Please read this document carefully. It contains important information concerning your rights and obligations.
See also the section Terms of Use concerning your rights to access and to use this website and/or services.
This
website is operated by MLS LaserLock Int'l Inc., (LaserLock, we or us)
with its registered office at 79, 17 th Noemvriou Street, 54352
Thessaloniki, Greece, e-mail address: [email protected] .
Table of content Privacy policy
01. Information Collection
02. Personal Information
03. Review of User Content by LaserLock
04. Cookies and Tracking Technology
05. How We Use Information Collected
06. Information Sharing and Disclosure
07. Data Security
08. Third Party Websites
09. Changes to this Privacy Policy
10. Inquiries or Suggestions
LaserLock
respects user's privacy and is committed to protect the personal
information that user share with us. User can browse through most of
our website without giving us any information about him/herself. When
we do need user's personal information to provide services that user
request or when user chooses to provide us with user's personal
information, this policy describes how we collect and use user's
personal information.
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01. Information Collection Personal
information means any information that may be used to identify an
individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name,
e-mail address, a company or home, postal or other physical address,
other contact information, title, birth date, gender, occupation,
industry, personal or product interests, and all other information when
needed to provide a service user requested.
When
user browse our website, user do so anonymously, unless user have
previously indicated that user wish LaserLock to remember his/her login
and password. We don't collect personal information, including user's
e-mail address. We do log user's IP address (the Internet address of
user's computer) to give us an idea of which part of our website user
visit and how long user spend there. But we do not link user's IP
address to any personal information unless user have logged in to our
website. Like many other commercial websites, the LaserLock website may
use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information
about how user use the site. Please go to " Cookies and Tracking Technology " below for more Information.
LaserLock
collects personal information when user register with LaserLock for a
LaserLock account, when user use certain LaserLock products or
services, when user register to attend a seminar or participate in an
online survey, when user ask to be included in an e-mail or other
mailing list, other product promotions, or when user submit his/her
information to LaserLock for any other reason. From time to time,
LaserLock receives personal information from business partners and
vendors. LaserLock only uses such information if it has been collected
in accordance with acceptable privacy practices consistent with this
Policy and applicable laws.
Access to certain
LaserLock web pages requires a login and a password. The use of those
web pages, and the information or programs downloadable from those
sites, may be governed by a written agreement between user's employer
and LaserLock. User's personal information may be retained by LaserLock
to verify compliance with the agreement, log software licenses granted,
to track software downloaded from those pages, or track usage of other
applications available on those pages.
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02. Personal Information
When
personal information is collected, we may inform user at the point of
collection the purpose for the collection. LaserLock does not intend to
transfer user's personal information to third parties without user's
consent, except under the limited conditions described under the
section " Information Sharing and Disclosure " or elsewhere in these Terms.
If
user chooses to provide us with his/her personal information, we may
transfer that information, within LaserLock or to LaserLock's partners
or LaserLock third party partners (3P's), including across borders and
from user's country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions
around the world.
In certain circumstances
LaserLock may seek additional personal information such as photocopies
of identification documents or credit cards for example for identity
verification, for payments or fraud prevention purposes. Where such
additional information is submitted to LaserLock in connection with
this site, it shall also be regarded as "Personal Data". LaserLock may
share, make available or transmit Personal Data to other departments
and divisions in LaserLock and LaserLock partners within Europe and
(subject to LaserLock's strict compliance with applicable data
protection laws) overseas.
By submitting information via this site or any related registration process:
User consent to the processing of data personal to user, such as user's
name and title, address, telephone number, contact details and other
personal details ("Personal Data"), in accordance with the Terms
notified in the "Personal Data" (or similarly entitled) part of the
registration/data input form or telephone registration process for this
site.
User acknowledge that the processing of user's Personal Data is
necessary and/or desirable for the personalisation of user's visit to
this site and/or the granting and controlling of access to this site or
parts thereof to registered users or paying subscribers and user
consent to such processing.
We will always give
user the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving direct marketing or
market research information. This means we assume user have given us
user's consent to collect and use his/her information in accordance
with this Policy unless user take affirmative action to indicate that
user do not consent, if provided, for instance by clicking or checking
the appropriate option or box at the point of collection. In some
cases, when applicable, we might provide user with the opportunity to
"opt in." This means we will require user's affirmative action to
indicate user's consent before we use his/her information for purposes
other than the purpose for which it was submitted.
