Declaração de privacidade

Privacy Statement
Speer & Associates, Inc. (“S&A”) recognizes the importance of the user’s right to privacy when visiting its Web site (the “Web Site”). S&A also believes the efficient collection, use and transfer of personal data serves to enhance the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, provided that such personal data is handled in a fair and responsible manner. Therefore, S&A exercises care to safeguard personal and proprietary information provided to S&A via its Web Site. This Privacy Statement describes S&A’s Web Site privacy policy and explains how S&A collects, uses, transfers and protects information obtained in connection with its Web Site. As used below, “you” or “your”, as the context requires, refers to the user accessing, using, browsing or requesting information on or through the Web Site, or otherwise contributing confidential or personal data to S&A in connection with the Web Site.

BY USING THE WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, THEN DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE WEB SITE OR PROVIDE S&A WITH ANY CONFIDENTIAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION VIA THE WEB SITE.

Children
Minors are not eligible to use the Web Site, and S&A asks that they not submit personal data to S&A through the Web Site or otherwise.

Collection of Personal Data
S&A appreciates your visit to the Web Site for the purpose of information gathering, be it a general inquiry relating to S&A’s consulting services, or a specific request to obtain a recently published report. S&A automatically collects and stores the following data about you when you visit the Web Site including:

Your IP address or domain name
Date and time the Web Site was accessed by You, as well as how long
Pages you read throughout your navigation of the Web Site

When requesting specific information such as case studies, white papers, strategic commentaries or other reports, you must register and S&A collects the following personally identifiable information from you:

Name
Title
Company
Address
Telephone Number
Fax Number
E-mail address
S&A also uses cookies to collect personal data from you during your use of the Web Site. Cookies are stored in your browser cache while you are logged on to the Web Site. Once you exit the Web Site, the information in the cookie is stored on your hard drive. Cookies allow you to bypass the login procedure each time you return to the Web Site. If you do not want to receive a cookie from the Web Site, you may set your browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when you receive a cookie, which you may then refuse upon such notice. If you decide not to use the cookie, you will be required to login with your user name and password during each visit to the Web Site.

Use, Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Data
S&A will keep all personal data disclosed to it confidential, but may use and disclose the personal data that S&A collects for several purposes, including: (i) maintaining, administering, updating and improving the Web Site; (ii) to provide information concerning services offered by S&A and any future services S&A may develop, (iii) following up on requests for information, comments and other messages that you and other users submit to S&A through the Web Site; (iv) compiling aggregate statistics of the use of the Web Site, including without limitation, in connection with monitoring efficiencies and performance characteristics of the Web Site, and performing such other analyses as S&A deems appropriate; (v) conducting marketing and promotional efforts; and (vi) liaising and communicating with government departments or agencies.

Correcting, Updating and Removing Personal Data
Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws and regulations, if you are a registered user, you may have the right to: (i) check whether S&A holds personal data about you; (ii) access such personal data; or (iii) require that S&A correct any personal data relating to you which is inaccurate. If you are a registered user and your personal data changes or is incorrect, please contact S&A as described below so that S&A may make any necessary updates or corrections.

Data Security and Integrity
S&A is committed to protecting personal data and confidential information. S&A has put in place certain technological and procedural security functions to protect the personal data and confidential information that S&A collects, uses or transfers from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. When your personal data is no longer required for the purpose(s) for which S&A collected it, as set forth above, S&A will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove or delete such personal data from S&A’s records or storage media. S&A, however, cannot guarantee that any loss, misuse, alteration, destruction or retention of personal data will never occur, and S&A makes no representations or warranties to such effect.

Providing Links
Some of the pages in the Web Site may contain links to third party Web sites and other Internet resources (“Third Party Sites”). You acknowledge that each Third Party Site is independent from S&A. S&A does not make any representations or warranties with respect to any Third Party Sites, and does not accept any responsibility for any use you make thereof. You should be aware the owners and operators of such Third Party Sites might collect, use or transfer personal data under different terms and conditions than S&A. Accordingly, upon linking to any Third Party Site, S&A recommends that you immediately inform yourself of the privacy policy of such Third Party Site.

Amendments
S&A RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO YOU. ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE, AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE UPON SUCH POSTING. THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT WAS LAST UPDATED ON JULY 11, 2003.

Contact S&A
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement, or if you do not wish to receive e-mail messages, faxes or other communication about Web Site updates, S&A news, services or other communication, please contact S&A at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) endereço de email está protegido contra spam bots, pelo que o Javascript terá de estar activado para poder visualizar o endereço de email . Please be advised that deletion from S&A databases may take 30 to 60 days after you contact S&A.