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COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by US Technology Project Sdn Bhd.
Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us.
At US Technology Project Sdn Bhd , we want to make your
experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users,
we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions
surrounding the capture and use of that information. This
privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how
we use it.
Definition of the information US Technology Project Sdn Bhd
gathers and keeps track of.
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd gathers two types of information
about users:
· Information that users provide through optional, voluntary
submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our
electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or
forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and
surveys:
· Information US Technology Project Sdn Bhd gathers through
aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page
views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better
tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers
and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience.
Because Florentine Design Group derives its revenue mainly from
sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated
demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to
users. Under no circumstances does Florentine Design Group
divulge any information about an individual user to a third
party.
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd Gathers User Information In The
Following Processes:
Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following free services, which require some type of
voluntary submission of personal information by users:
1. Electronic newsletters (Dispatches)
We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. US
Technology Project Sdn Bhd gathers the email addresses of users
who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this
mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter
that points users to the subscription management page. Users can
also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.
2. Message boards/forums
Users of the site's Message Boards and Forums must register
separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order
to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the
site. During registration the user is required to supply a
username, password, and email address.
3. "E-mail this to a friend" Service
Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link,
page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a
friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as
that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case
of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know
who sent the email. The information is not used for any other
purpose.
4. Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share
their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks
about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are
aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. US
Technology Project Sdn Bhd may use a system to "tag" users after
they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular
question. This tag is not correlated with information about
individual users.
5. Surveys
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd may occasionally conduct user
surveys to better target our content to our audience. We
sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these
surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never
share any of this information about specific individuals with
any third party.
USAGE TRACKING
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd tracks user traffic patterns
throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this
information with data about individual users. US Technology
Project Sdn Bhd does break down overall usage statistics
according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type
by reading this information from the browser string (information
contained in every user's browser).
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd sometimes tracks and catalogs the
search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this
tracking is never associated with individual users. We use
tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users
like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not
track what individual users read, but rather how well each page
performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better
service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files
of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal
Information although it will enable us to relate your use of
this site to information that you have specifically and
knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie
can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't
read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by
other sites. US Technology Project Sdn Bhd uses cookies to track
user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising
system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions
and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If
you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies,
you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do
not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However,
you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards,
forums, polling and surveys.
USE
OF INFORMATION
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd uses any information voluntarily
given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of
sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements
on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the
interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily
provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to
enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards,
and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular
schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send
out special editions when we think subscribers might be
particularly interested in something we are doing. US Technology
Project Sdn Bhd never shares newsletter mailing lists with any
third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our
sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas.
We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well
each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a
better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search
function as one of many measures of what interests our users.
But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd creates aggregate reports on user
demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and
partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more
effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that
are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage
patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will
never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not
disclose any information about any individual user except to
comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect
the personal safety of our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd uses the above-described
information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help
our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics.
This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share
information about individual users with any third party, except
to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to
protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
US Technology Project Sdn Bhd operates secure data networks
protected by industry standard firewall and password protection
systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically
reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized
individuals have access to the information provided by our
customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such
choices include:
· Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
· Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which
completely alleviates the need to gather any personally
identifiable information from our users
YOUR
CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of
this information by US Technology Project Sdn Bhd. If we decide
to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this
page so that you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose
it.
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