Privacy Statement
Effective January 14, 2003
1. General Information. Vector
Internet Services, Inc. ("VISI") understands
the importance of your privacy. At VISI we are committed
to protecting the privacy of information collected from
visitors to our Website(s) (referred to in this statement
as the "Site"), and from customers of all
of VISI's services (collectively referred to in this
statement as the "Services"). This Privacy
Statement discloses how we collect and use information
regarding the visitors to the Site and customers of
the Services (referred to in this statement as "Users"),
and the choices that Users can make about the way their
information is collected and used. By registering and/or
using the Services provided on the Site, you acknowledge
and agree to the terms and conditions contained in this
Privacy Statement and any terms and conditions applicable
to any of the specific Services that you have registered
to receive. If you do not agree to all of these terms
and conditions, do not continue to visit the Site or
use any of the Services.
2. VISI's Collection And
Use Of User Information. VISI collects and
uses personally identifiable information (PII), Users'
Website activity information (through the use of "cookies"),
IP addresses, Users' demographic information and information
supplied by third parties.
a. Personally Identifiable
Information. VISI collects personally identifiable
information (PII) from Users such as the User's name,
address, telephone number, gender, birth date, e-mail
address, social security number, credit or debit card
numbers. VISI uses the User's PII to help customize
and enrich the User's experience with the Site or
Services by allowing VISI to send information to the
User about the User's account, VISI's services, advertisements
for products and services of third parties that may
be of interest to User, and other information that
reflect the User's interests ("Provider Notices").
VISI takes reasonable steps to keep all PII it collects
from Users confidential within VISI and, except as
described in this Privacy Statement, will not sell,
rent, or intentionally disclose a User's PII to anyone
else without first providing the User with notice
of such use and an opportunity to opt-out of such
use.
b. Cookies. VISI
uses cookies to keep and occasionally track information
about User and the User's visits to the Site. A cookie
is a small piece of data that is sent to User's computer
browser from a Web server and stored on User's computer
hard drive. The cookie is then read by the Web server
programs to inform a Website operator (like VISI)
if User has previously visited that site. VISI uses
cookies to improve and personalize the User's visit
to the Site and current or future use of the Services.
VISI's use of cookies may include delivery of content
specific to the User's interests, saving User's password
so User does not have to re-enter it each time User
visits the Site or uses the Services, and studying
traffic patterns and taking other actions to improve
the Site or the Services. The information collected
by VISI by use of cookies is only used within VISI
and, except as described in this Privacy Statement,
will not be sold, rented, or disclosed to anyone else
without User's prior notification or consent.
Through the Site and the Services,
VISI provides Users with unfiltered access to information
available via hypertext links (the "Links")
to other parties' Websites. Personally identifying
information may be gathered from the Websites referenced
by the Links. In most cases, VISI does not hold any
rights to the Websites referenced by the Links, and
has no association with their endorsers or control
over their content or practices.
VISI WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE USE OR DISCLOSURE OF ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
OR OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED VIA THIRD PARTY USE
OF COOKIES, THE LINKS, OR OTHERWISE BY ANY THIRD PARTY.
c. IP Addresses. An
Internet protocol ("IP") address is a set
of numbers that is automatically assigned to User's
computer when a User accesses the Internet. Web servers
identify User's computer by the IP address assigned
to it during User's online session. VISI collects
the IP address of User's when they visit the Site
and uses User's IP address to help diagnose problems
with VISI's servers and to administer the Site and
VISI's Web pages. In addition, VISI may use IP addresses
for other purposes, for example, to report anonymous
User information to current or potential advertisers,
or to gather information for aggregate use. VISI does
not ordinarily link a User's IP address to the User's
name or other PII, but reserves the right to do so
for use only within VISI.
d. Demographic Information.
VISI collects non-identifying demographic information,
such as the Users' zip code, age and income level,
and uses such information to tailor the Users' experience
with the Site and Services. For example, VISI may
use demographic information to display content according
to the User's preferences. User demographic information
may be shared with business partners and advertisers
on an aggregate basis in a manner which will not personally
identify the User submitting such information.
e. Third Party Information.
VISI may supplement the information that
User provides with information that is received from
third parties. The type of information that may be
received could include PII and User demographic information.
The use of this information provided to VISI by third
parties will be governed and restricted only by the
terms and conditions imposed by those third parties.
f. Exceptions.
