Privacy Policy
Effective on: 11/24/06
Parable Telecommunications is a leading provider of integrated web and audio conferencing services that make everyday meetings more productive. We have developed our Web sites (the "Parable Telecommunications Sites") to provide you with access to our communications services. We understand your need for privacy when using the Web for your communication. This policy discloses Parable Telecommunications’ practices with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of user information collected through the Parable Telecommunications Sites and through your use of Parable Telecommunications services.
POLICIES:
1. COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
We will ask you to provide us with information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you ("Personal Information") when, among other things; you register on any Parable Telecommunications Sites, use one of our services, fill out a survey, make a request for information, or enter a sweepstakes or contests through the Parable Telecommunications Sites. Because of the nature of our products and services, we must collect Personal Information such as first and last name and email address from moderators, participants and other users of our services. During the registration process we collect contact information such as, first and last name, mailing address, company name, title or position, e-mail address, and phone number. We may also collect financial information such as a valid credit card number to process payment for service.Service Use: We will use the Personal Information that you provide us in these circumstances to operate the Parable Telecommunications Sites, to provision, deliver, operate features, bill and collect for services as well as provide information that you request from the Parable Telecommunications Sites. We may use your Personal Information to notify you about updates or free upgrades to products you have previously purchased or to inform you about critical technical issues relating to our services. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications if you wish to continue using our services. Our products and services by necessity require us to provide some Personal Information to third parties. For example, when you use Parable Telecommunications services to conduct a meeting, we will provide some Personal Information about each participant to you as the moderator as well as to other participants in your meeting. In addition, we will share some of your Personal Information with credit card companies as necessary to bill and collect for our services ("Service Use").
Secondary Use: Unless you instruct us not to do so, Parable Telecommunications may also use the Personal Information that you provide us to contact you regarding additional or new services and features offered by Parable Telecommunications, special offers by Parable Telecommunications, third party promotions that are administered by Parable Telecommunications, or other information regarding Parable Telecommunications and our services ("Secondary Use").
Promotional Communications from Third Parties: In addition, with your permission, or if we tell you when we collect the information, we may provide your Personal Information to our partners, advertisers or third parties who may contact you regarding products, services, and offers that may be of interest to you, but that may not be directly related to Parable Telecommunications or the Parable Telecommunications Sites ("Promotional Communications from Third Parties").
Free Users: If you register for any free service, Parable Telecommunications may use your Personal Information for any Service Use, Secondary Use or Promotional Communications from Third Parties. You may opt-out of such use by upgrading to a chargeable service or canceling your free service account.
Referral Use: We may use Personal Information that you provide us if you elect to use our referral services. If you elect to inform a friend about our site, we ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting the friend to visit the site. To request the removal of this information from our database, your friend may contact Parable Telecommunications by sending a message to webmaster@parabletel.com. Information submitted to us regarding becoming a partner is completely voluntary and enables us to provide you with information on Parable Telecommunications opportunities. You may submit this information via forms located at our site or by contacting us at webmaster@parabletel.com. ("Referral Use").
Supplementation of Information: At times it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive from you with information from third party sources. For example, Parable Telecommunications verifies the billing address on all credit card transactions and may obtain credit reports for corporate customers. The information obtained from these third party sources is maintained in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy.
2. CHOICE.
You may stop the delivery of informational or promotional mail from us by following the instructions included in the informational or promotional mail itself. Once you have agreed that your information may be used for Promotional Communications from Third Parties, or you have responded to an offer by any third party on a Parable Telecommunications Site, Parable Telecommunications can no longer update any of your Personal Information that has been transferred to such third parties or opt you out of such third parties use so that you no longer receive their promotional or marketing information. Instead, you must either contact that third party or refer to their privacy policy to update your Personal Information or to let them know that you no longer want to receive promotional or marketing information about their products, services, or offerings. Even though we cannot update your Personal Information once it has been provided to a third party, you may instruct Parable Telecommunications to stop providing your Personal Information to third parties going forward by changing your status as instructed below in Section 3 - Access.3. ACCESS.
