privacy and security   go to terms of use updated: 09.08.2004 OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY Our business customers' privacy is important to us. To better protect that privacy, ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES is providing this notice to explain our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT Personal Information In general, you can visit the ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES Web site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. There are times, however, when we may need information from you. Personal information like your name, address and e-mail address is obtained only when voluntarily submitted, such as when you subscribe to newsletters, respond to user surveys, register for programs, events or license software, and sending us feedback/comments. Information that you supply will relate to the customer relationship that ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES has with you or your organization. How We Use It If you choose to give us personal information via the Internet that we or our business partners request, it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information. ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES will use your personal information to fulfill subscription requests and orders for software and services made online and to provide other services you request. We may also use the information you supply to: Make the Web site easier for you to use by not having to enter information more than once. Help us customize content most relevant to you. Notify you about important news concerning ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES, including new products and services, product updates and technical support issues, and special offers we think you may be interested in. In the process of administering our site, we maintain and track usage through Web server logs. Web server logs provide such information as what types of browsers are accessing our site, what pages receive high traffic, and the times of day our servers experience significant load. We use this information to improve the content and navigation features of our site. Anonymized or aggregated forms of this data may be used to identify future features and functions to develop for the site and provide better customer service. We do analyze some of our web services, such as Demos and Downloads, at the individual level in order to improve the quality of those offerings and to better tailor our marketing to our customer needs. In general, web analysis data is not used to identify you personally. How We Share It We will not sell, rent or lease to others your personally identifiable information. We will share the personal data you provide only with other ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES entities and/or business partners. CONSENT ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES will use and share the personally identifiable information you provide to us in ways related to those described above. We reserve the right to disclose any and all pertinent customer information to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate. OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY ON OUR WEBSITE ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES is concerned about the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. EXTERNAL LINKS Links to third-party Web Sites from the ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES Web site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES site. ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES does not assume responsibility for any of these sites, their content, or their privacy policies and terms and conditions. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked to the ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES site, you do so at your own risk. Some sites linked to the ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES web site are controlled and operated by ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES such as ztradingpost.com. Please refer to each Web Site’s privacy and security policy along with their terms and conditions. COOKIES There are various technologies, including one called "cookies," which can be used to provide tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. Some ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES web pages use cookies or other technologies so that we can better serve you when you return to our site. We do not use cookies or similar technology to cross-relate personal information about our visitors. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. For more information, please refer to user information provided with your Web browser. NEWSLETTER, ALERTS AND INVITATIONS If you register to receive newsletters, alerts or invitations, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address, the topics in which you are interested, and other demographic information. Other information may also be necessary depending on the type of newsletter or alert requested. This information is used solely to enable us to provide the requested newsletters and alerts to you. Some electronic communications may record anonymous data related to the response. Analysis of this data is solely for the purpose of improving our content and customer service. SUBMISSIONS We welcome your comments regarding the ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES Web Site and software. However, any comments, feedback, notes, messages, ideas, suggestions or other communications (collectively, “Comments”) sent to ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES shall be and remain the exclusive property of ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES. Your submission of any such Comments shall constitute an assignment to ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the Comments. ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, publish and distribute any material you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any comments that you do not wish to assign to us, including any confidential information or any original creative materials such as stories, product ideas, computer code or original artwork. CHOICE/OPT-OUT You are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS By using ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES' Web site, you signify your assent to this Privacy Statement. If ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES updates or changes this Privacy Statement, the changes will be made on this page. Your continued use of ZTRADINGINDUSTRIES' Web site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Statement will mean you accept those changes. How to Contact Us Should you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement, e-mail us at customerservice@ztradingpost.com ©1995-2008 ztradingindustries, Inc.