Privacy Policy

SMC³ is committed to protecting your privacy while developing technology that provides the most powerful and secure online experience. As a result, we have instituted this Privacy Policy. SMC³ is providing this notice to explain how we collect, use disclose and protect the personal information you submit to us. This Privacy Policy applies to the use and collection of data from the SMC³ Web site (“the Site”) as well as other data collected through other means. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that SMC³ does not own or control or to individuals whom SMC³ does not employ or manage, including operators of sites you may link to or from the Site or from which you link to the Site.

In general, you may visit the Site and view its contents while remaining anonymous by not providing any personal information. By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, and if you provide your personal information, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not provide any information.

As used in this Privacy Policy, “we” includes SMC³, its affiliates, and any third-party vendors we hire to assist in the administration of the Site, the collection, cataloging and/or analysis of data, and/or the processing or handling of any visitor transactions. Affiliates and vendors are required to maintain the confidentiality of the user information and prohibited from using it for any purpose other than as described in this Privacy Policy.

Registration
When SMC³ needs information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you, in most cases we will request this through an online registration process. In order to use or access certain services provided on or through the Site (such as downloading white papers, registering for educational seminars and conferences, requesting online product demonstrations, making online product purchases, etc.), you may need to register with us, which will entail your disclosure and transmission of certain information about you. Subsequent to your product registration you may occasionally receive product-related emails from SMC³. These emails contain important, customer-specific updates. You may “opt-out” or unsubscribe from receiving non product-related emails by clicking here or following the instructions contained within any marketing email from us.
Information We Collect
In most cases, personal information collected is limited to contact information (i.e., name, mailing address, telephone number, email address) and certain other personal and demographic information about you.

If you make a purchase, we may also ask for your credit card information to process your order. This information will not be used for any purpose other than processing and/or referencing your order, is not stored in any SMC³ database, and will not be shared with anyone.

While accessing and operating an online SMC³ product, the SMC³ software will record general statistical and tracking information, such as the date and time a client accesses his/her product and the time spent using it. The SMC³ software transfers this information to SMC³’s servers, and such information is used for internal resource management purposes.

We also may collect non-identifiable information that becomes available to us as a result of your visit to the Site or login to an application. This information includes, for example, your IP address (a number automatically assigned to your computer when you visit the Site or login, and which is logged by our servers), your Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), your Web browser, the type of operating system, the domain name of the Web site which links you to our Site, the pages you visited, and the length of each visit to the Site.

Because we are very interested in the successful dissemination of information, we will review trends recorded on certain log files. In connection with such log files, analysis software will be used to generate reports which will allow us to determine how we can enhance your experience with our Site and applications. This information will not be used to ascertain your identity, and the log files may be purged periodically, at our discretion, to maximize space on the server.

Collection of Personally Identifying Information from or about Children
Persons under the age of eighteen (18) are not permitted to register with SMC³ and SMC³ does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personally identifiable information from persons under the age of eighteen (18). If we learn that a child under the age of eighteen (18) has provided us with personally identifiable information, we will attempt to delete this information from our databases, subject to any technical limitations on our ability to do so.
Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information
Your personal information is generally used for the following purposes: to make the SMC³ Web site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than one time; to help you quickly find SMC³ software, services, or other information; to help us create and promptly deliver content most relevant to you; to alert you to product upgrades, updated information and the availability of new functionality; and the like.

SMC³ does not sell, rent, distribute or provide your personal information to third parties. We may aggregate personal information about our users to determine the general demographic makeup of our users, types of transactions, etc., but aggregated information will not identify specific individual information. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing surveys, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We only provide to those companies the Personal Information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information and are strictly prohibited from using your Personal Information for any other purposes.

In addition, we may share your personally identifying information with any third party, without your consent or approval and without notice to you, (i) as permitted or required by law, (ii) to protect and defend the rights of SMC³, its employees, and its family of Web sites; (iii) as incident to a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or similar event, (iv) under circumstances we believe reasonably necessary to protect the personal safety of our employees, users of SMC³ solutions, its Web sites, or the public, (v) to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our published policies, (vi) to operate the Site properly, or (vii) as is otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

Cookies
We from time to time use cookies on the Site. Cookies are small text files that your Web browser leaves on your hard drive to recognize you as a repeat user of the Site, track your use of the Site and target advertising. This allows for personalization of certain aspects of your visit to the Site. Information gathered from cookies in this way is only used on an aggregate basis. Unless a visitor specifically provides their identity to us, e.g., by registering at the Site, providing information through an online form or sending us correspondence from the Site, we will not know who the identification of individual visitors. We may use cookies to store preferences; record session information; develop information about Site visitors’ preferences and interests; record past activity as a Web site in order to provide better service when you return to our Site; or customize Web page content based on information you voluntarily provide.

You can disable cookies using your Internet browser settings. Please consult your browsers’ help function for information on how to disable cookies. Note that if you disable cookies, certain features of our Site may not function properly.

Links
The Site may contain links to other Web sites. Please recognize that we do not control these third party Web sites and this Privacy Policy will not apply to those Web sites. You should consult each applicable privacy policy before using another linked Web site.
Security
We have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. While we strive to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third parties from intercepting this information. You should not assume or expect that any communication that you transmit to us (such as personally identifiable or other data, questions or answers, comments, or suggestions) is confidential. SMC³ and its internet service providers shall not be liable or responsible if any information about you is intercepted and used by an unintended recipient.
International Users
Personal data that you have voluntarily entered electronically is delivered to servers located in the United States. By using our Site, you consent to the transfer of this data, and to our use of such data as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
California Users
In accordance with California Civil Code 1798.83, California residents are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints at:

California Department of Consumer Affairs
400 R Street, Suite 1080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-1254 or 1-800-952-5210
Email: dca@dca.ca.gov

Access, Correction and Contacting Us
You may contact us at 1-800-845-8090 if you think any information we have about you is inaccurate, incomplete, if you want to change the information about you that we may have collected, or if you wish to opt-out of receiving any communications from us.

If you have questions about anything contained in this Privacy Policy, including how your personal information is used, please contact us at:

SMC³
653 Lexington Circle
Peachtree City, GA 30269

Privacy Policy Changes
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time by us at our sole discretion. Any changes will be effective upon posting the revisions at www.smc3.com. We may post changes or modifications to referenced policies and guidelines without your approval, and may determine whether and when any such changes apply to you. Your use of the Site following our posting of any changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

This Privacy Policy was last revised on and is effective as of December 12, 2008