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Reg.Net, Inc. -- one of the most trusted names in E-commerce and
Web-based technology-- and our subsidiaries and affiliated companies worldwide
("Reg.Net") respect the privacy of our partners and suppliers of products or
services, clients, and their customers. The purpose of this Privacy Statement
is to provide you with information concerning our services, the types of
information we are provided by third parties or obtain ourselves through your
visits to our Website, how we use that information, whether we disclose the
information provided to us to others, and the options you have with regard to
the use and correction of that information. Our goal in handling personal
information provided to us is to comply with applicable privacy laws worldwide
and to offer users of our Website notice, choice, consent, security, data
integrity, access, and enforcement with regard to personal information.
Although legal requirements vary worldwide, Reg.Net's goal is to provide
protection for your personal information no matter where that information is
collected, transferred, or retained.
Reg.Net provides its partners and suppliers with a variety of
fulfillment, support and E-commerce related services. Some of these services
may be provided through sites bearing our partners' and suppliers' names and
trademarks and are not in the sole control of Reg.Net. Additionally, Reg.Net
may provide links from our Website to the websites of third parties who may
provide services to you directly or on our behalf. THE PRIVACY POLICIES OF THESE
THIRD PARTY SITES MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM OUR PRIVACY POLICIES AND WILL GOVERN
ANY TRANSACTIONS UNDERTAKEN ON THOSE SITES. We urge you to review the privacy
policy of any site to which you are linked.
Collection of Personal Information
Personal information means any information that may be used to
identify an individual, and may include but is not limited to your name,
physical or email address, phone number, type of hardware or software you own,
credit card details, and other information required to provide you with the
product, service, or support requested. Depending on the nature of the services
provided by Reg.Net to our partners or suppliers or the services provided to Reg.Net
from its partners or suppliers, Reg.Net may receive personal information either
from you directly or from our partner or supplier. Some of the ways Reg.Net may
receive personal information include but are not limited to:
- requesting information about products and services;
- entering a contest or promotion;
- ordering newsletter or other
informational tools;
- purchasing, downloading and/or
registering products; and/or
- signing up for additional
services.
Use of Personal Information
Personal information provided to us may be transferred worldwide
within Reg.Net or to third-parties providing services to Reg.Net including but
not limited to across borders, from your country or collective area to other
countries or collective areas around the world.
Some of the ways in which we will use the personal information
provided us include:
a) to take, process or deliver your order, process or obtain
payment or notify you of the status of your order;
b) in connection with keys, access codes or other information as
may be required to permit you to access our partners' sites to receive
products, updates or services;
c) to provide it to industry and credit related organizations
for security, credit or fraud prevention purposes;
d) to register your purchase with the manufacturer or service
provider for warranty, technical support or similar purposes;
e) to facilitate the renewal of subscriptions for products or
services;
f) to provide you with effective customer service and/or
technical support;
g) to monitor service or purchasing patterns;
h) to provide you with service updates, announcements, and other
product offerings;
i) to send you, with your consent, newsletters or promotional
emails or undertake other promotional activities;
j) to permit you to participate in online surveys and polls,
assuming you voluntarily agree to provide such information in connection with
these surveys and polls; and
k) to improve Reg.Net's websites, the customer experience and
any related products or services.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure any person or entity
receiving personal information for the purposes described above, are obligated
to protect the personal information on your behalf. By submitting your order
either to our partner or to us you consent to the use of your personal
information as set forth above, and to the transfer of that data to our partners
or those individuals or entities we engage to provide services in connection
with your transaction.
Management of Personal Information
Reg.Net tries hard to keep personal information accurate and
up-to-date. If you find that your personal information is not accurate, please
let us know. Reg.Net will use best efforts to investigate your concerns after
we receive your inquiry and make the necessary corrections, additions and/or
deletions.
Disclosure of Personal information
Reg.Net discloses your personal information directly to you upon
your request; provided, however, that we may reject all or part of your request
when: 1) the disclosure may harm the life, the body, the property and the other
rights of yourself or the third parties, 2) the disclosure may lead the
remarkable difficulties to the appropriate operation of our business or 3) the
disclosure may lead a breach of the other laws and regulations.
Cookies and WebBeacons
We may use "Cookies" and other tracking technologies such as web
beacons. "Cookies" are small text files that are transferred to your computer's
hard disk by the website. Reg.Net's cookies are used to identify a computer or
browser, not to identify specific customer traits. If you do not want cookies
in your browser, you may set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you
when a website attempts to place a cookie in your browser.
