Why a Privacy Policy?
MPUG values our members and considers protecting your privacy while visiting our site our highest priority. The MPUG.com privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) recognizes that you need appropriate protection and management of personally identifiable information that you share with us, including any information that identifies you personally, such as name, address and telephone number.
We have established this privacy policy so you can understand how carefully we intend to treat the information you provide to MPUG.
What information does MPUG.com collect?
We gather certain personal information about you, including your:
- name
- address
- e-mail address
- company information
Certain portions of the Web Site may prompt you to provide other personal information in your user profile or may ask you to answer demographic or personal preference questions, or may ask for financial information to complete a purchase. You may choose not to provide this information, but if you do so, you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services on the Web Site.
We also track the Internet address of the domains from which users visit. MPUG.com also tracks subscribers’ traffic patterns throughout their online sessions, including which web sites a subscriber visits while using the Web Site and which pages a subscriber views while using the Web Site.
How We Gather Information
Forms
When you register with MPUG.com, the registration form requires you to give us certain personal information about you. We also gather information through other forms or questions that you may answer on the Web Site.
Cookies
Some of the pages on the Web Site utilize cookies so that we can better serve you with more tailored information when you return to our site. Cookies are identifiers that a web site can send to your browser to keep on your computer to facilitate your next visit to our site. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to accept or reject it. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, and to provide us with the technical information for the personalization that lets us tailor our site to your preferences.
How We Use Information
Information we obtain from you is used to:
- Provide and/or improve our level and scope of service to you, including by providing additional newsletters.
- Fulfill your requests for certain products and services, such as newsletters.
- Analyze trends and statistics.
- Diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web Site.
- Gather and analyze demographic and marketing information.
- Allow MPUG.com to send you updates and other information regarding the Web Site.
- Allow MPUG.com to send you promotional information that may be of interest to you.
- With your consent, to allow third parties to send you promotional information that may be of interest to you.
With Whom Do We Share Your Information?
Personally Identifiable Information
At MPUG we do not share and never sell your personal information. We may make your personally identifiable information available to third parties when:
- We have your consent or request to share the information.
- We are required to do so by law, regulation, rule or court order; pursuant to requests from governmental agencies or law enforcement authorities.
- Necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our User Agreement.
- Necessary to protect MPUG.com, our members or other third parties including, without limitation, other emergency situations.
If you wish to opt out of any service from MPUG.com or to revoke any previously provided consent, please send an e-mail to us with such instructions at membership@MPUG.com.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
Without your consent, MPUG.com may aggregate personally identifiable information and disclose such information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other parties for marketing, promotional and other purposes. Except as set forth above, we do not disclose without your consent any information that could be used to identify you personally.
How to Update Information
You may update information previously provided to MPUG.com, including any consents provided to or withheld from MPUG.com, by sending an email to membership@MPUG.com.
Security of Information
The Web Site has certain security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Although no security measure is foolproof, we believe that we have implemented a system that is as safe as today’s technology permits. Our network firewall is a combination of hardware and software designed to keep unauthorized users from accessing our network. Any potentially sensitive data, including credit card payment information, is encrypted prior to transmission.
Discussion Forums
The Web Site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available for you to use. 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.
Links to Other Sites
The Web Site may contain links to other sites. MPUG.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites, notwithstanding the inclusion on such sites of the trademarks of MPUG.com.
This Policy Subject to Change
We may modify this privacy policy from time to time. Our current privacy policy will be published on our Web Site. If you have any questions, or if you do not understand any provision of this privacy policy, e-mail membership@MPUG.com.
Legal Agreement
This Privacy Policy forms a legal agreement between you and MPUG.com. Your use of the Web Site indicates your agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy. You agree that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (the “ECPA”) shall not apply to any communications with MPUG.com. MPUG.com has the right to revise this Agreement at any time without notice by updating the Privacy Policy posted to the Web Site. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Web Site or your dealings with this Web Site, please contact membershp@MPUG.com.
MPUG.com
Detroit 1001 Woodward Ave, Suite 500.
Detroit, MI 48226
E-mail: membership@MPUG.com.
Thank you for your support of MPUG.com and its Privacy Policy.