www.staysafe.org Privacy Statement
Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement applies to the data collected by Microsoft through the staysafe.org site (the "Site"); it does not apply to data collected through other online or off-line Microsoft sites, products or services.
Collection of Your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. Depending on the Site features you choose to use, we may need to collect certain personal information such as your name, e-mail address, phone, or postal address.
The Site may offer user groups where you can post questions and comments. You may be asked to create a nickname for use in the user groups. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information through such public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others - possibly for illegal or harmful purposes. We recommend you not give out personal information to others in these public online forums.
To sign in to portions of the Site (such as user groups), you will be asked to enter an e-mail address and password, which we refer to as your credentials. After you create these credentials, you can use them to sign in to other sites that are part of the Microsoft Passport Network. To learn more about the Passport Network, and learn how your credential information may be used and shared if you sign in to other sites on the Passport Network, read the Passport Network privacy statement at http://www.passport.net/Consumer/PrivacyPolicy.asp?PPlcid=1033.
We may collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken in connection with the Site. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses.
Use of Your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) you have requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, Microsoft may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information.
Microsoft occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as answering customer questions, Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes.. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
Microsoft may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Microsoft or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Microsoft and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Microsoft products or members of the public.
Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Microsoft abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Control of Your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of Microsoft and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.
Please be aware that this privacy statement will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to Microsoft in the context of other, separately operated, Microsoft products or services.
Security of Your Personal Information
Microsoft is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
The only cookies used on the Site are those used for signing in. . If you choose to browse the site without signing in, no cookies will be set by this Site.
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you
Changes to this Privacy Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Contact Information
Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you have questions about this statement or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us by using this form (Contact Us).
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