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We, the publishers of glassfiles.com, understand and respect your concerns about privacy. At the same time, we do ask that you provide us with information about yourself. We do that in order to understand your needs better and make your experience at glassfiles.com more valuable to you. glassfiles.com uses the information collected from you in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Therefore, we encourage you to read this carefully.

We have created this Privacy Policy to provide you with notice of what information glassfiles.com may collect, how such information may be used or shared with third parties, and how such information relates to the operation of glassfiles.com. This Privacy Policy is subject to the Legal Notice posted on glassfiles.com, including the provisions regarding change or modification of this Privacy Policy and other policies as set forth in the Legal Notice. You are responsible for checking this page periodically for changes and updates to the Privacy Policy. Your use of glassfiles.com following any posted changes to the Privacy Policy will be deemed an acceptance of such changes. This Privacy Policy is part of, and incorporated into, the Legal Notice.

This Privacy Policy explains:

• What personally identifiable information we collect and how we use it?
• With whom your information may be shared?
• What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information?
• What cookies are, and how we use them?
• How glassfiles.com protects your personal information?
• How you can access, update or delete your information?
• What else you should know about your online privacy?
• How you can contact us?

What personally identifiable information we collect and how we use it?

glassfiles.com collects and stores personal information mainly in accordance with your registration. This information includes your name, any kind of information needed to contact you, demographic information, areas of interest and other self-identifying information. In addition, we may collect information of the company or other type of organisation you represent. This information may include the name, activities, number of employees, turnover and other related information of the organisation.

We collect this information in order to provide you with our services more easily, and in a more personalized manner. Some of our services, such as discussion forum, offer you opportunities to post information on glassfiles.com by yourself. If you choose to voluntarily disclose certain information on any such area of glassfiles.com, this Privacy Policy will not cover such disclosure of information.

glassfiles.com also may request certain information using online order forms for products and services. On the order forms, we may collect contact information, financial information, demographic information, method of payment and, if applicable, a credit or debit card number. We may also collect information about you in surveys or for sweepstakes and contests on glassfiles.com and information about the searches you perform and the pages you visit on glassfiles.com. glassfiles.com may also monitor, on an anonymous aggregate basis, patterns of use in connection with emails that it sends out, including which links are clicked on in our email communications, so that we may use such information to better personalize the content of glassfiles.com and our mailings for our users. We may also automatically detect your Internet Protocol (IP) address or information about the browser, operation system, or other such information to help diagnose problems and for system administration. We reserve the right to request any additional information necessary to establish and maintain your user account.

Information we collect is used to customize your experience at glassfiles.com . We also show you content that we think will be interesting to you, and display content according to the preferences you indicate while on glassfiles.com . glassfiles.com may use your information to send you promotional materials about glassfiles.com and its partners. We may also use your information to contact you, if necessary.

With whom your information may be shared?

glassfiles.com will not sell, rent or barter your personal information other than to its business partners as set forth herein. However, we may from time to time aggregate statistical information regarding our users, traffic patterns and glassfiles.com usage, or sell our research, which may contain aggregate information. In addition, we may report aggregate information to our advertisers. Such aggregate information will not individually identify any user. In order to provide you with co-branded services, and to improve our features, we may sometimes share your information with our partners.

We reserve the right to disclose any information if such action is necessary to conform to the requirements of the law or to comply with legal process, to protect and defend the legal rights or property of us or our users, or in an emergency, to protect the health and safety of our users or the general public. We further reserve the right to release any information concerning any user if that user participates (or is reasonably suspected of participating) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution.

It is possible that glassfiles.com could merge with or be acquired by another business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that glassfiles.com would share your information in order to continue to provide the service.

What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information?

In the event of registration, you are or may be given an opportunity to "opt in" to receive e-mails from glassfiles.com and/or our partners by "checking" a box in the registration form. (For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "partners" includes any third parties with whom glassfiles.com may have co-branding arrangements, alliance or some other business relationship.) If you submit a registration form with the box checked, you thereby consent to being placed on this mailing list. You may subsequently contact us to request to be removed from this list. In every update that we send, we may include an option to discontinue receipt of future updates. glassfiles.com reserves the right to limit any registrations on glassfiles.com to those who will accept our information and to those who will provide the requested information.

What cookies are, and how we use them?

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, glassfiles.com uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your e-mail browser and that the browser saves to the computer's hard disk. All portions of glassfiles.com that prompt you to log in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies. Since it is possible to follow and hijack any transmissions in the internet, including the transmission of cookies, glassfiles.com does not take any responsibility for the possible harm or loss of property the use of cookies may contribute.

We may use cookie technology to reduce the time required for you to submit your requests and for glassfiles.com to respond to such requests. Cookies will not be used by us to retrieve any information about you, or from your computer, that you have not voluntarily given to us. You can usually edit your browser not to accept cookies, but the features of glassfiles.com may not function properly if you do not accept cookies.

How glassfiles.com protects your personal information?

For all our transactions, we, and our participating service providers, employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. Where appropriate, we password protect, use encryption techniques and install firewalls. We encourage our participating service providers to adopt and honour their own consumer privacy policies. But you should be aware of that in the Internet no system can be fully guaranteed. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, or that we transmit to you, or guarantee that it will be free from unauthorized access by third parties. Once we receive your information, we use reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

How you can access, update or delete your information?

When you register to glassfiles.com a User Account is created for your registration data. As part of your use of glassfiles.com, you are responsible for maintaining and updating, as applicable, your User Account with current, accurate and complete information. You may view, update and/or edit the User Account you have provided to glassfiles.com by logging in to your account and following the appropriate instructions.

What else you should know about your online privacy?

glassfiles.com may also contain links to other web sites and advertising. The privacy policies of those web sites and advertisers may significantly differ from that of glassfiles.com. It is your responsibility to contact such web site operator or advertiser directly to determine their privacy policy.

How you can contact us?

Should you have any further questions about our Privacy Policy, the practices of glassfiles.com, or your dealings with glassfiles.com, please contact us. You can find our contact information by clicking the link below:

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