alfabet is firmly committed to the individual’s right to privacy and secure and trustworthy Internet commerce. When using our website, services and/or products, you may give us information. alfabet asks for and maintains information on its visitors and customers to provide a better, more personal online experience. It is our guarantee that alfabet will never sell or trade any of the information accumulated through the course of business about web visitors, customers or other contacts.
alfabet feels that if a visitor would like a private online experience then they are entitled to one. Privacy is very important to alfabet. This privacy statement describes the conduct and practices of alfabet as it applies to our clients and visitors.
Cookies
alfabet employs cookies in order for its server to recognize a return visitor as a unique user. Cookies are small text files placed in the 'Cookies' folder on a visitor's hard disk and allow for alfabet to remember the visitor. The cookies placed by the alfabet server are readable only by alfabet, and cookies cannot access, read or modify any other data on a computer. All web-browsers offer the option to refuse any cookie, and if a visitor refuses the alfabet cookie then alfabet does not gather any information on that visitor.
Information Collection
alfabet collects information through our websites such as a visitor's browser type operating system, IP address, and clickstream information (for example, which pages the visitor has viewed and how long the visitor stayed there). This time-stamped information, appearing on our server logs, is only gathered while the visitor is on one of our websites such as www.alfabet.com or www.alfabet.de. alfabet monitors how a visitor arrives at our websites, but cannot and will not gather information about other sites the visitor has been on.
At times, alfabet may ask visitors for specific contact information to be entered as a means of registration before accessing a certain part of the site. This information may also be requested for visitors when they enter alfabet promotions or contests. If you choose to provide your contact details we may use that information to contact you. We do not share your contact details with others outside the alfabet group of companies. You can choose not to receive any more e-mail at any time. Visitors may always opt to not enter any information about themselves.
The Site contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of the Google Inc. Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, text files which are stored on your computer and which allows for an analysis of your use of our website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transferred to a server by Google in the USA and is stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website in order to compile a report about your website activities for the website administrators and to produce linked services with the website use and the Internet use. Also Google will transfer this information if necessary to third parties, provided that this is legally prescribed or as far as third parties process these data on behalf of Google. Google will under no circumstances associate your IP address with the other data which are stored by Google. You can prevent the installation of the cookies by changing your internet browser settings; we do inform you however that you may not be able to use all functionality on this website if you have disabled the cooking functionality on your internet settings. By use of this website you agree with the treatment of the data upraised about you by Google in the before described way and for the before mentioned purpose. The collection and storage of data may be refused at any time with respect to subsequent services (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). Due to recent discussions about the use of analysis tools analyzing complete IP addresses, we inform you that this website uses Google Analytics by usage of the method “_anonymizeIp()“ . This feature allows us to anonymize IP address information sent to Google Analytics to prevent the disclosure of personal data.
Information Usage
alfabet uses this information to understand its visitors and, with permission, to provide visitors with updates on the company and its products. alfabet does not believe in sending unsolicited e-mail ("spam") to people who do not wish to receive it. If visitors decide to opt-in and receive emails from us but then change their minds, they can always decide to “unsubscribe” to prevent receiving further emails from us.
The only time alfabet, its partners, subsidiaries, agents, officers or employees would provide specific information to anyone outside of our company is if required to do so by law.
Reservation of Rights
alfabet reserves the right to change this privacy statement at any time with 30 days notice being posted to the alfabet web site, www.alfabet.com. If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, please contact us directly at privacy@alfabet.com.
Last updated: 12.August.2008
