Web Site Privacy Statement
(last updated: May 8, 2008)
Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the current site (the “Site”) hosted for Microsoft by Exsilio Consulting Inc; it does not apply to other online or offline Microsoft sites, products, or services. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
Collecting your Personal Information
We will collect personal information if you choose to order or request something
from the site. Exsilio Consulting is committed to protecting your privacy. The personal
information we collect includes your name, title, company, or organization name,
work e-mail, work phone, billing or shipping address, information about your
job function, information about your company, and credit card information.
This Site may collect certain anonymous information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our Site. None of this information is personally-identifiable. This anonymous information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site, and is discarded when this process is completed.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
Microsoft may disclose 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 Microsoft or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Microsoft and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees or agents, users of Microsoft products or services, or members of the public.
Personally identifiable information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Microsoft 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
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide
on the Site will not be shared outside of Microsoft and its controlled subsidiaries
and affiliates without your permission.
Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to Microsoft in the context of other, separately operated, Microsoft products or services.
Access to your Personal Information
Customer information is collected by Exsilio Consulting Inc, a Microsoft
vendor. It is stored at Exsilio Consulting, plus sent back to Microsoft.
Security of your Personal Information
Microsoft 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 on computer servers with limited
access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit
sensitive personal information such as a credit card number over the Internet,
we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) protocol.
Cookies
We currently use "cookies" on our Site to provide a better experience
for our visitors. A cookie is a text file that a Web site can place on your
computer's hard drive in order to collect information about your activities
on the site. The cookie transmits this information back to the Web site's server,
which, generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Most people
do not know that cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit
Web sites. If you want to know when cookies are being placed on your computer
or to prevent cookies from being placed on your computer, you can set your browser
to warn you when a Web site makes this attempt. We also use session cookies,
which expire shortly after you leave the Site and are not placed on your hard
drive.
Links to Other Web sites
This Site may contain links to other Web sites. Please be aware that this privacy
statement applies solely to the information collected on the Site. We are not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. We
encourage you to be aware when you are leaving this Site and read the privacy
statements of each and every Web site that you visit before providing any personal
information.
Changes to This Privacy Statement
We may 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 privacy statement, we will notify you either by
placing a prominent notice on the home page of our web site or by directly sending
you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement
to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect.
Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy
statement and any updates.
Contact Information
Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you
believe that Microsoft has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact
us by e-mail or via postal mail at the addresses provided below, and we will
use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
Exsilio Consulting Inc.
Attn: Microsoft Privacy Information
1601 Dove Street, Suite 205
Newport Beach, CA 92660