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This
document was last updated June 20, 2006
Nakoma Group is committed to protecting your privacy.
You can visit most pages on our site without giving
us any information about yourself. But sometimes we
do need information to provide services that you request,
and this privacy statement explains data collection
and use in those situations. This privacy statement
only applies to Nakoma Group.com; it does not apply
to other online or offline Nakoma Group sites, products
or services. Please read the complete NakomaGroup.com
privacy statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or allows us to
contact you. Generally, this information is requested
when you are registering before entering a contest,
ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access
premium site, signing up for an event or training, or
when purchasing and/or registering Nakoma Group products.
Personal information collected by Nakoma Group.com often
is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location,
but may include other information when needed to provide
a service you requested.
For example: When you buy and install a new product,
we may ask you to register your purchase electronically.
We keep this registration information on file with any
information you've already given us on previous visits
to our Web site.
Nakoma Group.com also collects certain information about
your computer hardware and software. This information
may include: your IP address, browser type, operating
system, domain name, access times and referring Web
site addresses. This information is used for the operation
of the service, to maintain quality of the service,
and to provide general statistics regarding use of NakomaGroup.com.
NakomaGroup.com also collects information about which
pages our customers visit within NakomaGroup.com. This
site visitation data is identified only by a unique
ID number, and it is never linked with personal information
unless a user consents as described below.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To
ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
- To
deliver services, such as newsletters, events, training
or software, that you request or purchase.
- To
help us create and publish content most relevant to
you.
- To
alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated
information and other new services from Nakoma Group,
if you so request.
- To
allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site
as appropriate.
We
will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic
information for research purposes, and we may use this
information in aggregate to provide more relevant content.
In some limited-entry sections of NakomaGroup.com, with
your approval, we will combine site-visitation data
with your personal information in order to provide you
with personalized content. If you decline permission,
we will not provide you the personalized service and
won’t merge your personal information with site-visitation
data.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited
services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing
and delivering purchases, answering customer questions
about products or services, sending postal mail and
processing event registration. We will only provide
those companies the information they need to deliver
the service, and they are prohibited from using that
information for any other purpose.
Nakoma Group may disclose your personal information
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 Nakoma Group or the site; (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of Nakoma Group and its family
of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of Nakoma Group employees,
users of Nakoma Group products or services, or members
of the public.
Your information may be stored and processed in the
United States or any other country in which Nakoma Group
or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities,
and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer
of information outside of your country. Nakoma Group
abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by
the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection,
use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information,
Nakoma Group.com will not share that information with
third parties without your permission, other than for
the limited exceptions already listed. It will only
be used for the purposes stated above.
Nakoma Group.com may send out periodic e-mails informing
you of technical service or security issues related
to a product or service you requested, or confirming
you requested a product or service. You will not be
able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as
they are considered an essential part of the service
you have chosen.
Security of your Personal Information
NakomaGroup.com is committed to protecting the security
of your personal information. We use a variety of security
technologies and procedures to help protect your personal
information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
For example, we store the personal information you provide
in computer servers with limited access that are located
in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive
information (such as a credit card number) over the
internet, we protect it through the use of encryption,
such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
NakomaGroup.com is a general audience site and does
not knowingly collect any personal information from
children.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on
the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies)
or is read if the customer has visited the site previously.
One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of
the site visitation statistics described above.
We also use cookies to collect information on which
newsletter links are clicked by customers. This information
is used to ensure we are sending information customers
want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and
never linked with your personal information.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or
action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the
cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many
visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics)
on a NakomaGroup.com Web page. We do not use this technology
to access your personally identifiable information on
NakomaGroup.com; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated
statistics about NakomaGroup.com Web site usage. We
may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies
but do not allow other companies to place clear gifs
on our sites.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies
from the NakomaGroup.com Web site, you will be able
to view the text on the screens, however you will not
experience a personalized visit nor will you be able
to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you
should first contact NakomaGroup.com by e-mail.
Changes to this Statement
NakomaGroup.com will occasionally update this privacy
statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last
updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
For material changes to this statement, NakomaGroup.com
will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web
site.
Contact Information
Nakoma Group welcomes your comments regarding this privacy
statement, please contact us by e-mail,
or postal mail.
NakomaGroup.com Privacy
Nakoma Group Corporation
16735 Von Karman, Suite 225
Irvine, California, 92606
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