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Madar Research Group has created this Privacy Policy in order to
demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Please read the following
policy to understand how your personal information will be treated
as you make use of the features and services of Madar Research Website.
When you use our Website, you consent to the use of your personal
information by Madar Research Group in the manner specified in this
Privacy Policy. This policy may change periodically, so please check
back from time to time. For your information, the date of the last
update to this Privacy Policy is stated at the top of this document.
THIS POLICY WILL EXPLAIN:
1. What Information Madar Research Group Collects
From You When You Visit Our Website
2. Who Is Collecting Your Information And With Whom
They Can Share It
3. Monitoring and Enforcement
4. What Are Cookies And How Madar Research Group Uses
Them
5. What Kind Of Security Is In Place To Protect Your
Personal Information
6. How You Can Correct Inaccuracies In Your Information
7. How To Contact Madar Research Group
WHAT INFORMATION MADAR RESEARCH
GROUP COLLECTS FROM YOU WHEN YOU VISIT OUR SITE
There is more than one instance where information
about users of our site maybe be collected for various purposes
such as demographics and service improvement. Madar Research Group,
however, will not collect any personal information about you (i.e.,
your name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) unless
you provided it to us voluntarily. In some areas of our site, such
as registration and subscription, we ask you to provide information
by filling out and submitting an online form.
Use of IP Addresses: An Internet Protocol
("IP") address is a number that is automatically assigned
to your computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers automatically
identify your computer by its IP address. When visitors request
pages from Madar Research Group, our servers log the guests' IP
addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally
identifiable, which means that a visitor's session will be logged,
but the visitor remains anonymous to us. Madar Research Group collects
IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit
the use of our site. We also use IP addresses to collect statistical
information for marketing and promotional purposes.
WHO IS COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION
AND WITH WHOM THEY CAN SHARE IT
Madar Research Group is committed to keeping your
personal information confidential. We will not sell, trade or rent
your personally identifiable information to third parties.
Individual Member Information: "Individual
Member Information" is the information collected when you register
or subscribe. Individual Member Information will be used for research
on usage patterns and product development, online site customization
and targeted marketing. We will not give out to third parties your
telephone number or e-mail addresses, nor will we give out to third
parties information that would link your Username with your actual
name. If you subscribe online to our Journal or other services you
may provide your credit card details on our secure server. Your
credit card details are used solely for the purpose of finalizing
the payment towards your subscription, and will be treated with
strict confidentiality and utmost care to ensure the privacy of
your information.
Co-Branded/Co-Sponsored Services and Features:
Some Madar Research Group services and features may be offered in
conjunction with a partner company. In order to provide these co-branded/co-sponsored
services to you, it is necessary for us to share your personal information
with our partners/sponsors. If data is being collected and/or maintained
by any company other than Madar Research Group, you will be notified
prior to the time of the data collection or transfer. If you do
not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the
transfer by not using that particular service.
Madar Research Group Affiliates and Strategic
Business Partners: We will share part of our data, including
personally identifiable information about you as necessary, with
our affiliates and strategic business partners that are committed
to serving your needs throughout the world. To the extent that these
entities are provided access to your information, we will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that they will treat it
at least as protectively as they treat information they obtain from
their other users. We usually require our affiliates and strategic
business partners to follow privacy practices no less protective
of all users than our practices described in this policy. If you
have any additional questions regarding the privacy practices of
our affiliates or strategic business partners, please visit the
privacy policies of their Websites.
Aggregate Information: Madar Research Group
shares the information you provided during registration, or subscription
or any other occasions, in aggregate form, to serve ads and to provide
online and offline promotions. When we say that we will share such
information in "aggregate" form, we mean that we will
not disclose individual names, addresses, telephone numbers and
e-mail addresses unless we have your permission.
Other Information Collectors: Except as
otherwise expressly discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document
only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect
from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other
parties, such as outside links to other sites, different rules may
apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you
disclose to them. Since Madar Research Group does not control the
privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy
customs and policies of that third party. We encourage you to ask
questions before you disclose your personal information to others.
MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT
Madar Research Group has no obligation to monitor the Website or
the use thereof or to retain the content of any user session. However,
Madar Research Group reserves the right at all times to monitor,
review, retain and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy
any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request,
or to cooperate with law enforcement and other authorities in investigating
a claim of illegal activity.
WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW MADAR
RESEARCH GROUP USES THEM
What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of
information that a website transfers to an individual's hard drive
for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for
you by saving your preferences while you're at our site. We never
save passwords in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry standard
used by most major websites. By showing how and when guests use
a site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are
not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such
data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information
is most easily tracked with cookies.
How does Madar Research Group use cookies?
We use the information from cookies to provide services better tailored
to our users' needs. For example, we use cookies to track user trends
and patterns while on our Website. This helps us better understand
and improve areas of Madar Research Group that our users find valuable.
While both of these activities depend on the use of a "cookie,"
visitors to Madar Research Group always have the option of disabling
cookies via their browser preferences. However, note that some parts
of Madar Research Group will not function properly or may be considerably
slower if you refuse cookies.
Advertisers: You may occasionally get cookies
from our advertisers. Madar Research Group does not control these
cookies. The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers
is standard in the Internet industry.
WHAT KIND OF SECURITY IS IN
PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Passwords: When you register or subscribe
with Madar Research Group's Website, your personal information is
password-protected. However, you are responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of your password. Therefore, we recommend that
you do not divulge your password to anyone. Madar Research Group
will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call
or in an unsolicited e-mail. Also remember to close your browser
window when you have finished using our site. This is to ensure
that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence
if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer
in a public place like a library or Internet cafe. If you lose or
forget your password, you can contact us at privacy@MadarResearch.com
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive
to protect your personal information, Madar Research Group cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to
us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your
own risk. Madar Research Group will not be liable for disclosures
of your personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized
acts of third parties. However, once we receive your transmission,
we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
HOW YOU CAN CORRECT INACCURACIES
IN YOUR INFORMATION OR UPDATE USER'S DETAILS
Following registration on Madar Research Group, you can review
and change your registration information. This can be done anytime
you log onto our website using your username and password.
HOW TO CONTACT MADAR RESEARCH
GROUP
Privacy and security is important to us all. We
pursue a full-disclosure approach to responsibly care for the information
you have entrusted with us and we depend on information sharing
as our principal means to best serve you. This is why we are committed
to building a trusting relationship with you. We will continually
monitor customer feedback and seek to improve our services to meet
your needs. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy,
the practices of this site, or your dealings with the Website, or
would like to provide comments, you can send us an e-mail at privacy@MadarResearch.com
Thank you for your cooperation. We hope you find
the Madar Research Group Website helpful and convenient to use!
Copyright © 2003 Madar Research Group, All rights reserved.
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