Privacy Statement
In this privacy policy references to “we”, “us” and “our” are to Sybase 365. References
to “our Website” or “the Website” are to [www.Sybase 365].
Sybase 365 is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent
organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in
the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement
covers the site www.Sybase 365. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment
to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its
privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact
the Operations Manager at ops@2sms.com or tel
: +44 (0) 1234 757 800. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or
your inquiry has not been satisfactorily address, you should contact TRUSTe
(http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php).
TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
This document is effective February 25th 2005.
We understand that using our services online, including making a purchase,
involves a great deal of trust on your part. We recognise this trust, and take
it very seriously. We make it our highest priority to ensure the security and
confidentiality of the personally identifiable information ("PII") you provide
us.
(PII includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as
name, address, phone number, or e-mail address).
The information we collect via the Website may include:
- Any personal details you knowingly provide us with through forms and our email,
such as name, address, telephone number etc.
- In order to effectively process credit or debit card transactions it may be
necessary for the bank or card processing agency to verify your personal details
for authorisation outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Such information
will not be transferred out of the EEA for any other purpose.
- Your preferences and use of email updates, recorded by emails we send you (if
you select to receive email updates on products and offers).
- Your IP Address, this is a string of numbers unique to your computer that is
recorded by our web server when you request any page or component on the
Website. This information is used to monitor your usage of the Website.
- Data recorded by the Website which allows us to recognise you and your preferred
settings, this saves you from re-entering information on return visits to the
site. Such data is recorded locally on your computer through the use of cookies.
Most browsers can be programmed to reject, or warn you before downloading
cookies, information regarding this may be found in your browsers ‘help’
facility.
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we
will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically
send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. Sybase 365
stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and
tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at
support@2sms.com to request that we remove
this information from our database.
When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and access important
information without revealing your identity. In order to enhance individual
customer experience on our Site, we use “‘cookies” to track your visit. A cookie
is small amount of data that is transferred to your web browser by a Web server
and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your
identification card, and enables Sybase 365 to record your userid, password, and logon
time and date. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. Sybase 365 does not
use Spyware to track customer activity.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to
notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or
not to accept it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are
not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to
access those pages).
While Sybase 365 uses cookies to track your visit to Sybase 365, and our Web servers
automatically log the IP/Internet address of your computer, Sybase 365 does not
generally use this information to identify you personally. However, we will make
use of this data, with your consent, if you require us to troubleshoot your
account activity.
We do link the information we store in cookies to personally identifiable
information you submit on the web site.
Some of our Business Partners (eg. advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have
no access to or control over these cookies. This privacy statement covers the
use of cookies by Sybase 365 (this site) only and does not cover the use of
cookies by any advertisers.
Any personal information we collect from this website will be used in accordance
with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws of the UK, US and
EU. Sybase 365 complies with the EU Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the
Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from
the European Union. The details we collect will be used:
- To process your order, to provide after sales service.
- In certain cases we may use your email address to send you information on our
other products and services. In such a case you will be offered the option to
opt in before completing your account registration.
We may need to pass the information we collect to other companies for
administrative purposes. We may use third parties to carry out certain
activities, such as processing and sorting data, monitoring how customers use
the Website and issuing our e-mails for us. Third parties will not be allowed to
use your personal information for their own purposes.
The TRUSTe program covers only information that is collected through this Web
site, and does not cover information that may be collected through software
downloaded from this site.
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter
sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number)
on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure
socket layer technology (SSL). To learn more about SSL, follow this link
www.verisign.com.
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal
information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No
method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is
100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable
means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute
security.
If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us
at support@2sms.com.
Sybase 365 uses your PII only for the purpose of authenticating your identity, and
to allow us to respond to your requests for service from us.
We only send information to you to service your account, for example to respond
to your emails or phone calls, or if your account activity indicates that a
service communication is required. We offer you the option to opt out of this
process if you request it. We send a monthly statement by email which details
your account activity, and offers news items covering new and enhanced aspects
of our service. We also communicate with you if you choose to make a purchase
with us, by sending invoices and statements by email or post. On rare occasions
of below standard performance, we may email you to inform you. In all our
communications, your privacy is important to us, and we will respect it.
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire
our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by making the
change on our member information page or by emailing our Customer Support at
support@2sms.com or by contacting us by
telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. Sybase 365
guarantees to respond to access requests within 30 days of the request.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as
required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal
process served on our Web site.
Sybase 365 only share your PII with authorised partners in order to complete a
transaction that you specifically request. Where it does share information, the
absolute minimum information will be conveyed. Sybase 365 insists that all
partners maintain a privacy policy that complies with the privacy policy of
Sybase 365
Sybase 365 does not sell or rent your PII to anyone.
2sms.com provides you with control over the collection and use of your PII, as
well as the ability to update, correct, or remove any PII stored in your
customer profile.
To ensure the security of your PII, Sybase 365 has adopted data security standards
that are independently audited and certified compliant with ISO27001.
Sybase 365 only markets to customers once a month as part of a statement insert which
is electronically emailed to customers. Customers are given the option to opt-in
to this service at account registration. A link to opting-out is provided at the
bottom of each monthly statement. Customers can also
contact us via email or
telephone to request removal from these infrequent communications.
Sybase 365 occasionally communicates via email service alerts to opt-in customers to
inform them of disruptions to service. Customer can communicate via email or
telephone to request removal from these infrequent communications.
If you use a bulletin board or chat room on this site, you should be aware that
any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected,
or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you
unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable
information you choose to submit in these forums.
You have the right to request a copy of any information that we currently hold
about you. In order to receive such information please send your contact details
including address to the following address:
Privacy
2sms.com limited
Trent House
Cranfield Technology Park
Cranfield
MK43 0AN
UK
Tel : +44 (0) 1234 757 800
This privacy policy only covers this website. Any other websites which may be
linked to by our website are subject to their own policy, which may differ from
ours.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this
privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that
you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this
privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make
material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means
of a notice on our homepage.