i-fact@nalysis, Inc. recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of information collected about visitors to our web site, in particular, information that is capable of identifying an individual, sometimes referred to (“Personal Identifiable Information” or “PII”) that has been collected through our web site.
As a visitor, you do not have to submit any personally identifiable information in order to utilize this web site. Generally, our intention is to only collect the personal information that is provided voluntarily by visitors to our web site, which provides information on our services, employment opportunities or registering for i-fact@nalysis news items and announcements. Please review this online Privacy Policy carefully to learn more about how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information we have obtained. Your use of this web site constitutes your acceptance and agreement with i-fact@nalysis’s Privacy Notice and all future updates. This Privacy Notice is governed by i-fact@nalysis’s Terms of Use (“TOU”) located on our web site.
Last Updated September 2011
Collection of Personal Information
Personal identifiable information is not collected by the i-fact@nalysis web site unless it is voluntarily provided by the user. The information may consist of, but is not limited to, your name, email address, company or individual address, telephone and fax numbers, company name and current job title. This information is collected when registering for news and announcements pertaining to and/or applying for employment opportunities with i-fact@nalysis, Inc. (“i-fact@nalysis”).
Collection of Cookies, Web Beacons and other Technologies
In some instances, like many web sites, i-fact@nalysis automatically collects certain types of information when you visit our web site to ensure that our web site is well managed and to facilitate performance, usability and improve navigation within it. Automated technologies may include cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) or Web beacons (electronic images that allow websites to count visitors who have accessed a particular page and to access certain cookies) are used on the i-fact@nalysis web site to collect aggregate data.
An IP address is a number assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. It allows computers and servers to recognize and communicate with one another. IP addresses from which visitors appear to originate may be recorded for IT security and system diagnostic purposes. This information may also be used in aggregate form to conduct web site trend and performance analysis.
A “cookie” is a small piece of text that a web site places in the cookie file of your browser, which allows the site to remember who you, the visitor are. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. i-fact@nalysis only utilizes cookies in accordance with applicable laws.
Cookies by themselves do not tell us your e-mail address or otherwise identify you personally. If you visit an i-fact@nalysis’s web site, we may utilize the cookies to develop and compile statistics to help i-fact@nalysis to determine what areas of the web site visitors navigate to. If you subsequently register with i-fact@nalysis’s web site, this information may be linked to a cookie in order to receive i-fact@nalysis’s news, announcements and other material requested by you. The cookies are not utilized to collect personal identifying information, i.e., your name or email address. You have the choice of deciding whether to accept cookies or not. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to reject cookies. However, please be aware that under some circumstances, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to fully experience some of our web site features.
i-fact@nalysis may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements about services of interest to you. For instance, Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads based on users’ visit to our site(s) and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
A Web beacon is a small image file on a web page that may be utilized to collect certain information from your computer, such as an IP address, the time and the content viewed, a browser type, and the existence of cookies previously set by the same server. i-fact@nalysis only uses web beacons in accordance with applicable laws.
We may also use what is known as “client-side page tagging”, which uses code on each page to write certain information about the page and the visitor to a log when a page is rendered by your web browser. This technique is also commonly used on commercial websites. “Tagging” does result in a JavaScript program running on your computer, but it is limited to providing information about the page that you are requesting and the configuration of your browser. It will not read any of your data files, or execute any additional programs. It does not extract any personal information about you, such as your name or address. You can prevent tagging by disabling JavaScript in your browser, but that may prevent you from using all of our web site’s functions.
Links to Affiliate, Partner or Third Party Web Sites
From time to time, i-fact@nalysis web site(s) may provide links to other web sites, not owned or controlled by i-fact@nalysis, which we think might be useful or of interest to you, the user. We cannot; however, be responsible for the privacy practices used by other web site owners or the content or accuracy of those other web sites. Links to various non-i-fact@nalysis web sites do not constitute or imply endorsement by i-fact@nalysis of these websites, any products or services described on these web sites, or of any other material contained in them.We encourage users to review the privacy policy of each web site visited before disclosing any personal information.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
i-fact@nalysis does not sell or otherwise disclose and will not share personal identifiable information with third parties, except as described here.We at times may share information provided with our affiliated companies or third party service providers only to the extent that it is utilized for the purpose it was provided. These service providers are contractually restricted from using or disclosing the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. In addition, we may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided through this web site in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement.
Personal information that visitors submit to our site is used only for the purpose for which it is submitted or for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose unless we disclose other uses in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection.
Information Security and Integrity
We have in place reasonable commercial standards of technology and operational security designed to protect all personally identifiable information provided by visitors via the i-fact@nalysis web site from unauthorized third-party access. Despite i-fact@nalysis’s best efforts, however, security cannot be absolutely guaranteed against all threats. To the best of our ability, access to your personal information is limited to those who have a need to know. Those individuals who have access to the data are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information. We also make reasonable efforts to retain personal information only for so long as the information is necessary to comply with an individual’s request or until that person asks that the information be deleted.
Access to Personal Information
If you have submitted personal information to i-fact@nalysis, under most circumstances you have the right to reasonable access to that data to correct any inaccuracies. You can also make a request to update or remove information about you by contacting us at, Attention-Privacy, 225 Franklin Street, Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02110, and we will make all reasonable and practical efforts to comply with your request, so long as it is consistent with applicable law and professional standards.
United States – European Union Safe Harbor Privacy Policy
i-fact@nalysis, as part of its overall privacy policy, follows the Safe Harbor Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission with respect to certain personal information that is transferred from the European Economic Area to the United States. Click here http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/eg_main_018236.asp to read more about the U.S. and European Safe Harbor framework.
United States – Swiss Safe Harbor Privacy Policy
i-fact@nalysis, as part of its overall privacy policy, follows the Safe Harbor Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Switzerland with respect to certain personal information that is transferred from Switzerland to the United States. Click here http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/eg_main_018236.asp to read more about the U.S. and Swiss Safe Harbor framework.
Children’s Privacy Protection
i-fact@nalysis, Inc. understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy in the interactive online world. The i-fact@nalysis website covered by this privacy policy is not designed for and/or intentionally targeted at children 13 years of age or younger. It is not our policy to intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13 years old. It is i-fact@nalysis’s policy never to knowingly collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
i-fact@nalysis may change this privacy statement from time to time; when updates are made, the privacy policy version date (located at the top of this policy) will also be updated to reflect that a revision occurred. i-fact@nalysis encourages you, the user, to periodically reread this policy to see if there have been any changes that may affect you. This statement is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
Policy Questions and Comments
i-fact@nalysis is committed to protecting the online privacy of your personal information. If you have questions or comments about our administration of your personally identifiable information, please contact us by sending correspondence to Attention-Privacy, 225 Franklin Street, Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02110. You may also use this address to communicate any concerns you may have regarding compliance with our Online Privacy Statement.