UsingIT.com respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how UsingIT.com uses personally identifiable information about our customers collected on the UsingIT.com Web sites operated around the world. By using one of our Web sites or providing any personal information using one of our sites, you are agreeing to the collection and use of information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

Our server software gathers in log files, general demographic information from all users of our Web sites. This includes browser types, IP addresses and referring domains. We use this information to help us understand our visitors' needs.

If you choose to receive information regarding UsingIT.com's products and/or services, you will need to complete our information request forms. These forms require your name, company name, e-mail address, company address, phone number as well as other information to help us determine and respond to your needs related to the products and/or services requested. We use this information to send updates about our company and our products and to contact you if requested or necessary. We also use the demographic information you provide on these forms in connection with studies and reports regarding our Web sites, such as Web site usage patterns, in order to better understand the needs of visitors to our Web sites. We will not, however, associate any personally identifiable information which you provide with the information in these studies and reports.

We may occasionally run contests or other special promotions on our Web site in which we ask persons who choose to participate for contact information (like an e- mail address) or demographic information (like a zip code, industry or country). We may use the data we collect from you in these contests and promotions to send you promotional material about our company or our partners. Your customer contact information collected from these contests and promotions may be used to contact you when necessary. In addition, if you elect to provide us information regarding others you believe may be interested in receiving information about our products or services, such as in our 'refer a friend' program, we will use the information you supply to contact these persons. Any mailings we provide to these persons will contain a method for them to opt out of receiving future mailings.

We use security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control which is gathered from our Web sites. We store this information in a secure environment. UsingIT.com personnel with access to this information have been advised of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of such information and of using it only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Other than as expressly described in this Privacy Policy, we will not share, sell, or rent personally identifiable information with anyone outside of UsingIT.com, without your prior permission or unless ordered by a court of law.

UsingIT.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other Web sites to which we link.

UsingIT.com may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If UsingIT.com decides to make substantial changes in the way we use your personal information, we will post the changes on this page so that you always will know what information we collect, how it is used, and when and how it will be disclosed. Your use of any UsingIT.com Web site following notice of such change will be deemed acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy, which may include application of the new policy to information provided prior to the date of such change.

If you receive marketing or similar e-mail messages from us and wish to opt out of receiving such messages, then you may simply follow the opt-out procedure specified in such e-mail. In addition, if you have registered on one of our sites, you may log onto such site and, using your password, update your personal profile to opt out of receiving any future marketing or similar messages. You may, of course, use this same process to access your personal profile and update other aspects of your personal information.