Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 1, 2008
Pareto Networks, Inc. has created this privacy policy to demonstrate its commitment to the privacy of its customers and users. This privacy policy applies to this website (the .Site.) and the service offered by Pareto (the .Service.) through this Site. By using this Site, you agree to this privacy policy.
1. Changes to Privacy Policy
We may change and update this privacy policy from time to time, so you should check back to this page for the updated policy. For any significant changes affecting your personally identifiable information, we will post a more prominent notice to the Site of the change. If you disagree with any change, you must stop using the Service. Otherwise, we will consider your continued use to be acceptance of the change.
2. Information Collection and Usage
Pareto collects different kinds of information through the Site and the Service, and uses this information in different ways.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information. When you visit the Site, we collect certain demographic information (such as your IP address, type of Internet browser and operating system you use, pages viewed, the URL that you visited before you came to our Site, and the URL to which you next go) in order to understand how users navigate through the Site and to improve your experience using the Site. This information is not linked to your personally identifiable information.
Like most websites, we also use cookies to provide users an efficient experience in using the Site. A cookie is a small text file that the web server places on a user.s computer hard drive as a unique identifier. Cookies enable Pareto to track usage patterns and deliver customized content to users. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you set your browser to refuse cookies from the Site, then please note that your use of the Service may be impacted.
User Information. If you send email or other communication to Pareto, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our Site and Service. In registering for the Service, we need to get some information from you (like name, title, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card or other means of payment, etc.). When using the Service, you may be asked for additional information to help identify you. All of this information used to specifically identify you is called .User Information. in this privacy policy. We only collect User Information that you provide to us or have given us permission to collect.
We use the User Information in order to process the registration, to provide the Service to the customer and users and to otherwise communicate with you as a customer or user regarding the Service. Please keep in mind that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your use of the Service, such as service announcements, notices about new features or information on the Service, administrative messages and communications regarding your account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
We also may use the User Information to provide advertisements from Pareto or its partners to you.
From time to time, we may also collect information via online surveys or polls. Participation in these surveys or polls is entirely voluntary and you may easily decline to participate.
Aggregated Information. Pareto may also analyze and compile information on patterns of usage of the Service. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. We may use this information to improve the Service and provide this information to third parties for marketing purposes.
Children.s Privacy. The Site and the Service are intended for adult users, and Pareto does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13 years of age.
A Note about Customer Data. If you use the Service on behalf of a Pareto customer, the data, information and other content generated through your use of the Service is referred to as the .Customer Data. in the Terms of Service. Pareto will store, use and disclose the Customer Data only as provided in the http://www.paretonetworks.net/terms
3. Information Sharing
We generally do not share with any third party User Information in a way that would personally identify you. However, we may do so in the following circumstances:
(a) as part of a merger, acquisition or any form of sale of some or all of Pareto. assets or business,
(b) to our service providers and other contractors for the purposes of providing Service to us (such contractors are prohibited from using User Information for any other purpose), and
(c) where we are legally obligated to disclose information to the government or third parties for the purposes of national security, law enforcement or other issues of public importance.
We may aggregate information and data about you and your use of the Site and Service and provide such aggregated information and data to advertisers and for marketing or promotional purposes. In these circumstances, we do not disclose information that could be used to personally identify you.
4. Security Measures
To help protect the privacy of the data you transmit through the Site or Service, Pareto uses industry-standard, secure server software that encrypts the information you input before it is sent to us. In addition, Pareto uses standard industry practice to protect User Information and Customer Data against unauthorized access. However, you should keep in mind that the Site and Service are run on software, hardware and networks, any component of which may from time to time require maintenance or experience problems or breaches of security beyond our control and for which we are not responsible.
5. Links to Third-Party Websites
You should be aware that when you are on the Site or using the Service, you may be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. Pareto is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties or the content of third party websites.
6. Consent to Processing
You expressly consent to the transfer and processing of your data (including personally identifiable data) in the United States and in other countries.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please feel free to email us at info@paretonetworks.com or write to us at: Pareto Networks, Inc., Attn: Privacy, 1183 Bordeaux Drive, Suite 20, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.