APSoft Statement of Privacy.

APSoft is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This APSoft Statement of Privacy applies to APSoft Web site and governs data collection and usage at all APSoft services. Please read the complete APSoft Statement of Privacy below to learn additional details about how APSoft protects your personal information.

This Web site has agreed to notify you of the following:
  • What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site.
  • Which organization is 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 in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under APSoft control.
  • How you can correct inaccuracies in the information.
Collection of your Personal Information

At this site, APSoft collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. APSoft does not collect sensitive data, such as your race, religion, or political affiliations. APSoft takes precautions to segregate any sensitive data you may provide on APSoft site that reference your race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or political affiliations.

APSoft encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from APSoft so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. APSoft is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the APSoft Web site.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by some of APSoft utilities. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by APSoft to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the APSoft Web site.

Use of your Personal Information

APSoft Web site collects and uses your personal information to operate APSoft Web site and deliver the services you have requested. APSoft site also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from APSoft. APSoft may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current products and services or of potential new products and services that may be offered.

APSoft does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. APSoft may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

APSoft keeps track of pages our customers visit within APSoft Web, in order to determine what products and services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within APSoft to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

APSoft Web site will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on APSoft or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of APSoft, an APSoft Web site; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of APSoft, its web sites, or the public.

Use of Cookies

APSoft Web sites may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the APSoft Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the APSoft services.

Use of Web Beacons

APSoft Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow APSoft to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. APSoft may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or APSoft Newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information on the APSoft Web; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about APSoft Web site usage.

Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides.

Use of Third Party Ad Networks

APSoft does not allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements on APSoft Web site.

Control your Personal Information

APSoft offers its customers choices for the collection, use and sharing of personal information. No unsolicited marketing material will be sent from APSoft Web site or on behalf of external third party business partners. If you wish to receive any APSoft promotional information you need to subscribe for such information explicitly.

You may also stop the delivery of future promotional e-mail from APSoft Web sites by following the specific instructions in the e-mail you receive. The instructions explain how to stop receiving such e-mails.

Security of your Personal Information

APSoft secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. APSoft secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement

APSoft will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. When APSoft posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of APSoft. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how APSoft will use your personally identifiable information, APSoft will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. APSoft encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how APSoft is protecting your information.

Contact Information

APSoft welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that APSoft has not adhered to this Statement, please contact APSoft by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail.

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Updated February 2002

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