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PRIVACY STATEMENT
At TECHXANS,
we value and protect your privacy. We thank you for
the trust that you place in us and we want you to
know that the information you share with us will be
treated with care.
The objective of our Online Privacy Statement is to
disclose and explain what information we collect,
use, and share and to explain the privacy choices
that you can make. We encourage you to read our
Privacy Statement as well as those of all websites
that you visit.
This TECHXANS Online Privacy
Statement applies only to our United States visitors
to TECHXANS.ORG.
Effective Date: OCTOBER 29, 2008
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
You should feel secure in knowing that TECHXANS does not sell or share
personal information with marketers outside of
TECHXANS for purposes of offering their
own products or services with the EXCEPTION of those
who are SPONSORS OF OUR ORGANIZATION. TECHXANS
will maintain the confidentiality of all user
communications which contain personal user
information and which are transmitted directly to
TECHXANS with the EXCEPTION that
TECHXANS MAY PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION TO OUR SPONSORS OR ANY OTHER RELATED
SPONSORS. TECHXANS CAN NOT
AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE ACTIONS OF OUR SPONSORS
IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BY PROVIDING YOUR
CONTACTS INFORMATION TO TECHXANS,
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR CONTACTS INFORMATION MAY BE
USED, NOT FOR RESELL, BY OUR SPONSORS TO CONTACT YOU
FROM TIME TO TIME OFFERING YOUR CERTAIN SOLUTIONS
THAT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. Postings by a user
on any message board or in any chat room will not be
protected as confidential and TECHXANS may use and provide information contained
in any such postings (including any ideas, concepts,
know-how or other intellectual property) to any of
its parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates for
any purpose whatsoever and as deemed appropriate by
TECHXANS. User should be
aware that Linked Sites may contain confidentiality
provisions that differ from the provisions provided
herein. TECHXANS is not responsible
for such provisions, and expressly disclaims any and
all liability related to such provisions.
Collecting Information About You
When you visit our website, we collect information
in order to service your accounts, save you time and
better respond to your needs. We may use "cookie"
technology to collect site statistical information
and improve your customer experience. Cookies set by
TECHXANS do not capture any
personally identifiable information, such as your
individual e-mail address.
We automatically collect some statistical data as
you browse this website. For example, we
automatically collect your "IP address" used to
connect your computer to the Internet, browser type
and version, operating system and platform, average
time spent on our site, pages viewed, information
searched for, access times, "clickstream data," and
other relevant information about your online
experience.
You may browse our Website anonymously by choosing
not to provide us with any "personally identifiable
information (PII)," such as your name or e-mail
address, or choosing not to register during your
visits to our sites. When you browse this way, we
will not link your online activity with the accounts
you may have with us.
TECHXANS may use "Web beacons" to
present offers on TECHXANS.ORG, other
sites on which TECHXANS advertises,
or in our e-mails. This enables us to enhance e-mail
offers and track website usage. We sometimes use
"vendors" and "business partners" to manage web
beacons and the data they collect; however, Web
beacons do not capture your individual e-mail
address or any other personal information that you
enter on the TECHXANS site.
Web beacons are sometimes used on
TECHXANS.ORG webpages where
transactions take place. In addition, e-mail offers
that we send may contain web beacons to help us
record response rates and to assist us in measuring
the offer's effectiveness. No personally
identifiable information such as name, address,
telephone number, credit card number, or e-mail
address is ever collected or passed via the use of
web beacons.
Using Your Personal Information
TECHXANS does not sell or share
customer information with entities outside of
TECHXANS who may want to market to you
their own products and services with the EXCEPTION that
TECHXANS MAY PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION TO OUR SPONSORS OR ANY OTHER RELATED
SPONSORS. TECHXANS CAN NOT
AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE ACTIONS OF OUR SPONSORS
IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BY PROVIDING YOUR
CONTACTS INFORMATION TO TECHXANS,
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR CONTACTS INFORMATION MAY BE
USED, NOT FOR RESELL, BY OUR SPONSORS TO CONTACT YOU
FROM TIME TO TIME OFFERING YOUR CERTAIN SOLUTIONS
THAT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. . You don't need to
take any action for this benefit. TECHXANS uses your information to process
applications, complete transactions, respond to your
requests, deliver the products and services in which
you enroll or for which you apply, and notify you of
promotions, updates, or special offers that we think
may interest you. We also use your information to
provide you with a more effective customer
experience while on our website. In order to do
this, we may process your information or combine it
with other information that is publicly available.
