Privacy Policy |
Altus Communications, Inc. and its affiliated companies (collectively, ACGI) believes that the establishment of trust and privacy is instrumental to the continued growth of the Internet. ACGI also believes that the efficient collection, use and transfer of information serves to enhance the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, provided that such information is handled in a fair and responsible manner. Therefore, in order to inform you of ACGI's policies and activities with respect to the collection, use and transfer of information (including personal information) on the Internet, ACGI provides this Internet Privacy Policy for review by users of its web site. |
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Our Commitment to Privacy
Altus Communications, Inc. is
committed to preservation of your privacy.
To that end, Altus
Communications, Inc. has
created this privacy statement.
Information Collection and Use
Altus Communications Inc. is
the sole owner of the information collected
on this site and other sites it owns and/or
operates. We will not sell, share, or rent
this information to others in ways
different from what is disclosed in this
statement.
Information we collect from our customers
may include: name, company, address, phone
numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses,
dates of service provided, types of service
provided, payment history, manner of
payment, amount of payments, date of
payments, credit card or bank account
information, names of services purchased,
and domain names.
This information is used in course of
providing service to our customers such as
billing and provisioning of service.
Web Site Log Files
Altus Communications, Inc. uses
log files to administer our site and
servers, track access, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use.
no attempt is made to collect personally
identifiable information. It is possible
that personal information about a customer
may be included in the log files due to the
normal functions of IP addresses and Web
browsing.
Information Sharing
Altus Communications, Inc. does
not share your data with others except as
necessary to process payments, provide
services, or in response to court-issued
subpoenas or search warrants. In the event
of a subpoena or search warrant, Altus
Communications, Inc.may
voluntarily provide to all legal
authorities any and all information
requested with or without contacting you.
Some information may be available as a
consequence of the specific services
ordered. For example, domain name
registration requires that customer
information be made available through a
central registry as well as a public WHOIS
server. Other services may require sharing
of data in order to provide the service.
External Links
This Web site contains links to other
sites. Altus
Communications, Inc. can
not be responsible for the privacy
practices of other sites. This privacy
statement applies sole to information
collected by websites owned by Altus
Communications, Inc.. Altus
Communications, Inc. is
not responsible for content of such sites.
Security
Altus Communications, Inc. makes
every precaution to protect our customers'
information. When you submit sensitive
information via the Web site, your
information is protected both online and
offline.
When our registration forms ask you to
enter sensitive information (such as credit
card number), that information is
protected, the information is only
available to authorized employees.
In the event a customer forgets their
password, they must provide personal
information to authenticate themselves and
obtain the password. Additionally,
customers can access their own personal
data by authenticating themselves. They may
access their accounts to change their
credit card numbers, but cannot obtain the
old credit card information when doing so.
Announcements and Updates
We deliver several types of service
announcement updates to our customers.
Although most are voluntary, we may in some
cases need to deliver an important service
announcement to all customers without
exemption.
Notification of Changes
Altus Communications, Inc.'s policies and
procedures for handling customer
information have been created with the
understanding that Internet technologies
are still evolving and that Internet
business methods are continuing to evolve
to meet the needs and opportunities of the
changing technologies. As a result, these
policies and procedures are subject to
change