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Overview
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Guide Vision Ltd.,
regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of the
following types of information:
• Information obtained when you and other users ("you"
or "Users") visit the www.guidevision.com
web site (the "Site").
• Information obtained through email communications with you
related to the Site.
This privacy policy does not apply to information that we may collect
from you by other means (including offline) or from other sources,
nor does it apply with respect to information you provide to other
Guide Vision publications or web sites. Your use of this Site constitutes
your acceptance of all of the terms and conditions contained in
this Privacy Policy and your consent to any action we take with
respect to your information that is in compliance with this Privacy
Policy.
We may change the terms of this Privacy Policy, so Users are encouraged
to review this page from time to time. Your continued use of this
Site following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy means
that you accept the changes.
If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, as modified from time
to time, please do not visit this Site.
Information We Collect and How We Collect
It
General
We require you to provide us with certain information about yourself
when you register with this Site and when you request products and
services. We also collect information from you when you participate
in contests and surveys, when you respond to requests for feedback
and when you submit postings to public areas of this Site, such
as moderated discussions and bulletin boards.
The information we collect may include information from which you
may be personally identified ("Personally
Identifiable Information"), such as name, postal address,
telephone number, fax number and email address, and also may include
certain business information, such as employer name, occupation,
job function, job title and buying information (e.g., preferences
or history). We also will collect credit card and related information
when you request a product or service (including registering for
the Site) for which there is a charge. This Site only collects Personally
Identifiable Information with your knowledge.
Automatic Data Collection
When you visit this Site, we may collect the IP address of your
computer.
We also automatically record other information that identifies your
computer to this Site and tracks your behavior on the Site. For
example, we may record how many times you visit this Site and your
navigation within the Site. We do not collect Personally Identifiable
Information in this manner; however, if you provide us with Personally
Identifiable Information, we may associate that information with
the information that is collected automatically.
Methods used to collect this information may include "cookies"
and "clear GIFs" (also known as "pixel tags"
or "beacons"). A cookie is a small amount of data that
is sent to your browser from a server and stored on your computer's
hard drive. Most browsers allow Users to block the receipt of cookies,
but doing so may compromise your ability to use certain features
of this Site. A clear GIF is a small graphic image, typically used
in connection with cookies, that is placed on a web site or in an
email message. A clear GIF can monitor certain user behavior, such
as your usage of the web site, whether you opened an email message
or whether you clicked on a URL in an email message.
Some of the materials included on this Site, including advertising,
may be served by third parties. These third parties, in the course
of serving such materials, may collect information regarding your
use of this Site and how you respond to email communications, using
methods that may include those described in the preceding paragraph.
Collection, use, disclosure and security of information collected
by third parties are subject to the privacy policies of those third
parties.
How We Use Your Information
General
We use Personally Identifiable Information that we collect on this
Site for the following purposes:
• To provide you with this Site and other products and services,
such as electronic and print publications and newsletters.
• To respond to your inquiries and contact you about changes
regarding the Site.
• To provide you with email, fax and other notices (such as
expiration and renewal notices) and inquiries regarding your account
and the products or services that you are receiving, and for billing
and collection purposes.
• For any other purpose disclosed at the time the information
is collected or to which you consent.
• As otherwise specifically described in this Privacy Policy.
We also may use your information to better understand the needs
of our Users and to improve our Site. For example, we may use this
information to determine what portions of the Site are most popular
and the demographics of our Users generally. Cookies and other User
information also enable us to customize your experience on the Site.
We may use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers
or to administer our Site. We may also use IP addresses to help
identify a User during a particular session and to gather data regarding
use of the Site.
Newsletters and Offers
We may use the information you provide us to send you email, fax
and other communications on behalf of Guide Vision. These communications
may include email newsletters that are relevant to this Site. All
of these communications will include instructions explaining how
you can request that we not send you ("opt out" of) future
communications of the same type.
We may use your information to send you email, fax and other communications
on behalf of unaffiliated third parties, but only if you opt in
to receiving such offers when you register. Each of these communications
will include instructions for opting out of receiving future third
party offers from us. You also may change your preference with regard
to receiving third party offers from this Web Site at any time on
the registration page of this Site.
Our Disclosure of Your Information
We will not disclose your information to anyone outside Guide Vision,
except as described in this section.
We may disclose aggregated anonymous statistics about many Users
to advertisers, content and service providers and other affiliated
and unaffiliated companies.
We sometimes engage third parties to perform services for us, including
in connection with this Site, that require us to disclose Users'
Personally Identifiable Information to them. If we make any such
disclosure, we will require such parties to keep the information
confidential and to use it only to perform the services.
We may from time to time wish to disclose your information to third
parties that wish to market, or provide information about, their
products and services to you. We will only do so after obtaining
your permission. The only other times we may disclose your Personally
Identifiable Information collected on this Site are as follows:
• In the event of an asset sale, merger, consolidation, restructuring,
reorganization, liquidation or other similar transaction involving
Guide Vision or this Site, we may transfer some or all User information,
including Personally Identifiable Information, to the successor
company.
• We will disclose your Personally Identifiable Information
when we believe such disclosure is required by law or for the protection
of persons or property.
• We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information
with your consent, as well as when disclosure is necessary to accomplish
the purpose for which you provide it. For example, when you request
information from advertisers in the "List With Us" section
of our publications, we will disclose your Personally Identifiable
Information to the advertisers you specify.
Security
We use reasonable security safeguards to protect Personally Identifiable
Information we collect on this Site from unauthorized access, use,
modification or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet
and other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that
communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized
access by third parties.
Right to Access and Change Information
You may view and update information that you previously submitted
to this Site by visiting the registration page for this Site However,
a request to change information may not be accommodated if the request
would conflict with legal requirements or result in incorrect information.
Requests to view or change personal information may take a few days
to process.
Links
This Site contains content, services, advertising and other materials
that link to Web sites operated by third parties. We have no control
over those other sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to
them. We encourage you to refer to the privacy policies, if any,
of those sites.
This Site is operated by:
Guide Vision Limited
9/98 Moo 3, Rasadanusorn Rd., Rasada,
Muang, Phuket 83000
Email: info@guidevision.com
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