Because protecting your privacy is
very important to 100 Megs Dedicated, we operate
our website under the following guidelines to safeguard
your personally identifiable information:
100 Megs Dedicated’s policies and
procedures for handling customer information have
been created with the understanding that Internet
technologies are still evolving and that Internet
business methods are continuing to evolve to meet
the needs and opportunities of the changing technologies.
As a result, 100 Megs Dedicated’s policies and procedures
are subject to change.
What
Personal Information does 100 Megs Dedicated collect?
In the course of serving its customers,
100 Megs Dedicated acquires, stores and transmits
customer communications and information that customers
may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this
information - such as the customer's name, address,
telephone number, and credit card data - is provided
to 100 Megs Dedicated by its customers in order
to establish service. Other information - such as
the customer's account status, choice of services,
and customer logs - is created and maintained by
100 Megs Dedicated in the normal course of providing
service. 100 Megs Dedicated also uses cookies, which
are small pieces of information that a web site
can store in a designated file on a user's computer
for various reasons. In addition, 100 Megs Dedicated
may store customers' electronic mail and other communications
as a necessary incident to the transmission and
delivery of those communications.
Data
Security
100 Megs Dedicated will protect the
confidentiality of its customers' information, account
information and personal communications to the fullest
extent possible and consistent with the law and
the legitimate interests of 100 Megs Dedicated,
its partners, its employees and other customers
of 100 Megs Dedicated’s services. To protect the
loss, misuse, and alteration of information that
is collected from customers, 100 Megs Dedicated
has appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial
procedures in place.
How is
customer information used?
100 Megs Dedicated may share customer
information with selected partners, for example,
to provide customers with information about products
which might be of interest to the customer or to
enable the customer to take advantage of special
partner programs. 100 Megs Dedicated may also use
customer information to provide its customers with
system information or information about new or upgraded
products.
Modification
of customer information.
Customers may modify their personal
information by logging a Help
Desk ticket to make the request.
Will
100 Megs Dedicated ever send me direct mailings?
From time to time, 100 Megs Dedicated
may send its customers information about various
products and services that may be of interest. We
will not send you information of this type without
specifically allowing you to "opt out"
of such mailings. You can opt out by sending an
e-mail to support@100megsdedicated.com.
In addition, if you are a 100 Megs
Dedicated reseller, 100 Megs Dedicated and/or its
partners and advertisers may from time to time send
you newsletters, promotional material, and other
mailings. You can opt out by sending an e-mail to
support@100megsdedicated.com.
How
do I protect my Personal Information in public forums?
100 Megs Dedicated may offer interactive
forums, such as message boards and chat. 100 Megs
Dedicated users should be aware that when they voluntarily
disclose Personal Information to other users or
to third parties on the 100 Megs Dedicated system,
through e-mail, or outside of the 100 Megs Dedicated
system, that information can be collected and used
by others and may result in unsolicited messages
from other members or third parties. While 100 Megs
Dedicated strives to protect your Personal Information,
100 Megs Dedicated cannot guarantee the security
of any information that you transmit to 100 Megs
Dedicated, and you are solely responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of any passwords or other account information.
What about
privacy on sites that 100 Megs Dedicated links to?
100 Megs Dedicated may provide links
to its partners and other Internet sites. These
sites have separate data and privacy practices independent
of 100 Megs Dedicated, and 100 Megs Dedicated disclaims
any responsibility or liability for their policies
or actions.
Disclosure
of customer information and communications
100 Megs Dedicated will not otherwise
disclose its customers' personal and account information
unless 100 Megs Dedicated has reason to believe
that disclosing such information is necessary to
identify, make contact with, or bring legal action
against someone who may be causing harm or interfering
with the rights or property of 100 Megs Dedicated,
100 Megs Dedicated’s customers, or others, or where
100 Megs Dedicated has a good faith belief that
the law requires such disclosure.
100 Megs Dedicated also will not,
except for reasons stated below, disclose to third
parties the contents of any electronic mail or other
electronic communications that 100 Megs Dedicated
stores or transmits for its customers. The circumstances
under which 100 Megs Dedicated will disclose such
electronic customer communications are when:
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it is necessary in order to
provide service to the customer;
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it is necessary to protect
the legitimate interests of 100 Megs Dedicated
and its customers;
-
it is required to cooperate
with interception orders, warrants, or other
legal process that 100 Megs Dedicated determines
in its sole discretion to be valid and enforceable;
and
-
it is necessary to provide
to a law enforcement agency when the contents
are inadvertently obtained by 100 Megs Dedicated
and appear to pertain to the commission of a
crime.
100 Megs Dedicated disclaims any
intention to censor, edit or engage in ongoing review
or surveillance of communications stored on or transmitted
through its facilities by customers or others. 100
Megs Dedicated will, however, review, delete or
block access to communications that may harm 100
Megs Dedicated, its customers or third parties.
The grounds on which 100 Megs Dedicated may take
such action include, but are not limited to, actual
or potential violations of 100 Megs Dedicated’s
Acceptable Use Policy.
