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This
document was last updated on
November 16, 2005.
1. Acknowledgement and
acceptance of terms
AppTechBiz 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
AppTechBiz.com, you acknowledge
and fully understand
AppTechBiz’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 and partner
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
AppTechBiz 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
AppTechBiz 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:
o
Your Internet protocol address.
o
The kind of browser or computer
you use.
o
Number of links you click within
the site.
o
State or country from which you
accessed the site.
o
Date and time of your visit.
o
Name of your Internet service
provider.
o
Web page you linked to our site
from.
o
Pages you viewed on the site.
b.
Use of Cookies
AppTechBiz 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.
AppTechBiz 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 AppTechBiz.com 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 or
software. 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 or
software, 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:
o
To fulfill your service requests
for services.
o
To protect ourselves from
liability,
o
To respond to legal process or
comply with law, or
o
In connection with a merger,
acquisition, or liquidation of
the company
4. Use of Web Beacons or GIF
files
AppTechBiz.com Web pages may
contain electronic images known
as Web beacons – sometimes also
called single-pixel gifs – that
allow AppTechBiz to count users
who have visited those pages and
to deliver co-branded services.
AppTechBiz 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. AppTechBiz
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 –
legal@AppTechBiz.com.
6. Opt-Out Communications Policy
Our site provides you with the
option to opt-out of receiving
communications from us and from
our partners. Just send us an
e-mail to and tell us that you
don’t wish to receive any future
communications from us (opt.out@AppTechBiz.com).
7. Changes to this Statement
AppTechBiz 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.
8. 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
legal@AppTechBiz.com
or send your comments to :
AppTechBiz
Attention: Privacy Statement
Personal
7424 Sugar Maple Lane
Charlotte, NC 28215
AppTechBiz will use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly
respond and resolve any problem
or question. |