The following is a detailed breakdown of the privacy policy for TRAX International. This policy was updated on June 10th, 2008. Questions about the policy can be e-mailed to support@traxintl.com. All information collected on this website is owned solely by TRAX International, and is handled pursuant to this policy.
How We Gather Information
How We Use This Information
User Privacy Options
Child Privacy
TRAX's Commitment to Security
Cookies
Log Files
Links
Notification of Changes
How to Contact Us
How We Gather Information
- traxintl.com Registration, Online Subscription Registration, Subscription Registration, Events Registration, and Newsletter Sign Up: To access certain areas of this website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name, e-mail address, postal code, Country, Job Function, and Job Industry). E-mail addresses are used during the initial setup of your account, in the delivery of service messages, requested information, and some events and products. Additionally, if a user requests their password, it is delivered in plain text to the address on file. Country, Job Function, and Job Industry are used only in aggregate reporting to better understand our audience and improve user experience on the site and never on an individual basis. We send all new members a welcoming e-mail to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, and special deals.
- Tracking Traffic: The type of information we collect includes unique visitors, page views, entry and exit points, and a variety of other aggregated data. By supplementing our records, this information helps us learn things like what pages are most attractive to our visitors, which of our products most interest our customers, and what kinds of offers our customers like to see. We reserve control how that data may and may not be used.
How We Use This Information
- Sharing: Periodically we may share aggregated demographic information with our partners.
User Privacy Options
- Correcting/Updating Personal Information: If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code), or if a user no longer desires a service, we provide a way to correct, update, or remove that user's personal data. This is at the My Account page which can be accessed by logging in.
- Choice/Opt-out: Users who no longer wish to receive one of our newsletters may unsubscribe on the My Account page.
- Site and Service Updates: We send our users site and service announcements via email. Members are automatically subscribed to these service announcements, which contain important information about the site, user registration, or a subscribed service.
Child Privacy
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), passed by Congress in October 1998, requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue and enforce rules concerning children's online privacy. The FTC issued the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule in November 1999; it has been in effect since April 21, 2000. The Rule's primary goal: to place parents in control over what information is collected from their children online.
While Technology Review doesn't fall under the guidelines for sites that must adhere to COPPA, if parents inform us that their children have provided the company with personal information, the company will delete those files in a reasonable amount of time.
Commitment to Security
We take every precaution to protect our users' information. When a user submits sensitive information via the website, the information is protected both online and offline.
When our registration form asks users to enter sensitive information, it is encrypted and protected with SSL encryption software. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept behind a locked cage.
If you have a question about the security at our website, send it to support@traxintl.com.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive articlebodyaining information about the user, such as an ID for site access. If a user rejects the cookie, they will be unable to log in to our site to access premium articlebodyent. We do not use cookies to store sensitive information.
Log Files
We use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement on our site, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. TRAX International is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.
Notification of Changes
TRAX International reserves the right to change its privacy policy. If we decide to change our policy, though, we will post any changes prominently, so users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by e-mail.
How to Contact Us
To contact us, send an email to support@traxintl.com or use our online contact form.