Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
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To ensure our site is relevant to your
needs. |
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To deliver services, such as newsletters,
product information, events, training or software, that you
request. |
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To help us create and publish content most
relevant to you. |
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To alert you to product upgrades, special
offers, updated information and other new services from hal
Systems Corporation, if you so request. |
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To allow you access to limited-entry areas
of our site as appropriate. |
We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic
information for research purposes, and we may use this information in
aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry
sections of Microsoft.com, with your approval, we will combine
site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide
you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not
provide you the personalized service and won't merge your personal
information with site-visitation data.
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.
Microsoft may disclose your personal information 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
Microsoft or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of
Microsoft and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees,
users of Microsoft products or services, or members of the public.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or
any other country in which hal Systems Corporation or its affiliates,
subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you
consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. hal
Systems Corporation abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by
the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and
retention of data from the European Union.
hal Systems Corporation will not share or sell your information to
outside parties without your consent.
