| As of September1, 2002 VIAS International, LLC ("Vias")
has created this privacy statement to explain why we collect
particular information and how we will protect your personal
privacy within our public Web site. The following discloses
our information gathering and dissemination practices
for the Web site located at the URL www.viasint.com and
any other site provided by VIAS International, LLC (collectively,
the "Site"). VIAS International LLC reserves
the right to change this policy at any time, without notice,
by posting a new privacy policy at this location.
Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of
our commitment to combine the highest-quality products
and services with the highest level of integrity in
dealing with our clients and partners. The Policy is
designed to assist you in understanding how we collect,
use and safeguard the personal information you provide
to us and to assist you in making informed decisions
when using our site and our products and services. This
statement will be continuously assessed against new
technologies, business practices and our customers'
needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with
two types of information: personal information you knowingly
choose to disclose that is collected on an individual
basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate
basis as you and others browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Credit Card Information
If you choose to purchase products or services from
us or our partners, you may need to give personal information
and authorization to obtain information from various
credit services. For example, you may need to provide
the following information:
- Name
- Mailing address
- Email address
- Credit card number
- Home and business phone number
- Other personal information (i.e. mother¡¯s maiden name)
- Email Information
In addition to providing the foregoing information
to our partners, if you choose to correspond further
with us through email, we may retain the content of
your email messages together with your email address
and our responses. We provide the same protections for
these electronic communications that we employ in the
maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site
utilizes a standard technology called "cookies"
(see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?")
and Web server logs to collect information about how
our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies
and Web server logs may include the date and time of
visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site,
and the Web sites visited just before and just after
our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate
basis. None of this information is associated with you
as an individual.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide
to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes
of administering our business activities, providing
customer service and making available other products
and services to our customers and prospective customers.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect
to notify you about important changes to our Web site,
new services and special offers we think you will find
valuable. The lists used to send you product and service
offers are developed and managed under our traditional
corporate standards designed to safeguard the security
and privacy of our customers¡¯ personal information.
As a customer, you will be given the opportunity, at
least once annually, to notify us of your desire not
to receive these offers.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that
allows Web servers to recognize the computer used to
access a Web site. Cookies are small pieces of data
that are stored by a user¡¯s Web browser on the user¡¯s
hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a
user accesses on one Web page to simplify subsequent
interactions with that Web site by the same user or
to use the information to streamline the user¡¯s transactions
on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user
to move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial
transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make
your online experience easier and more personalized.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We use Web site browser software tools such as cookies
and Web server logs to gather information about our
Web site users¡¯ browsing activities, in order to constantly
improve our Web site and better serve our customers.
This information assists us to design and arrange our
Web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually
improve our Web site to better meet the needs of our
customers and prospective customers.
Cookies help us collect important business and technical
statistics. The information in the cookies lets us trace
the paths followed by users to our Web site as they
move from one page to another. Web server logs allow
us to count how many people visit our Web site and evaluate
our Web site¡¯s visitor capacity. We do not use these
technologies to capture your individual email address
or any personally identifying information about you
although they do permit us to send focused online banner
advertisements or other such responses to you.
Sharing Information with Affiliates
From time to time you may notice offers from outside
companies advertised on our Web site. We take measures
to select product or service providers that are responsible
and afford privacy protections to their customers. However,
we cannot make any representations about the practices
and policies of these companies.
Sharing Information with Strategic Partners
We may enter into strategic marketing alliances or
partnerships with third parties who may be given access
to personal information including your name, address,
telephone number and email for the purpose of providing
you information regarding products and services that
we think will be of interest to you. In connection with
strategic marketing alliances or partnerships, we will
retain all ownership rights to the information, and
we will not share information regarding your social
security number or other personal financial data.
Notice of New Services and Changes
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect
to notify you about important changes to our Web site,
new services and special offers we think you will find
valuable. As our client, you will be given the opportunity
to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers
by clicking on a response box when you receive such
an offer or by sending us an email request at admin@viasint.com.
How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?
When you send confidential personal credit card information
to us on our Web site, a secure server software which
we have licensed encrypts all information you input
before it is sent to us. The information is scrambled
en route and decoded once it reaches our Web site.
Other email that you may send to us may not be secure
unless we advise you that security measures will be
in place prior to your transmitting the information.
For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential
information such as Social Security or account numbers
to us through an unsecured email.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
Information Security.
We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard
the confidentiality of personal information we collect
from unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental
loss, alteration or destruction.
Evaluation of Information Protection Practices.
Periodically, our operations and business practices
are reviewed for compliance with corporate policies
and procedures governing the security, confidentiality
and quality of our information.
Employee Access, Training and Expectations.
Our corporate values, ethical standards, policies and
practices are committed to the protection of customer
information. In general, our business practices limit
employee access to confidential information, and limit
the use and disclosure of such information to authorized
persons, processes and transactions.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable
information that we collect online and maintain in our
database by emailing admin@viasint.com.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We may provide aggregate information about our customers,
sales, Web site traffic patterns and related Web site
information to our affiliates or reputable third parties,
but this information will not include personally identifying
data, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of
Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled
to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe
that the law requires it or for the protection of our
legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web
Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by
Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information
or content contained therein. Often links to other Web
sites are provided solely as pointers to information
on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web
site.
Contacting VIAS International, LLC
If you have any questions about this privacy statement,
the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this
Site, you can contact:
VIAS INTERNATIONAL,
LLC Webmaster
8200 Cameron Road
Suite 162
Austin, TX 78754
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