BT Diamond IP Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
BT Diamond IP is committed to respecting your privacy. Providing a secure environment in which you can participate in on-line activities is important to us. This policy describes our privacy practices and expresses our commitment to keeping you informed about the information we collect and how it is used. We ask that you take time to read it carefully. We may update this policy to reflect new uses, rules, regulations or technologies that impact your privacy. We recommend that you review our policy on a regular basis to learn about these changes.
Please be advised that your use of this site constitutes your acceptance of the provisions of this policy. If you do not agree to these provisions, you should immediately terminate your access to and not use the site. BT Diamond IP reserves the right to change the provisions of this privacy policy at any time but will alert you that changes have been made by indicating the date (below) on which this policy was changed.
General
We gather minimal information about site visitors — only what we need to track traffic on our site, complete registration processes, and to follow up on communications with us. We do not sell user information to anyone. Whatever personal or contact information you enter anywhere on our site is used only to complete the particular business function you initiate when you use our forms.
Recruiting
If you contact us through our site to inquire about employment opportunities with BT Diamond IP , we collect and store the information you provide for recruiting purposes. BT Diamond IP uses this information to evaluate your eligibility for employment and to contact you for recruiting purposes. Individuals under 18 years old are not authorized to submit recruiting information.
Cookies
A cookie is a small, encrypted data string containing a unique code that our server writes to your hard drive. It cannot be used to access or otherwise compromise the data on your hard drive. We track cookies to understand the navigation patterns of visitors for the purpose of improving our web site. Our cookies cannot be used to identify you or your physical location. Our entire site is accessible and navigable without cookies. You can choose to change your browser settings to disable cookies or alert you to their presence before accepting them.
Surveys
BT Diamond IP regularly surveys networking professionals on performance, cost of ownership, security, web-based management and similar networking topics. These surveys collect job-related demographic data, such as your job title, the type of company you work for, the size of its IT budget, and so on. These data are used to interpret the survey results and are published in our survey reports. Contact information (your e-mail address) is optional. We occasionally contact survey participants about our services.
Newsletter Subscriptions
Our site offers subscriptions to several e-mailed newsletters. To fulfill your subscription, we ask for your e-mail address along with other information that allows us to personalize newsletter content. We do not use your information for any other purpose. Opt-out capability appears at the bottom of each newsletter
Promotional Offers
BT Diamond IP offers whitepapers and related material thorough advertising on search engine services such as Google and Yahoo. We follow-up with individuals who download our collateral material to see if a sales opportunity may exist. We give individuals the opportunity to opt-out of any further communication based on their original interest.
Seminar Registrations
BT Diamond IP offers free web seminars. You register for these seminars using our online registration form which requests some minimal personal data. Your information will be shared with: co-sponsors, if any, to customize the seminar to the interests of attendees; a company (which is under a non-disclosure agreement) that handles the registration process and confirms your registration with you.
You will not be contacted if you let us know you do not wish to hear from us. Opt-out capability appears at the bottom of each web seminar invitation.
Links
BT Diamond IP may provide you with links to other sites. Please be aware that BT Diamond IP is not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. BT Diamond IP does not endorse them or make any representations about them or any information, services, products or materials found on them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites through our links, we strongly encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Data Security
BT Diamond IP is committed to ensuring the security of your information. We use encryption technology, privacy protection controls and restrictions on employee access in order to safeguard your personal information. Only authorized employees will have access to your personal information and such access is limited to a need-to-know basis.