Associated Computer Systems (ACS) (“Associated Computer Systems”, “ACS”, or “we”) owns and operates various websites (“Sites”). ACS wants you to feel comfortable using the Sites, so we have created this Privacy Policy to inform you of what information we may collect from you on the Sites and how we may use that information. Please take a moment to review the terms of this Privacy Policy. By using the Sites, you agree to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Sites. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected on the Sites. It does not apply to information that we may collect by means other than on the Sites.
This website may contain proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. Information on this Web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
Information may be changed or updated without notice. ACS may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this information at any time without notice.
ACS assumes no responsibility regarding the accuracy of the information that is provided by ACS and use of such information is at the recipient's own risk. ACS provides no assurances that any reported problems may be resolved with the use of any information that ACS provides. By furnishing information, ACS does not grant any licenses to any copyrights, patents or any other intellectual property rights.
I. Personal Information
A. Active Collection and Use:
In order to access the Sites, services and the information available on the Sites, you may be required to register with the Sites and provide some personal information, such as your name, email address, phone number, company name, title, and mailing address. You may also be provided an option to choose to subscribe to an email or enewsletter list. If you subscribe to our electronic mailing list and later decide to opt-out, simply follow the instructions that are included in each email. If you provide us with personal information, we will retain and may use that information to contact or respond to you. We may also use personal information to customize the services we provide to you and to ensure compliance with ACS policies and applicable laws.
Our services collect, store and process this personal information on servers in the United States of America.
B. Aggregate Information and Passive Information Collection:
From time to time, we may collect general, non-personal, statistical information about the use of the Sites, such as how many visitors visit a specific page on the Sites, how long they stay on that page, and which hyperlinks, if any, they “click” on. We collect this information through the use of technologies such as “cookies” and “IP addresses,” Our system may also automatically collect operational information about the technology you use, such as your browser, type of computer, operating systems, internet service providers and the domain name of the Sites from which you linked to our Sites. We collect this information in order to determine which areas of the Sites are most popular and to enhance the Sites for visitors. We may also use this information for security purposes, to detect and to block security breaches and to provide you with a safe online environment.
C. Cookies, Beacons and Successor Technologies:
We may use, and to permit our service providers and analytics providers to use, cookies, flash cookies and web beacons, as well as other comparable or future technologies, to track information based on use of the Sites.
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make web-surfing easier for you by saving your preferences while you're at the Sites.
In addition to the foregoing, we use Google Analytics Demographics.
II. Disclosure of Personal Information
A. Personally Identifiable Information:
We may use information collected via these Sites to improve the content of our Web Sites, to customize the Sites to your preferences, to communicate information to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research purposes, and for any other purpose specified. We may make full use of all information acquired through these Sites that is not in personally identifiable form.
We may sometimes use third parties to perform certain services for us, such as sending postal mail and providing data analysis, or providing products and services to you through ACS. We may provide personally identifiable information to those businesses when that information is necessary for them to respond to your requests or otherwise perform their duties.
Finally, ACS reserves the right to disclose visitor information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) ACS rights or property, other visitors, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. ACS also reserves the right to disclose visitor information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. However, we will have no liability for disclosure of information obtained due to errors in transmission or the unauthorized intervention of third parties.
B. Aggregate Information:
We may group information into aggregate visitor data in order to describe the use of the Sites to our existing or potential business partners or other third parties, or in response to a government request. However, please be assured that this aggregate data will in no way personally identify you or any other visitors to the Sites.
III. Links to Other Sites
A. Security:
Protecting the security of your personal information is very important to us. When you transmit personal information from your PC to our servers, your information is protected by both a “firewall” and industry standard SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. Once we receive your transmission, we will take reasonable precautions to ensure its security on our systems. While we utilize all of our security and data protection preventative measures, the internet is inherently insecure. As a result, while ACS strives to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of your personal information.
Users are required to sign-in to specific secured areas of ACS Sites and services using a user ID and password. These authenticate the user and are designed to safeguard against unauthorized access and use of a user's account. The user ID and password are used on a secure web page and encrypted when transmitted over the internet.
B. Privacy Policy for Children:
We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 on the Sites. If you are under the age of 13, please do not provide any personal information to us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.
C. Changes to These Terms:
This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 15, 2022. ACS may periodically update or modify this Privacy Policy. Please be sure to check this Privacy Policy regularly for any important modifications or changes in its terms.
D. Access and Review of Data:
When using our Sites and services, we make a good faith effort to provide you with access to your personal information and either correct this data if it is inaccurate or delete inaccurate data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes.
Users must identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed prior to processing such requests, and we may decline to process such requests that are deemed unreasonable or inappropriate. In any case, the information access and data corrections are performed free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Due to the methods that we maintain certain services, once your information is corrected or deleted; residual copies may take a period of time before they are deleted from our active systems and may remain in our backup systems.
E. Questions:
At any time, if you believe that ACS has willingly violated the above Policy, please let us know by sending an email to contact@acsltd.com. ACS values your trust and will take the appropriate measures to ensure that the Sites and services we provide to you are secure. If we are unable to resolve your privacy concerns or disputes, we will submit the dispute to an independent mediator. If you would like more information on this process and/or the independent mediator, please email contact@acsltd.com.
Any questions that you may have regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to contact@acsltd.com.