OUISoft Privacy Statement
OUISoft.com (the parent company of this web site)
is committed to the privacy
of its site visitors. The following discloses our information
gathering and dissemination practices.
OUISoft.com
collects information, volunteered by site visitors through
our Web site order forms and online surveys of site visitors.
In addition, OUISoft.com also collects and analyzes its Web
server logfile data. All information collected is used to
improve the content of our Web site and services, to permit
customization of content and/or layout for each individual
visitor, and for aggregate customer analysis.
Our site uses the services of NorthStar Solutions and eSellerate, both order
processing firms, for taking orders for OUI, the Offline Usenet Interface.
Both companies have privacy policies similar to OUISoft's
policy. It is available from their web pages. Our site also
contains links to ComputerStuffCheap.com , an online shopping mall, with order
taking and fulfillment handled by VStore.com. We collect users' contact information, including
Web site address, e-mail address and other company and
personal information, and financial information, including
credit card information. When services are provided by our
business partners, contact information from the order form is
shared with that partner. No individual customer information
is otherwise shared with or furnished to any third parties.
OUISoft.com uses customer contact information to provide
services, send news about our company and deliver promotional
material from our partners. Visitors are only contacted if
they register our products or subscribe to our e-list mailing
list. Un-subscribe information is available, at the bottom of
each e-mail they receive or by sending e-mail to us at
webmaster@ouisoft.com.
Financial information is used only to bill the member for
products and services they have purchased from us and for
aggregate customer analysis.
This site contains links to other sites. We are not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these
other Web sites or for the policies of our partners.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site or your dealings with this Web site,
you can contact us by using the information below.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect against
the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our
control. It is unlawful to attempt to access this information
without authorization, and we will prosecute any such
attempts to the fullest extent of the law.
Our postal address is:
OUISoft
313 South Harmony Drive
Janesville, WI 53545 USA
We can be reached by e-mail at:
webmaster@ouisoft.com
OUISoft.com Standards and Policies for Market Research
When conducting market research among our site visitors,
OUISoft.com conforms to industry standard market research
practice, as espoused by the Council of American Survey
Research Organizations (CASRO), the American Marketing
Association (AMA) and the Advertising Research Foundation
(ARF).
Our principles:
1. OUISoft.com protects the confidentiality of our survey
respondents by not disclosing their personally identifiable
information to third parties, including our clients,
advertisers, the media and members of the public.
Respondent confidentiality includes the following principles:
a. OUISoft.com uses respondents' personally-identifiable
information only for internal research purposes.
b. OUISoft.com makes its consultants and subcontractors
(interviewers, interviewing services and validation, coding
and tabulation organizations) aware of OUISoft.com
confidentiality principles, and they agree to maintain and
respect respondents' confidentiality.
c. OUISoft.com reports survey findings to others in aggregate
form only. We do not report any data permitting
identification of individual respondents.
2. OUISoft.com does not use market research as a guise for
commercial activity such as lead generation or for direct
sales. No sales efforts or other commercial activity will be
taken towards a respondent simply because of his or her
participation in a OUIsoft.com survey.
3. While we use our survey data in the aggregate to support
our marketing efforts, it will not be used on an
individualized basis with respect to those who have
participated.
