This is the San Diego Computer privacy policy for www.sandiegocomputer.com and at other uniform resource locators and the related or linked web pages of our San Diego Computer Consulting Businesses. In this Privacy Policy, You are referred to as “You” “Your(s)” “Yourself” or “User” and San Diego Computer Consulting is referred to as “SDCC”.
It is the policy of SDCC IT to respect and protect the privacy of the users of the Sites (collectively, the “Site”). Through this Privacy Policy, we want to reassure users of the Site that we will not sell, share, or rent user information to others in a manner different than as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection
SDCC collects personally identifiable information from the users of the Site only if you voluntarily provide it to us and you have the option not to provide any personally identifiable information to us. For example, we collect your name, email, telephone number and other information when you subscribe to receive news and offers or access interactive features such as our whitepapers, e-newsletter or our blog.
Gathering and Sharing of Information, Links to External and Co-Branded Websites
We may monitor traffic patterns on the Site and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use to analyze trends and administer the Site in order to improve its layout and design and to permit Site personalization and streamlining to create the best Site experience we can for our users. In order to perform analysis permitting such personalization and improvement of site design and user experience, we may employ suitable third parties with whom we share the information necessary to accomplish these objectives. These statistics include no personally identifying information.
Where appropriate, we share aggregated statistical information with our business partners. These statistics include no personally identifying information.
We may provide personal identifying and account information in special cases such as enforcement of our Website Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”), or as required by law or legal process to protect and defend the rights and safety of our Site and its users. This includes exchanging information with other companies for purposes of fraud and credit risk reduction.
Our Site may also contains links to external Internet sites as well as co-branded sites, which may be operated by an external party and they may have privacy practices that differ from those here at www.sandiegocomputer.com. A co-branded site is a website, usually operated by a third-party, and displaying that third-party’s name along with the SDCC’s name and logo. When you click on links that take you to such external or co-branded sites, you will be subject to their privacy policies, and we encourage you to become familiar with that party’s privacy policies as these may differ from those utilized on our Site. Please note that this privacy statement applies solely to information collected by SDCC on our Site and, while we strongly support the protection of privacy on the Internet, we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, uses of the information collected by other websites, or the content of those other websites.
CONSENT
By using our Site, the user agrees to the terms and conditions set forth in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use INCLUDING ALL LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS PROVISIONS which are an integral part hereof and the user consents to the collection and use of this information by SDCC as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. We may revise this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use at any time by updating these postings. By using this Site you agree to be bound by any such revisions in effect at the time of use and should therefore periodically visit this page and the Terms of Use page to determine the then current policies applicable to users of the Site.
SECURITY INFORMATION
Strong precautions are taken to protect the information of the users of our Site. When users submit sensitive information via the Site, that Information is protected both online and off-line. Only those of our employees who need the information to perform a specific function are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, our employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. If you have any questions about the security at our Site, you can send an e-mail to support@sandiegcomputer.com.
COOKIES
You may have heard of the term “cookies.” Cookies are routinely used by most, if not all, e-commerce merchants, including SDCC. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user’s hard drive through the Web browser program containing information about the user which enables us to track and personalize the Site to enhance your experience. If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at support@sandiegcomputer.com.
CHILDREN’S ON-LINE PRIVACY
SDCC recognizes the particular importance of protecting the privacy of children. Consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the California Online Privacy Protection Act, we will not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a child has provided www.sandiegocomputer.com with personally identifiable information, we ask that a parent or guardian contact us immediately and we will delete the information pertaining to the child from our records.
SPECIAL OFFERS, ACCOUNT UPDATES AND OPTING OUT
SDCC occasionally sends our customers and the users of the Site announcements and updates, which contain important information about the Site and service offerings, which we believe to be of value to our users. In order to do this, we may enhance or merge the information we collect on the Site with data from third parties for purposes of marketing products or services to users.
We may communicate with the users of the Site via e-mail, telephone, mail, or fax in order to provide requested services, content, product information, or notification of special offers., The users of the Site are always given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their online information used for purposes not directly related to the Site at the point at which we ask for the information or when they receive an online requested promotional communication.
For example, our e-mail messages have an “unsubscribe” feature for users of the Site. Users can simply “Reply” back to the e-mail message and type “unsubscribe” in the subject field. Upon receipt of the reply, we will remove that e-mail address from our e-mail list. If you have more than one e-mail address, you should include the other addresses as well to ensure proper updating of your account information.
You can always review, change, or request the deletion of your contact information by e-mailing us at support@sandiegcomputer.com
To the extent that your contact and personally identifiable information is also stored in other databases, we cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will immediately reach the other databases. Some information may be retained for longer periods as required by law.
