Privacy Policy Statement
At INVENTConnect, we use our best efforts to respect the privacy of our on-line visitors and subscribers and totally understand your need to appropriately control your personal information and believe we know when and how such information may be used by us.
INVENTConnect only gathers personal data, such as name, address, e-mail address, etc. when voluntarily submitted by a visitor.
We do not gather any personal information about the visitor whatsoever and if you are just browsing the INVENTConnect Web site, you can be sure of unwarranted communications from us or any of our alliance partners.
Our policy for dealing with any personal information that you might disclose to us while visiting this website is explained below.
The type of personal information that we may collect from you will depend on how you use our website and you can be certain that the information we receive about you will be treated as strictly confidential.
What personal information do we collect on you when you use our public site?
We do not collect or use any personal information on visitors to our website, through the use of "cookies" or other software or hardware techniques.
We do look at the number of hits the site receives and keep track of the domains from which this site is accessed.
To determine what our users are interested in, we may also look at the top 20 search words used in connecting you to finding this site.
The names of persons who request information from or about INVENTConnect® by emailing us are also added to our database as clients.
Persons who do not wish to receive these communications should notify us by email or by telephone stating they wish to be removed and their names will be immediately deleted from our client list.
What is the personal information that INVENTConnect® collects when you log onto this site, how we do it and what we do with it?
If you log onto the website and read or download information our Internet Service Provider/Hosting Provider, will record your server address, domain name, the date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and the information downloaded. This information is used for statistical and web site performance development purposes only.
We can also determine if you emailed any articles of interest to a friend using our 'email a friend' functionality. We record the email addresses of these recipients which may be used at some later time for our own statistics and marketing purposes.
The information collected will be used to send you e-mails when content relevant to your areas of interest are added to the site. The information may also be used to inform you of any forthcoming event that might be of interest to you.
There are two ways in which a visitor may explicitly provide and consent to INVENTConnect® collecting personal information.  | Email - INVENTConnect® uses links throughout its Web site to provide a visitor with the opportunity to contact us via email to ask questions or provide comments and suggestions.
In addition, INVENTConnect® may offer a visitor the opportunity to have a representative contact him or her personally to provide additional information about a product or service.
In order to do so, INVENTConnect® may request additional personal information from the visitor that is relevant or necessary to satisfy the request.
| | Forms - There maybe some forms that provide the visitor an opportunity to join a mail list, submit a URL, a product, book or site review. As part of the form a visitor maybe asked to provide a name and/or email address.
This information is used to respond to requests and verify submissions to INVENTConnect® and will not be published without your explicit permission. |
What are the circumstances under which we disclose information about you?
Your private information will not be sold, rented, leased, or disclosed in any manner to any other person or business without your prior consent, unless otherwise required by law, or except as may be necessary for the performance of INVENTConnect®, for auditing requirements or as part of regulatory compliance or law.
How do we handle emails?
We will preserve the contents of any email message that you send us if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so.... Emails sent to or from INVENTConnect® or eknowhow are routinely monitored for quality control, systems administration and legal compliance purposes.
What can you do if you believe the information we hold about you is inaccurate?
If you believe that any information that we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us and we will review the relevant information. When necessary, INVENTConnect will take reasonable steps to ensure that inaccurate information is erased or rectified.
How you can contact us if you wish to discuss this policy?
If you wish to discuss any aspect of this policy please contact us through the email address or telephone number listed in the Contact Us area located on the top toolbar of the INVENTConnect® Home Page.
DISCLAIMER:
The information provided on this website is for use of a general nature only and is not intended to be relied upon as, nor to be a substitute for, specific professional advice.
No responsibility for loss occasioned to any persons acting on or refraining from action as a result of any material in this publication can be accepted.
INVENTConnect reserves the right to change this privacy statement at any time, so be sure to check this page periodically for updates.
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