Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites is maintained by Attain Insight Solutions Inc., an Ottawa Ontario IBM Business Partner and is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postal code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that may be automatically collected by National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites does not read any of your private online communications.

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites and National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites collects and uses your personal information to operate the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites Web site and deliver the services you have requested. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites and its affiliates. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group reserves the right to use third-party emailing services such as mailchimp and event registration platforms such as eventbrite to manage communications and events. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group abides by the respective third-party privacy policies and makes available unsubscribe and deletion of personal data options available to all users in this community.

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites is maintained by Attain Insight Solutions Inc., an IBM Business Partner and does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations.

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites, in order to determine what National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites, or the public.

Accuracy and Retention of Data

We do our best to keep your data accurate and up to date, to the extent that you provide us with the information we need to do so. If your data changes (for example, if you have a new email address), then you are responsible for notifying us of those changes. Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold, or process on behalf of a third party, any of your Personal Information. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as long as needed to provide you with our Services. We may also retain and use your information in order to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and enforce our Agreements.

Use of Cookies

The National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a 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. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites pages, or register with National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites site or services, a cookie helps National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites 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 fully experience the interactive features of the National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Notice of Breach of Security

If a security breach causes an unauthorized intrusion into our system that materially affects you or people on your Distribution Lists, then National Capital IBM Cognos User Group will notify you as soon as possible and later report the action we took in response.

Safeguarding Your Information

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the risks involved in the processing and the nature of the Personal Information.

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites accounts require a username and password to log in. You must keep your username and password secure, and never disclose it to a third party. Because the information in your Distribution Lists is so sensitive, account passwords are encrypted, which means we cannot see your passwords. We cannot resend forgotten passwords either. We will only reset them.

Changes to this Statement

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites is protecting your information.

Compliance

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Site operates in the Canada.

Our office is located in the Canada while Googlesites is operated in United States, so your information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States. While the data protection, privacy, and other laws of the United States might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, we take many steps to protect your privacy, including offering a data processing addendum. By using our Websites, you understand and consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your information to our facilities in the Canada and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this policy.

Questions & Concerns

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that National Capital IBM Cognos User Group Powered by Google Sites has not adhered to this Statement, or If you have any questions or comments, and/or if you want to update, delete, or change any Personal Information we hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we have handled any privacy matter, please use our contact form to send us a message. You may also contact us by postal mail or email at:

Attn. Privacy Officer

info@cognosinthecapital.ca

National Capital IBM Cognos User Group

c/o Attain Insight Solutions Inc.,

463 Ancaster Ave

Ottawa, ON K2B 5B6 Canada