PRIVACY STATEMENT
imaginecup.com Privacy Statement
(last updated: August 23, 2007)
Microsoft is committed to protecting your
privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the
imaginecup.com site (the "Site") hosted for Microsoft by Fast Track; it does not
apply to other online or offline Microsoft sites, products or services. By accessing
the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described
in this privacy statement.
Collecting Your
Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information
that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you
to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested such as
requesting information about Microsoft products and services, entering a contest,
ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site, signing up for
an event or training, or when purchasing and/or registering Microsoft products.
The personal information we collect may include your name, home address, country,
school name, e-mail address, or phone number.
The Site may collect certain information
about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet
Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you
access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address
of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is
used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site.
You can choose to create an optional public
profile, containing information about yourself - such as your hobbies and interests.
Any information you choose to enter in your public profile will be visible to other
users of the Site; and when you interact with other users a link to your public
profile may be displayed. We urge you to be careful only to enter information on
your public profile that you are comfortable sharing with the public at large. You
may change, edit or delete information about yourself from your public profile at
any time while online by going to your profile after signing in.
Please keep in mind that if you disclose
personal information through public online forums on the Site, this information
may be collected and used by others. We caution you against giving out personal
information to strangers online, which they may use for illegal or harmful purposes.
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) or carry out
the transaction(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 any related Microsoft products or services, and to make the
Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same
information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests.
We may use your personal information to
provide you with important information about the product or service that you are
using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your permission,
we may send you information about other Microsoft products and services, and/or
share information with Microsoft partners so they may send you information about
their products and services.
Microsoft occasionally hires other companies
to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging,
mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services,
and sending information about our products, special offers, and other new services.
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 Microsoft employees or agents, users of Microsoft products or services,
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
and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information
you may have provided to Microsoft in the context of other, separately operated,
Microsoft products or services.
Access to Your
Personal Information
Customer information is collected by Fast
Track Team, Inc (“Fast Track”), a Microsoft vendor. It is stored on Fast Track’s
servers [which are at a data center, not physically at fast track’s offices], plus
sent back to Microsoft. You can review, edit or delete the personal information
by going to your profile after signing in on the Site. You
can also access your personal information and edit any contact preferences provided
at the Site by sending email to
or writing to:
Fast Track
1615 Sunset Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116 USA
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 (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such
as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Cookies
We use cookies on this Site to ensure the
integrity of the registration process and to personalize the 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.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is
to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize
a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific
information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant
content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the web site, the
information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the
site's features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline
cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify
your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline
cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this
or other web sites you visit.
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 believe that Microsoft has not adhered to this privacy
statement, please contact us by email at
or via postal
mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts
to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
Fast Track
1615 Sunset Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116 USA