Techpaper has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting information you submit, we understand that you care about how information about you is used. This privacy policy describes how Techpaper manages personal information collected, received, or maintained. We collect information pertaining to businesses and business people (“Business Information”) and all other types of information through our website and other online services (the “Site”).
At Techpaper, we take utmost care to protect your privacy. This privacy policy pertains to the different means of how we collect your information and describes how your personal information is stored and treated.
Techpaper’s Website:
You may access and browse this website without revealing any of your personal information. However, while downloading any of our material which have been developed by our internal experts OR while subscribing to our newsletters OR while filling in a contact request form, we may collect your personal information such as your name, phone number or e-mail id that may be necessary to help us provide better customer service and we maintain the highest levels of confidentiality pertaining to your information.
This portion of the policy applies to the Website. It does not apply to any website of any third party, even if the third-party website links to (or is linked from) the website. By accessing, using, and/or submitting information through the Website, you consent to the practices described in this policy with regard to the information collected thereby as described herein. If you do not agree with this policy, you must delete all cookies from your browser cache after visiting the website and refrain from visiting or using the website.
How does Techpaper use Cookies
To browse the Website only, you are not required to provide any personal information. However, we may gather non-personally-identifiable information. Like most commercial websites, we utilize “cookies” and other technologies to collect non-personally-identifiable information on visitors to the Website. Cookies allow web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies store information accessed through your browser to streamline activities on related web sites, and make the online experience easier and more personalized. Information gathered through cookies and web-server log files may include information such as the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, IP addresses, links to/from any page, and time spent at a site.
Information collected from Website submissions will be used for Techpaper’s internal business purposes, including its investigations, sales, and marketing. We may use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating usage levels, diagnosing server problems and administering the Services. We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address. The website may include options for visitors to submit information to Techpaper, for example, while requesting information about a product/service, downloading an article, etc. Such forms may provide the option of submitting personal information, such as your name, job title, company, email address, or phone number. In addition, when submitting information on a Website, your submission will be associated with the IP address you are then using, which is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. If you are using one of the market leading browsers and are uncomfortable accepting cookies from our website, you may erase and/or disable the acceptance of cookies in your browsers administrative tools. Disabling your browser in this manner may result in a compromised experience of Techpaper.org or other websites you regularly visit.
We use cookie data to measure site traffic and usage activity for purposes of improving and enhancing the functionality of the Website, to look for possible fraudulent activity, to better understand the sources of traffic and transactions on the Website, and/or to serve targeted advertisements. Cookies also allow our servers to remember your account information for future visits and to provide personalized and streamlined information across related pages on the Website. You can choose to disable cookies for the Website but this may substantially limit your ability to use our Website. The use of cookies by our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company, or service providers is not covered by this Policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies.
Techpaper takes measures to maintain the security of its website visitor information, does not license or sell such information to anyone, and will only share such information with a third party who has agreed to keep such information confidential and maintain the security thereof, and only for the purposes of facilitating one of the uses described herein on behalf of Techpaper.
How does Techpaper collect & use Customer Information
Visitors to our Site may choose to submit their name, email address and/or other information so that they can learn more about our services, register to take part in a Techpaper sponsored event, or participate in a survey among other things.
In order to use Techpaper’s products and services, you may be required to register as a user. From time to time, we may use your email address to send you information and keep you informed of products and services in which you might be interested. You will always be provided with an opportunity to opt out of receiving such emails. Your contact information may also be used to reach you regarding issues concerning your use of our Site, including changes to this privacy policy.
Customer Information may be used for Techpaper’s legitimate business interests in connection with your use of the Services, including to respond to user inquiries and fulfill user requests, complete transactions, provide customer service, send administrative information, and to personalize user experience with the Services. We may use Customer Information to better understand our users in general and to improve the content and functionality of the Services. We may use Customer Information to contact you in the future to tell you about services, promotions, opportunities, and other general information about Techpaper we believe will be of interest to you. We may use Customer Information to investigate and prosecute potential breaches of Techpaper security or license agreements.
Please know that Techpaper does not sell, distribute, or give your personal information to any third party without your knowledge and consent except to provide products or services in which you have expressly displayed an interest, when you have given Techpaper your permission, or under the following circumstances:
Techpaper takes data security seriously and provides access permission to systems that contains such data only on a need to know basis. Techpaper may occasionally partner with other third party companies in web-based promotions. However, Techpaper shall not be liable for any personal information submitted to external vendors or to any website linked to this site. Techpaper also recommends that any website visitor, accessing the Techpaper.org website as an employee of a company, abide by the privacy practices and security guidelines of the corporations they represent. Techpaper’s website team recognizes that the receipt, transmission, distribution, or propagation of unwanted emails (Spam) as a major concern. We will abide by all anti-Spam legal regulations when emailing any and all information out from Techpaper. If you would like Techpaper to delete/edit/remove personal information collected about you, please send an email to privacy@techpaper.org with ‘REMOVE’ mentioned in the subject line.
Disclosures of Public Profiles
We may make any Business Information that our users contribute for inclusion in our Directory, that we collect from public web sources or that we license from third parties available to users of the Site, to our strategic partners and to our customers.
Disclosures to Service Providers
Techpaper may from time to time disclose Business Information or other collected information to service providers, solely for providing functions related to our operation of the Site and for no other purpose. For example:
Disclosures for Legal Reasons
We may disclose collected information, including Business Information, to a third party if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary or desirable: (i) to comply with lawful requests, subpoenas, search warrants or orders by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, (ii) to address a violation of the law, (iii) to protect the rights, property or safety of Techpaper, its users or the public, or (iv) to allow Techpaper to exercise its legal rights or respond to a legal claim.
Disclosures to a Buyer of the Company
If our company or substantially all of our assets are acquired, or in the event of a merger or bankruptcy, information about you and/or information you provide to Techpaper may be among the transferred assets. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Other Disclosures
If you register for a Techpaper event with a third-party speaker, your information will generally be shared with the speaker.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may modify, alter, or update this Privacy Policy at any time, so we encourage you to review this policy frequently. We will not provide individual notice to you of changes to this Privacy Policy.