LaserLock will not disclose Personal Data to entities and persons, other than LaserLock partners
and LaserLock third party partner (3P's), without user's consent,
except in the cases below. Personal Data may be disclosed to LaserLock
partners and 3P's to enable:
01. The
performance of contracts user is party to or for other purposes
specified in these Terms or in the "Personal Data" (or similarly
entitled) part of the registration/data input form or telephone
registration process for this site; or
02. Compliance
with legal obligations to which LaserLock or any LaserLock partner or
3P is subject. Personal Data may be disclosed to LaserLock partners and
3P's to enable them to provide services for or on behalf of, or at the
direction of, LaserLock or LaserLock partners and 3P's. In such cases,
LaserLock takes measures to ensure that the LaserLock partners and 3P's
comply with LaserLock's privacy policy and that such recipients:
a. Do not use Personal Data other than for the purposes permitted;
b. Obtain
and process Personal Data only on condition that they secure that
Personal Data from unauthorised use and adopt and comply with similarly
stringent policies and Terms on Personal Data protection and use; and
c. Comply strictly with applicable laws.
Where
Personal Data is provided in connection with transactions connected
with this site involving payments (such as payment for subscriptions),
LaserLock may transmit Personal Data to 3P's who are credit/fraud
probability assessment agencies or 3P's who are otherwise involved in
crime prevention, in order to process the acceptability of user's
tendered credit card or other payment methods or to combat crime,
and/or to credit card and other payment processing agencies. Personal
Data transmitted to those 3P's may need to be transferred to the United
States of America or other places outside the European Economic Area,
for processing and related purposes. Some agencies have advised that
transmitted Personal Data will also be used to generate credit, risk or
fraud possibility assessments for LaserLock and other third parties
with whom user may enter into transactions.
LaserLock
may use, process and disclose without restriction any anonymous or
generic data (including statistics) in which user cannot be identified.
User may request LaserLock to inform 3P's to whom Personal Data has
been communicated of corrections or deletions to that Personal Data. If
LaserLock does not have control of that Personal Data, LaserLock will
use its reasonable efforts to communicate user's corrections and
deletion requests. However, where Personal Data has been transferred to
credit card payment and certain other agencies for payment processing,
user may need to contact such agencies directly if user wish Personal
Data transferred to those agencies to be rectified or deleted.
LaserLock cannot assume, and excludes all, responsibility for
rectifying or deleting Personal Data, which has been transferred (with
user consent) to certain agencies such as credit or fraud probability
assessment, and payment processing agencies that require and/or assume
control of that data. LaserLock accepts no liability for any incorrect
credit or other assessments generated by such 3P's, or any other
consequences (including adverse credit ratings) of Personal Data
disclosed and used as contemplated in the "Personal Data" (or similarly
entitled) part of the registration/data input form or telephone
registration process for this site, and these Terms.
Except
for personal information of a user submitted by that user for
registration and/or account opening purposes or (if applicable)
personal information relating to other natural persons known to a user
for inclusion in that user's online address book, LaserLock prohibits
the uploading of any user content which discloses personal or private
information concerning any individual or entity, including telephone
number(s), e-mail or physical addresses, user account numbers,
passwords and financial information. Where personal information
relating to, or images of, another natural person are uploaded by a
user for inclusion in that user's online address book, photo album (or
for any other purpose), the user warrants that such person (the data
subject) has given his or her consent to such submission and to the
data processing that this involves and any other usage of such user
content contemplated by these Terms or on this site.
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03. Review of User Content by LaserLock
Through
this site, LaserLock merely offers a 'venue' for users to access
certain specified services, tools and/or information. LaserLock cannot
and does not undertake to screen, review, edit, censor or otherwise
filter or control user content or the behavior of users of user content
or site content. However, LaserLock may, but shall not be obliged to,
review, either by manual or automated means, all user content which is
or may be uploaded on this site, and monitor or review any areas of
this site where users transmit or post communications or communicate
with each other or LaserLock (as applicable) including without
limitation chat rooms, news groups, bulletin boards, community pages,
photograph albums, personal web pages or other use areas and forums
(Forums), as applicable. LaserLock retains the right (but disclaims any
obligation) to reject, not post, not use, remove, amend, deny access to
and/or delete any user content, without notification, which it, in its
sole discretion, considers to be inappropriate or distasteful or
otherwise in breach of these Terms (or their spirit) and without any
requirement for any complaint or claim in respect of the relevant user
content to be formally commenced or proved. LaserLock retains the right
(but is under no obligation) to co-operate with any law enforcement
authorities or in response to court and other official requests
directing that LaserLock disclose the identity of anyone posting User
content.
