Updated: May 17, 2005
Telesti is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy
statement explains data collection and use practices of the Telesti.com site
(the “Site”); it does not apply to other online or offline Telesti
sites, products or services. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the
information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
Other Telesti services with links from this Web site, including Telesti.net,
CompuConsult, utilize this same Privacy
Policy.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies
you (personal information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service
or carry out a transaction that you have requested such as receiving information
about Telesti products and services, entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters,
joining a limited-access premium site or service, signing up for an event or
training, or when purchasing, downloading and/or registering Telesti products.
The personal information we collect may include your name, title, company or
organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information
about your job function, information about your company, and credit card information.
The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name
of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through
which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages
that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from
which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve
the site, analyze trends and administer the site. Some of our sites collect
information about your hardware and software in order to provide a requested
service. Windows Update, for example, needs to know information about your computer
in order to recommend needed operating system updates.
Telesti technical communities provide opportunities to interact with Telesti
employees, experts, and your peers in order to share knowledge and news about
Telesti products and related technologies. In order to avoid your e-mail address
or other personal information from being gathered and used by others for inappropriate
or harmful purposes, Telesti advises that you should be cautious about posting
a real e-mail address or other personal information to newsgroups, chats, or
other public forums.
Use of your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the
Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have
requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, Telesti may use personal information to provide you
with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related Telesti
products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the
need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the
Site to your particular preference or interests. In order to offer you a more
consistent experience in your interactions with Telesti, information collected
by Telesti.com may be combined with information collected by other Telesti services.
We may use your personal information to provide you with important information
about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates
and notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information
about other Telesti products and services, and/or share information with Telesti
partners so they may send you information about their products and services.
We merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research
purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant
content. In some limited-entry sections of Telesti.com, with your approval,
we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order
to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will
not provide you the personalized service and won't merge your personal information
with site-visitation data.
When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional e-mail, Telesti.com
may use customized links or similar technologies to track e-mail links that
you click. We may associate that information with your personal information
in order to provide you more focused e-mail communications or purchase information.
Each e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop
delivery of that type of communication.
Some services on Telesti.com offer individuals the ability to publicly display
certain personal information, such as for a Telesti partner who wishes to publish
contact information as part of offering a business service. Participation in
such services is always optional.
Telesti occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our
behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes,
answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information
about our products, special offers, and other services. We will only provide
those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They
are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited
from using that information for any other purpose.
Telesti may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in
the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts
of the law or comply with legal process served on Telesti or the Site; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of Telesti and our family of Web sites; or
(c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Telesti employees
or agents, users of Telesti products or services, or members of the public.
Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the
United States or any other country in which Telesti or its affiliates, subsidiaries
or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such
transfer of information outside of your country. Telesti abides by the safe
harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the
collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide
on the Site will not be shared outside of Telesti and its controlled subsidiaries
and affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next section,
you can access your personal information and make choices about how you wish
to be contacted.
Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the
Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided
to Telesti in the context of other, separately operated, Telesti products or
services.
Telesti.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service
or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming
you requested a product or service. In some services offered by Telesti.com,
contact with the customer is an intrinsic part of the service. You will not
be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an
essential part of the service(s) you have chosen.
Security of your Personal Information
Telesti is committed to protecting the security of your personal information.
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your
personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example,
we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited
access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit
sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet,
we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) protocol.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
Telesti.com is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal
information from children.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process
and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on
your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs
or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and
can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to
save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within
a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent
visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site
navigation, and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you
previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the site's features
that you customized.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used
to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology is a tool we
use to compile aggregated statistics about Telesti.com Web site usage, such
as how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on
a Telesti.com Web page, blog or a newsletter. We may share aggregated site statistics
with partner companies.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully
experience the interactive features of this or other Web sites you visit.
Use of Web Beacons
Telesti.com Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes
called single-pixel gifs - that allow Telesti.com to count users who have visited
those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Telesti.com may include Web
beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine
whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to
help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications.
These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent
cookie on your computer. Doing this allows the service provider to recognize
your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous
information in relation to those page views. Telesti.com prohibits Web beacons
from being used to collect or access your personal information.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should Telesti Corporation.
If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry, or if your inquiry is
not satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe through the TRUSTe
Dispute Resolution Process at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php.
TRUSTe will serve as a liaison with this Web site to resolve your concerns.
Changes to this Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also
revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by
placing a prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending
you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement
to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information
we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to
this privacy statement and any updates.
Contact Information
Telesti welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe
that Telesti has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact
us electronically or via postal mail at the address provided below, and
we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy
the problem.
Telesti Corporation
19112 Blackhawk Parkway
Mokena, IL 60448