Annese & Associates, Inc. respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This statement describes how Annese & Associates, Inc. Systems collects and uses your personal information to provide services that you request or when you choose to provide us with your personal information.

Information Collection

Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other physical address, other contact information, title, occupation, industry, personal interests, and other information when needed to provide a service or product or carry out a transaction you have requested.

When you browse our website, you do so anonymously, unless you have previously registered with us. We do not automatically collect personal information, including your email address. We do log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which part of our website you visit and how long you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to any personal information unless you have registered with us. Like many other commercial websites, the Annese & Associates, Inc. website may use a standard technologies, such as ?cookies? and other HTML tools, to collect information about how you use the site or to record that you opened an email marketing message. 

Annese & Associates, Inc. collects personal information when you register with Annese for Connect Share Grow, online videos, or for registration forms, or when you submit your personal information to Annese for any other reason. From time to time, Annese receives personal information from business partners and vendors. Annese only uses such information if it has been collected in accordance with acceptable privacy practices consistent with this Privacy Statement and applicable laws.

Access to certain Annese & Associates, Inc. web pages requires a login and a password. The use of those web pages, and the information or programs downloadable from those sites, may be governed by a written agreement between your employer and Annese. Unless you request deactivation of your personal information as specified below, your personal information may be retained by Annese to verify compliance with the agreement, log software licenses granted, track software downloaded from those pages, or track usage of other applications available on those pages.

Notice

When personal information is collected, we will inform you at the point of collection the purpose for the collection. Annese & Associates, Inc. will not transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion entitled "Information Sharing and Disclosure" below.

In most cases we will provide you with the opportunity to "opt in" prior to receiving direct marketing or market research information. This means we will require your affirmative action to indicate your consent before we use your information for purposes other than the purpose for which it was submitted. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving such materials. This means we assume you have given us your consent to collect and use your information in accordance with this Privacy Statement unless you take affirmative action to indicate that you do not consent, for instance by clicking or checking the appropriate option or box at the point of collection.

How We Use Information Collected

Annese & Associates, Inc. uses information for several general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, to personalize your experience on our website, to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, software updates, special offers or other information we think you would like to hear about either from us or from our business partners, and to better understand your needs and provide you with better services. We may also use your information to send you, or to have our business partners send you, direct marketing information or contact you for market research.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Because Annese & Associates, Inc. is a global company, your personal information may be shared with other Annese & Associates, Inc. offices or subsidiaries around the world. All such entities are governed by this Privacy Statement or are bound by appropriate confidentiality and data transfer agreements.

Your personal information is never shared outside Annese & Associates, Inc. without your permission, except under conditions explained below. Inside Annese & Associates, Inc., data is stored in controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where Annese & Associates, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.

Annese & Associates, Inc. may send your personal information to other companies or people under any of the following circumstances:

• When we have your consent to share the information;
• If sharing your information is necessary to provide a product or service you have requested (If your information is shared with third parties we will only provide the information they need to deliver the service. Also, such companies are prohibited from using your information for any other purpose);
• As part of a joint sales promotion or to pass sales leads to one of our distribution partners; and
• To keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, software updates, special offers or other information we think you would like to hear about either from us or from our business partners (unless you have opted out of these types of communications).

We will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our websites.

Data Security

Your Annese & Associates, Inc. account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. Annese & Associates, Inc. safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. In certain areas of our websites, Annese & Associates, Inc. uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to enhance the security of sensitive data transmissions. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Children and Privacy

Our websites do not target and are not intended to attract children under the age of 13. Annese & Associates, Inc. does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 or send them requests for personal information.

Third Party Sites

Annese & Associates, Inc.'s website contains links to other sites. Annese & Associates, Inc. does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

Our website may contain links to websites operated by other companies. Some of these third-party sites may be co-branded with a Annese & Associates, Inc. logo, even though they are not operated or maintained by Annese & Associates, Inc.. Although we choose our business partners carefully, Annese & Associates, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our site. Once you have left our website, you should check the applicable privacy statement of the third party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

Annese & Associates, Inc. will amend this privacy statement from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will make that information available by posting a notice on this site.