In addition to the uses and disclosures described
above, VISI may disclose Users' information, including
PII, in special cases, including but not limited to:
(1) when VISI has reason to believe that disclosing
this information is necessary to enforce compliance
with the terms and conditions of our Site or Services
or otherwise in order to enforce VISI's rights with
regard to the User; (2) to identify, contact or bring
legal action against someone who may be causing injury
to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally)
the Site, the Services, VISI' rights or property,
other Users of the Site, or anyone else; (3) VISI
believes in good faith that any law enforcement agency
or applicable law, rule, regulation, subpoena or order
requires the disclosure; or (4) to third parties providing
services to VISI, provided that such third parties
agree to use and disclose the information shared only
in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement.
3. Correcting Or Updating
Disclosed Information, Changing Elections, Or Stopping
The Further Collection And/Or Use Of User's Information.
Users may access the data collected, request corrections
or updates to User's information, stop VISI's sending
of announcements and advertisements about the Services
and modify or rescind User's authorization to disclose
PII to third parties (except as set forth in Section
2(f), by sending a request as specified below. VISI
will correct such error, make such an update and/or
stop sending announcements and advertisements and/or
stop disclosing such information, upon: (a) receipt
of a written request to do so; (b) verifying the existence
of the alleged error (if applicable); and (c) verifying
the identity of the User requesting the change.
Users may request all changes by
either: (a) sending an e-mail request to: privacy@visi.com
or (b) sending a letter via the U.S. Mail to:
VISI
12 S. 6th St., Suite 630
Minneapolis, MN 55402
4. Data Security.
VISI takes reasonable precautions to prevent the unauthorized
use, disclosure or access to User's information. Certain
VISI User Service accounts are password-protected, providing
persons who have access to a User's password with access
to the Services under the User's account and the User's
account-related information. If User refrains from sharing
User's password with others and protects it from disclosure,
User helps to maintain security and confidentiality
of User's account and account related information. User
must remember to log out of User's VISI account when
User is finished using the Site or the Services. By
doing so, User protects User's account from being re-opened
by another person. If the confidentiality of a User's
password has been compromised, the User should contact
VISI to receive a new password. Please note that despite
its efforts to maintain the security and confidentiality,
neither VISI nor any other Internet service can promise
complete security against unauthorized access to, use
of and disclosure of User information provided over
the Internet.
5. Age Requirement. VISI
encourages parents and guardians to be familiar with
the Websites that their children visit and the Services
that they use. The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC")
regulates how Website operators collect and use personal
information from children under the age of 13, pursuant
to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
(the "Act"). For more information about the
Act and children's on-line privacy in general, visit
the FTC's Website at http://www.ftc.gov/.
VISI requires that all Users be at least 18 years of
age. To the extent that some of the Services and the
Site become accessible to a child under the age of 13
(by any means including, a Users' intentional or inadvertent
disclosure of its password to that child), VISI requests
that the child under the age of 13 refrain from using
the Site and Services. Users under the age of 13 are
prohibited from posting or transmitting any PII or other
information on the Site, the Services, or any other
VISI Website. VISI relies in part on its Users to prevent
unauthorized access to the Site and the Services, and
to comply with the provisions of this statement.
6. Miscellaneous.
a. Limitation of Liability.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW VISI DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED
USE OR DISCLOSURE OF USER'S INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA
THE SITE OR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN
ANY WAY RELATED TO SUCH INFORMATION EVEN IF VISI HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTHING
HEREIN SHALL LIMIT VISI'S LIABILITY FOR ITS OWN WILLFUL,
WANTON OR INTENTIONAL TORTS.
b. Governing Law. This
Privacy Statement will in all respects be governed
by and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the United States and the State of
Minnesota, except for its conflict of laws provisions.
Any action arising out of or relating to this Privacy
Statement will be exclusively venued in a state or
federal court situated within the State of Minnesota.
User irrevocably consents and submits to the personal
jurisdiction of said courts for all such purposes.
c. Revisions. VISI
reserves the right to change, modify and or remove
portions of these terms and conditions at any time.
The terms and conditions applicable to your collected
information shall be: (i) in the case of PII collected
by VISI, the terms and conditions in place at the
time you submitted the applicable information; and
(ii) in the case of cookies and IP addresses, the
terms and conditions in effect upon the User's last
visit to the Site that results in the delivery of
or access to such cookies, or the collection of such
IP addresses.
d. Entire Agreement.
This Privacy Statement contains the entire agreement
between VISI and User regarding VISI's collection
and use of information from User and supersedes any
prior representations, advertisements, statements,
proposals, negotiations, discussions, understandings,
or agreements regarding the same subject matter. User
acknowledges that it has not been induced to agree
to the terms of this Privacy Statement by any representations
or statements, oral or written, not expressly contained
in this Privacy Statement.
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