DESCOM Online Privacy
Statement
DESCOM are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. We've structured
our web site so that, in general, you can visit DESCOM on the Web without identifying
yourself or revealing any personal information.
Once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any information
by which you can be identified), you can be assured that it will only be used to
support your customer relationship with DESCOM.
This statement regarding the privacy of the personally identifiable information
you provide online covers the five foundation principles of fair information: Awareness,
Choice, Accuracy & Access, Security and Oversight.
Awareness
DESCOM provides this Online Privacy Statement to make you aware of our privacy policy,
practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected
and used.
What we collect
On this web site, you can make requests and register to receive materials. The types
of personal information collected at these pages are name and contact details. In
order to tailor our subsequent communications to you and continuously improve our
products and services (including registration), we may also ask you to provide us
with information regarding your professional interests, experience with our products
and more detailed contact preferences. Some electronic newsletters record anonymous
data about articles you have expressed interest in.
How
we use it
DESCOM uses your information to better understand your needs and provide you with
better service. Specifically, we use your information to help you complete a transaction,
to communicate back to you, to update you on service and benefits and to personalize
our web site for you. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact
you for market research or to provide you with marketing information we think would
be of particular interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity
to opt out of receiving such direct marketing or market research contact. We will
also follow local requirements, such as allowing you to opt in before receiving
unsolicited contact, where applicable.
Who we share it with
DESCOM will not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to
others. Unless we have your permission or are required by law, we will only share
the personal data you provide online with business partners who are acting on our
behalf for the uses described in "how we use it". Such business partners are governed
by our privacy policies with respect to the use of this data and are bound by the
appropriate confidentiality agreements. Data collected online may also be combined
with information you provide when you register your ownership of DESCOM distributed
products.
Choice
DESCOM will not use or share the personally identifiable information provided to
us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without first letting you
know and offering you a choice. As previously stated, we will also provide you the
opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited direct marketing
materials from us and we will do everything we can to honour such requests. Your
permission is always secured first, should we ever share your information with third
parties that are not acting on our behalf and governed by our privacy policy.
Accuracy & Access
DESCOM strives to keep your personally identifiable information accurate. Links
to third party web sites on the site are provided solely as a convenience to you.
If you use these links, you will leave the DESCOM site. DESCOM has not reviewed
all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any
of these sites, their content or their privacy policy. Thus, DESCOM does not endorse
or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products
or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If
you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so
at your own risk.
Security
DESCOM is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized
access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information,
we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures
to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.