We, the Operators of this Website, provide it as a public service
to our users.
Your privacy is important to the us. Our goal is to provide you
with a personalized online experience that provides you with the
information, resources, and services that are most relevant and
helpful to you. This Privacy Policy has been written to describe
the conditions under which this web site is being made available
to you. The Privacy Policy discusses, among other things, how data
obtained during your visit to this web site may be collected and
used. We strongly recommend that you read the Privacy Policy carefully.
By using this web site, you agree to be bound by the terms of this
Privacy Policy. If you do not accept the terms of the Privacy Policy,
you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the
web site or any materials obtained from it. If you are dissatisfied
with the web site, by all means contact us; otherwise, your only
recourse is to disconnect from this site and refrain from visiting
the site in the future.
The process of maintaining a web site is an evolving one, and the
Operators may decide at some point in the future, without advance
notice, to modify the terms of this Privacy Policy. Your use of
the web site, or materials obtained from the web site, indicates
your assent to the Privacy Policy at the time of such use. The effective
Privacy Policy will be posted on the web site, and you should check
upon every visit for any changes.
Sites Covered by this
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to all the Operators-maintained web
sites, domains, information portals, and registries.
Childrfen's Privacy
The Operators are committed to protecting the privacy needs of
children, and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active
role in their children's online activities and interests. The
Operators do not intentionally collect information from minors,
and the Operators do not target its web site to children.
Links to Non-Operators
Web Sites
The Operators's web sites may provide links to third-party
web sites for the convenience of our users. If you access those
links, you will leave the Operators's web site. the Operators
do not control these third-party websites and cannot represent that
their policies and practices will be consistent with this Privacy
Policy. For example, other web sites may collect or use personal
information about you in a manner different from that described
in this document. Therefore, you should use other web sites with
caution, and you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to review
the privacy policy of any web site before submitting personal information..
Types of Information We Collect
Non-Personal Information
Non-personal information is data about usage and service operation that is not directly
associated with a specific personal identity. The Operators may collect and analyze
non-personal information to evaluate how visitors use the Operators's web sites.
Aggregate Information
The Operators may gather aggregate information, which refers to
information your computer automatically provides to us and that
cannot be tied back to you as a specific individual. Examples include
referral data (the web sites you visited just before and just after
our site), the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP address is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. For
example, when you request a page from one of our sites, our servers
log your IP address to create aggregate reports on user demographics
and traffic patterns and for purposes of system administration.
Log Files
Every time you request or download a file from the web site, the Operators may store data
about these events and your IP address in a log file. The Operators may use this
information to analyze trends, administer the web site, track users' movements, and
gather broad demographic information for aggregate use or for other business purposes.
Cookies
Our site may use a feature of your browser to set a cookie
on your computer. Cookies are small packets of information that
a web site's computer stores on your computer. The Operators's
web sites can then read the cookies whenever you visit our site.
We may use cookies in a number of ways, such as to save your password
so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site,
to deliver content specific to your interests and to track the pages
you've visited. These cookies allow us to use the information
we collect to customize your experience so that your visit to our
site is as relevant and as valuable to you as possible.
Most browser software can be set up to deal with cookies. You may
modify your browser preference to provide you with choices relating
to cookies. You have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified
when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. If you choose to
reject cookies, certain of the functions and conveniences of our
web site may not work properly, and you may be unable to use those
of the Operators's services that require registration in order
to participate, or you will have to re-register each time you visit
our site. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser
to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar.
We do not link non-personal information from cookies to personally
identifiable information without your permission.
Web Beacons
The Operators's web site also may use web beacons to collect
non-personal information about your use of our web site and the
web sites of selected sponsors or members, your use of special promotions
or newsletters, and other activities. The information collected
by web beacons allows us to statistically monitor how many people
are using our web site and selected sponsors' sites; how many
people open our emails; and for what purposes these actions are
being taken. Our web beacons are not used to track your activity
outside of our web site or those of our sponsors. The Operators
do not link non-personal information from web beacons to personally
identifiable information without your permission.
Personal Information
Personal information is information that is associated with your name or personal
identity. The Operators use personal information to better understand your needs and
interests and to provide you with better service. On some of the Operators web pages,
you may be able to request information, subscribe to mailing lists, participate in
online discussions, collaborate on documents, provide feedback, submit information into
registries, register for events, apply for membership, or join technical committees or
working groups. The types of personal information you provide to us on these pages may
include name, address, phone number, e-mail address, user IDs, passwords, billing
information, or credit card information.
Members-Only Web Sites
Information you provide on Operators's membership applications is used to create a member
profile, and some information may be shared with other of the Operators's individual
member representatives and organizations. Member contact information may be provided to
other members on a secure web site to encourage and facilitate collaboration, research,
and the free exchange of information among the Operators's members, but we expressly
prohibit members from using member contact information to send unsolicited commercial
correspondence. The Operators's members may be automatically added to the Operators's
mailing lists. From time to time, member information may be shared with event organizers
and/or other organizations that provide additional benefits to the Operators's members.
By providing us with your personal information on the membership application, you
expressly consent to our storing, processing, and distributing your information for
these purposes.