WebBeacons (also referred to as GIF files, pixels or action
tags) help Reg.Net recognize a unique cookie on your browser. We use this tool
to compile aggregate information about you, and it is not personally
identifiable. This information includes IP addresses, search terms, domain
names, and browser types. We use this information to track usage and other
patterns on our Websites. We may share this aggregate information with our
partners or service providers.
Sharing Personal Information
Reg.Net may receive personally identifiable information either
from you directly or from our partner or supplier who provides us with the
personal information to fulfill a service to you on their behalf. In some
circumstances, personal information that Reg.Net receives from you directly may
be provided to our partners or suppliers in order for them to fulfill a service
to us for your benefit or directly to you. We may also provide your information
in order to register your purchase with the manufacturer or service provider
for warranty, technical support or similar purposes.
Reg.Net also employs other companies to provide services to us
in connection with your transaction. We do use companies to process credit card
payments, deliver packages, send mail, analyze data, provide marketing aid and
assistance, provide customer service, and otherwise provide services to us to
enable us to serve you and enhance our services. These organizations may have
access to personal information as required to permit them to perform their
obligations to us. Personal information may be stored and processed in the United States
or any other country in which Reg.Net or its affiliates, subsidiaries, agents
or partners maintain offices, and you consent to any transfer of this
information outside of the country in which you reside by your use of this
site.
Reg.Net may be required to respond to subpoenas, court orders or
be asked to respond to other legitimate requests for your personal information
from appropriate law enforcement or governmental authorities. We will not
provide you with notice of such requests. In such situations, we will release
personally identifiable information to third parties when we believe it is
appropriate for us to do so in order to comply with the law or to protect
against fraud. We will also release such information:
(a) to cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental
investigations (without necessarily requiring the law enforcement or government
agency requesting the information to formally serve us with a subpoena);
(b) to comply with all valid court orders or subpoenas;
(c) to protect the legal rights of Reg.Net, its employees and
our users;
(d) when we believe it is needed for fraud protection and/or
credit risk reduction; and/or,
(e) to protect the personal safety of our employees, agents,
other users or the public in general.
Reg.Net also reserves the right to report to such entities any
activities that we believe to be unlawful. Any such report of the activities
outline in (a) thorugh (e) will be made without prior notice to you, and you
consent to such disclosure by us.
In the event Reg.Net merges with another entity, is acquired by
another entity, or enters into a business combination with another entity, Reg.Net
may be required to disclose some or all of your personally identifiable
information to that entity to continue serving you.
Reg.Net is not in the business of selling, trading or renting
personal information. We will not use or share your personally identifiable
information with others except those individuals or entities which have a
business relationship with Reg.Net.
Children's Privacy
This site is not aimed to attract children and its objective is
not to collect personal information from children. Anyone under the age of 18
should not use this site unless supervised by an adult. Reg.Net's goal is to
comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to collection and use of
information from children, including the Children's On-line Privacy Protection
Act of the United States.
Security of Personal Information
Customers who buy through the Reg.Net system are shopping on a
secure server which encrypts customer's credit card information and passwords.
This makes it difficult, if not impossible, for a third party to access or use
your personal information in an unauthorized manner.
Reg.Net has developed its service with security as a top
priority. We use firewalls to help prevent access to information in our system
and Secure Socket Layers ("SSL") to encrypt your personal information and
protect it from disclosure, destruction, modification, or use.
Your Choices
You can decide whether or not to provide personal information to
Reg.Net. However, if you do not provide personal information you may not be
able to make purchases, enlist services or access certain offers or options
that may be of benefit to you. At the time you provide your information, we
will offer you a choice as to whether or not you wish to receive further
communications about special offers, product information, or other marketing
messages. We may provide this information to our business partners and
suppliers. If you choose not to receive these communications, we will not use
your personally identifiable information for this purpose.
You may choose to unsubscribe from notices of special offers
described in the preceeding paragraph. Reg.Net provides you with the ability to
unsubscribe at any time by emailing us at , or by following any
"unsubscribe" link.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
Reg.Net may amend this Privacy Statement from time-to-time. We
will notify you of such amendments or changes by updating the "Effective Date"
at the top of this Privacy Statement.
Reg.Net Contact Information
If you would like to contact us with questions or comments
concerning our Privacy Statement or if you feel your inquiry or request has not
been addressed to your satisfaction, please contact Reg.Net's Privacy
Department via e-mail
or via mail: Reg.Net's Privacy Department, 9625 W. 76th Street, Suite 150, Eden
Prairie, MN 55344.
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