Energistics, Inc. Website Privacy Statement
This document was last updated on July 1 2006.
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Energistics, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy
Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the
information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website.
By accessing energistics.biz, you acknowledge and fully understand
Energistics, Inc.’s Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information
collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.
2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES
Related services and offerings with links from this website, including
vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by
clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online
merchants and others who participate in Energistics, Inc. services are
encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a
responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not
have direct control over the policies or practices of participating
merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy
practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you
always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties
before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with
such parties.
3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
Energistics, Inc. collects certain information from and about its users
three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.
a. Web Server Logs.
When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site
and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
- Your Internet protocol address.
- The kind of browser or computer you use.
- Number of links you click within the site.
- State or country from which you accessed the site.
- Date and time of your visit.
- Name of your Internet service provider.
- Web page you linked to our site from.
- Pages you viewed on the site.
b. Use of Cookies
Energistics, Inc. may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user
experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk
by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver
viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can
only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature
to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate
within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information
on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering
relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your
preferences and login information as well as providing personalized
functionality.
Energistics, Inc. reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics
with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies
on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such
as merging into energistics.biz a site that relies on third-party cookies).
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser
settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on
our Website.
c. Personal Information Users
Visitors to our website can register to purchase services. When you
register, we will request some personal information such as name, address,
email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other
relevant information. If you are purchasing a service, we will request
financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to
bill you for the services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card,
this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other
types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may
also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide
assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted
in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.
We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you
to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary
including:
- To fulfill your service requests for services.
- To protect ourselves from liability,
- To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the
company.
4. USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES
Energistics, Inc. Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web
beacons – sometimes also called single-pixel gifs – that allow Energistics,
Inc. to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded
services. Energistics, Inc. may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail
messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been
opened and acted upon.
Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to
help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email
communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to
place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service
provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or
emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views,
which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn which
advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site.
Energistics, Inc. prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access
your personal information.
5. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable
information in your web account file is correct and current. You may review
this information by contacting us by sending an email to our support
attendant --dfranklin@energistics.biz.
6. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
Energistics, Inc. has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy
statement. When we do, we will also revise the “updated” date at the top of
this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy
statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal
information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your
agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
7. CONTACTING US
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation,
failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices,
please contact us at dfranklin@energistics.biz or send your comments to :
Energistics, Inc.
Attention: Privacy Statement Personal
1361 Shorebird Lane
Carlsbad, California 92011