After you create a moderator or participant account to use services offered by Parable Telecommunications, Parable Telecommunications will send you a confirmation that includes some or all of the Personal Information that we obtained from your account creation. You will not receive a confirmation in other cases in which you may provide Personal Information to Parable Telecommunications, such as when joining an ad-hoc meeting or scheduled event, or when accessing stored documents or recordings. Whenever possible, we will take reasonable steps to give you the opportunity to confirm and/or modify Personal Information associated with your moderator or participant account through the content management web-based interface or client interface. Alternatively, you may contact us at webmaster@Parabletel.com to update or change your Personal Information, as well as change your email subscription status to receive our newsletter, email marketing communications and third-party promotions.4. SECURITY.
The Personal Information that we collect from you is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the general public. In the case of credit card numbers and other financial information, your Personal Information is encrypted for even greater protection. Nevertheless, we remind you that no security measure is perfect. In addition, the other sites that you may access through the Parable Telecommunications Sites may have different security practices and you should familiarize yourself with those practices.5. COMPLAINTS.
If at any time you believe that we have violated any of these Policies, please notify us by email at customerservice@parabletel.com and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly investigate and remedy the problem.6. DISCLOSURE FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.
We may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary: (a) to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, (b) to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users, (c) to act immediately to protect the personal safety of our users or the public, (d) in connection with a merger, consolidation or sale of substantial assets of Parable Telecommunications or (e) as necessary to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions and policies regarding the use of our services. In addition, if Parable Telecommunications sells assets to another entity, or is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, Parable Telecommunications may provide to such entity Personal Information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.7. ANONYMOUS INFORMATION.
Please understand that, in addition to collecting Personal Information, Parable Telecommunications will also gather information that does not personally identify you regarding your use of the Parable Telecommunications Sites and services ("Anonymous Information"). The Anonymous Information that we collect regarding your use of the Parable Telecommunications Sites and services may be used by us to measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts related to the Parable Telecommunications Sites and services, for improving the services we offer to you, or to share with third parties for other purposes. For example, we might use this Anonymous Information to inform our advertisers how many users visited a particular advertisement, and for how long, so they can measure whether the advertisement was effective. Anonymous Information may include data on connection information, including the timing and size of all packets sent over the Internet during use of our services or traffic patterns throughout and/or use of Parable Telecommunications Sites and services. Generally, you will not be aware when such Anonymous Information is being collected about you - it may be collected in various ways, such as through traffic data or direct surveys of our customers and may entail the use of, among other things, cookies, IP addresses, or other numeric codes used to identify a computer by which a user accesses our site or used to identify other devices by which a user may access our services. Like most web sites, our servers use log files to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, troubleshoot, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.8. COOKIES.
We use cookies to provide you with better service. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences for a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major Web sites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user's computer. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the functionality of the Parable Telecommunications Sites or services if you do so. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. For the session cookie, if a user fails to complete a function within a specified period of time, the cookie terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. Persistent cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on the Parable Telecommunications Sites. We use persistent cookies for purposes such as tracking movement on the Parable Telecommunications Sites, managing your login process, and limiting the display messages to the same user more than once. We do not store your passwords in cookies. We treat any personal information that may be contained in cookies with the same level of protection as other personal information you provide to us.9. VENTURING OFF THE PARABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE.
The Parable Telecommunications Sites contain ad banners and hyperlinks that can take you to Web sites run by other third parties ("Third-Party Sites"). Parable Telecommunications has no control over how such Third-Party Sites will treat your Personal Information, and the terms of the privacy policies of such Third-Party Sites may differ from the terms of this Privacy Policy. Accordingly, Parable Telecommunications strongly recommends that you review the terms of the privacy policy at each Third-Party Site that you choose to visit before providing any Personal Information to that site. REMEMBER, THIS PRIVACY POLICY ONLY APPLIES TO THE PARABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITES. WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER ON THE PARABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFERENT PRIVACY AND SECURITY PRACTICES AND YOU SHOULD FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THOSE PRACTICES EACH TIME YOU VISIT A NEW SITE.10. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY.
All Personal Information that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. Parable Telecommunications reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion, and will provide notice of material changes on the home page of the Parable Telecommunications Site. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which Parable Telecommunications is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described in the section titled "Access." You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of our services or the Parable Telecommunications Sites after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days with the following exception: If at the time you provide personal information to Parable Telecommunications you are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by Parable Telecommunications or by third parties, Parable Telecommunications will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent.11. Contacting Us
You may also contact us by writing or calling Parable Telecommunications at:Customer Information
1715 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
customerservice@parabletel.com
Telephone #: +1-202-255-3089
