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Privacy policy
Your privacy is important to Skorydov. This statement discloses
the information practices for Skorydov Web sites, including
what type of information is gathered and tracked, how the
information is used, and with whom the information is shared.
Personal information
In general, you can visit Skorydov on the Internet
without telling us who you are and without giving any personal
information about yourself. There are times, however, when
we or our partners may need information from you.
You may choose to give us personal information
in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to give
us information, such as your name and address or e-mail id,
to correspond with you, to process an order, or to provide
you with a subscription. You may give us your credit card
details to buy something from us or a description of your
education and work experience in connection with a job opening
at Skorydov that you wish to be considered for. We
intend to let you know how we will use such information before
we collect it from you; if you tell us that you do not want
us to use this information to make further contact with you
beyond fulfilling your requests, we will respect your wishes.
If you give us personal information about somebody else, such
as a spouse or work colleague, we will assume that you have
their permission to do so.
Using and Sharing Personal Information
The following paragraphs describe in more detail how Skorydov
may use your personal information and with whom we may share
it. Depending on the type of Skorydov Web site you
are visiting, one or more of the paragraphs may apply. For
example, if you order a product from an Skorydov Web
site, your information will be handled as described in such
paragraphs as Fulfilling Your Transaction Request and Marketing
Use.
Fulfilling your transaction request
If you request something from an Skorydov Web site,
for example, a product or service, a callback, or specific
marketing materials, we will use the information you provide
to fulfill your request. To help us do this, we may share
information, with others, for instance, other parts of Skorydov,
Skorydov's Associates, financial institutions, shipping
companies, postal or government authorities (for example,
Income tax authorities) involved in fulfillment. In connection
with a transaction we may also contact you as part of our
customer satisfaction surveys or for market research purposes.
Marketing Use
The information you provide to Skorydov on certain
Skorydov Web sites may also be used by Skorydov
and selected third parties for marketing purposes. Before
we use it, however, we will offer you the opportunity to choose
whether or not to have your information used in this way.
You can opt out of such programs.
Skorydov Discussion Forums and Chat Rooms
If you participate in an Skorydov discussion forum
or chat room, you should be aware that the information you
provide there will be made broadly available to others, potentially
inside or outside Skorydov, who have access to that
discussion forum or chat room. Also, please recognize that
individual forums and chat rooms may have additional rules
and conditions. Each participant's opinion on a forum or chat
room is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting
the opinion of Skorydov.
Other Skorydov Web Site Notices
In some cases, specific Skorydov Web sites may contain
other notices about their use and the information practices
applicable to those sites.
Information Security and Quality
We intend to protect your personal information and to maintain
its quality. We implement appropriate measures and processes,
such as using encryption when transmitting certain sensitive
information, to help us to keep your information secure and
to maintain its quality.
Supplementing Information
From time to time we may supplement information you give us
via an Skorydov Web site with information from other
sources, such as information validating your address or other
available information about businesses. This is to help us
maintain the accuracy of the information we collect and to
help us provide a better service.
Cookies, Web Beacons and Other Technologies
We sometimes collect non-identifiable information from visits
to our Web sites to help us provide better customer service.
For example, we keep track of the domains from which people
visit, and we also measure visitor activity on Skorydov
Web sites, but we do so in ways that keep the information
non-identifiable. This information is sometimes known as "clickstream
data." Skorydov or others on Skorydov's
behalf may use this data to analyze trends and statistics
and to help us provide better customer service.
Also, when we collect personal data from you
in a transaction, we may extract some information about that
transaction in an non-identifiable format and combine it with
other non-identifiable information such as clickstream data.
This information is used and analyzed only at an aggregate
level to help us understand trends and patterns. This information
is not reviewed at an individual level. If you do not want
your transaction details used in this manner you can disable
your cookies.
We collect the information we mentioned in
the previous paragraphs through the use of various technologies,
including one called "cookies". A cookie is a piece
of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may
then be stored on your computer as an anonymous tag that identifies
your computer but not you. Some Skorydov pages use
cookies, sent by Skorydov or its third party vendors,
or other technologies to better serve you when you return
to the Web site. You can set your browser to notify you before
you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether
to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies.
If you do so, however, some Web sites may not work properly.
Service Quality Monitoring
Certain Web transactions may also involve you calling us or
our calling you. Please be aware that it is Skorydov's
general practice to monitor and in some cases record such
calls for staff training or quality assurance purposes.
Online Advertising
Certain companies help us deliver interactive on-line advertising
such as banner ads. These companies may collect and use information
about customers to help us better understand the offers, promotions,
and types of advertising that are most appealing to our customers.
Personalized URL Link
On occasion, we may personalize and customize Web sites for
certain visitors. If you visit one of these sites, you may
find it customized with references to products and/or services
that we believe may be of interest to you, based on your previous
interactions with Skorydov and information you have
provided to us. While you are visiting these Web sites, we
may collect information about your visit to better tailor
the site to your interests. An invitation to visit one of
these Web sites is usually presented as a personalized URL
in an e-mail, a notice on a Web site registration page, or
as a response to you logging on to a certain Web site.
If you choose to visit one of these Web sites,
you are agreeing to let Skorydov collect information
about your visits and also to its association with other information
about you and your relationship with Skorydov. If you
do not wish your information to be used in this way, do not
accept the invitation to visit these sites.
Disclosures Required By Law
Please be aware that in certain circumstances, it is possible
that personal information may be subject to disclosure pursuant
to judicial or other government orders.
Links to non-Skorydov Web sites
Skorydov Web sites may contain links to other Web sites.
Skorydov is not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of those other Web sites.
This privacy statement was last updated on February 20, 2006.
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