APPLIED DATA SYSTEMS PRIVACY POLICY
Applied Data Systems takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to safeguarding your privacy pursuant to this policy. The policy is designed to inform you about Applied Data Systems’ practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of any personal information on Applied Data Systems.com and its sub-domains and related sites (the “Site”).
PLEASE REVIEW THIS PRIVACY POLICY BEFORE USING THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE SITE. BY SUBMITTING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
This privacy policy may be modified by Applied Data Systems at any time and at our discretion. Notice of any such modifications shall be given by posting the revised version of this Privacy Policy on the Site. Applied Data Systems suggests that you check this page frequently to review any changes, as continued use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of any such modifications.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
When you use the Site, you may choose to send certain information to Applied Data Systems, such as your name, email address, and telephone number. In addition, products and services made available by Applied Data Systems may provide to Applied Data Systems information regarding the systems on which they are installed, including without limitation available system resources (such as installed disk space and number of processors) and usage (such as used disk space and data throughput). Applied Data Systems may also collect other technical information regarding the computer hardware and software that you use to access the Site. This information may include without limitation your IP address and domain name, referring site addresses, user agent strings, browser and operating system types, and access logs including pages visited and times of access.
COOKIES AND IP ADDRESSES
Applied Data Systems may use cookies to help create a more personalized experience and to recognize your use of the Site. A “cookie” is a small data file that can be stored on your computer to assist Applied Data Systems in delivering a consistent and effective user experience to you. The cookies used on the Site may include “session” cookies (short-term data files which help to recognize and identify a particular visit to the Site) as well as “persistent” cookies (longer-term data files which assist the Site to recognize you during multiple return visits). If you disable cookies in your browser, certain parts of the Site may not function as expected and you may not be able to view or use all pages. Applied Data Systems does not store any personal identifying information in any cookie. An “IP Address” is a series of numbers assigned to your computer when you are connected to the Internet. The communication protocols upon which the Internet operates cause Applied Data Systems to receive your IP Address every time you access and use the Site. Applied Data Systems may retain log files containing your IP Address.
USE OF INFORMATION
Applied Data Systems may use your personal or technical information to provide you with a more effective, customized set of services. Provision of these services may involve the disclosure of your information to affiliates or related companies on the condition that they agree to treat your information in a manner substantially in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Except in the instances discussed in this Privacy Policy, Applied Data Systems will not disclose your information to unaffiliated third parties without your consent. Applied Data Systems may use information collected through your use of its products and services to develop and test its products and services. Applied Data Systems may use your information aggregated with that of other Users. In these cases, any personal identifying information will be stripped and the aggregate data will be completely anonymous. This aggregate data shows overall trends in the use of the Site, and may be used by Applied Data Systems or third parties to improve the Site or for marketing, research or other business purposes.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO UNAFFILIATED THIRD PARTIES
Please note that Applied Data Systems may share customer information across its affiliated business entities and companies working on Applied Data Systems’ behalf, but only as described above in “Use of Information.”
Third Party Service Providers and Suppliers
Applied Data Systems may share your personal information with third parties in connection with responding to your requests for products or services. Applied Data Systems may enter into agreements with third party service providers and suppliers to deliver complete products, services and customer solutions to its customers. Service providers and suppliers are generally required to keep confidential the information they receive on behalf of Applied Data Systems and generally may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Applied Data Systems. These service providers and suppliers may change, or Applied Data Systems may enter into agreements with additional service providers and suppliers, to better accommodate Applied Data Systems customers.
Law Enforcement
Applied Data Systems, and its affiliates and related companies, may disclose personal, technical or other information when required by law to do so or as set forth below. These circumstances may include criminal or civil subpoenas, court orders or requests by law enforcement personnel. Applied Data Systems, and its affiliates and related companies, will only disclose information when it has a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to prevent fraud or illegal activities from being conducted via the Site, to protect Applied Data Systems’ property interests (including intellectual property), or to prevent imminent bodily harm. Disclosure may be made to law enforcement officers, government agencies, other companies, lawyers or agents.
Change of Ownership
Should Applied Data Systems or any affiliates or related entities merge with or be acquired by another business entity, or should some or all of their respective assets (including their customer information) be acquired, Applied Data Systems may share your personal information with those business entities in connection with the merger or acquisition.
SECURITY
Applied Data Systems takes appropriate measures to ensure the security of your information. However, Applied Data Systems cannot guarantee that third parties will not overcome any security measures and gain access to your information for unauthorized purposes. By using the Site, you accept the risk that compromise of and unauthorized access to your information is possible. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Applied Data Systems disclaims any warranty or guarantee that your information will be protected from misuse, appropriation, alteration, or loss, and you accept the risk of any potential resulting liability.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
You may encounter links to third party websites when using the Site. These links may have been placed on the Site by Applied Data Systems, by an advertiser, through the use of a third-party application, or in some other manner. Applied Data Systems makes no guarantees regarding the content, reliability, correctness or safety of any third-party website accessed through links appearing on the Site. Applied Data Systems does not control the content of these sites and does not supervise links posted by Users, advertisers or third-party applications. These sites may have different privacy policies or no privacy policy. If you access any of these links, you do so at your own risk.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any concerns or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, Applied Data Systems can be contacted via email to info@AppliedDataSystems.com.
Data collection on our website
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
Contact Form
Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
We will continue to store the data collected during registration for as long as you remain registered on our website. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you.
Objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Demographic data collection by Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics’ demographic features. This allows reports to be generated containing statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This collected data cannot be attributed to any specific individual person. You can disable this feature at any time by adjusting the ads settings in your Google account or you can forbid the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Refusal of data collection”.
Google Analytics Remarketing
Our websites use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing combined with the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and DoubleClick. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
This feature makes it possible to link target audiences for promotional marketing created with Google Analytics Remarketing to the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. This allows advertising to be displayed based on your personal interests, identified based on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. your mobile phone), on other devices (such as a tablet or computer).
Once you have given your consent, Google will associate your web and app browsing history with your Google Account for this purpose. That way, any device that signs into your Google Account can use the same personalized promotional messaging.
To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad promotion.
You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing/targeting by turning off personalized advertising in your Google Account; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
For more information and the Google Privacy Policy, go to: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website.