This document was last updated October 19, 2007.
Introduction
MAP-Works is committed to protecting
your privacy. The following privacy statement describes our practice with
respect to the collection and use of personal information on this
website.
By using this website, you consent to the terms of our privacy
statement and to MAP-Works’s processing of personal information for the purposes
stated below.
MAP-Works uses personal information to obtain information
regarding web site usage in order to tailor web site content to meet your
needs.
We do not sell personal information to other companies. We may, in
certain cases, share this information with our Partners to ensure that we
provide better service to our customers.
Collection of Your
Personal Information
MAP-Works may require you to provide personal
information on this web site if you would like to participate in activities
available on, or benefit from services offered on the website.
Personal
information collected on this website is often limited to e-mail address,
country or location but may include additional information when needed to
provide a requested service such as payments for MAP-Works product purchases.
In such cases, information necessary for billing and/or shipping such as name,
address, telephone number and credit card number will be required.
In
order to improve our service, products and overall quality, MAP-Works offers the
opportunity to ask questions and provide suggestions and contributions within
our Support Section. You may be asked, at times, to provide personal information
such as name and e-mail address. Please note that any comments or materials sent
to us, including feedback data, such as questions, comments, suggestions and any
other responses are deemed to be non-confidential. We have no obligation with
respect to such responses, and MAP-Works shall be free to use, reproduce,
distribute and publicly display such comments and materials without reference to
you personally. MAP-Works is also free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or
techniques contained in such responses for any purpose whatsoever.
Use of Personal Information Collected
MAP-Works uses your
personal information collected on this website primarily for the following
purposes:
To deliver
services, such as newsletters, events, training or software
you request
or purchase.
To alert you
to product updates, special offers, updated information
and other new
services from MAP-Works or to forward promotional
materials, if you so
request.
To ensure our
website is relevant to your needs.
To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
To allow you access to limited-entry
areas of our website as appropriate.
To contact you in response to sign up forms such as Contact Us.
If you choose to provide us with your
personal information on this website, we may transfer that information to
MAP-Works’s affiliates and subsidiaries or to MAP-Works’s third party service
providers, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other
countries or jurisdictions around the world and by using this website, you
consent to any such transfer of personal information outside of your country or
jurisdiction.
MAP-Works may disclose your personal information if required
to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in
order to conform to the requirements of law or comply with legal process served
on this website, protect and defend the rights or property of MAP-Works and its
family of websites or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety
of MAP-Works employees, users of MAP-Works products or services, or members of the
public.
MAP-Works reserves the right to transfer personal information to
third parties as part of any corporate reorganization process including, but not
limited, mergers, acquisitions, and sales of all or substantially all of our
assets.
MAP-Works does not otherwise use, sell, rent, share or otherwise
disclose your personal information to any third parties.
Use of Non-Personal Information Collected
MAP-Works uses
non-personal information such as demographic data to analyze and develop
marketing strategy and to determine how you learned about us, your interests
regarding our products and services and how to further improve this website
based upon user data. We may share such non-personal data with third
parties.
Opt-Out
MAP-Works provides you the opportunity
to exercise an opt-out choice if you do not want to receive emails from us or
updates regarding new services and products offered on this website or if you do
not want us to share your personal information with third parties. The opt-out
choice may be exercised at the points where personal information is collected by
un-ticking the appropriate box. If you have not exercised the opt-out option at
the point where personal information is collected you may also do it by
contacting us at info@map-works.com. We will
process your unsubscribe as soon as possible, but please be aware that in some
circumstances you may receive a few more messages until the unsubscribe is
processed.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
MAP-Works uses
"cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that
may be used to collect information about website activity. For example, when
someone visits the website, a cookie is placed on the user's machine (if the
user accepts cookies) or is read if the user has visited the website previously.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may
choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to
erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and
password to gain access to certain parts of the website.
If you have
agreed to receive emails from us, those emails may contain advertising about
goods and services that we think might be of interest to you. If you click on a
link in the email, we may set a cookie on your browser. If you visit this
website as a result of clicking on a link, we are able to understand how you
interact with the pages of our website through the combination of the cookie and
pixels set on the pages of our website. This enables us to understand what
interested you in our emails and what did not, and what interests you about our
website and what does not. We can then try to send you more interesting
information in the future. Please note that this information is for our use only
- we do not disclose or share this information with any third
parties.
Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to
improve our website and your web experience. We may also analyze information
that does not contain personal information for trends and statistics.
Third Party Links
This statement applies solely to
information collected on this website. This website contains links to other
sites. Please be aware that we have no control or influence over the privacy
practices of such other websites. We encourage you to read such other websites'
privacy statement in order to understand whether and how they process data about
your visit to their site.
Access to Your Personal
Information
Some services offered on this website may collect
information that is not accessible via the Support Center. In such cases, you
can access your personal information by contacting MAP-Works as described at the
bottom of this statement. We will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the
changes as soon as possible.
Changes to This Privacy
Statement
MAP-Works reserves the right to change this privacy
statement from time to time. When we do, we will also revise the "last update"
date at the top of this privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy
statement, we will notify you by placing a notice on this
website.
Security
MAP-Works endeavors to take
reasonable and appropriate steps to protect your personal information from
unauthorized access or disclosure. However, we do not warrant or represent that
your personal information is completely safe from hackers and other security
threats. If you have any questions regarding security please contact us at info@map-works.com.