Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on December 5, 2010.

DataManagementWonk.com (the “Blog”) reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with or without notice.  However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.

We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

Web Server Logs

When accessing the Blog, certain information about your visit will be captured.  Similar to other commercial Web sites, this Blog uses Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used.  Information gathered through the Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site, and your IP address.

IP Addresses

IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet.  Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer.  IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data”.

Email Information

If you choose to correspond with the Blog through email, the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses may be retained.  We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail and telephone.

How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?

Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service and making available other items and services to our customers and prospective customers.

DataManagementWonk.com will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us, nor will such information be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection.

We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.

How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?

Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication.  For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email.  However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk.  Some of the information you may enter on our Web site may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL.  Credit Card information shold never transmitted via email.

DataManagementWonk.com may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, DataManagementWonk.com uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this Policy, or your dealings with our web site, please contact us through our email page.