Privacy Policy
Last Revised 12/4/2007
General Information
Raju Associates, Inc. (“Raju Associates Inc”, “we” or “us”) understands
and respects your privacy and trust. We take them seriously and as a result,
we seek to ensure the security and confidentiality of your
personal information online. This privacy policy is an effort
to answer your privacy-related questions. If you have questions
that are not addressed herein, please submit them to us
by sending an email to
information@rajuassociates.com
The purpose of this privacy policy (the "Policy") is to
help you understand what kinds of personally identifiable
information we may gather about you when you visit the
Raju Associates Inc Website located at
http://www.rajuassociates.com and
related sub-domains (the “Site”), how we may use that information,
whether we will disclose it, and how you can correct or
update it. We note that this Policy sets forth our online
information collection and use policies under U.S. law.
The Site is intended for use by residents of the U.S. who
are over the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally
identifiable information from children (that is, minors
younger than thirteen years of age).
If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, you should
not use the Site. We reserve the right to update or modify
this Policy from time to time and such changes to the Policy
will be effective immediately; therefore please bookmark
this page and review it periodically to ensure your familiarity
with the most current version of the Policy. You can tell
if the Policy has been updated since you last reviewed it
by checking the "Last Revised" date at the beginning of
the Policy.
This Policy is the sole authorized statement of Raju
Associates Inc's
practices with respect to the online collection of personally
identifiable information and the usage of such information.
Any summaries of this Policy generated by third party software
or otherwise (for example, in connection with the "Platform
for Privacy Preferences" or "P3P") shall have no legal effect,
are in no way binding upon Raju Associates Inc, shall not be relied
upon in substitute for this Policy, and neither supersedes
nor modifies this Policy.
To assist with your review of our Policy, we have provided
answers to questions that you may find important :
What Personal Information We Collect
Raju Associates Inc collects personally identifiable information that
you specifically and voluntarily provide on the Site or
by email to Raju Associates Inc. Personally identifiable information
(“PII”) is information that identifies you as a specific
individual, for example, your name, company name, account
number, physical or email address, and phone number plus
other information that personally identifies you including
your industry, the number of employees at your company,
and account history. The Site includes both public areas,
open to all visitors, and private areas that are open only
to those visitors who choose to register. In addition, visitors
can sign up on the Site to request email newsletters and
other information from Raju Associates Inc. Raju
Associates Inc essentially
collects PII from you when you:
- Create an account.
- Contact a representative.
- Are contacted by a representative.
- Subscribe to our newsletter.
- Request more information.
- Participate in a survey.
- Register at our website.
How We Use the Personal Information We Collect
We use the PII that you provide to us in order to:
- Fulfill requests for products, services and/or information,
- Provide customer service,
- Offer new products or services,
- Measure and improve the effectiveness of our Site
and our marketing endeavors,
- Tailor our online offers to your preferences,
- Administer promotions or surveys, and
- Execute other business purposes as permitted under
applicable law.
Raju Associates Inc may disclose PII to consultants, professional
advisors and contractors who perform services on our behalf,
but only to the extent necessary for them to perform such
services. At times, Raju Associates Inc may seek to validate the PII
we have collected via an audit by a third party designated
to determine the accuracy of and/or to update the information
collected. We may also combine data that we collect online
with data collected offline (such as through inquiries made
over the telephone) or with data provided by other
parties.
Raju Associates Inc shares PII collected from our visitors and customers
with our affiliated or related companies, including its
parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries or its parent company’s
other subsidiaries. Raju Associates Inc reserves the right to release PII concerning any visitor when that visitor is believed
by Raju Associates Inc to be in violation of any published guidelines
for the use of the Site, or participates (or is suspected
of participating) in any illegal or potentially illegal
activity. Raju Associates Inc also reserves the right to disclose PII to comply with applicable law, in response to civil
subpoenas or discovery requests or when we believe in good
faith that disclosure is required to protect the rights,
property, safety and security of Raju Associates Inc, our visitors
or the public or to respond to an emergency.
In the event that we sell or otherwise transfer to a third
party, assets related either:
- To the Site or
- To one or more of our businesses, divisions or affiliated
companies,
We reserve the right to also transfer any and all information
(including any PII) associated with the Site and/or any
business, division or affiliated company to such third party.
However, all PII transferred to such third party shall be
transferred subject to the usage restrictions contained
in Raju Associates Inc’s privacy policy. Please note that we are not
responsible for retracting your PII from any third parties
with whom we have shared your information pursuant to the
terms of this Policy.
Marketing Communications: Opting Out
When you provide PII to us,
Raju Associates Inc provides you with the opportunity to opt-out of having your information used for marketing communications. Unless you have opted out of receiving such communications,
Raju Associates Inc may use your PII to forward you, via email or mail, advertisements concerning
Raju Associates Inc products, services, special promotions, surveys or other opportunities from
Raju Associates Inc that we think may be of interest to you. Such email advertisements may also concern third party companies’ products and services.
Other than as set forth herein, we will not sell or
lease your email address to third party advertisers to
solicit you directly. Should you wish to change your
preferences regarding the information that you receive
from Raju Associates Inc or its affiliates, or would prefer that
we not share PII with our marketing partners, please
contact Raju Associates Inc at 1.626.792.2700.
Cookies
Upon visiting our Site, we will assign you a unique ID in the form of a "cookie". A cookie is a piece of information that our server places on your computer’s hard drive, which
Raju Associates Inc may associate with your PII when you log on to the site. Cookies are used for such purposes as facilitating and personalizing your experience
on our Site, helping diagnose problems with our server and administering our Site. NOTE: You can control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your web browser and you may remove them from your computer, at any time, based on your discretion.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
To help ensure the confidentiality of your PII, Raju
Associates Inc seeks to use security enhanced technology and
procedures, which are reviewed periodically. We use
encryption technology and Secure Socket Layers (“SSL”)
in all areas where your personal and account information
is required. This means that the personal information
you submit to us via our Site is encrypted by your
computer and then decrypted again on our side, thus
discouraging others from accessing your private
information during transmission. If your browser does
not support SSL, or if you are unable to establish a
secure connection due to a company firewall, please call
us at 1.626.792.2700 for assistance.
In addition, your personal and account information are kept behind our firewall
Online versus Offline Practices
Please note that this Policy applies solely to our online information-gathering and dissemination practices in connection with the Site and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline other than as expressly set forth in this Policy.
Contacting Raju Associates Inc
Should you have any questions, please e-mail us at
information@rajuassociates.com.
You may also call us at 1.626.792.2700 from 9.00 a.m. to
5.00 p.m. US Pacific Standard Time.
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