Privacy Policy
The following statement discloses American-Software.net privacy policies for its web site. We do update our policy periodically without notice so please check occasionally for any changes. We take privacy very seriously and the personal data collected from our registered member will be used only for providing them service as well as for their benefits. We at American-Software.net respect your desire to protect personal information. This page reveals what sort of information we may ask you for,and in what situations. We request personal information when you place an order, register and request a service, apply for free registration, correspond with us or engage in certain other activities on our website.
For example: When you register yourself on-line with us, you will be asked for information needed to complete the transaction, such as your name, address, and credit card number. If you request technical support by email or telephone, we will ask you for information needed to complete the transaction, such as your registered user ID and information about your computer hardware, software and the nature of the problem you are experiencing. It is your decisions whether to proceed with any activity that requests personal information. However, please note that if you do not wish to provide the requested
information, you may not be able to complete the specific process.
How we use this information
a) Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. In order to use the American-Software.net Service and the toolbar user must first complete the registration form. During registration user is required to give user contact information (such as First and Last name, E-mail address, Postal address ,Personal identifier etc.). American-Software.net will use your contact details to contact you regarding the product and/or services you have requested. This includes re-registration/renewal notifications, special offers, and surveys on improving our service.
b) Payment Information
If user registers to use the Service provided by American-Software.net , we will collect credit card information, and other payment information necessary to complete a payment from user. American-Software.net may use a third party to process and verify credit cards for billing purposes. This requires us to share user name, credit card number, expiration date and billing address with the credit card processing company. When processing a payment transaction, American-Software.net will also obtain information regarding the amount of the payment and other transaction data. We may transfer or disclose this payment
information to a third party only to the extent necessary in order to complete the payment processing.
c) Computer System Information
1) Subscriber Computer
We may also ask for information related to your computer. This may include: information about the date of purchase of your computer, type of computer, identification number of your computer, make and model of your computer and/or any computer hardware, software or peripherals attached to it, condition of the computer, system and registry data about software installations and hardware configurations, and error tracking files. Generally, this information is required to provide personalized technical support to you, and to help us update our support tools and enhance our supported products list.
2) Remote Access-
While requesting support you may request for the problem to be resolved by taking control of your computer. American-Software.net uses qualified tools which allow user to grant control of user computer to an Expert remotely over the Internet, so that the Expert can diagnose or correct problems. Experts are not allowed to use the Remote Access software until and unless they have received adequate training in its use, and user have consented to grant control. In addition, Experts will not use Remote Access tools to obtain confidential or sensitive information stored on user computer or network, deliberately destroy
information on user computer or network, or cause user to experience system problems.
3) Diagnostic tools-
Some American-Software.net online diagnoses application may collect a wide variety of useful information about the state of a computer system and the applications on it. This information is packaged into a document containing all the essential details needed by American-Software.net and is sent securely over the Internet to the American-Software.net server or a third party server appointed by American-Software.net . American-Software.net analyzes this information to help diagnose and solve end-user problems. Information collected by the American-Software.net application will not contain any sensitive information such as Web sites
visited, e-mail messages, e-mail addresses sent to, passwords, profiles, etc. Use of the Remote Access and Diagnoses applications is also subject to the terms of use in the respective software license agreements.
4) Live Help Session Records
American-Software.net reserves the right to monitor on-line and off-line sessions between user and a Technical Support Executive for quality control of the Service provided to the Customer by Technical Support Executive. In addition, we may record on-line and off-line sessions conducted on the Web site for user reference and to assist in resolution of disputes and/or potential complaints. The session records will also be used to improve the Service, build a support knowledge base, and/or conduct internal market research. Session record data will not be correlated with personally identifiable data about individual customers.
Security
We have taken security measures, consistent with international information practices, to protect your personal information. These measures include technical and procedural steps to protect your data from misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration, or destruction. Credit card information is transmitted using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption. This Web site takes every precaution to protect information of users. When user submits sensitive information via the Website, user information is protected both on-line and off-line. When our registration form asks User to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number), the information is encrypted and is protected with the best of the encryption software. While on a secure page, such as our registration form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when User is just ‘surfing’. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to user information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment. In situations that are required by law, we may disclose some information about our users to law-enforcing officers.
Statistical Information
We may track domain names, IP addresses, and browser types from people who visit our site. We use this information to produce traffic statistics for the Tech on support sites. Such information is not co-related with any personal information. Privacy policy of other companies The American-Software.net sites contain links to site of companies with whom we have a relationship. American-Software.net is not responsible for the privacy practices of its business partners. We encourage you to read their privacy statements, as they may differ from ours. For further enquiries you can just call us at our help desk number or contact us on the email id support@American-Software.net