Privacy Policy
Applied OLAP, Inc. (Applied OLAP) respects the privacy of visitors to this website www.appliedolap.com and its forums (Site). By using this Site, you consent to the collection and use of information by Applied OLAP as outlined in this Privacy Policy and the related Terms of Use. In the event of any conflict between this Privacy Policy and the related Terms of Use, the Terms of Use shall control.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this Site. Except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we only have access to and collect personal information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this personal information to any third party without your consent.
We use information obtained from registrations, weblogs, cookies and visitor requests for the purposes described in this Policy. We also use personal information obtained from this Site to respond to requests, improve our services and for the additional purposes described below.
Registration Information
In order to use certain sections of this Site, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information may be used to contact you about the products and services on our site in which you have expressed interest.
Web Logs
Applied OLAP maintains standard web logs that record data about all visitors who use this Site. These logs may contain: (i) the internet domain from which you access this Site (e.g., aol.com, abc.org); (ii) your Internet Protocol (IP) address; (iii) the type of browser and operating system you use; (iv) the date and time you visited the Site; (v) the pages that you saw on this Site; and (vi) the address of the web site from which you linked to this Site.
We use web log information to, among other things, help us design our Site, to identify popular features and to make the Site more useful for visitors. Web logs are recorded in sequential files, and we do not normally try to identify individuals from web logs or use web logs to gather information about individuals. However, we may use web logs to identify any person attempting to break into or damage our Site, and we may share web log information with law enforcement agencies if we believe that we have evidence of a violation of applicable laws. Please note that we do not consider web log information to be personal information.
Visitor Requests
If you ask a question or make a request through this Site, we may store your message and our response for a period of time. We may also use this information, and any information you give to us in response to a survey or contest on the Site, to send you information about newsletters, promotional events and upcoming programs that we think you might be interested in, notices of enhancements to our services and additional surveys.
Links
This Site contains links to other web sites. Please be aware that Applied OLAP is not responsible for the content or 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 any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Cookies
Portions of this Site may use “cookies”. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on the site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of cookies on the site is not linked to personally identifiable information. You may have software on your computer that will allow you to decline or deactivate cookies, but if you do so, some features of this Site may not work properly for you.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time this Site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code and age). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Disclosure
We may disclose personal information to any person performing audit, legal, operational or other services for us. When reasonably practicable, we will require any recipient of personal information for these purposes to agree in writing to use the information only for the purpose for which it was disclosed and to destroy or return it when no longer needed for that purpose. We may disclose personal information when required to do so by a subpoena, court order or search warrant.
We may disclose personal information as we deem appropriate to protect the safety of an individual or for an investigation related to public safety or to report an activity that appears to be in violation of law.
We may disclose personal information to protect the security and reliability of this web site, and to take precautions against liability.
Public Forums
From time to time this Site may contain message boards or news groups (“Forums”). Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes available to visitors of this Site. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in these areas. We do not maintain or monitor information posted on any message board or news group on our Site; however, we reserve the right to remove any postings that we deem inappropriate.
Security
We protect the personal information we have collected from this Site by using industry standard security precautions against loss and unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure of that information.
Children
This Site is not intended for or directed to persons under the age of 13. Any person who provides their information to us through any part of this Site represents to us that they are 13 years of age or older.
Updates
This Site’s Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page.