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CRIBIS Corp. Privacy Notice
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(Last updated on December 21st, 2006)
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CRIBIS Corp. is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program.
TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build
users’ trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair
information practices. This covers the site www.skyminder.com. 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. By displaying the
TRUSTe trustmark, CRIBIS has agreed to notify you of:
- What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally
identifiable information that is collected from you through the web site
- The organization collecting the
information
- How the information is used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices are available to you
regarding collection, use and distribution of the information.
- The kind of security procedures that are
in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under CRIBIS’
control.
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in
the information.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first
contact Silvia Cappelli by e-mail at s.cappelli@crif.com or by mail at
via Fantin 1/3, 40131 Bologna, Italy. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your
inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then
contact TRUSTe through the "TRUSTe WatchDog Dispute Resolution Process”
TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your
concerns.
CRIBIS is committed to
protecting your privacy. To better
protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our information
practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is
collected and used at our sites.
What This Privacy Notice Covers
This privacy notice covers the treatment of personally
identifiable information that CRIBIS collects when you, the end user, are on
the CRIBIS Web site, as well as your online use of CRIBIS’ business information
services through the SkyMinder.com Web site. SkyMinder consists of credit,
financial, and business information, and news about world-wide companies,
industries, and countries. This
information includes profiles about companies and business executives in the
United States, Europe, and other countries around the world. The information is processed and stored in
the United States.
This notice does not apply to the Web sites and independent practices of the CRIF Group and
other companies affiliated with CRIBIS.
CRIBIS Corporation
abides by the principles set forth in the Safe Harbor framework as set forth by
the Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of data
from the European Union.
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 the site.
The Information We Collect
When you register to use the SkyMinder information services,
we collect personally identifiable information, including name, company name,
address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, fiscal code, position
and department. We also collect
information about your company, such as your company tax id number and internet
address, as well as the type of business and size of the company.
When you register to the complete SkyMinder information collection,
you also will need to provide us with additional information (e.g., credit
card information) to purchase a deposit account to facilitate pay-per view
transactional deductions.
For billing purposes, we also collect information about your
use of our products and services, for example, information about the content
you access through our service.
In addition, we collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our Web
pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system
you are using, (e.g., Windows ’98 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider
(e.g., America Online, Earthlink). This information also includes the URL that
you just came from (whether this is on our site or not), which URL you go to
next, and your IP address.
How We Use the Information
We use personally identifiable information to respond to
your inquiries about our products and services, to deliver products and
services, to administer individual accounts, to send you news and updates via
e-mail and postal mail about our offerings (e.g.,seminars). From time to time, we
also use this information to provide you with opportunities to purchase other
products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. However, out of respect
for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications.
Please see the choice and opt-out section.
In addition, we use the information you submit to enable you
to express your interest in one of our career opportunities. We respond via email, mail or phone as
appropriate. The information you submit is entered solely into our human resources
database and stored for as long as someone is a subscriber and for seven
years after termination or as long as necessary after termination to comply
with tax and regulatory requirements.
We use the non-personally identifiable information that we
collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to
personalize your Internet experience.
We also use this information in the aggregate to analyze site
usage.
We will disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process,
for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such
information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request.
Additionally, in the event that all or substantially all of CRIBIS’ stock and/or
assets are transferred or sold to another entity, CRIBIS will likely transfer personally
identifiable information to the acquiring entity. Users
will be notified via email or prominent notice on our Web site for 30 days
prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition,
the users’ personally identifiable information will be used in a manner
different from that stated at the time of collection, they will be given choice
consistent with our notification of changes section.
Sharing
We will not share personally
identifiable information with third parties other than CRIBIS,
and CRIF Group employees and other agents, consultants and contractors (e.g.,
credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services).
These third parties who have access to
personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with
this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose
other than to carry out the services they are performing for CRIBIS.
We share aggregated demographic information with outside
third parties, including demographic data about the types of users of our
service. This is not linked to, nor contains, any personally identifiable
information.
Choices We Provide You
If you prefer not to receive marketing information from us,
you can tell us by sending us an e-mail to the address listed below. Please note, however, that even if you chose
not to receive marketing information from us, we will continue to provide you
with important service announcements or billing information.
However, these will not be promotional in nature.
Links
Our site contains links
to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours.
Visitors should consult the other sites’
privacy notices, as we have no control over information that is submitted to,
or collected by, these other parties.
Cookies
We use persistent "cookies" at our site. Cookies are text files we place
in your computer's browser, or on your hard drive, used to identify a user's session.
We do not use our cookies to determine any personally identifiable information about you.
You will need to set your browser to accept cookies in order to use our services.
Web pages may contain an electronic file called a web beacon, that allows a web site
to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies.
Information recorded through these web beacons or through cookies that may be set
by third parties is used to report aggregate information about CRIBIS users.
This aggregate information may include usage information that can be used by CRIBIS to
optimize web site content and structure. No personally identifiable information
about you is shared with partners from this research.
Our Commitment to Security
We take appropriate security
measures, including using “firewalls” and Secure Sockets Layers, to safeguard
your personally identifiable information and prevent against unauthorized
access to your information by users insider and outside the company.
How You Can Correct/Update/Delete/Deactivate Your Personal Information
If you would like to review or update registration information,
such as your password or e-mail address, you can simply log into your account and
use the "Member Services" feature. Member Services allows you to change your password,
change your e-mail address and/or display the date of your last login.
To review or update any other information and to discuss billing questions, you can simply
phone us or send us an e-mail or a fax (see numbers and addresses included
within the Contact us section below) and you will get a response to your request within 10
working days.
Also, if you would like to review or update registration
information, such as your password or e-mail address, you can simply log into
your account and use the “Member Services” feature. Member Services allows you to change
your password, change your e-mail address and/or display the date of your last login.
To review or update any other information and to discuss billing questions, you can simply phone us or send us
an e-mail or a fax (see numbers and addresses
included within the Contact us section below).
If you wish to delete or remove inaccuracy of your Personal Information, you can simply phone us
or send us an e-mail or a fax (see numbers and addresses included within the Contact us
section below).
Also, if you would no longer
wish to continue your service and thus deactivate your account information with
us, you may let us know by electronic or traditional written notice (see addresses included within the Contact us
section).
To protect your privacy and security, we will take
reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making
corrections.
Privacy Policy Changes
If we are going to use your personally identifiable
information in a materially different manner from that stated at the time of
collection, we will notify you directly (e.g.,
via e-mail). You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information
in this different manner. If you have terminated services/deactivated
your account you will not be contacted, nor will your information be used in
this new manner. In addition, if we
make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user
information already stored in our database, we will post a notice on our web
site notifying users of the change.
Testimonials
We do obtain the customer's consent to post their name along with their testimonial prior to posting the testimonial.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy
policy or its implementation, you may contact us at: info@skyminder.com .
If you would like to review, update, or request deletion of
your information or discuss billing questions, you can contact us at the above
e-mail addresses or by:
Phone: 813-636-0981
Fax: 813-637-8451.
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