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Thank you for
visiting EIS-Manila. We take your right to privacy very seriously. To
better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our
online information practices and the choices you can make about the way
your information is collected and used at this site.
This covers EIS-Manila’s treatment of personally
identifiable information that we collect when you are on our site, and
when you use our services. This policy also applies to
EIS-Manila’s treatment of any personally identifiable
information that our partners share with us. This policy does not apply
to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to
people that we do not employ or manage.
The Information We Collect
When you browse our site, we may collect
certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of
our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g.,
Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are
using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your
Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). We also
automatically receive and record information on our server logs from
your browser including your IP address, cookie information and the page
you requested.
We only collect personal identifying
information that users voluntarily provide to us in registering for
full access to services (access to our online databases, taking part in
surveys, and participating in our online fora). We may also receive
personally identifiable information from our business partners. The
types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at
these pages include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number,
fax number, and information about your interests in the use of our
services.
You can also submit information about other
people. For example, you might refer a particular page to a person or
suggest an event or activity. The types of personally identifiable
information that may be collected about other people at these pages
include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, telephone number
and activity details.
We may use this information to improve and
customize our content, to fulfill your requests for certain services
and information, and to contact you. We may send users occasional
promotional messages about EIS-Manila and its services. With
users’ permission, we may also share our
users’ personal information with reputable organizations
that may contact them about products and services that may be of
interest. We will NEVER sell or exchange users' names or e-mail
addresses to any other party or organization, without the explicit
permission of the user.
Users can revoke their consent at any time
to stop their information from being used for marketing and promotional
purposes by sending an e-mail request to "webmaster@eis-manila.org"
or they can simply opt not to register for special services.
About Cookies
'Cookies' are small text files that reside
on your computer that enable us to track your use of our Site. We use
cookies on the Site in order to allow you to set your individual
preferences for present and future use of the Site. You can disable
these cookies within your specific browser options, however, this will
impair the functionality of the Site and, ultimately, your browsing
experience.
Users have the ability to configure their
browsers to refuse acceptance of cookies, which are pieces of
information that sites transfer to a user's hard drive for
record-keeping purposes during each visit. Cookies, which do not
contain any personally identifying information, are a standard industry
technology. Cookies help readers by saving such information as
passwords and editorial preferences on user hard drives. A cookie
cannot pass on a computer virus, or even capture e-mail address.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Any personally identifiable information
submitted and posted on the site shall not be disclosed or sold by
EIS-Manila to the public unless: (1) we have your consent to share the
information, (2) we need to share the information to provide you with
assistance/support you requested, (3) we respond to subpoenas and
similar legal procedures.
Providing Information to Us
When you use our Site, you may choose to
contact us by sending us an email using our Contact Us page. We will
use your email address to respond to your query. We may also keep a
note of your query to help us improve the Site. We would also like to
retain your e-mail address so that we can provide you with details
about our specific activities which we think may be of interest to you
from time to time. If you would like us to use your e-mail address to
contact you in this way please email the following address: "webmaster@eis-manila.org"
External Links
Our Site contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that we are 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 and every web site that
collects personally identifiable information from them. Thisapplies
solely to information collected by this Site.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change ourfrom time
to time. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we collect from them, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose this information to third parties.
If at any point we decide that we wish to
use personally identifiable information collected from our users in a
manner that differs from that stated at the time this information was
collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a
choice whether or not to consent to our using their personal
information in accordance with our updated privacy policy.
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