Privacy Statement for Stardock.com
Stardock has created this privacy statement in
order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the
information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site:
Stardock.com This policy is also applicable to Stardock's other Web sites,
including but not limited to: Stardock.net,
ImpulseDriven.net,
WinCustomize.com, JoeUser.com,
Windowblinds.net, DesktopX.net,
GalCiv.com,
PoliticalMachine.com, and ObjectDesktop.net.
WE DO NOT SHARE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES OR PERSONAL INFORMATION
WITH ANYONE.
Information Automatically Logged
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with
our server and to administer our Web site. This information is used to generate
reports on the overall traffic to the site for bandwith planning and usage statistics.
Stardock Activation
Beginning in 2005, some Stardock products require activation
over the Internet to use their enhanced versions. Depending on if your order was
directly through Stardock or through a third-party, we may ask for your first name,
last name, email address, and the serial number/activation code for the product
you have purchased.
Your IP address and number of activation attempts will
also be logged. There are reasonable limits on how often you can activate a given
product to help deter piracy, but for most users, this limit will not be reached.
If you have difficulties, please contact support@stardock.com.
This information will not be used by third parties, but
may be used by Stardock to contact you about updates or other Stardock-related news.
Cookies
Our Site uses cookies to keep track of items in your shopping
cart. Stardock.net accounts on the various websites (like WinCustomize.com and for
installing software via Stardock Central) also uses cookies as part of their validation
process.
Advertisers
We use an outside ad company to display ads on our sites.
These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site,
cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not
have access to this information.
Some customer data is shared with the advertising companies
(i.e. ONLY what they have access to from setting in your cookies). We do not allow
advertisers to see any private information including email addresses, home addresses,
phone numbers, or any other private information.
Registration Forms
Our site's registration form requires users to give us
contact information (like their name and email) and demographic information (like
their zip code and age).
Contact information from the registration forms is used
to get in touch with the customer when necessary.
Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the
choice/opt-out section below.
Demographic and profile data is also collected at our
site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them
content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according
to their preferences.
Order Forms
Our site uses an order form for customers to request information,
products, and services. We collect contact information (like their email address),
financial information (like their account or credit card numbers), and demographic
information (like their zip code and age).
Contact information from the order forms is used to ship
purchases, information about our company. The customer's contact information is
also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary.
Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the
choice/opt-out section below.
Financial information that is collected is used to bill
the user for products and services.
Demographic and profile data is also collected at our
site.
We may use this data in the future to tailor our visitor's experience at our site
showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the
content according to their preferences.
Surveys
Our online surveys ask visitors for demographic information
(like zip code or age).
Demographic and profile data is also collected at our
site.
We use this data in the future to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing
them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content
according to their preferences.
Email
Stardock scans the text of e-mail messages in order to
filter spam and detect viruses. This process is completely automated and involves
no humans. The only exception includes requests by users that Wincustomize support
staff access their email messages in order to diagnose problems; when Stardock is
required by law to do so; and when we are compelled to view or disclose personal
information because we reasonably believe it's necessary in order to protect the
rights, property or safety of Stardock, its users and the public.
Stardock only scans e-mail contents to provide you a reliable
service. Stardock does not share or reveal e-mail content or personal information
with third parties, other than in certain exceptions dictated by the law and common
sense.
Assessments (Hardware)
Stardock's TweakVista product, at the request of the user,
sends generic information about the computer hardware under analysis to Stardock.
This data will not be provided to any third parties and will only be used to provide
anonymous high level reports to other customers of TweakVista.
External Links
This site contains links to other sites. Stardock
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
Public Forums
This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or
news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is
disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution
when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the
loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Credit card information
for orders is secured via industry standard 128-bit SSL encryption.
Data Quality/Access
This site gives users the following options for changing
and modifying information previously provided:
- You can send email to
sales@stardock.com
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement,
the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
info@stardock.com