Privacy Policy
ARMSTEL, Inc. Internet Privacy Statement
ARMSTEL, Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our websites and in using our products and services referenced at the right (“Solutions”). The following information is designed to help visitors understand what information we collect from our site, and how we handle and use the information after that.
Information Collection and Use
ARMSTEL is the sole owner of any information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. ARMSTEL may collect information from our users at several different points on our website. ARMSTEL may also transfer the information collected to any relevant unit within ARMSTEL, and located anywhere in the world.
We will always tell you before we collect any Personal Information from you and will inform you of the purpose of the collection. “Personal Information” is any information that can be used to identify an individual, and may include, but is not limited to, name, email address, postal or other physical address, credit or debit card number, title, occupation, and other information required to provide a Solution, or carry out a transaction that you have requested. On some of our websites, we may collect third party Personal Information such as name, email and phone number, and we will assume that you have the third party's permission to provide us the information. This information is only collected and used for the purpose it was intended. Some of the reasons we collect your Personal Information include:
- registration for an account or Solution
- requesting information about us or our Products and Solutions
- use of certain features of our Products and Solutions
- requesting service and support for our Products and Solutions and providing such support
- placement of a transaction or order
- registration to attend a seminar or webinar
- participation in an online survey
- submission of an entry for a sweepstakes or other promotion
- participation in discussion groups or forum
- collaboration efforts
- registration to membership programs or newsletter subscriptions
- when you apply for a job
- customizing the advertising and content you see
- during testing admissions process and when a computer based certification test is administered to you.
- provision of anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
We will only use your Personal Information in the way we specified when it was collected. We will not subsequently change the way your Personal Information is used without your consent. Some of the ways we may use your Personal Information include to:
- process your orders and deliver the Products and Solutions that you have ordered.
- keep you up to date on the latest Solution announcements, software updates, software upgrades, system enhancements, special offers, and other information, provided that you can edit your marketing preferences at any time as described below. This may occasionally include information from other companies about products and services that can add value to your ARMSTEL Products and Solutions.
- provide support and assistance for our Products and Solutions, including the provision of security patches (if applicable).
- provide the ability to create personal profile areas and view protected content.
- provide the ability to contact you, and provide you with shipping and billing information.
- provide customer feedback and support.
- provide and administer contests, sweepstakes or other marketing or promotional activities on our websites.
- conduct questionnaires and surveys in order to provide better products and services to our customers and end users. Your completion of any questionnaires is voluntary.
- support recruitment inquiries (for more information, please see the worldwide Candidate Privacy Policy).
- understand more about you, so we can personalize newsletters and websites to your preferences. For example, allow you the opportunity to request specific information on products and services that may be of interest to you.
- allow you to forward information to another individual, such as a friend or co-worker who you believe is interested in receiving the information. ARMSTEL does not store the personal information of the third party. We use the email address and contact name (if applicable) for the sole purpose of sending a one-time email on your behalf.
- meet contract obligations.
- administer and process your certification exams.
Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, share or trade your Personal Information to third parties for marketing purposes unless you have granted us permission to do so.
We may share your Personal Information within ARMSTEL or any of our worldwide subsidiaries for purposes of data processing or storage.
We may also share your Personal Information with business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents or contractors in order to provide a requested service or transaction, including processing and shipping orders, processing credit card transactions, hosting websites, hosting event and seminar registration and providing customer support. We only provide these third parties with the minimum amount of Personal Information necessary to complete/provide the requested service or transaction, and the third parties are not permitted to use your Personal Information except for the limited purpose of completing/providing the requested service or transaction.
We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your Personal Information and other related information, if necessary. We also may choose to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims and use your Personal Information in this regard as appropriate.
We may collect and possibly share Personal Information and any other additional information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected or potential fraud, brand protection matters (such as gray market sales or use of ARMSTEL's trademark without a license), situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of ARMSTEL’s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
While navigating our websites or Products or Solutions you may be directed to content or functionality that is hosted by a third-party supplier. This may be done to host special events, such as contests. When information is collected on behalf of ARMSTEL exclusively, this ARMSTEL Privacy Statement will be referenced on the website and will govern how your information is used. For other, non-ARMSTEL websites, the website owner’s privacy statement will be referenced.
We will ask for your consent before we use or share your information for any purpose other than the reason you provided it or as otherwise provided by this ARMSTEL Privacy Statement. To let us know your preferences, we will require an action on your part, such as checking the appropriate option, to indicate your consent.
Security of Your Personal Information
ARMSTEL is committed to protecting the Personal Information you share with us. When we transfer sensitive personal data (for example, credit card information) over the Internet, we protect it using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology.
We utilize a combination of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and organizational measures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its security.
We recommend you to take every precaution in protecting your Personal Information when you are on the Internet. For example, change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers when creating passwords, and make sure you use a secure browser.
Consent to Transfer and Processing of Personal Information
We may transfer your Personal Information to ARMSTEL in the United States of America, to any ARMSTEL subsidiary worldwide, or to third parties acting on our behalf, for the purposes of processing or storage, and by providing any Personal Information to us you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the transfer, processing and storage of such information in the United States of America.
General Inquiries
If a user contacts ARMSTEL with a general inquiry, the user may need to provide ARMSTEL with personal information (for example contact details). ARMSTEL will use this personal information to respond to the inquiry and track further correspondence. Information is also used to compile statistics on response handling, etc. This is done in aggregate, and no individual names or other personal information are retained. Personal information collected is not used for any other purpose.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files that a site transfers to a user's (visitor's) hard disk or browser for added functionality or for tracking site usage. In order to measure the effectiveness of our online presence, ARMSTEL may use cookies to determine the path users take on our site and to identify repeat users of our site. We do not use cookies to gather personal information such as a person's name or e-mail address.
Cookies can be saved to the hard disk, but so-called session cookies are saved to the browser only and disappear when the browser is closed. On the armstel.com homepage (and similar top or index pages), we use cookies that are saved to the hard disk and therefore remain after the browser is closed. Such cookies determine the path users take on our site and also identify repeat users of our site, although not by names or email addresses. On other pages of our site, we use session cookies to determine the path users take on our site. On some pages, we may also use non-session cookies.
It is possible to configure your browser to reject cookies by modifying the browser settings or preferences. If you wish to do so, we recommend you consult the information provided in the browser or contact the browser vendor for help and instructions.
Any information gathered by the use of cookies is compiled on an aggregate, anonymous basis.
Surveys and Contests
From time to time our site may request information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary, and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as gender, age, level of education). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. For contests, contact information will be used to register participants, notify the winners and award prizes, etc.
Third-party Services
We may partner with another party to provide these or other specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use any personal information collected except for the purpose of providing these services. We do not share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
External links
This site may contain links to other sites. Please take note that ARMSTEL is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this site.
Children’s Privacy
ARMSTEL does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that data from our systems. ARMSTEL encourages parents and guardians to go online with their children. Here are a few tips to help make a child’s online experience safer:
- school, etc.) unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult.
- Know the sites your children are visiting and which sites are appropriate.
- Look for website privacy policies and know how your child’s information is treated.
Please visit the FTC’s website for more tips on protecting children’s privacy online.
Changes to ARMSTEL's Internet Privacy Statement
ARMSTEL may, from time to time, make changes to this policy. We recommend that users of this site re-visit this privacy policy on occasion to learn of new privacy practices or changes to our policy.
How to Contact ARMSTEL about this Privacy Statement
It's important to us at ARMSTEL to hear what users have to say about our services, and our policies. If site users have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this privacy policy, or want to let us know what they think about any of our off-line and on-line products and services, they can use our "Contact us" form accessible on this site.