How We Use Your Information
The Operators may use non-personal data that is aggregated for
reporting about the Operators's web site usability, performance,
and effectiveness. It may be used to improve the experience, usability,
and content of the site.
The Operators may use personal information to provide services
that support the activities of the Operators's members and their
collaboration on the Operators's standards and projects. When accessing
the Operators's members-only web pages, your personal user information
may be tracked by the Operators in order to support collaboration,
ensure authorized access, and enable communication between members.
Credit card information may be collected to facilitate membership
applications; or if you purchase a product or service from our website,
such information will not be kept longer than necessary for providing
the services requested. Credit card numbers are used only for processing
payment and are not used for other purposes. Payment processing
services may be provided by a third-party payment service, and a
management company external to the Operators may provide support
for the financial activities of the Operators. the Operators may
share your personal information with its partners to facilitate
these transactions.
Information Sharing
The Operators does not sell, rent, or lease any individual's
personal information or lists of email addresses to anyone for marketing
purposes, and we take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the
security of this information. However, the Operators reserve the right
to supply any such information to any organization into which the
Operators may merge in the future or to which it may make any transfer
in order to enable a third party to continue part or all of its mission.
We also reserve the right to release personal information to protect
our systems or business, when we reasonably believe you to be in violation
of our Terms of Use or if we reasonably believe you to have initiated
or participated in any illegal activity. In addition, please be aware
that in certain circumstances, the Operators may be obligated to release
your personal information pursuant to judicial or other government
subpoenas, warrants, or other orders.
In keeping with our open process, the Operators may maintain publicly
accessible archives for the majority of our activities. For example,
posting an email to any of the Operators's-hosted public mail
lists or discussion forums, subscribing to one of our newsletters
or registering for one of our public meetings may result in your
email address becoming part of the publicly accessible archives.
On some sites, anonymous users are allowed to post content and/or
participate in forum discussions. In such a case, since no user
name can be associated with such a user, the IP address number of
a user is used as an identifier. When posting content or messages
to a Operators site anonymously, your IP address may be revealed
to the public.
If you are a registered member of an Operators's website or
email list, you should be aware that some items of your personal
information may be visible to other members and to the public. The
Operators's member databases may retain information about your
name, e-mail address, company affiliation (if an organizational
member), and such other personal address and identifying data as
you choose to supply. That data may be visible to other of the Operators's
members and to the public. Your name, e-mail address, and other
information you may supply also may be associated in the Operators's
publicly accessible records with the Operators's various committees,
working groups, and similar activities that you join, in various
places, including: (i) the permanently-posted attendance and membership
records of those activities; (ii) documents generated by the activity,
which may be permanently archived; and, (iii) along with message
content, in the permanent archives of the Operators's e-mail
lists, which also may be public.
Please remember that any information (including personal information)
that you disclose in public areas of our web site, such as forums,
message boards, and news groups, becomes public information that
others may collect, circulate, and use. Because we cannot and do
not control the acts of others, you should exercise caution when
deciding to disclose information about yourself or others in public
forums such as these.
Given the international scope of the Operators websites, personal
information may be visible to persons outside your country of residence,
including to persons in countries that your own country's privacy
laws and regulations deem deficient in ensuring an adequate level
of protection for such information. If you are unsure whether this
Privacy Policy is in conflict with applicable local rules, you should
not submit your information. If you are located within the European
Union, you should note that your information will be transferred
to the United States, which is deemed by the European Union to have
inadequate data protection. Nevertheless, in accordance with local
laws implementing European Union Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October
1995 (EU Privacy Directive) on the protection of individuals
with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement
of such data, individuals located in countries outside of the United
States of America who submit personal information do thereby consent
to the general use of such information as provided in this Privacy
Policy and to its transfer to and/or storage in the United States
of America.
If you do not want your personal information collected and used
by the Operators, please do not visit the Operators's web site
or apply for membership of any of the Operators' websites or
email lists.
Access to and Accuracy of Member
Information
The Operators are committed to keeping the personal information of our members accurate.
All the information you have submitted to us can be verified and changed. In order to do
this, please email us a request. We may provide members with online access to their own
personal profiles, enabling them to update or delete information at any time. To protect
our members' privacy and security, we also may take reasonable steps to verify identity,
such as a user ID and password, before granting access to modify personal profile data.
Certain areas of the Operators's web sites may limit access to specific individuals
through the use of passwords or other personal identifiers; a password prompt is your
indication that a members-only resource is being accessed.
Security
The Operators make every effort to protect personal information by users of the web
site, including using firewalls and other security measures on its servers. No server,
however, is 100% secure, and you should take this into account when submitting personal
or confidential information about yourself on any web site, including this one. Much of
the personal information is used in conjunction with member services such as
collaboration and discussion, so some types of personal information such as your name,
company affiliation, and email address will be visible to other the Operators's members
and to the public. The Operators assume no liability for the interception, alteration,
or misuse of the information you provide. You alone are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your personal information. Please use care when use access this web site and
provide personal information.
Opting Out
From time to time the Operators may email you electronic newsletters,
announcements, surveys or other information. If you prefer not to
receive any or all of these communications, you may opt out by following
the directions provided within the electronic newsletters and announcements.
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact
us.