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Last updated: 16 Dec 2008

Information about Privacy on Aperial.com

Aperial Corp. (“Aperial”) is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read the complete aperial.com Privacy Statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before commenting, completing a survey, requesting e-mail newsletters, signing up for an event or training, or when downloading, purchasing and/or registering Aperial products. Personal information collected by aperial.com often is limited to name and e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a product or service you requested.

For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such as making a purchase in the download area of the Web site, we will request personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number.

When you buy and install a new product, we may ask you to register your purchase electronically. We keep this registration information on file with any information you've already given us on previous visits to our Web site.

Aperial.com also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Aperial.com.

Aperial.com also collects information about which pages our customers visit within aperial.com. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

•	To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
•	To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, training, reports or software that you request or purchase.
•	To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
•	To alert you to product upgrades, offers, updated information and other new services from Aperial, if you so request.
•	To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of Aperial.com, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won't merge your personal information with site-visitation data.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Aperial may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Aperial or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Aperial and its web site properties, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Aperial employees, users of Aperial products or services, or members of the public.

Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Aperial or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Aperial abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Aperial.com will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want Aperial.com to communicate with you. You can tell us not to contact you by removing check marks from contact option boxes. If you download files or buy software through Aperial.com, and do not want to receive such information, do not check the box on the checkout page (or on other pages where personal information is collected) which says: “Yes, I would like to receive other information through Aperial.com.”

Aperial.com occasionally allows other companies to offer our registered users information about their products and services. If you do not want to receive these offers, you should uncheck the box in the checkout section stating, "Aperial partners can send me information about their services or products." If you buy or download software through Aperial.com and do not want to receive these offers, do not check the box on the checkout page (or other pages where personal information is collected), which says: “Yes, I would like to receive other offers from non-Aperial companies.”

Aperial.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service.

Access to your Personal Information

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current.

If you register at Aperial.com or subscribe to a newsletter, you can review and edit your personal information in the user settings section.

At the user settings section you can:

•	View and edit personal information you have already given us at Aperial.com.
•	Tell us whether you want Aperial.com to send you information.
•	Choose whether you want third parties to send you their offers.
•	Subscribe, or cancel subscriptions, to newsletters about our services and products.

Some services offered on Aperial.com may collect information that is not accessible via the user settings section. However, in such cases, you can access your personal information by contacting Aperial.com as described at the bottom of this statement.

Security of your Personal Information

Aperial.com is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Protection of Children's Personal Information

Aperial.com is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

Use of Cookies

When someone visits the site, a cookie may be placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

We also use cookies to collect information on which search engine and other links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on an Aperial.com web page. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on Aperial.com; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about Aperial.com web site usage. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies but do not allow other companies to place clear gifs on our sites.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Aperial.com Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to service offerings on the site.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact Aperial.com by sending email to info@aperial.com.

Changes to this Statement

Aperial.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Aperial.com will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

Contact Information

Aperial welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. Please contact us by email at info@aperial.com