Because protecting your privacy is very important to HOSTDEWA, we operate our web site under the following guidelines to safeguard your personally identifiable information:
HOSTDEWA policies and procedures for handling customer information have been created with the understanding that Internet technologies are still evolving and that Internet business methods are continuing to evolve to meet the needs and opportunities of the changing technologies. As a result, HOSTDEWA policies and procedures are subject to change.
- What Personal Information does HOSTDEWA collect?
- Data Security
- How is customer information used?
- Will HOSTDEWA ever send me direct mailings?
- How do I protect my Personal Information in public forums?
- What about privacy on sites that HOSTDEWA links to?
- Disclosure of customer information and communications
What Personal Information does HOSTDEWA collect?
In the course of serving its customers, HOSTDEWA acquires, stores and transmits customer communications and information that customers may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this information – such as the customer’s name, address, telephone number, and credit card data – is provided to HOSTDEWA by its customers in order to establish service. Other information – such as the customer’s account status, choice of services, and customer logs – is created and maintained by HOSTDEWA in the normal course of providing service. HOSTDEWA also uses cookies, which are small pieces of information that a web site can store in a designated file on a user’s computer for various reasons. In addition, HOSTDEWA may store customers’ electronic mail and other communications as a necessary incident to the transmission and delivery of those communications.
Data Security
HOSTDEWA will protect the confidentiality of its customers’ information, account information and personal communications to the fullest extent possible and consistent with the law and the legitimate interests of HOSTDEWA, its partners, its employees and other customers of HOSTDEWA services. To protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information that is collected from customers, HOSTDEWA has appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place.
How is customer information used?
HOSTDEWA may share customer information with selected partners, for example, to provide customers with information about products which might be of interest to the customer or to enable the customer to take advantage of special partner programs. HOSTDEWA may also use customer information to provide its customers with system information or information about new or upgraded products.
Will HOSTDEWA ever send me direct mailings?
From time to time, HOSTDEWA may send its customers information about various products and services that may be of interest. We will not send you information of this type without specifically allowing you to “opt out” of such mailings. You can opt out by sending an e-mail to support@hostdewa.com, however by doing so, you may miss important communication regarding your service.
In addition, if you are a HOSTDEWA reseller, HOSTDEWA and/or its partners and advertisers may from time to time send you newsletters, promotional material, and other mailings. You can opt out by sending an e-mail to billing@hostdewa.com
How do I protect my Personal Information in public forums?
HOSTDEWA may offer interactive forums, such as message boards and chat. HOSTDEWA users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose Personal Information to other users or to third parties on the HOSTDEWA system, through e-mail, or outside of the HOSTDEWA system, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other members or third parties. While HOSTDEWA strives to protect your Personal Information, HOSTDEWA cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to HOSTDEWA , and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information.
What about privacy on sites that HOSTDEWA links to?
HOSTDEWA may provide links to its partners and other Internet sites. These sites have separate data and privacy practices independent of HOSTDEWA , and HOSTDEWA disclaims any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions.
Disclosure of customer information and communications
HOSTDEWA will not otherwise disclose its customers’ personal and account information unless HOSTDEWA has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of HOSTDEWA , HOSTDEWA customers, or others, or where HOSTDEWA has a good faith belief that the law requires such disclosure.
HOSTDEWA also will not, except for reasons stated below, disclose to third parties the contents of any electronic mail or other electronic communications that HOSTDEWA stores or transmits for its customers. The circumstances under which HOSTDEWA will disclose such electronic customer communications are when:
- it is necessary in order to provide service to the customer;
- it is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of HOSTDEWA and its customers;
- it is required to cooperate with interception orders, warrants, or other legal process that HOSTDEWA determines in its sole discretion to be valid and enforceable; and
- it is necessary to provide to a law enforcement agency when the contents are inadvertently obtained by HOSTDEWA and appear to pertain to the commission of a crime.
- HOSTDEWA disclaims any intention to censor, edit or engage in ongoing review or surveillance of communications stored on or transmitted through its facilities by customers or others. HOSTDEWA will, however, review, delete or block access to communications that may harm HOSTDEWA, its customers or third parties. The grounds on which HOSTDEWA may take such action include, but are not limited to, actual or potential violations of HOSTDEWA policies
