SQLSoft+ Privacy Statement

SQLSoft+ and its affiliates are committed to protecting your online privacy and strive to provide you with information and services relevant to you. To provide you with the best possible service, SQLSoft+ may ask you for personal information from time to time. This statement is to make you aware as to the type of information that is gathered and tracked, what the information is used for, and with whom the information is shared.

SQLSoft+ does not share your personal information outside of SQLSoft+ and its affiliates without your permission.

SQLSoft+ Web Site � www.sqlsoft.com

Some areas of the SQLSoft+ Web site can be browsed without providing personal information. Some areas of the SQLSoft+ Web site may require you to log on using account information optionally established by you. Other areas of the SQLSoft+ Web site may ask you to provide personal information such as contact information so that we can correspond with you in the regular course of providing service and support such as processing orders and responding to requests.

What type of personal information does SQLSoft collect?

Personally identifiable information refers to data that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address, which may be collected in addition to the anonymous data that may also be collected. SQLSoft+ collects personal information when you establish an account on the SQLSoft+ Web site.

Establishing an account on the SQLSoft+ Web site.

When you sign up for an account on the SQLSoft+ Web site, you agree to be bound by its terms of use and are minimally required to provide a user name, password, your name, e-mail address, and telephone number. You may optionally provide SQLSoft+ with additional personal information to take advantage of various SQLSoft+ Smart Services.

What organization is collecting the information?

When you establish an account on the SQLSoft+ Web site, that information is generally collected and maintained by SQLSoft+ or an entity under common control with SQLSoft+ (an �Affiliate�). If you do not want to share your information with SQLSoft+, you can choose not to establish an account on the SQLSoft+ Web site.

What are �cookies� and how does SQLSoft+ use them?

In addition to the personally identifiable information that SQLSoft+ actively collects when you establish an account on the SQLSoft+ Web site, we may also collect anonymous information passively using cookies. This technology plays an important role in making the Internet work, but there is much confusion among Internet users about what cookies are and how they are used.

A cookie is a small file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a Web site to the hard drive of your computer so that the site administrator may identify your computer and passively track its activities on the Web site. This unique number identifies your Web browser to our computer system whenever you visit the SQLSoft+ Web site. A cookie will not allow a Web site to learn any personally identifiable information (such as your real name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed.

Cookies allow SQLSoft+ to automatically remember your Web browser when you visit the pages of our Web site. To help serve you better, SQLSoft+ generally uses cookies to:

Allow us to deliver products and services more efficiently. By storing certain registration and preference information in cookies or associating cookies with registration, preference or profile information stored on our computers, we can deliver products and services that use such information more quickly and efficiently for more users. This information is usually saved in an encrypted form that only SQLSoft+ can interpret.
Measure statistics such as audience size and traffic patterns. This information is only collected in aggregate form and will not be linked to your personally identifiable information.

The use of cookies is an industry standard, and they are currently used on most major Web sites. It is possible to adjust your Web browser preferences to alert you when a cookie is sent to your hard drive, or to refuse cookies altogether.

How does SQLSoft+ use the information it collects?

Any personally identifiable information you share with SQLSoft+ through your account on the SQLSoft+ Web site is maintained and accessible only by you, SQLSoft+, or its Affiliates. The following are examples of how SQLSoft+ may use the information it collects:

SQLSoft+ may, from time to time, use your information to contact you about changes or enhancements to SQLSoft+ products and services, issues regarding your information, or use of your account on the SQLSoft+ Web site.
If your preferences stored with your account on the SQLSoft+ Web site indicate that you are interested in receiving specific communication or information, SQLSoft+ may send you an e-mail about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you.

With whom does SQLSoft+ share the information that is collected?

By providing SQLSoft+ with your personally identifiable information, you authorize SQLSoft+ to store and use your personally identifiable information according to the terms outlined in this privacy policy.

SQLSoft+ is authorized to store and use your personally identifiable information for the following purposes: to manage, administer, provide, expand and improve the existing SQLSoft+ service offering, and to offer new products and services; to adapt such products and services to your tastes and preferences; to send service updates; to send, by traditional and/or electronic means, technical, operational and commercial information relating to the products and services offered by the SQLSoft+ or through any of the sites operated by the SQLSoft+, currently and in the future; and to send you survey forms, which you are not required to fill in. SQLSoft+ will, of course, always give you the option to opt out of receiving any information or notices as described above, other than legal notices and other notices that are necessary to the functioning of your account on the SQLSoft+ Web site.
SQLSoft+ may disclose certain information about individual users to our training Partners in connection with services provided jointly who agree to maintain the confidentiality of such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Also, SQLSoft+ will disclose information about individual users to governmental or judicial authorities or law enforcement agencies, or to other individuals or entities in response to subpoena, court order, or other legal process. In matters involving a danger to personal or public safety, SQLSoft+ may voluntarily provide information to appropriate governmental authorities.

Outside Links

We occasionally place links to relevant, outside resources within our Web site. Be aware SQLSoft+ is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites. By clicking on the easily identifiable link, you are agreeing to let SQLSoft+ help gather and provide information during that session. If you do not want information to be used, do not click on the links.

How can you access or edit your information?

SQLSoft+ provides its registered users the ability to access and edit their personal information in their user account on the SQLSoft+ Web site. You can access your user profile by following these steps:

Go directly to the SQLSoft+ login page. You will be prompted to log on using the Username and password you have established for your account.
Once you have successfully logged on to your account, you may update your personal information and preferences.

What is the opt-out policy for communications from SQLSoft+?

We offer you the ability to opt-out of receiving SQLSoft+ updates and information about new services, as well as direct mail offers from selected SQLSoft+ service providers and sponsors. This is done when you initially indicate your preferences when you establish your account on the SQLSoft+ Web site. You may update your preferences any time by logging on to your account and indicating your changes. Additionally, direct e-mail communications to you will include an �opt-out� link that will update your account preferences.

What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?

SQLSoft+ has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. SQLSoft+ uses physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect any personally identifiable data stored on its computers. Only authorized employees have access to the information you provide us. Creation and maintenance of your account on the SQLSoft+ Web site is performed over an encrypted communications channel.

While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur; we take many precautions to prevent such occurrences.

You are ultimately responsible for the security of your account on the SQLSoft Web site, including your username and password. Please take care when using and storing them. SQLSoft+ recommends that you do not divulge your password to anyone. You should log out of your browser at the end of each computer session to assure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence, especially if several people have access to your personal computer or you are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Updates

SQLSoft+ will update this policy from time to time so please check back periodically. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing them.