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04. Cookies and Tracking Technology
By
accessing this site, user accepts and agrees that LaserLock, LaserLock
partners or its service providers may send cookies to his/her computer
or other access device in order to personalize his/her visit to this
site and/or to learn more about his/her use or browsing habits while
visiting this site.
A cookie is a small data file
that certain Web sites write to user's hard drive when user visit them,
and may be a persistent or single session cookie. A cookie file can
contain personal information such as a user ID that the site uses to
track the pages user have visited, but the only personal information a
cookie can contain is information user supply him/herself. A cookie
can't read data off user's hard disk or read cookie files created by
other sites. Some parts of LaserLock's website may use cookies to track
user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness
of our website information to our users and to see how effective our
navigational structure is in helping users reach that information.
If
user prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, user can
set user's browser to warn user before accepting cookies and refuse the
cookie when user's browser alerts user to its presence. User can also
refuse all cookies by turning them off in user's browser, although user
may not be able to take full advantage of LaserLock's website if user
do so. User do not need to have cookies turned on to use/navigate
through many parts of our website, except access to certain of
LaserLock's web pages require a login and password.
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05. How We Use Information Collected LaserLock uses information for several general purposes:
To fulfill user's requests for certain products and Services,
To personalize user experience on our website,
To keep user up to date on the latest product announcements, software
updates, special offers or other information we think user would like
to hear about either from us or from our business partners, and
To better understand user's needs and provide user with better services.
We
may also use user information to send user, or to have our business
partners send user, direct marketing information or contact user for
market research.
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06. Information Sharing and Disclosure Because
LaserLock is a global company, user's personal information may be
shared with other LaserLock offices or subsidiaries around the world.
All such entities are governed by this Privacy Policy and/or are bound
by the appropriate confidentiality and data transfer agreements.
User's
personal information is never shared outside LaserLock without user's
permission, except under conditions explained in these Terms. Inside
LaserLock, data is stored in controlled servers with limited access.
User's information may be stored and processed in Greece or any other
country where LaserLock, its subsidiaries, partner or agents are
located.
LaserLock may send user's personal information to other companies or people under any of the following circumstances:
When we have user's consent to share the information,
We need to share user's information to provide the product or service user have requested,
We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of
LaserLock to provide a product or service to user (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),
or
We want to keep user up to date on the latest product announcements,
software updates, special offers or other information we think user
would like to hear about either from us or from our business partners.
We
will also disclose user's personal information if required to do so by
law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or in urgent circumstances, to
protect personal safety, the public or our websites.
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07. Data Security User's
LaserLock account information is password-protected for user's privacy
and security. LaserLock safeguards the security of the data user sends
us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. In certain
areas of our websites, LaserLock uses industry-standard SSL-encryption
to enhance the security of data transmissions. While we strive to
protect user's personal information, we cannot ensure the security of
the information user transmits to us, and so we urge user to take every
precaution to protect user's personal data when user is on the
Internet. User is advised to change passwords often, use a combination
of letters and numbers, and make sure user use a secure browser.
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08. Third Party Websites LaserLock's
website contains links to other sites. LaserLock does not share user's
personal information with those websites and is not responsible for
their privacy practices. We encourage user to learn about the privacy
policies of those companies.
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09. Changes to this Privacy Policy LaserLock
will amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial
changes in the way we use user's personal information we will make that
information available by posting a notice on this site.
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10. Inquiries or Suggestions
If you have questions or concerns about our collection, use, or disclosure of user's personal information, please e-mail us at [email protected] .
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Version 2.0, January 14, 2005
Also reference " Terms of Use "
All contents are copyright © 2004 MLS LaserLock Int'l Inc. All rights reserved.
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