Your right to privacy is of concern to us.
Electronic Scientific Engineering Ltd. has created this privacy
statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for this web-site: www.schmidtelectronics.com
Information Collection and
Use
Electronic Scientific Engineering Ltd. is the
sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will
not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways
different from what is disclosed in this statement. Electronic
Scientific Engineering Ltd. collects information from our users
at several different points on our web-site.
Gathering Information
In certain areas of our web-site, we ask you
to provide information to enable us to provide enhanced services
or to follow up after your visit. It is completely optional
for you to participate. If you choose not to provide such information,
there will be a drawback that certain services may not be available
to you.
Mailing List
If a user wishes to subscribe to our mailing
list, we ask for contact information such as name and email
address.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's
hard drive containing information about the user. Sesson cookies
are cookies that temporarily exist during a user session. Session
cookies will be removed once after a user leave the site. We
only use session cookies on our site currently.
Log Files
We use IP addresses in log files to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are
not linked to personally identifiable information.
Use of IP Address
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems
with our server, and to administer our Web site.
Sharing
We may share aggregated demographic information
with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any
personal information that can identify any individual person.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that we Electronic Scientific Engineering Ltd.
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our
site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web
site that collects personally identifiable information. This
privacy statement applies solely to information collected by
this Web site.
Surveys, Questionnaires &
Voting
From time-to-time our site requests information
from users via surveys, contests or questionnaires. Participation
in these surveys, questionnaires and voting are completely voluntary
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose
this information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and email address). Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use
and satisfaction of this site or our services. Questionnaires
information will be used for purposes of gathering user opinions
and provide better services.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service
for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's
name and email address. Electronic Scientific Engineering Ltd.
will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting
them to visit the site. Electronic Scientific Engineering Ltd.
uses this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time
email. We will not store this information in our database.
Security
This web-site takes every precaution to protect
our users' information. When users submit sensitive information
via the web-site, your information is protected both online
and off-line.When certain form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such project information and schedule date), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, the
lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator
and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to
un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'. To learn more
about SSL, follow this link http://developer.netscape.com/tech/security/ssl/howitworks.html
at the Netscape Developer Web Site.While we use SSL encryption
to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything
in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our
users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need
the information to perform a specific job (for example, sending
out product news to mailing list subscribers) are granted access
to personally identifiable information.Furthermore, the servers
that we store personally identifiable information on are kept
in a secure environment, behind a locked environment.If you
have any questions about the security at our web-site, you can
send an email to admin.et@schmidtelectronics.com.
Supplementation of Information
We do not supplement any information we receive
with information from 3rd party sources.
Correction/Updating Personal
Information
If a user's personally identifiable information
changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires
our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update
or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can
usually be done by email.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out'
of having their information used for purposes not directly related
to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For
example, our enquiry form has an 'opt-out' mechanism so users
who ask questions from us, but don't want any marketing material,
can keep their email address off of our lists. Users who no
longer wish to receive our mailing from registered mailing list
may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to
unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at
admin.et@schmidtelectronics.com
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we
will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide
to use personally identifiable information in a manner different
from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify
users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether
or not we use their information in this different manner. We
will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under
which the information was collected.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site,
you can contact
E-Technology Department
Schmidt & Co. (HK) Ltd.
37/F Citicorp Centre,
18 Whitfield Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong |