Thought
Technology Ltd. respects your right to personal privacy.
When we collect your personal information ("Personal
Information"), you can be confident that we'll handle
and store it in a secure manner to protect information from
unauthorized access or disclosure.
This notice describes our privacy practices. By purchasing
a product or service, submitting a warranty card, participating
in our websites, or otherwise providing us with your Personal
Information, you are accepting the practices described in
this Privacy Code. These terms and conditions are subject
to change from time to time, so you should review them for
changes periodically. Please note that anonymous data from
which you cannot be identified is excluded from the restrictions
described in this Privacy Code.
Why
do we collect your Personal Information?
Our goal at Thought Technology Ltd. is to provide all customers
with the highest quality products and services. In order
to process your purchases, and to ensure that you receive
quality products and customer services, we collect certain
Personal Information directly from our customers.
You can visit the Thought Technology Ltd. website without
identifying yourself or providing any Personal Information.
At certain times, however we ask you to provide information
that will enable us to provide you with important product
information, complete a transaction, enhance your site visit
or to follow up later. Your participation is completely
optional.
For example, we request information when you:
- register
as a member of our on-line community;
- purchase
a product or service;
- register
a product warranty;
- purchase
an extended warranty;
- complete
a survey;
- participate
in a contest or other promotional offer;
- subscribe
to a newsletter or mailing list;
- apply
for employment with Thought Technology Ltd.
In
these instances, we may ask for your name, address, e-mail
address, telephone number, information about a product you
have purchased, billing information, or other information.
We may also keep records of previous purchases made by you,
information we have provided to you, and details of any
enquiries, complaints or compliments made by you and our
response, if any (your "Personal History"). Your
Personal Information and Personal History will be added
to our customer database.
What
do we do with your Personal Information?
The primary purpose of our collection of this information
is to be able to provide products and services to you, to
provide you with customer support services, to seek your
opinion from time to time, and to compile marketing and
other statistics for use by Thought Technology. However,
Thought Technology may also use this information with data
from third parties to provide information to you on Thought
Technology products, services and promotions, and on complementary
products and services offered by our affiliated companies
and others. At times we collect Personal Information with
third parties, who may also keep your Personal Information.
When we do so, identity of the third party will be made
known to you. Personal History information is primarily
used for customer support, statistical and customer service
purposes.
Your Personal Information and Personal History will be kept
confidential and used to enrich your customer relationship
with Thought Technology. For instance, we may inform you
of product upgrades, special offers, updated information
and other new Thought Technology products and services we
feel may be of interest to you. When you visit our company
website, we want to help you find information quickly and
to personalize your visits.
We
protect your Personal Information
We will not share your Personal Information with anyone
outside Thought Technology and its affiliated companies,
except to the extent necessary to fulfill the purposes described
or where we have collected Personal Information with a third
party as noted above. When we employ other companies and
individuals to perform functions on our behalf - such as
delivering products, sending postal or electronic mail,
analyzing data, taking product orders, providing marketing
assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing
other forms of customer service to our customers - and where
we collect Personal Information with third parties may not
use your Personal Information for any other purpose without
your knowledge and consent.