| COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Because we gather certain types of information about our users,
the International
Thermal Spray Association feels you should
fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the
capture and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION
ITSA may at any point gather two types of information about
users:
Information that users provide through optional,
voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to
receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our
message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation
in polls and surveys:
Information ITSA gathers through aggregated
tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views
throughout our sites. This information allows us to better
tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers
and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience.
Under no circumstances does ITSA divulge any information about
an individual user to a third party.
USAGE TRACKING
ITSA tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites.
However, we do not correlate this information with data about
individual users. ITSA does break down overall usage statistics
according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME
type by reading this information from the browser string (information
contained in every user's browser). ITSA sometimes tracks
and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search
function, but this tracking is never associated with individual
users. We use tracking information to determine which areas
of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to
those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but
rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us
continue to build a better service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the
browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not
contain Personal Information although it will enable us to
relate your use of this site to information that you have
specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal
information a cookie can contain is information you supply
yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read
cookie files created by other sites. ITSA uses cookies to
track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising
system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions
and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off
in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before
accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with
each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to
use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate
actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
ITSA uses any information voluntarily given by our users to
enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether
to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites
or to better prepare future content based on the interests
of our users.
As stated above, we use information that
users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic
newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys,
message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers
on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally
send out special editions when we think subscribers might
be particularly interested in something we are doing. ITSA
never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties,
including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine
which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on
traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users
read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This
helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track
search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures
of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms
a particular user enters.
ITSA creates aggregate reports on user demographics
and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners.
This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively,
and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent
to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns
of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know
that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose
any information about any individual user except to comply
with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the
personal safety of our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
We will not share information about individual users with
any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid
legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users
or the public.
SECURITY
ITSA operates secure data networks protected by industry standard
firewall and password protection systems. Our security and
privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as
necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the
information provided by our customers.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use
of this information by ITSA. If we decide to change our privacy
policy, we will post those changes so that you are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances we disclose it.
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