The following policy applies to Stone Bond
Technologies, LP ("Stone Bond"), this web site and
any other site owned and/or operated by or on behalf of Stone
Bond (the "Site"). Stone Bond is committed to protecting
the privacy and security of its online visitors. This statement
discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices
of Stone Bond. This privacy statement, however, does not cover
Stone Bond's offline privacy practices.
When you visit the Site to view any pages,
read company information, or use any links, you do so without
telling Stone Bond who you are and without revealing any personal
information. While Stone Bond does not collect identifying
information about visitors to the Site, standard software
designed to track the activity on this Site may be implemented.
This allows Stone Bond to better understand how many people
use this Site and which pages and features are most popular.
The information collected and stored from your use of the
Site is limited to: (a) the name of your Internet Service
Provider; (b) the website that referred you to the Site (if
any); (c) the date and time the pages were accessed; and (d)
the page or pages that you requested.
There may be instances in which you may elect
to provide Stone Bond with personal information. If you fill
out one of the request forms or send an e-mail or set up an
account to participate in a forum, you are transmitting the
information that appears in the form or the body of the message.
This will typically include information like your name, mailing
address, e-mail address, the kind of request that you are
making, the kind of information that you want to add to the
forum, and any other information necessary to fulfill your
request. This is always at your option only; this information
cannot be collected unless you specifically elect to send
it to us. This information is used internally only for the
purpose of fulfilling the request or for contacting you directly,
or to permit your voluntary participation in the forum or
to provide services to you and to communicate with you. By
submitting such information to Stone Bond, you represent that
any such personal information will be accurate, current and
complete and that you will notify Stone Bond of any changes
or errors pursuant to this privacy statement. Based on such
representation, Stone Bond will take reasonable steps to ensure
that such personal information is reliable for its intended
use, accurate, complete and current. Stone Bond will not sell
or provide any personal information collected from the Site
to third parties for any other purposes, including solicitation
purposes, except that Stone Bond may share personal information
gathered online with its accountants, attorneys, affiliates,
contractors or consultants for the purposes of performing
services or any internal business purpose and also may divulge
personal information if such information is required for Stone
Bond to comply with any valid legal process, such as a subpoena,
search warrant, statute or court order, or applicable law
or if Stone Bond believes that you have commit unlawful acts
or acts that may endanger the health or safety of another
user or of the general public.
In addition to the online information that
you voluntarily provide to us, the Site may use cookies and
retain cookie information separately or with the information
that you provide online. A cookie is a small piece of data
assigned to the browser on your computer when you visit a
website. Stone Bond may use cookies for various purposes such
as maintaining continuity, gathering data about the use of
the Site, storing preferences or recognizing return users.
Your web browser may alert you or permit you to refuse, disable
or delete cookies. If you refuse cookies, you may not be able
to use certain features or services on the Site. For example,
cookies may be used to help complete or record a request for
information or combined with your other data so that Stone
Bond may retain online information for your use in subsequent
sessions.
Stone Bond may offer electronic notices and
emails to those persons who have provided their email addresses.
You will only receive a notice or email if you agree during
submission of a request or directly from our notice sign-up
form to receive these items. Unsubscribe instructions (including
a functioning reply electronic mail address and a link to
an electronic "opt-out" mechanism on the Site to
reply with your request for removal) may be included in each
electronic notice and email or on the Site. If you prefer
not to receive information from Stone Bond either by email
or postal mail, please let Stone Bond know by sending an email
to notify_sbt@stonebond.com
or clicking on the following link to "Unsubscribe"
using the electronic opt-out mechanism on the Site
www.stonebond.com/Unsubscribe/default.aspx.
Please be sure to include your full name, email address, postal
address and your request for removal. Please note that Stone
Bond will diligently process your request but it may take
up to 10 days to become effective.
Stone Bond has made available the forums
on this Site so that you may have an opportunity to interact
with its employees and your peers in order to share knowledge
and news about Stone Bond's products and related technologies.
In order to avoid your email address or other personal information
from being gathered and used by others for inappropriate or
harmful purposes, Stone Bond advises that you should be cautious
about posting a real email address or personal information
to newsgroups, blogs, chats, or other forums.
Stone Bond is concerned about the safety
of children when they use the Internet, and understands that
children may not understand all the provisions of this privacy
statement or make informed decisions about the choices that
are made available to adult users of the Site. Stone Bond
encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their
children online and to be familiar with the sites that their
children visit. However, the Site is not directed to children
under the age of 13, and Stone Bond will never knowingly request
personally identifiable information from anyone under the
age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. If Stone
Bond becomes aware that a person is under the age of 13 and
has provide personal information without prior verifiable
parental consent, Stone Bond will remove his or her personal
information from the Site after its receipt of the parent's
written notice or other actual knowledge.
The Site may contain links to sites other
than those web sites owned or operated by Stone Bond. Those
web sites may have their own privacy policy, or no privacy
policy at all. Stone Bond has no responsibility for those
web sites and provides these links solely for the convenience
of the Site users. Such links may be to advertisers, content
providers or other companies. These web sites may send their
own cookies to you and may collect information and use it
in a way inconsistent with this privacy statement. Stone Bond
encourages you to review the privacy policies and terms of
use of any third-party sites or services before providing
any of them with any of your personal information. Stone Bond
does not control the content that appears on these web sites
and takes no responsibility for their content, nor should
it be implied that Stone Bond endorses or otherwise recommends
such web sites or the products or services offered on such
web sites.
You can ask Stone Bond by email to notify_sbt@stonebond.com
for a summary of any personal information that has been retained
about you. Stone Bond will send such information for review
only to the email address that is maintained on file for the
name that is associated in its database for such information.
If at any time you wish to correct, amend, update or delete
your personal information from Stone Bond's database, please
contact Stone Bond by sending an email to notify_sbt@stonebond.com
and include your email address, full name and postal address.
No transmission of data over the Internet
is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible
for third parties not under the control of Stone Bond to intercept
or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully.
Stone Bond will take reasonable precautions to protect any
personal information submitted to it from loss, misuse or
unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction;
however Stone Bond cannot guarantee or warrant the security
of any information that you transmit to us. Any such transmission
is done at your own risk. If you choose to visit the Site,
your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this
privacy statement, including but not limited to limitations
of damages and application of the law of the State of Texas.
Personal information collected on this Site will be stored
and processed in the United States of America. Stone Bond
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. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL STONE BOND OR ITS AFFILIATES,
CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM
THE USE OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, EVEN
IF STONE BOND OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IF THE EXCLUSIVE
REMEDIES PROVIDED UNDER THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT FAIL OF THEIR
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
Stone Bond may change this privacy statement
at any time. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately
upon posting to the Site. The effective date of this privacy
statement, as stated below, indicates the last time this statement
was materially changed. Checking the effective date below
allows you to determine whether there have been such changes
since the last time that you reviewed the statement. By your
use of the Site, you signify your acceptance of this privacy
statement. If you do not agree to this privacy statement,
you are prohibited from using the Site. Your continued use
of the Site following the posting of changes to these terms
will mean that you accept these changes accordingly.
This privacy statement was last updated on August
19, 2005.
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