VNES.com Statement of Privacy
At VNES, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to developing technology that gives you the most powerful and secure online experience. You can travel through most of our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read the complete VNES.com 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. Generally, this information is requested when you are asked to register before entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site, or when purchasing and registering VNES products. Personal information collected by VNES.com often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you choose to make a purchase in the Shop area of the Web site, we will request personal information such as: name, address, telephone number, credit card number and shipping information.

When you buy and install a new product, we may ask you to register your purchase electronically. When you do, we keep this registration information on file with any information you've already given us on previous visits to our Web site. This is considered your personal profile.

Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for four primary purposes:

• To make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
  
• To help you quickly find software, services or information on VNES.com.
  
• To help us create and deliver content most relevant to you.
  
• To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from VNES.
  
• We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

VNES will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 VNES or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of VNES and its family of Web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of VNES, its Web sites, or the public.

Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, VNES.com will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

VNES.com may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues related to a product or service you requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information
VNES.com strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where VNES, its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your Passport and password, so do not share these with others.

Use of Cookies
To ensure we are publishing content customers need and want, VNES.com collects aggregated site-visitation statistics using cookies. We do not track individuals' use of the site.

When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously.

Changes to this Statement
VNES.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of the privacy statement. For material changes to this Statement, VNES.com will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

Contact Information
VNES welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail.

Last Updated: Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 3:33 p.m. (GMT +07:00)