Geonetric privacy policy

Geonetric respects the privacy of every individual who visits our web site. This privacy statement provides notice of the standards and terms under which Geonetric protects the privacy of information supplied by visitors to sites on the World Wide Web that are owned and operated by Geonetric, including www.geonetric.com. This privacy statement provides notice of our information collection practices and of the ways in which your information may be used. This policy may change periodically.

What information does Geonetric collect and how is it used?

A. Personally-Identifiable Information:

Geonetric typically receives specific data about its web site visitors only when such information is provided voluntarily, such as when our visitors request information, purchase or enroll for services and products, provide resume information for employment opportunities, or send us e-mail. Of course, some of these activities require that you give us information, such as when you make a purchase, use a credit card to pay for services, submit your resume, or request certain types of information.

When you provide personally-identifiable information to Geonetric through our web site, it will be used to fulfill your specific request. In most cases, you will be given the opportunity to select whether you do, or do not, want Geonetric to use this information for additional purposes. You may also request that Geonetric not use your information by calling 319-221-1667, however, Geonetric reserves the right, in its discretion, to send you bulletins and other important information about your Geonetric services.

Absent any instructions from you, Geonetric may use information you provide to inform you about additional services and products offered by the Geonetric and other goods and services providers with whom Geonetric has relationships and whose offerings might be of interest to you. Geonetric will not, however, sell or trade your personally-identifiable information unless we are authorized or legally required to do so, or in the case of imminent physical harm to the visitor or others.

Where you may provide Geonetric with credit card or other ordering information via the web, Geonetric protects and secures this information by employing commercially customary web-based security and encryption protocols, examples of which include Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Secure Electronic Transaction (SET). On those sites where you voluntarily offer any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like, Geonetric will treat that portion of the information as non-confidential and non-proprietary and, except as otherwise expressed in this privacy statement, Geonetric assumes no obligation to protect such information from disclosure.

B. Non Personally-Identifiable (Generic) Information:

In general, Geonetric gathers some generic information automatically. Generic information does NOT reveal the identity of the visitor. It usually includes information about the Internet address assigned to your computer, the number and frequency of visitors, and when the Geonetric site was visited. Geonetric gathers this information for the limited purpose of determining customer service and web site needs. We accomplish this by using certain technologies, including "cookies" (a technology that can be used to provide the visitor with tailored information about Geonetric services).

You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie and you can refuse it.

C. Your Geonetric-Hosted Web site, Modules and Third-Party Sites:

Information that you disclose in a public space, including any web module, or web site Geonetric may host for you as part of your Geonetric services, is available to anyone else who visits that space. Geonetric cannot safeguard any information you disclose in these locations.

Additionally, Geonetric web sites can contain links to sites that belong to third parties unrelated to Geonetric. Geonetric cannot protect any information you may disclose in these sites and recommends that you review the privacy policy statements of those sites you visit.

D. Exceptions and Limitations:

Notwithstanding the foregoing and in compliance with applicable laws, Geonetric (i) cooperates fully with state, local, and federal officials in any investigation relating to any content (including personal or private electronic communications transmitted to Geonetric) or purported unlawful activities of any user of the Service, and (ii) takes reasonable measures to protect its proprietary rights.

For the limited purposes of accomplishing such cooperation and measures and in compliance with applicable laws, Geonetric may be required to disclose personally identifiable information. In addition, Geonetric may elect to monitor the areas of communication of any kind (i) to satisfy any law, regulation, or government request; (ii) if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate Geonetric; or (iii) to protect the rights or property of Geonetric or others. In connection with the potential sale or transfer of any of its interest in www.geonetric.com and other sites owned by the company, Geonetric reserves the right to sell or transfer your information (including, but not limited to name, address information, and other information you provided to Geonetric) to a third party that (i) concentrates its business in communication products or services; (ii) agrees to be Geonetric's successor in interest with regard to the maintenance and protection of information collected and maintained by Geonetric; and (iii) agrees to the obligations of this policy statement.