Rutherford Privacy Policy
1. Your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our policies and
practices regarding the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of
your personal information by Rutherford . We want you to feel secure
when visiting our website and are committed to maintaining your privacy
when doing so. The information below provides an overview of how we
protect your privacy.
2. What personal information do we gather? In general, you may
visit this Rutherford/eoStar website without providing us with any personal
information about yourself. However, there are times when we may need
information from you, which includes your internet address so that we
can track unique visits to our site for analytic purposes. Additionally,
we may need your personal information such as your name, and your postal
and email address in order to grant you access to protected and secured
sites or provide you with the opportunity to register for an event, to
fulfill your requests for information including white papers or participate
in an online survey. In other instances, we may ask you to provide us
with information such as your product interests so that we can send you
only the information that is useful to you, including articles, newsletters,
new product and service announcements and event invitations. However,
please note that providing any personal information is optional.
3. How do we collect your personal information? We collect information
directly through response forms that you choose to complete. We may also
collect information indirectly through the use of cookies. The cookies
we use identify you only as a number. "Persistent" cookies
are stored on your computer and used in subsequent visits to our sites. "Session" cookies
only exist for a specific visit. You can disable your computer from accepting
one or both cookie types by changing the settings in preferences or options
menu in your browser. If you disable both types, most of the .com site
will function, but you will not be able to log in to our Customer Connection
website.
4. How do we use your personal information? Information we collect
is used to determine what is most effective about our website, to help
us identify ways to improve sites, to personalize the visit for you through
the use of "persistent cookies" if you permit it, and to determine
how we can tailor our website to make it more effective. We may also
use data for other purposes, which we would describe to you at the point
we collect the information (for example, if you are invited to register
for an event).
5. Do we share your information with outside parties? Any data
we collect is primarily for internal use only. We do not sell personal
information and we share it only with our selected partners and only
to the extent it is necessary to facilitate the transaction or an event
related to you.
In addition to the foregoing, the following are the additional instances
where we may disclose your personal information to third parties:
- To investigate potentially fraudulent or questionable activities
regarding your account(s) or the violation of our Legal
Terms of Use
- In anticipation of and in the course of an actual or potential sale,
reorganization, consolidation, merger or amalgamation of our business
- When required or permitted by law
6. What about security? The security of your personal information
is important to Rutherford and we take appropriate steps to maintain
security of your personal information. The open nature of the internet
is such that data may flow over networks without security measures and
may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data
is intended. While this is out of our control, we aim to apply appropriate
levels of security at all times. We use industry standard technologies
and maintain current security standards to ensure that your personal
information is protected against unauthorized access, disclosure, inappropriate
alteration, or misuse.
9. Updating this Privacy Policy. Any changes to our Privacy Policy
and information handling practices will be acknowledged in this Privacy
Policy in a timely manner. We may add, modify or remove portions of this
Privacy Policy when we believe it is appropriate to do so. You may determine
when we last updated it by referring to the modification date found at
the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
10. General. Put simply, we value your relationship and trust
in us. So we want to maintain your privacy and work with you to ensure
that this website and the information we provide to you are a valuable
resource for you. For any more information about this website or your
visit, please contact us at sales@eostar.com.
Last updated 02/28/05