This enables us to customize your TECHXANS experience and provide you with more
relevant offers. TECHXANS may also
use the information that we collect from you online
to market to you through alternative channels.
TECHXANS may share your information
within our family of companies and our sponsors;
and, to provide services to you, we may share
information with carefully selected "vendors" and
"business partners" with whom we work. This includes
companies that manage accounts; offer affinity,
frequent-user, and reward programs; and, companies
that perform marketing services and other business
operations for us. All companies that act on our
behalf are contractually obligated to keep all
information confidential and to use the customer
information only to provide the services we ask them
to perform for you and us.
If you apply for products and services online, we
may share information we collect about you with
credit bureaus and similar organizations if we have
your express consent or when required or permitted
by law. To the extent permitted by law, we may
disclose personally identifiable information to
government authorities or third parties pursuant to
a legal request, subpoena, or other legal process.
We may also use or disclose your information as
permitted by law to protect the legal rights of
TECHXANS, our customers, our websites,
or its users.
Using Your E-mail Address
We may use your e-mail address for the following
types of e-mail messages:
Occasional Updates and Valuable Offers. We may send
you e-mail updates about our products and services
as well as valuable offers from our business
partners that we send you on their behalf.
Regularly Scheduled E-mail Newsletters related to
TECHXANS products or services in
which you are enrolled. You can also elect to
receive other types of e-mail messages from us,
including newsletters, invitations, alerts, or
notifications.
Please note that even if you opt-out of marketing
e-mails, we will continue to send you e-mail service
notifications that are related to your account(s).
These include e-mails that provide account
information, answer your questions about a product
or service, facilitate or confirm a sale, or fulfill
a legal or regulatory disclosure requirement.
Mobile Offers
TECHXANS does not sell or share
mobile phone numbers with third parties and will
only use the information for the specific
communication into which you have opted-in.
Ads That Link to Our Site
TECHXANS hires other companies to
place our banner ads on other websites and to
perform tracking and reporting activities on this
site and other websites. This enables us to learn
which advertisements and websites bring users to our
websites. A unique "cookie," if it exists on your
computer, is placed there either by us, an ad
management partner, or by another advertiser who
works with our ad management partners. However,
these companies do not collect personally
identifiable information in this manner and we do
not give any personally identifiable information to
them.
Third-party ad partners have their own privacy
policies. If you would like more information about
their privacy policies, including information on how
to opt-out of their tracking methods, please visit
this link.
Children's Privacy
TECHXANS.ORG is not intended for
use by children. We do not knowingly solicit data
online from, or market online to, children under the
age of 13. If we obtain personally identifiable
information in error on a child under the age of 13
is collected, we will delete that information from
our systems.
COMMUNICATION CHOICES
TECHXANS respects the choices
that you make regarding your privacy. You may
request that TECHXANS no longer
send you marketing e-mails. Marketing e-mails from
TECHXANS may include information
about new products and services being offered. If
you choose not to hear from us, you will not receive
offers about TECHXANS products and
services that may be of value to you.
How To Opt-In or Opt-Out of E-mail Marketing
Offers
At the TECHXANS E-mail
Marketing Preferences link, you can change your
e-mail marketing preferences to opt-out of marketing
offers from TECHXANS.
If you have opted-in to receive certain marketing
e-mails from TECHXANS, but decide
that you no longer wish to subscribe, please follow
the instructions that are located at the bottom of
those e-mail messages in order to opt-out
Additional Opt-Out Methods - You may also opt-out of
e-mail marketing by mail or telephone.
By Mail:
TECHXANS VIA TECHXANS
14090 SW Freeway, Suite 300
Sugar Land, Texas 77478
By Telephone:
Call (866) 661-0258 to opt-in or opt-out of TECHXANS marketing offers.
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