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Privacy Statement
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES and its subsidiaries are committed to
respecting your privacy. We've structured our websites so that,
in general, you can visit COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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 COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES.
This statement regarding the privacy of the personally identifiable
information you provide online covers five main areas: Awareness,
Choice, Accuracy & Access, Security, and Oversight.
Awareness
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES provides this Online Privacy Statement
to make you aware of our privacy policy and practices and of
the choices you can make about the way your information is collected
and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available
on our homepage and from the bottom of every COLUMBIATECHNOLOGIES.CO.UK,
its subsidiaries' and affiliates' web pages.
What we collect
On some COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES web sites, you can order products
or computer support services, make requests,
and register to receive materials. The types of personal information
collected at these pages are name, contact and billing information,
transaction, and credit card information.
In order to tailor our subsequent communications to you and
continuously improve our products and services, we may also
ask you to voluntarily provide us with information regarding
your personal or professional interests, demographics, experience
with our products, and contact preferences.
How we use it
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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 sites for you. Credit card numbers
are used only for payment processing and are not retained for
other purposes
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.
Who we share it with
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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 other COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES entities
and/or business partners who are acting on our behalf for the
uses described above. Such COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES entities and/or
business partners, including those in the United Kingdom and/or
any other countries, are governed by our privacy policies with
respect to the use of this data and are bound by the appropriate
confidentiality agreements.
Choice
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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 honor such requests. Local country laws
and policies are applied where they differ from those in the
U.K.
Accuracy & Access
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES strives to keep your personally identifiable
information accurate. We will provide you with access to your
information, including making every effort to provide you with
online access to your registration data so that you may view,
update or correct your information at the COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES
site where it was submitted. To protect your privacy and security,
we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before
granting you access or enabling you to make corrections. To
access your individually identifiable information, return to
the web page where you originally entered it and follow the
instructions on that web page. Certain areas of COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES's
websites may limit access to specific individuals, who do so
through providing personally identifiable information.
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
this site. COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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, COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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 this entirely at your own risk.
Security
COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGIES 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. We use encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive
data such as credit card information.
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