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TSANet, Inc. is a Vendor-Neutral,
Not-for-Profit Corporation based in Overland Park, Kansas
USA. TSANet Europe, Ltd. is a Vendor-Neutral Corporation
based on London England U.K. All members (Worldwide) sign
an International Code of Conduct and agree to operate within
the rules and policies of the organization(s).
At TSANet, we are committed to protecting
your privacy. Most of our site, outside the TSANet member
contact database, will be accessible without giving us any
information about yourself or require a password. As a general
policy, TSANet will not disclose any information contained
in our web site or database to any third party and will
only use the information contained in the TSANet database
for the stated purpose and objectives of the organization(s).
Collecting your Personal Information
(Public Web Site)
TSANet 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 organization(s) without your permission, except
under conditions explained below. Your information may be
stored and processed in the United States, Europe or Australia.
TSANet 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 in
the United States and the European Community countries;
(b) protect and defend the rights or property of TSANet,
Inc or TSANet Europe, Ltd.
Collecting your Personal Information
(TSANet Contact Database, TSANet Members Only)
You will be required to provide TSANet information that
personally identifies you (personal information) or allows
us to contact you or in specific cases allows other members
to contact you. This information is required under the TSANet
International Code of Conduct and will not be used for purposes
outside the stated objectives of the organization(s).
The organization(s) may at times, conduct
surveys and/or distribute literature regarding industry
information it deems appropriate to its members. In such
cases, the organization(s) will maintain control or utilize
a neutral third party for distribution and require such
third party to distribute information for the stated purposes
only approved by the organization(s).
Your personal information is never shared outside the organization(s)
without your permission, except under conditions stated.
Inside the organization(s), data is stored in password-controlled
servers with limited access. You also have a significant
role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit
your personal information without knowing your Passport
and password, so do not share these with others.
TSANet 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 TSANet or TSANet Europe, Ltd.
© 2001 TSANet (North America)Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Last Updated - March 23rd 2001
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Your
personal information: TSANET
(EUROPE) LIMITED ("TSANet") respects the privacy
of your personal information. This Data Protection and Privacy
Statement explains TSANet's policy on how it aims to treat
personal information supplied by you on the Website. In doing
so, TSANet will have measures in place to ensure compliance
by its staff and third parties with high standards of security
and confidentiality in order to protect your information.
Any personal information that
you provide to TSANet will be used solely for the purpose
of providing you with the services you have requested at
the Website, to update and enhance TSANet's records, to
advise you from time to time of other products and services
from TSANet and other companies (which includes businesses
and services within the TSANet Group as defined below) that
may be of interest to you. We will also log various usage
and statistical information about your use of the services
on the Website (See 'Cookies' below) to improve our services
and to assist TSANet to promote appropriate advertising
space on the Website.
Other than to those individuals and entities
(or categories thereof) listed below, your details will
not be disclosed by TSANet to any external body, unless
we have your permission to do so, or we are under either
a legal obligation or any other duty to do so. The information
provided by you at the Website may be disclosed by TSANet
to:
| TSANet (EUROPE) LIMITED;
TSANet (USA) INC. and any subsequent group member from
time to time ('TSANet Group'), |
| External advisors, and
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| Any third
party service providers or agent acting on behalf
of TSANet or TSANet Group. |
You may be requested to provide
personal information when using the services on the Website
and this personal data may then be transferred to other
company's within the TSANet Group. This transfer of your
personal information may be to different countries (either
inside or outside the EU) depending on which services you
have requested and which company within the TSANet Group
may be involved with providing you with such requested services
and any other information as set out in this TSANet Privacy
Statement. By using the services on the Website you consent
to such transfers within the TSANet Group including transfers
outside the EU.
Hyperlinks to other
websites: TSANet provides,
from time to time, hyperlinks to other websites outside
of the TSANet Group. If you use these hyperlinks then you
will be leaving the Website and your access and use of those
websites will not be governed by this TSANet Privacy Statement.
It is your responsibility to check the other websites and
any privacy policies that may govern those websites to find
out how your data will be treated by the operators of those
websites.
How long do
we keep your information? Personal
information provided by you is retained as long the purpose
for which the data was collected continues. It will then
be destroyed unless its retention is required to satisfy
legal, regulatory or accounting requirements or to protect
our interests.
Cookies:
TSANet may place certain information
automatically onto your computer's hard drive when you view
the Website. This may result in TSANet storing some information
on your computer, which will be in the form of a "Cookie"
or similar file. This is in order to help TSANet provide
and improve its services to you. Most Internet browser software
allows you to erase Cookies from your computer hard drive
by 'blocking all Cookies', or enables you to receive a warning
before a Cookie is stored. For further information about
this please refer to your Internet browser software instructions
or help screen.
Changes to this Data Protection
and Privacy Statement: TSANet
reserves the right to amend its prevailing Data Protection
and Privacy Statement at any time without notice and place
any such amendments on this Website. You should visit this
page periodically to review the TSANet Data Protection and
Privacy Statement. This Data Protection and Privacy Statement
is not intended to, nor does it, create any contractual
rights whatsoever or any other legal rights, nor does it
create any obligations on TSANet in respect of any other
party or on behalf of any party. This Privacy Statement
is subject to TSANet's terms of use for the Website from
time to time.
Keeping you
informed of TSANet services: The
information collected from you will be important and useful
in keeping you informed of products and services (from TSANet
or other companies within TSANet Group) that we believe
would be of interest you. We will ensure that our use of
your information will be kept to the minimum required in
order to provide the services that you have requested and
to continually monitor and improve our services and keeping
you informed about our services.
Other TSANet services:
Your information may also be used
by TSANet or other members of the TSANet Group to keep you
informed of other products and services. If you do not wish
to receive such information please contact
TSANet by email.
Your rights:
In order to maintain the accuracy
of your personal information it is requested that you keep
TSANet informed of any changes via email.
You may have the right on payment of a nominal fee to request
access to and/or correction of and/or deletion of personal
information held about you by TSANet. If you have that right
and/or if you have any questions concerning your consent
for TSANet to process your personal information as set out
in this Data Protection and Privacy Statement please contact
TSANet by email.
In providing your telephone, facsimile
number, email address or other contact details you agree
that TSANet or those companies that we share your information
with may contact you by using any of those contact details
for any of the purposes set out in this TSANet Privacy Statement
to keep you updated with information about services that
may or will be of interest to you.
You agree that you do not and will not
consider that being contacted in this way will breach any
of your rights under the U.K. Telecommunications (Data Protection
& Privacy) Regulations 1999 and if you do not want to
be contacted by these methods (telephone, facsimile number,
email address or other contact details) please let us know
now or at a later date by email reply.
By accessing the Website and using
any services you accept this Data Protection and Privacy
Statement and you consent to the use (including processing
and storage), transfer, and disclosure of your personal
information referred to in this Data Protection and Privacy
Statement for the purposes set out in this Data Protection
and Privacy Policy Statement.
It is your responsibility
to maintain the secrecy of any user ID and login password
that we provide to you.
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