Your right to privacy while using the World Wide Web is very important to Smart Data Strategies. We respect your right to control how much information you provide about yourself, and you will find little necessity to provide any information during your visits to our web site unless you request further information or you register for a special offer. Smart Data Strategies will never share any information you provide with any company, organization, or individual that is not an Smart Data Strategies distributor, business partner, or affiliate.

Below are the guidelines we use for protecting any information you provide during a visit to our Web site:

Anonymity:

In general, people can visit the Smart Data Strategies Web site and access information while remaining anonymous and without revealing any personal information. When you enter our Web site we can determine your domain name and what browser and operating system you are using, but we cannot determine any personal information about you. Smart Data Strategies uses this information only to scale technical implementation to match our audience's browser capabilities.

Registration requests:

When requesting information from us, or entering secure areas of our Web site, we do require that you provide some information about yourself by "registering" or completing an online form. For example, situations where we will ask you to register include:
  • When you request demos or evaluation software (whether downloadable or deliverable on CD),
    or when requesting printed materials
  • When you subscribe to Smart Data Strategies publications or mailing lists
    (you will be able to "unsubscribe" at any time)
  • When participating in contests or surveys
  • When registering an Smart Data Strategies product you have purchased
  • When entering a limited-access, premium portion of our Web site, such as our customer support
    knowledge base, you must "register" to receive a username and password.
The information we require is necessary to mail you the materials you request, or to follow up via telephone or email to make sure you received what you asked for, and to provide you further information about product features, upgrades, specials, and support.

We may ask additional optional questions about the primary business and size of your company, your professional role, or what products you currently use so that we can better tailor our Web site and content to provide what you're looking for. Each online form will clearly specify which information is required and which is optional.

If you choose not to register and provide personal information, you can still use most of the Smart Data Strategies Web site. However, you will not be able to access areas that require registration.

Confidentiality:

Smart Data Strategies will never share any information you provide (name, telephone number, postal address, email address, etc.) with any other company or organization that is not an Smart Data Strategies distributor, business partner, or affiliate. The information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to support your continued customer relationship with Smart Data Strategies. However, it is Smart Data Strategies policy to periodically follow-up with customers who have requested information from us to make sure such requests have received a satisfactory response.

Cookies:

The Smart Data Strategies Web site presently employs "cookies" only to serve as a kind of identification card whenever you register with our site. When you first fill out an online form anywhere within the site, your acceptance of this cookie allows our site to "remember" the information you submitted (name, address, phone number, etc.). Whenever you return and fill out another form within our site, all your information is re-displayed for your convenience. You don't have to enter this information again, unless it has changed!

You are always in control of what cookies, if any, you accept via settings within your browser. Your browser can also alert you whenever a Web server offers you a cookie.

Comments?

Smart Data Strategies welcomes comments and questions about this policy and about our Web site. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information while providing a robust and friendly Web environment. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of technologies Smart Data Strategies employs to maximize the efficiency of our Web site, we will periodically update this policy. Notice of any revisions will be posted to this page. Any comments or questions regarding our electronic information privacy practices may be directed to our webmasters using the "contact sds" link provided on every Web page.

Thank you for your interest in Smart Data Strategies. We hope your visit to our Web site is pleasant and productive.