Privacy Statement
Kamakura Corporation
Last revised: May 1, 2007
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT ("AGREEMENT") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS
WEBSITE.
We share your concern about the protection of your personal information
online. This is our policy regarding the privacy of information we collect
on this website and all site-related services (collectively, the "Site").
Note that, by accessing and/or using the Site, you signify your agreement
to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not
access or use the Site. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any
time without prior notice. Your continued use of the Site subsequent to
changes to this Policy will mean that you accept the changes; therefore,
please bookmark this page and review it frequently. If you have any
questions regarding this Policy or the Site, please e-mail us at
info@kamakuraco.com.
Information Gathered/Tracked by Us
We gather two types of data about users: (a) personal information, which
individual users provide through registration to the Site for access to
certain content or services, and for purposes of participating in the
Discussion Forums (all such users, "Subscribers"), and voluntarily at
certain other points; and (b) tracking information, which is automatically
collected about every visitor to the site, both Subscribers and
non-subscribers.
Personal Information Personal information is gathered in several ways.
First, when a user registers with the Site, he or she is required to
provide his or her name and email address, and to select a password.
Additionally, we ask Subscribers to provide us with the name of their
organization, their industry focus, and their geographic location.
In addition to registration for subscriptions, you may be required to
enter personal information at other times, including (but not limited to)
when you take a survey on the Site. If you contact us (including, but not
limited to, contact through email), we may keep a record of that
correspondence. Wherever we collect personal information, we will make an
effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
Email Updates During the registration process, Subscribers may opt to
receive various email updates that we send out, including daily, weekly
or periodic updates of conferences, selected stories, and risk
management information, which may include some advertisements and
hyperlinks to the Site. Additionally, your contact information may have
been collected by attending a Kamakura sponsored conference, industry
related conference or personally given to Kamakura Corporation by the
subscriber, an employee of the subscriber or an affiliate of the subscriber. Any Subscriber who wishes to be removed from the
mailing lists of one or more of these updates can do so at any time by
visiting the Kamakura Home page and selecting the subscription button or
by emailing
webmaster@kamakuraco.com. Discussion Forums We provide
Discussion Forums for user discussion of various topics. Only
Subscribers are permitted to post or read messages on the Discussion
Forums. Please note that information that you post to a Discussion Forum
will be available for any user of that service to read, and is no longer
private.
Surveys/Polls Subscribers may participate in risk management surveys on
the Site, which are usually for purposes of allowing (a) users to
benchmark their firm's risk management policies against industry best
practices, or (b) us to obtain general information about our users, for
example, their risk management experience or their reactions to a
particular article on our site. Because information obtained in these
surveys is connected with individual users, participation is voluntary.
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| Tracking Information Tracking data consists of individual tracking
information and aggregated tracking information, and is automatically
gathered using "cookies". A cookie is a small data file containing
information such as a user's login name that is written to the user's
hard drive by a Web server, and used to track the pages visited. Cookies
that we use are encoded and contain a unique digital signature to
prevent tampering. They do not contain Subscriber passwords. The
information gathered in this manner is used for internal purposes only,
such as accessing a user's account information in connection with
operating the site. We also use the information on an aggregate basis,
to track readership of content and analyze traffic patterns on our site.
Use of the Information
We use information obtained from our users as stated in this Privacy
Policy, and to enhance users' experience on our site. We do not rent or sell
any personal information about our Subscribers or other users. As a general
rule, we will not disclose any personal information to any third parties,
except when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, to protect
ourselves, our affiliates, providers or other users, or to respond to an
emergency. Information is also disclosed if a user has given permission, for
example by voluntarily entering a contest, where the information required to
register for the contest. Tracking information is used to create aggregate
reports on user demographics and site traffic patterns. We may provide such
tracking or other aggregate information to our affiliates and our current
and potential advertisers, content providers or strategic partners, in order
to enhance the features or services available on or through the Site;
however, none of the information provided to them can be connected to the
identities or other personal information of individual users.
Please note that we reserve the right to disclose information submitted
by or concerning any user of the Site as we reasonably feel is necessary to
protect our systems or business. Specifically, but without limitation, we
reserve the right to disclose such information when a user is in violation
of our Terms of Use or other published guidelines, or partakes (or is
reasonably suspected of partaking) in any harmful, infringing or illegal
activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, and to
disclose such information in response to court and governmental orders,
civil subpoenas, discovery requests, and as otherwise required by law, as
well as in response to allegations of infringement. We cooperate with law
enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or
services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any
suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or
prosecution, or to suspend or terminate a user's subscription in connection
with any suspected illegal or infringing activity.
Information Collected by Third Parties
The Site contains links to other third party websites, including
affiliated sites which may or may not be owned or operated by or in
conjunction with us. You acknowledge that we do not monitor or control the
information collection or privacy practices of any third parties, and are
not responsible for their practices or the content of their web sites,
including their use of any information (such as IP number, browser type, or
operating system) collected when you "click through" links to their sites or
view advertisements served by them. Even though certain information
collected by such third parties might not identify you personally, we
strongly encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices, and
to contact such third parties if you have any questions about their
respective privacy policies.
Changes to Personal Information; Canceling Subscriptions
Subscribers may access, review, correct, update or delete any information
we may have collected from them during registration, and/or cancel their
subscriptions, at any time. These can be done by visiting our home page and
selecting the subscribe button or by emailing
webmaster@kamakuraco.com. In addition, if you would like to have your
personally identifiable information removed from our database, please
contact us at
webmaster@kamakuraco.com, and we will use reasonable efforts to comply
with your request. Keep in mind, however, that there will be residual
information that will remain within our databases, access logs, and other
records, which may or may not contain such personally identifiable
information. The residual information will not be used for commercial
purposes; however, we reserve the right, from time to time, to re-contact
former users of the Site.
Security
We use reasonable security methods to protect the data that resides on
our servers. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot
guarantee the security of our servers, nor can we guarantee that information
that users supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the
Internet.
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