PRIVACY POLICY:

Please read the following policy that describes how and what information we collect on our website and how we use this information. Additional privacy policies apply when using information obtained from [in-person meetings, trade shows, conferences, and educational sessions.

Personal Information: On our website, when you specifically request information, printed materials, or are participating in any of our online surveys or self-assessments (whether or not in your personalized database), you will be asked to identify yourself and submit certain information to us on one of our online submission forms. When you use our submission forms, some of the information you provide is discretionary, and some is required (such as name, address, and contact information). We will use this information to respond to your request or self-assessment/survey submissions. In addition, we may add your information to one or more databases that we maintain. These databases are intended to provide important demographic information to us about our current and prospective clients. We may also disclose your 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 EarthTec, or any of its affiliates; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of EarthTec and its Web site(s), (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of EarthTec employees, users of EarthTec products or services, or members of the public; and/or (d) to enforce the policies or agreements of EarthTec including the collection of amounts owed to EarthTec.

If you visit our website simply to browse, we collect and store the following information: the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com); the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We also use “cookies” on our site. A “cookie” is a small text file that the website places on your computer's hard drive in order to collect information about what you do on the website. The cookie transmits this information back to the website's host computer. You may delete stored cookies or control how cookies are stored depending on the browser options installed on your computer. This information is used to track the number of visitors to the different sections of our website, which makes it more useful and current. In some circumstances, we may combine this information with your personal information and use this combined information to send you email about areas of interest of our website which you have visited.

Security: We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect the transmission of information you submit to us when you use our secure online forms. Once we receive this information, we take steps to protect it from unauthorized disclosure. If you send us email, please be aware that email is not necessarily secure against disclosure or modification. As a matter of policy, EarthTec will not use forms of instant messaging (IM) when responding to initial requests for information. If you prefer, you may use telephone or facsimile communications if you choose not to use our online forms or email. We encourage the use of encryption when discussing sensitive or proprietary matters. Please contact EarthTec for more information concerning encrypted communications.

Links: This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy 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 web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. EarthTec does not specifically endorse the companies or products to which this site is linked. These links are provided as a potentially useful service for our site visitors.

Updates: If you would like to unsubscribe from any service that you subscribed to, change any personal information you have provided to us, or remove your information from our internal databases, please notify us by sending an email message to datamaster@earthtecsolutions.com .