ENGINE
ALLIANCE Privacy Statement
Our Commitment to Privacy
Engine Alliance LLC, ("the ENGINE ALLIANCE") appreciates your interest in its
products and services and your use of its websites and/or portals. The ENGINE ALLIANCE recognizes that building long-term
business relationships depends in large part on trust. Earning your trust
begins with the ENGINE ALLIANCE’s commitment to protecting your privacy.
This Privacy Statement applies only to personal data collected during
visits to the ENGINE ALLIANCE’s websites and portals. It does not apply to personal data collected
offline or manually processed data.
Notice
The ENGINE ALLIANCE provides this online Privacy Statement to make you aware of the
ENGINE ALLIANCE’s privacy
practices and the choices you may make about the way the ENGINE ALLIANCE collects and uses personal
information you provide through the ENGINE ALLIANCE’s websites and portals. This
statement is accessible on the home pages of the ENGINE ALLIANCE’s websites and portals and on every
web page on those websites and portals.
Publicly Accessible Websites
You can visit the
ENGINE ALLIANCE’s publicly
accessible websites (websites that do not require a password for access; e.g., www.engineallianceportal.com)
without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information unless you
choose to do so. Visitors to the ENGINE ALLIANCE’s publicly accessible websites are
asked to provide personal information such as name, mailing address, and e-mail
address only if they want to communicate with the ENGINE ALLIANCE (e.g., to ask a question or request
information) or submit a resume. The ENGINE ALLIANCE uses this personal information to
communicate with you (e.g., to answer your questions, respond to your requests,
process your resume). If you choose not to provide the ENGINE ALLIANCE with personal information, you can
still access certain portions of the ENGINE ALLIANCE’s publicly accessible websites.
The ENGINE ALLIANCE collects non-personally identifiable information
online such as a user’s domain name, browser type, date and time of access, and
pages viewed to better understand your needs and to provide better service. The ENGINE ALLIANCE uses non-personally identifiable
information that it collects online to measure the number of visitors to a
website and to determine the features of the website that users find useful
based on the amount of traffic to those features. The ENGINE ALLIANCE uses this information to enhance
the user’s experience at the website and to prepare future content based on
users’ interests.
Password-protected Websites and Portals
The ENGINE ALLIANCE
also sponsors a number of password-protected websites and portals that it makes
available to customers, suppliers, employees and others by invitation only.
Before accessing these websites or portals, you must complete a registration
process, which requires you to provide personal information such as name,
business affiliation, e-mail address, and in some cases nationality, to obtain access
credentials. The ENGINE ALLIANCE uses the personal information you supply during
registration to verify your identify and permission to access a particular
website or portal, to provide you with customized content, to log your use of
certain portions of the ENGINE ALLIANCE ‘s password-protected websites or portals, to engage in
transactions with you or your company, and/or to determine your eligibility to
view and/or use export controlled content. In some cases, you may be asked to
provide additional personal information after your initial registration to
verify information you previously provided or to obtain access to additional
services. If you choose not to provide the ENGINE ALLIANCE with required personal information
during or after the registration process, the ENGINE ALLIANCE may deny you access to some or all
portions of the ENGINE ALLIANCE ‘s password-protected websites or portals.
In addition to personal information the ENGINE ALLIANCE collects from users of its
password-protected websites and portals, the ENGINE ALLIANCE collects non-personally
identifiable information online such as a user’s domain name, browser type,
date and time of access, and pages viewed to better understand your needs and
to provide better service. The ENGINE ALLIANCE uses non-personally identifiable information that it
collects online to measure the number of visitors to a website or portal and to
determine the features of the website or portal that users find useful based on
the amount of traffic to those features. The ENGINE ALLIANCE uses this information to enhance
the user’s experience at the website or portal and to prepare future content
based on users’ interests.
Sharing the Information
Except as
discussed below, the ENGINE ALLIANCE will not sell, rent, or lease to third parties the personal
information it collects online from you. The ENGINE ALLIANCE may share personal information
collected from you with ENGINE ALLIANCE affiliates and information technology contractors for the
purposes described in this statement. The ENGINE ALLIANCE will not otherwise share your
personal information with third parties without your consent, unless required
by law or as disclosed to you when the information is collected. If the ENGINE
ALLIANCE shares your personal
information with a third party, such party will either be subject to the ENGINE
ALLIANCE ‘s policies or
contractually required to provide the same privacy protection as the ENGINE
ALLIANCE in handling your
personal information.
Choice and Onward Transfer of Data
As described above,
the ENGINE ALLIANCE will
offer the opportunity to opt out of disclosure to third parties (other than the
ENGINE ALLIANCE’s affiliates
and information technology contractors) of personal information the ENGINE
ALLIANCE collects online from
you. The ENGINE ALLIANCE
will not use the personal information you provide online for purposes
incompatible with those described above or that you later authorize without
first notifying and offering you an opportunity to opt out of such use.
Access
The ENGINE ALLIANCE strives to keep your personal information accurate. The ENGINE
Security and Integrity
The ENGINE
Children
Although the
ENGINE ALLIANCE ‘s web site is
not directed at children, the ENGINE ALLIANCE is committed to complying with all applicable laws
and requirements, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The ENGINE
ALLIANCE does not knowingly
collect information from children under the age of 13. If the ENGINE
ALLIANCE learns that it has
personal information relating to a child under the age of 13, the ENGINE
ALLIANCE will delete that
information from its systems.
Links to Unrelated Party Web Sites
Links to unrelated party websites found on the ENGINE ALLIANCE websites or portals are provided
solely as a convenience. If you use these links, you leave the ENGINE
ALLIANCE’s website or portal. The
ENGINE ALLIANCE has not
reviewed these unrelated party sites, and does not control and is not
responsible for any of these sites, their content, or their privacy policies
and practices.
How ENGINE
The ENGINE ALLIANCE may
use cookies to obtain non-personal information from you when you visit the ENGINE
ALLIANCE ‘s websites or
portals. A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer's hard drive
that allows web sites to recognize repeat users, facilitate users’ access to
sites, and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements at the
website or portal. If users do not want cookies to be accessible to
ENGINE ALLIANCE, most browser
programs allow users to deny or disable the use of cookies. If you choose not
to disable the use of cookies, then your browser adds the text in a small file.
Cookies allow a web application to respond to you as an individual. By
gathering and remembering information about your preferences, the web application
can tailor its operation to your needs, likes, and dislikes. Cookies also help
us analyze web traffic and let us know when you visit a particular site. If you
choose to deny or disable the use of cookies some functions of the ENGINE
ALLIANCE ‘s websites or
portals may not be available to you.
Overall, the ENGINE ALLIANCE ‘s limited use of cookies helps the ENGINE ALLIANCE operate more effective websites and
portals by monitoring what's working and what isn't through traffic analysis. The
ENGINE ALLIANCE wants
to be sure you understand that accepting a cookie does not give the ENGINE
ALLIANCE access to your
computer or any personal information other than the data you choose to share
with the ENGINE ALLIANCE.
Periodic Changes
Please note that the
ENGINE ALLIANCE reviews
its online privacy practices from time to time and those practices are subject
to change. Therefore, users should periodically review this page to ensure
familiarity with the most current version of our online privacy statement.
Your
Acceptance of Our Privacy Practices
By using this web
site, you signify your acceptance of this privacy statement, and you adhere to
the terms and conditions posted on the web site. If you do not agree with any
of these terms, please do not use this site or submit any personal information.
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