| Information Collection & Use |
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Connections is committed to the privacy of its customers information. Please carefully read the following privacy policy regarding how information is collected and used. Use of this site is your full agreement to the privacy policy and the way information is collected and used. If you do not agree with this privacy policy do not use this site.
Connections facilitates business transactions between buyers in need of document scanning and imaging solutions, with suppliers offering these types of solutions. In order to do so, it is necessary for Connections to collect information from buyers and suppliers. Information collected on this site will only be used for this process.
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| Buyers |
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| If you use this site as a buyer in order to use this service we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. You must provide contact information (such as business name, your name, address, telephone and email) and your document scanning and imaging requirements. You will never be asked for credit card information. |
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| Suppliers |
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| As a supplier in order to use this service you are required to set up an account and will be asked for personally identifiable information (such as business name, your name, address, telephone and email). You will also be required enter information to be used for billing (such as credit card number, expiration date and billing address). |
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| Profile |
| We store information that we collect through the Web site experience and activities, cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that detail their viewing preferences, activities and interactions with Connections. Consequently, collected information is tied to the user's personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user's visit to our Web site and to direct pertinent marketing promotions and communications to them. |
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| Cookies |
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| A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a users computer for record-keeping purposes. We use both session cookies, which terminate when a user closes his browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on the user's computer until manually deleted.
By setting a persistent cookie, we enable our users to not have to log in with a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our Web site. If users reject these cookies, they may still use our Web site. The only drawback to this is that the experience and/or access of a user may be limited in some areas of our Web site.
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| Log Files |
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As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, administer the Web site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
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| Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs) |
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We employ and/or our third party advertisers employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us better manage content on our site and marketing campaigns by informing us what content and which campaigns are effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics, about the size of a period at the end of a sentence, with a unique identifier. Clear gifs are similar in function to cookies and are used to track the online movements of Web users.
Connections and its advertisers use clear gifs in HTML-based emails. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns by showing how may emails have been opened by the recipients. If users would like to opt-out of these emails, please see the Opt-out section.
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| Third Party Advertising |
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| Some of our business partners may use cookies on our Web site (for example, advertisers). We have no access to or control over these cookies once our business partners have been given permission to set cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Connections only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. |
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| Communications from this Site |
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| Customer Service |
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| We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email, fax, phone or mail, and we reply to user inquiries via email or phone or other reasonable means, in accordance with the user's wishes where applicable. |
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Service Related Announcements |
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| We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. |
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| Newsletters |
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| If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletters, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections. |
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| Sharing Information to Provide Services and to Conduct Our Business |
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When you submit information to Connections, you authorize us to share this information with our network of document management solutions professionals and partners in order to try to provide the services you request.
For example, when a registered member of our document management solutions professional network accepts a lead from a buyer, and that buyer indicates what personal information they are willing to share so that the document management solutions professional can contact the buyer, such as business name, name, telephone numbers, physical addresses and email addresses, that information is shared with our document management solutions professionals who have registered to receive requested leads.
We may also post and publish users’ ratings and reviews of Document Management Solution Professionals performance, as well as feedback and testimonials at our sole discretion. We may also release information to collection and/or credit agencies for past due service professional accounts.
Though we strive to preserve user privacy, due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will always remain confidential. By way of example, we may disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a belief that such action is necessary or advisable to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, legal proceeding, process or investigation served on our business or Web site(s), or when we believe parties are misusing or attempting to misuse our Web sites or services, including but not limited to violating the law, committing fraud, deception, theft, attempting to harm or divert our business, engaging in threatening or inappropriate behavior or threatening to place, or placing themselves or others in danger. You should also be aware that courts of equity, such as U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, may have the authority under certain circumstances to require us to share or transfer your information to third parties. Finally, although we strive to protect your privacy, third parties beyond our control may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Therefore, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.
Connections will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your personal information by a third party to whom Connections is allowed to disclose you personal information under this privacy policy.
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| Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable) |
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| Connections may share aggregated activity or statistical information with partners, advertisers or others, but such information shall not contain personally identifiable information. |
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| Business Transitions |
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| In the event Connections goes through a business transition such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. See also, section entitled "Changes and updates to this policy..." set forth below. |
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| Choice/Opt-out |
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We provide you the opportunity to "opt-out" of having personally identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information. For example, if you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in our newsletter or communication or by emailing us at
support@imagingconnections.com
You will be notified when your personal information is collected by any third party that is not our agent/service provider so you can make an informed choice as to whether or not to share your information with that party.
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| Links to Other Site |
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| This Web site contains links from and to other Web sites. Please be aware that Connections is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other Web sites. We encourage our users to be aware of this when they leave our Web site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Connections Web site. |
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| Security |
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The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card information) on our forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions regarding security on our Web site, email us at
support@imagingconnections.com |
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| Changes in this Privacy Policy |
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| We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at anytime, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this privacy policy we will post those changes on this site where we deem it appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. |
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| Contact Us |
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If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:
Connections
1102 Pleasant Street
Suite 880
Worcester Ma 01602
support@imagingconnections.com |
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