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Softech International Inc. respects your privacy
and understands the importance of keeping your personal
information confidential and secure. We hold our privacy
practices to a high standard to ensure that any
information, whether it is from a current customer or
from someone simply browsing our website, is kept
private and secure.
Information Collection
No personal information is collected as you browse
through the pages of softechinternational.com. You
remain anonymous as you browse. Although Softech will
collect such logging information as what pages were
viewed and what browser was used, to help build and
update the website, no personal data relating to the
individual browsing the site is collected.
Once you have registered with Softech to access any or
all of our online offerings, we only collect personal
information required to obtain the reports you order. We
treat personal information securely and confidentially.
We limit access to your personal information to only
those persons who must have the information to provide
our products or services to our customers. These persons
are trained on the importance of safeguarding your
information and must comply with internal security
procedures and applicable law. We meet strict physical,
electronic, and procedural security standards to protect
your personal information and adhere to rigid internal
procedures to maintain the safety of that information.
Information User
Information you supply to Softech is only passed on to
third parties as required to fulfill your requested
reports. Softech does not, and will not, pass any
personal information collected through the website to
any other third party. All information provided is
treated as confidential.
Onward Transfer
We may disclose information you provide to third parties
to complete your requested transaction/s.
Finally, please note that we may disclose personal
information when required by law or in the good faith
belief that such action is necessary to comply with the
law or applicable legal process.
Retention
We reserve the right to retain personally identifiable
information collected through this site for the length
of our business relationship with you. In some cases, we
will retain the information for a longer period if
required to do so by law, regulation, or the principles
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Privacy Acts
Motor vehicle records and other underwriting reports
have been identified by law as Consumer Reports. As such,
use of these reports must comply with the following
Privacy Acts:
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA)
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB)
STORAGE POLICY OF BUSINESS INFORMATION AND CONSUMER
REPORTS
In compliance with the requirements of the FCRA, your
business identity and related consumer reports must be
retained for a minimum of five years. Softech must be
able to identify the end-user of a consumer report to
federal or state jurisdictions and will provide this
information to the appropriate jurisdiction upon request.
Access and Correction
As an information company, Softech understands the
importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to
ensure the accuracy of the information collected through
our web site. We further believe that the individual is
invaluable in ensuring that his or her personal data is
complete and accurate. We will provide you with access
to the personally identifiable information that you
provide through our web site in a readily accessible
format for as long as we maintain that information.
Similarly, we permit and encourage you to correct
inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through
our web site.
Security
Softech recognizes the importance of security with
regard to all personally identifiable information
collected through our web site and will take steps to
protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized
alteration of that information. We exercise extreme care
in providing secure transmission of your information
from your PC to our servers.
Once we receive your personally identifiable information,
we take steps to ensure its security on our systems. In
the event we request or transmit sensitive information,
such as credit card information or Social Security
Numbers, we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption,
the current industry standard.
We strictly limit access to your personally identifiable
information to those employees who need such access to
carry out their job responsibilities. All Softech
employees are prohibited from "browsing" through our
files and databases. We train our employees in the
strict application of our demanding need-to-know
standard. We periodically audit for 100% compliance with
this standard and impose severe penalties for any
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