IDGConnect ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY
The web site and associated sites are maintained by
IDG Communications, Inc.
5 Speen St.
Framingham, MA 01701
IDGConnect collects personally identifying information and data about individuals, their company, and the companies demographics (“personally identifying information and data”) including (i) when you provide information to IDG Connect, such as when you register or sign up for any of our products such as publications, subscriptions, e-mails, contests, newsletters, memberships, RSS Feeds, webcasts, White Papers, online seminars, conferences and other communications with IDGConnect, (ii) when you register or sign up on the IDGConnect site or when you register for any other IDG Publishing Network products individually or through “auto register”, your information will be known to IDGConnect and (iii) from time to time we may add other information that we collect from third party sources to enhance the information that you provided to IDGConnect.
Below is the current policy regarding the usage of personally identifying information and data collected by IDGConnect. We reevaluate this policy on an ongoing basis based on feedback from users. IDGConnect reserves the right to change its privacy policy. However, if there are any changes to the use of personally identifiying information and data that is different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our website.
IDGConnect or one of our IDG affiliated companies, or third party partners may place a "cookie" in the browser files of a user's computer. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifying information, except when such information has been supplied by a subscriber or registered user.
If you have registered with IDGConnect, the information in your "cookie" is used to provide a more personalized experience on our Web site.
If you haven't registered with our site, we may place a cookie on your system to help provide a more personalized experience on IDGConnect.com. This cookie identifies you as a unique user by means of a tracking ID. However, if you have not registered on our site, we cannot link that user ID with personal identifying information and data about you such as your name or e-mail address.
Other cookies without personally identifying information and data may be used to enable IDGConnect to manage the banner advertisements presented or personalized information to the user.
Browsers or third-party software can allow you to block the use of cookies while you surf our site. Or, you can use third-party "anonymizer" services to mask information in your cookies, or even general data such as your IP address. In such cases, you would not be able to take advantage of most of the personalization services that may be offered by IDGConnect.com.
The aggregated information we collect may be used for a number of purposes including but not limited to the following:
- to improve the content and design of the IDGConnect Web site
- to enable our audit bureau to verify our claims of traffic to the site
- to help advertisers, potential advertisers or marketers assess the suitability of the site for their ad campaigns
- We may create and use aggregate customer data to understand more about the interests of our customers and may use the data to offer goods and services we believe may be of interest to our customers, on behalf of IDGConnect, its sister IDG companies, or select organizations.
Postal addresses, and other personally identifying information and data, will be used to promote IDGConnect and other IDG companies ‘ products and services, and may be rented and/or licensed to selected outside firms for promotional purposes. Offers for which the personally identifying information and data are rented and/or licensed for use and the users are required to target their offers carefully.
Telephone numbers of IDGConnect users may be used by IDGConnect, IDG and other IDG companies, affiliates and it's advertisers for promotional purposes. IDGConnect may rent and/or license for use phone numbers to selected outside firms for promotional purposes. Offers for which the numbers are rented and/or licensed for use are required to target their offers carefully.
Fax numbers of IDGConnect users may be used for surveys for IDGConnect and third parties. Except as set forth in this policy, no fax numbers are rented and/or licensed to outside firms.
E-mail addresses of IDGConnect users may also be used to collect feedback by members of our editorial or research team, to promote IDGConnect and IDG products and services, and they may be rented to other firms and/or licensed for promotional purposes. When you provide your email address to us, you agree to receive email from IDGConnect, its sister IDG companies, and the IDG Network. We allow users to “opt-out” of receiving email from outside firms, however, when email information is collected and with each email use of the user’s address you can individually “opt-out” of receiving further e-mail from outside firms, IDGConnect, its sister IDG companies and the IDG Network. If a user does not choose to “opt out” at the time the email address is collected, or does not respond to the questions concerning how we may use their email address, the address may be rented and/or licensed for use to outside firms. Offers for which the e-mail address is rented and/or licensed for use require the users to target their offers carefully.
Users who later decide they want to change their preferences may do so by contacting customerservice@idgconnect.com
Personally identifying information submitted on portions of our site developed with or sponsored by outside third parties, or offering webcasts, whitepapers or other content developed or sponsored by outside third parties, may be shared with those third parties, and the information will be governed by those parties' privacy policies as well as IDGConnect's. IDGConnect, nor any of its parent companies or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of such third parties.
IDGConnect users should be aware that when they disclose personal identifying information (e.g., user name, address, company name, telephone number, demographic information, buying information, other data and E-mail address) in discussion forums, chat rooms or other areas that are publicly accessible by others, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or parties. IDGConnect nor its parent company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates are not responsible for any information that you provide in the above areas.
In the event that the ownership of IDGConnect or any of its products are sold or transferred, all lists and data which contains personally identifying information and data including for example user name, address, company name, telephone number, demographic information, buying information, other data and e-mail address, will be transferred to the new owner.
2. IDG PUBLISHING NETWORK ONLINE REGISTRATION PRIVACY POLICY
Below is the current policy regarding the usage of personally identifying information and data collected by the IDG Publishing Network. We reevaluate this policy on an ongoing basis based on feedback from readers. The IDG Publishing Network reserves the right to change its privacy policy. However, if there are any changes to the use of personally identifiable information and data that is different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our website.
About the IDG Publishing Network
The International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) family of on-line and print publications consists of hundreds of award-winning titles including CIO, CSO, Darwin, InfoWorld,Game Pro, Network World, Macworld and PC World. The IDG Publishing Network is a growing collection of IDG web sites that presently includes cio.com, csoonline.com, darwinmag.com, infoworld.com, networkworld.com, macworld.com, maccentral.com, pcworld.com and gamepro.com. A complete listing is available at www.idg.com.
To access restricted content on any IDG Publishing Network web site you must be a member of the IDG Publishing Network. To become a member of the IDG Publishing Network, you need to provide certain information about yourself. Any of the IDG Publishing Network sites may use this identifying information for internal analytical and business development purposes and, to send you email. However, other forms of communication, including postal mail, may be directed to you pursuant to the site's specific privacy policy, as may be updated from time to time.
You can "opt-out" of receiving further email by clicking the appropriate links that appear at the bottom of any email you receive. If you do not want to receive other types of communication, including as applicable, postal mail, from the editor and publisher of the site, please refer to the site's privacy policy for the procedure to follow.
The IDG Publishing Network is intended for individuals over the age of 13 years old. Personal information may not be provided by anyone under 13 years of age. Further no one under 13 years old may participate in the forums or chat rooms or any other areas where public discussions may take place. In addition no one under that age of 18 may conduct any transactions for the purposes or purchasing or selling any items. Parents should be sure that their children are not conducting any of the above activities on the IDG Publishing Network.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the IDG Publishing Network or its use of information please send email to IDGNetwork@idg.com or write to us at IDG Publishing Network, 3 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.
Last updated: November 21, 2006
