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Privacy Statement Effective as of November 2004
Any
information you provide will be treated in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement
of such data (the "EU Data Protection Directive"), and any implementing and/or amending legislation as may be adopted in EU
Member States from time to time, as well as the Swiss Data Protection Act of 19 June 1999 and any implementing and/or amending
legislation that may be adopted from time to time.
This privacy statement complies with the Safe Harbor framework
under the EU Data Protection Directive. In addition, Advisor Station self-certifies compliance with the Safe Harbor framework
to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact
Advisor Station's security administrator by email at security@Advisor Station. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your
inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact http://www.edog.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php.
will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your concerns.
Advisor Station Privacy Statement:
Advisor
Station has created this privacy statement ("Statement") in order to demonstrate our commitment to customer privacy. Privacy
on the Advisor Station web site (the "Site") is of great importance to us. Because we gather important information from our
customers, we have established this Statement as a means to communicate our information gathering and dissemination practices.
We reserve the right to change this Statement and will provide notification of the change at least thirty (30) business days
prior to the change taking effect. To be effective, the change must first also be approved, and will include directions on
how users may respond to the change.
Collected Information:
We require customers who register to use the services
offered on our Site (collectively, the "Service") to give us contact information, such as their name, company name, address,
phone number, and e-mail address, and financial qualification and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit
card number, and the number of users within the organization that will be using the Service. At the time you express interest
in attaining additional information, or when you register for the Service, we may also ask for additional personal information,
such as title, department name, fax number, or additional company information, such as annual revenues, number of employees,
or industry. Customers can opt out of providing this additional information by not entering it when asked. Customers can update
or remove their personal information at any time by logging into the Website and editing their Personal Information within
Setup. Customers can view their updated profile to confirm their edits have been made.
Advisor Station uses the
information that we collect to set up the Service for individuals and their organizations. We may also use the information
to contact customers to further discuss customer interest in our company, the Service that we provide, and to send information
regarding our company or partners, such as promotions and events. Customers are invited to receive an email newsletter by
providing an email address. Customer email addresses and any personal customer information will not be distributed or shared
with third parties. Customers can opt out of being contacted by us, or receiving such information from us, at any time by
sending an email to support@AdvisorStation.com. Separately, customers are also asked to provide an email address when registering
for the Service, in order to receive a username and password. We may also email information regarding updates to the Service
or company, and will send a Customer Newsletter. Again, email will not be distributed or shared and customers can opt out
of receiving any communication by emailing support@AdvisorStation.com at the time it is distributed, or at the time any customer
registers for the Service.
Except as we explicitly state at the time we request information, or as provided for in
the Advisor Station Master Subscription Agreement, we do not disclose to third parties the information provided. All financial
and billing information that we collect through the Site is used solely to check the qualifications of prospective customers
and to bill for the Service. This billing information is not used by Advisor Station for marketing or promotional purposes.
Advisor Station uses a third-party intermediary to manage the credit card processing. This intermediary is solely a link in
the distribution chain, and is not permitted to store, retain, or use the information provided, except for the sole purpose
of credit card processing. Other third parties, such as content providers, may provide content on the web Site but they are
not permitted to collect any information nor does Advisor Station share user information with these parties.
Customers
of the Service will be using the Site to host data and information ("Data"). Advisor Station will not review, share, distribute,
print, or reference any such Data except as provided in the Advisor Station Master Subscription Agreement, or as may be required
by law. Individual records may at times be viewed or accessed only for the purpose of resolving a problem, support issue,
or suspected violation of the Master Subscription Agreement, or as may be required by law. Of course, customers are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality and security of their user registration and password.
Advisor Station may also
collect certain information from visitors to and customers of the Site, such as Internet addresses. This information is logged
to help diagnose technical problems, and to administer our Site in order to constantly improve the quality of the Service.
We may also track and analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and
customers and provide such information to third parties.
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing
a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Advisor Station will automatically send the
friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. Advisor Station does not store this information.
Cookies:
When
you interact with the Advisor Station Website we strive to make that experience easy and meaningful. When you come to our
Web site, our Web server sends a cookie to your computer. Cookies are files that Web browsers place on a computer's hard drive
and are used to tell us whether customers and visitors have visited the Site previously.
Standing alone, cookies do
not identify you personally. They merely recognize your browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to Advisor Station,
either by responding to a promotional offer, opening an account, or registering for a 30-day Test Drive, you remain anonymous
to Advisor Station. Cookies come in two flavors: session and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during an online
session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies
remain on your computer after you've closed your browser or turned off your computer. They include such information as a unique
identifier for your browser.
Advisor Station uses session cookies containing encrypted information to allow the system
to uniquely identify you while you are logged in. This information allows Advisor Station to process your online transactions
and requests. Session cookies help us make sure you are who you say you are after you've logged in and are required in order
to use the Advisor Station application. Advisor Station uses persistent cookies, that only Advisor Station can read and use,
to identify the fact that you are a Advisor Station customer or prior Advisor Station Website visitor (whatever the case may
be). We are especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. For
example, we do not store account numbers or passwords in persistent cookies. Users who disable their Web browsers' ability
to accept cookies will be able to browse our Website but will not be able to successfully use our Service.
Third Party
Cookies: We may from time to time engage third parties to track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical
information from visitors to our website to help us administer our website and improve its quality. Such third parties may
use cookies to help track visitor behavior. Such cookies will not be used to associate individual website visitors to any
personally identifiable information. All data collected by such third parties on behalf of Advisor Station is used only to
provide us with information on site usage and is not shared with any other third parties.
Third-Party Sites:
The
Site contains links to other web sites. Advisor Station is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these
other web sites. Customers and visitors will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites to understand their
policies. Customers and visitors who access a linked site may be disclosing their private information. It is the responsibility
of the user to keep such information private and confidential.
Security:
Our Site has security measures in place
to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the Data under our control. When our Site is accessed using Netscape
Navigator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 or higher, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects information
using both server authentication and data encryption to help ensure that Data is safe, secure, and available only to you.
Advisor Station also implements an advanced security method based on dynamic data and encoded session identifications, and
hosts the Site in a secure server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent interference or
access from outside intruders. Finally, Advisor Station provides unique user names and passwords that must be entered each
time a customer logs on. These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate
use of Data.
Opt-Out Policy:
Advisor Station offers its visitors and customers a means to choose how we may use
information provided. If, at any time after registering for information or ordering the Service, you change your mind about
receiving information from us or about sharing your information with third parties, send us a request specifying your new
choice. Simply send your request to support@AdvisorStation.com
Correcting & Updating Your Information:
If customers
need to update or change registration information they may do so by editing the user or organization record. To update a User
Profile, log on to Advisor Station and select Setup to add or update information. To update Organization's data, log on to
Advisor Station and select Organization Setup. To update billing information please email support@AdvisorStation.com.
Additional
Information:
Questions regarding this Statement or the practices of this Site should be directed to Advisor Station's Security
Administrator by e-mailing such questions to security@AdvisorStation.com
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inc. • All rights reserved • Various trademarks held by their respective owners.
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