Privacy Notice
Welcome to the online.xep.com (“online.xep.com” or “We”)
XSL-FO formatting service,
which is owned and provided by RenderX, Inc. (“RenderX”), online.xep.com web site and its subdomains.
online.xep.com values the privacy of our users, customers, members, and others who visit and use our services (collectively or
individually, “You” or “Users”).
This Privacy Notice describes what information we
gather from you, how we use that information, and what we do to protect it. By using online.xep.com, you
expressly consent to the information handling practices described in this notice.
Please be aware that any
personally identifiable or other professional information that you voluntarily choose to have displayed publicly on
online.xep.com – including your username, alias, or ID – becomes publicly available information
and may be collected and used by others without restriction.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into
and is subject to the online.xep.com Terms of Service. Your use of online.xep.com
and any personal or professional information you provide on online.xep.com are subject to the terms
of this Privacy Notice and online.xep.com’s Terms of Service.
The Information online.xep.com Collects:
Subscriber-provided Information: You may provide to online.xep.com what is generally called “personally
identifiable” information (such as your name, email address, postal mailing address, home/mobile telephone
number, credit card number and billing information) if you subscribe to online.xep.com, or otherwise
purchase or download certain products or information or use other features on online.xep.com. You may
also provide to online.xep.com certain professional information such are your title, organization’s address,
project-related information, and the information of various employees or contractors.
“Cookies” Information: When you visit the online.xep.com, we may send one or more
cookies – small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer.
online.xep.com may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your
browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent
visits to the online.xep.com. Persistent cookies can be removed. Please review your web browser “Help”
file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings.
“Automatically Collected” Information: When you visit or use online.xep.com we
may automatically record certain information from your web browser or system by using different types of
technology. This “automatically collected” information may include Internet Protocol address (“IP
Address”), web browser type, the web pages or sites that you visit just before or just after online.xep.com,
the pages you view on online.xep.com, and the dates and times that you visit online.xep.com.
The Way online.xep.com Uses Information:
online.xep.com uses the information you provide or that we collect to operate, maintain, enhance, and provide all
of the features and services found on online.xep.com.
online.xep.com reserves the right to use your email address, without further consent, for administrative purposes
such as notifying you of major online.xep.com updates, for customer service purposes, or to address
copyright infringement issues.
online.xep.com uses all of the information that we collect to understand the usage trends and preferences of our
Users, to improve the way online.xep.com work and look, and to create new features and
functionality.
online.xep.com may use “automatically collected” information and “cookies” information
to: (a) determine user-specific access privileges and remember your information so that you will not have to
re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit online.xep.com; (b) provide customized
third-party content, and information; (c) monitor aggregate site usage metrics such as total number of visitors
and pages viewed; and (d) track your project entries, submissions, and status in any other activities.
online.xep.com will not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send promotional
or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will
have the ability to opt-in.
When online.xep.com Discloses Information:
online.xep.com does not share your personally identifiable information with other third-party organizations for
their marketing or promotional uses without your express consent.
We may disclose Subscriber information to affiliated companies or other businesses or persons to: provide
web site hosting, maintenance, and security services; fulfill orders; conduct data analysis and create forecasts
and reports; offer certain functionality; and assist online.xep.com in improving online.xep.com and creating
new services features. We require that these parties process such information in compliance with this Privacy
Notice, we authorize only a limited use of such information, and we require these parties to use reasonable
confidentiality measures.
online.xep.com may also disclose Subscriber information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright law) or respond to a
court order, judicial or other government subpoena, or warrant. In some cases, we may make such disclosures
without providing notice to Users.
online.xep.com also reserves the right to disclose Subscriber information that we believe, in good faith, is
appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability; protect online.xep.com from fraudulent, abusive, or
unlawful uses; to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; to assist
government enforcement agencies; to protect the security or integrity of online.xep.com; or to protect
the rights, property, or personal safety of online.xep.com, our Users, or others.
Your Choices:
You may, of course, decline to share your personally-identifiable or
professional information with online.xep.com, in which case online.xep.com will not be able to provide to you online.xep.com
. You may update, correct, or delete your profile information and preferences at any time by going to the
account section of online.xep.com.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to
verify your identity before granting you account access or making corrections to your information. You are
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Our
Commitment to Data Security:
online.xep.com uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and
technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure
or warrant the security of any information you transmit to online.xep.com, and you do so at your own risk. Once we
receive your transmission of information, online.xep.com makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of
our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee or warrant that such information may not be accessed,
disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If
online.xep.com learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take
appropriate protective steps. online.xep.com may post a notice on online.xep.com if a security breach occurs.
Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To
receive a free written notice of a security breach you should notify us at support@xep.com.
International Visitors:
For those of you visiting us from the European Economic
Area or other non-U.S. territories, please note that any data you enter into online.xep.com will be
transferred outside the European Economic Area or such other territory for use by online.xep.com and its affiliates for
any of the purposes described herein. In addition, because online.xep.com operates globally, we make information we
gather available to our worldwide business units and affiliates. By providing any data on the online.xep.com you
hereby expressly consent to such transfers.
In the Event of Merger or Sale:
In
the event that online.xep.com and/or RenderX is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these
circumstances, to transfer or assign the information that we have collected from Users as part of such merger,
acquisition, sale, or other change of control.
Changes and Updates to this Privacy
Notice:
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically without further notice to you and
this will be reflected by a “last modified” date below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any
changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect
when we received that personal information. Your continued use of the online.xep.com constitutes your agreement
to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially
less restrictive on our use or disclosure of personal information you have provided to us, we will make reasonable
efforts to notify you and obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such
information.
Effective Date, Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice is
effective as of March 15, 2011.
online.xep.com Contact Information:
Please contact
online.xep.com with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, your personal information, our third-party
disclosure practices, or your consent choices at email: support@online.xep.com. We will respond to your inquiry within 30
days of its receipt.