Privacy Policy for Thai-World.org
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At Thai-World.org, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by Thai-World.org and how it is used.
Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality
products and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners.
The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site and services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers’ needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
In addition to providing the foregoing information to our partners, if you choose to correspond
further with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your
email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications
that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called
“cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and Web server logs to collect
information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business
activities, providing customer service and making available other products and services to our customers
and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable.
The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional
corporate standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of our customers’ personal information.
As a customer, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually, to notify us of your desire
not to receive these offers.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers to recognize the
computer used to access a Web site. Cookies are regular pieces of data that are stored by a user’s
Web browser on the user’s hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one
Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by the same user or to use the information
to streamline the user’s transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move
from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized. Thai-World.org has no access to or control over cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We use Web site browser software tools such as cookies and Web server logs to gather information
about our Web site users’ browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our Web site and better
serve our customers. This information assists us to design and arrange our Web pages in the most
user-friendly manner and to continually improve our Web site to better meet the needs of our customers
and prospective customers. Cookies help us collect important business and technical statistics. The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users to our Web site as they move from one page to another. Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our Web site and evaluate our Web site’s visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you.
Notice of New Services and Changes - Only to Newsletter subscribers
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important
changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. As our client,
you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by clicking
on a response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an email request at admin (at) thai-world.org.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, Thai-World.org makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?
We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, Web site traffic patterns and
related Web site information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will
not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy. What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information? We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so; in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor
the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as
pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another Web site, our Privacy
Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including Web
sites which have a link on our Web site, is subject to that Web site’s own rules and policies. Please
read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information
as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post
those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and
under what circumstances we may disclose it. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Thai-World.org’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Privacy Notice
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
The Information We Collect From You:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Thai-World.org website.
The types of personal information collected when you sign up are:
(user) Name
Email address
Home Page (optional)
Random information that you provide (optional)
The Way We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself when registering to verify that you have requested access to our site. We do not share this information with outside parties - EVER.
eMail Address In Comment Posts:
To protect your privacy, posting of email address in comments is not permitted. All posts containing email address are automatically unpublished and are either deleted or edited to remove the email address before being published. We do this to protect our members from spammers that may harvest your email address from our site.
Cookies, ‘Web Beacons’ and Visitor Data Tracking
We may place a ‘cookie’ on your computer or create a unique “session id” for purposes of remembering your preferences, pages viewed, etc. Thai-World.org does not use cookies or session ID’s for ‘tracking’ purposes or for gathering any personally identifiable information about you. If you choose, you may disable cookies in your web-browser to prevent use of such cookies.
Thai-World.org uses a combination of web-server logs and third-party analytical data gathering tools for the purposes of aggregate visitor traffic information which may set a cookie on your computer. The data collected by these third-party services may include information such as your IP address, type of web-browser, and computer operating system.
Currently Thai-World.org uses the following third-party visitor tracking tools:
* Google Analytics
www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html
* Feedburner
www.feedburner.com/fb/a/privacy
Thai-World.org does not use “web beacons” of any kind with the exception of third-party links or advertisers (see next section).
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
We allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within our Site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on Thai-World.org. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see.
Thai-World.org does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks. The advertiser(s) may also use information regarding your use of Thai-World.org, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Thai-World.org’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Currently, Thai-World.org has relationships with the following third-party ad servers or ad networks:
* Google, Inc. - http:/www.google.com/privacypolicy.html
* Commission Junction - www.cj.com/privacy.html
* AdBrite - www.adbrite.com/mb/privacy.php
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies you may contact us via email at: admin <at> thai-world <dot> org.
This Privacy Policy was last revised on November 9th, 2008.
