| www.windowsandme.com Privacy Statement
(last updated: 8th April ’08)
Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy
statement applies to the data collected by Microsoft through the
Windowsandme.com site (the “Site”); it does not apply
to data collected through other online or offline Microsoft sites,
products or services.
Collection of Your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies
you or allows us to contact you. The personal information we collect
may include name, e-mail address, password of site, phone, postal
address, description of oneself, date of birth, gender, marital
status, date of marriage (if you are married) number of children
(if you are a parent) and photograph (if you choose to upload
your picture).
We may collect information about your visit, including the pages
you view, the links you click and other actions taken in connection
with the Site. We also collect certain standard information that
your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address,
browser type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses.
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, Microsoft may use personal information
to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve
the Site and any related Microsoft 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.
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 Microsoft products and services,
and/or share information with Microsoft partners so they may send
you information about their products and services.
Microsoft 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 new 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.
Microsoft 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 Microsoft or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights
or property of Microsoft and our family of Web sites; or (c) act
in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users
of Microsoft products 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 Microsoft 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. Microsoft 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 Microsoft
and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.
You will be sent monthly communication such as newsletters by Microsoft
through email. You can unsubscribe to the newsletter by signing
in to the site and selecting the unsubscribe option on the Manage
Profile link.
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 Microsoft in the context of other, separately
operated, Microsoft products or services.
Access to Your Personal Information
You can review and edit the personal information you provided at
this Site by signing in to your account and selecting the Manage
Profile link.
Security of Your Personal Information
Microsoft 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.
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.
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 use interactive features of this
or other web sites that depend on cookies.
Changes to this Privacy 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
Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement.
If you have questions about this statement or believe that we have
not adhered to it, please contact us by clicking here indprv@microsoft.com
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