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We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have
adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal
information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use
your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy
Policy. The following policies are only in effect for the Web pages, newsletters,
catalogs and opt-in announcement lists owned and operated by NDT Solutions,
Inc., (NDTS). (The NDTS Network includes all Web sites and certain other Internet
media properties hyper linked from the NDTS home page.) The following discloses
our Privacy Policy.
What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of
numbers, that serve as that computer’s "Internet Protocol" IP
address. When a visitor requests a page from any Web site within the NDTS Network,
our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor’s domain name and
IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you
other than the IP address from which you have accessed our site. We use this
information to examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of
the NDTS Network, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement. See also
Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third parties? We do
not collect and evaluate this information for specific individuals. Our Web
servers do not automatically record e-mail addresses of the visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, NDTS or its advertisers may send a "cookie" to
your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet
browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A
cookie can’t read data off of your computer hard disk or read cookie files
created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies
to identify which areas of NDTS’s Network you have visited or customized,
so the next time you visit, those pages may be readily accessible. Our advertisers
may also use cookies to ascertain how many times you’ve seen an advertisement.
Our advertisers and we may use this information to better personalize the content,
banners, and promotions that you see on our site. You can choose whether to
accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can reset
your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a
cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience
at our Site and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not
work as intended.
How do you use single-pixel gifs?
NDTS may use single-pixel gif images, sometimes referred to as web bugs or
web beacons, to count Web page accesses and gather some general statistical
information. NDTS does not gather personal information through the use of these
images. Our advertisers may use single-pixel gifs that can track personal information
from cookies that may have been previously placed on a user’s computer
by an advertiser.
What information do you collect when I register for something?
NDTS offers access to some services that require registration. We may use your
registration contact information to send notification to you of NDTS products
and services by e-mail and/or postal mail. We also may share that information
with our clients. Our clients may send you promotional material that is related
to the topic of the service for which you registered. We may also use your IP
address internally and share it with third parties.
What other information do you request?
We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes
of conducting a survey or to provide additional services (for example, subscriptions
to e-mail newsletters, announcement lists or information about conferences and
trade shows). Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly
indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is requested. We
maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we do not sell,
rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party, without your consent
or as permitted by this Privacy Policy.
We may from time to time send e-mail announcing new NDTS products and services.
Except as stated above, NDTS will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed
to receive. If you choose to supply your postal address in an online form, you
may receive postal mailings from other third party companies.
When you sign up for an NDTS discussion forum, your name or alias is recorded
solely for purposes of maintaining your own account within the forums. This
information is not used to monitor your activity within a forum, nor is it used
to identify you outside the NDTS network.
When you register for a contest or other promotion, we may ask for your name,
address, and e-mail address so we can administer the contest and notify winners.
When you use co-branded services, or those provided by a third party, within
the NDTS Network, your information may be passed to the co-brand or third party
provider and their use of your information is subject to their applicable privacy
policies.
What information do you collect when I purchase something?
If you are purchasing something from NDTS, we and any third party provider,
need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing address, credit card number
and expiration date. This allows us, or third party providers, to process and
fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status. This information
may also be used by us to notify you of related products and services. Credit
card and e-mail information will not be shared or sold to third parties for
any purpose except as provided in this Privacy Policy without your express permission.
Certain NDTS sites use a shopping cart feature that safeguards this information
by using industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted servers. SSL
codes the information transferred between you and the server, rendering it unreadable
to anyone trying to intercept the information. Other NDTS media properties do
not use SSL and thereby do not offer a secure coded way to transfer information.
Wherever NDTS collects personal information we make an effort to include a
link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third parties?
NDTS will disclose personal information and/or an IP address, when required
by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
1) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on NDTS,
2) Protect and defend the rights or property of the NDTS Network of sites and
related properties, or visitors to the NDTS Network of sites and related properties,
3) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the NDTS legal notice and
Web site User Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing
the NDTS Network or its related properties,
4) Fulfill a user’s order or request.
NDTS uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure.
NDTS reserves the right to transfer all such information in connection with
the sale of all or part of NDTS’s capital stock or assets. Furthermore,
we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any
third parties that receive the information. We are not responsible for such
third party privacy policies or how they treat information about their users
What else should I know about my privacy when online?
The NDTS Network contains many hyperlinks to third party Web sites. The NDTS
Network may also contain advertisements of third parties. NDTS is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such third party Web sites or advertisers.
NDTS does not share any of the individual personal information you provide NDTS
with the third parties to which NDTS links, except as stated elsewhere within
this Privacy Policy, although NDTS may share general, aggregate data with such
third parties (such as how many people use our site). Please check with those
Web sites to determine their privacy policy.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere - that information
can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information
online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages
from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you’re
online.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By using the NDTS Network, you consent to the collection and use of information
by NDTS as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will
post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
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