, hardware acquisition & partner/sponsorships

Security of your Personal Information
WinGear.NET strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where WinGear.NET, its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing specific credentials, so do not share these with others.

Changes to this Statement
WinGear.NET will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this Statement, WinGear.NET will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

Contact Information
WinGear.NET welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail.

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