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This is a privacy policy for spectrem.com (the "Site"), which is published by The Spectrem Group. Our home page is located at http://www.spectrem.com.

Access Log Information
Our Web server collects the following access log information: click-stream data and HTTP protocol elements. Our Web server collects access logs containing this information. The data may be used by us and our agents for the following purposes:

• Web site and system administration
• research and development

Cookies
We collect HTTP cookies, a technology that can be used to provide you with tailored information from the Site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, thereby giving yourself a chance to decide whether to accept it.
Cookies may be used by us and our agents for the following purposes:

• site administration
• completion and support of the current activity
• Web site and system administration
• research and development
• anonymous user analysis
• anonymous user profiling and decision making

Cookies are used to track visitors to our Site so we can better understand what portions of it best serve you. We also use cookies to control access to certain content on our Site and to allow our server to maintain information about any subscription orders you make with us.

Transaction Information
To process your subscription orders, we collect the following transaction information: physical contact information and subscription purchase information. The data may be used by us and our agents (and by delivery services) for the following other purposes:

• completion and support of the current activity
• Web site and system administration
• research and development
• anonymous user analysis
• anonymous user profiling and decision making

User Information
We collect the following user information: unique identifiers, the user's name and e-mail address, the user's job title, and the name of the user's employer. At the user's option, we may also collect preference data.
The data may be used by us and our agents for the following purposes:

• completion and support of the current activity
• Web site and system administration
• research and development
• anonymous user analysis
• anonymous user profiling and decision making
• contacting visitors for the marketing of services or products (the user may opt out of this usage)

E-Mail Information
We ask for your e-mail address at registration. We will send e-mail to this address (i) to confirm your registration, (ii) if you opt in to any of our newsletters or alerts, and (iii) if you request that we contact you for any other reason.
In addition, we may contact you regarding your account status and major changes to the Web site and/or to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
If you sign up to receive any of our newsletters or alerts, you may on occasion receive other correspondence from The Spectrem Group. Your e-mail address will not be shared with any third party other than an agent who has agreed to send e-mails on our behalf.

We may provide links to third-party Web sites as a service to our users. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection practices of such third-party Web sites-policies that may differ from those of this Site. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies of these other Web sites before providing any information to them.

Spectrem has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized Spectrem personnel have access to personally identifiable information, and these employees are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, Spectrem cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally identifiable information.

Spectrem understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an online environment. The Site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and Spectrem will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 14.

By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy, which was last updated on June 26, 2007.