OCTAIN - Privacy Policy

Effective Date 01/01/2010

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy (the “Policy”) describes how the OCTAIN GmbH (“OCTAIN”) treats personally identifying information and non-personal information that OCTAIN collects and receives. Personal information includes contact information about you, such as your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number, which you may provide in connection with services or products offered on our web sites which are of interest to you. This Policy applies only to the OCTAIN web site, and it does not apply to banners, sweepstakes and other advertisements or promotions that we may sponsor or participate in on web sites owned by third parties.

Information Collection, Use and Security
When you supply personal information on the OCTAIN web site, we will use it for the purpose for which it was collected (e.g., to enter you in a sweepstakes or to fulfill the delivery of a sweepstakes prize or product order) in accordance with the terms of this Policy. We also use personal information to keep track of a user's activities on our sites, to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze web site usage, to improve our web site features, design and content and to refine our marketing strategies.

When you provide us with personal information, you are authorizing us to use that information in accordance with the terms of this Policy, which includes your right to limit our use of your personal information as described in this Policy.

The web site you entered may also collect personal information from you about a third party (e.g., the site might allow you to send an email or message to a friend, in which case we will need that person's name and email address). Please note that we use such information only for the specified purpose (e.g., to deliver the email message) and we will not contact the third party again by email unless and until the third party contacts us.

You may have heard of "cookies," which are small files or pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive when you visit a web site. The use of cookies is an industry standard and you will find them at most web sites. OCTAIN uses cookies to collect information about your use of our web sites, such as the particular site areas you visit and the activities in which you participate at our web sites. These cookies do not allow us to collect or receive personal information about you. Most browsers allow you to reject the placement of cookies on your computer, though please note that refusal of cookies at the site you entered may result in an inability to visit certain areas of the web sites or to receive personalized information when you visit the web sites.

When you visit OCTAIN’s web sites we also collect your Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. The IP address data does not contain personal information about you and is used by OCTAIN and/or the host of our web sites to administer our sites and to determine the numbers of different visitors to the sites.

The non-personally identifiable data collected through the use of cookies and IP addresses is accessible by certain OCTAIN personnel as well as certain third-parties, who are involved in the design and maintenance of our web sites. This information is used to improve our web sites and to make them more helpful and beneficial for our visitors, for example, to evaluate what portions of the web site are more popular than others, to determine from where visitors came to the site, and to determine how many times particular pages of the site were accessed.
We at OCTAIN are concerned about your privacy and maintaining security of the personal information we collect and receive. We take appropriate steps to secure personal information, to prevent unauthorized access to such information, maintain data accuracy and to ensure only appropriate use of personally identifying information. OCTAIN has established appropriate physical, electronic and managerial safeguards to secure personal information, and we use industry-standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions.

With Whom We May Share Information
In the course of doing business, we employ other companies to perform a variety of functions on our behalf. For example, at times we may retain third parties to analyze, update and correct data we collect on our web sites, including personal information, to help us improve our products, our database and our web sites. In addition, we may share personal information with agents, suppliers, fulfillment houses and other third parties to allow delivery of prizes, information, products or services. These suppliers and other third parties may have access to your personal information if it is needed to perform their functions for OCTAIN, but they are not authorized by us to use your personal information in any way other than the intended use.
We also may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. For example, we may tell a business partner the number of men and the number of women that entered a contest, but we do not disclose personal information about such contestants in violation of this Privacy Policy.

Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, transfer or disclose your personal information without your prior consent.

We may release your personal information if required to do so by law, or by search warrant, subpoena or court order, or to a third party to which ownership of OCTAIN is transferred via an acquisition, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.

Web Sites To Which OCTAIN’s Web Site Links
OCTAIN provides links to third party web sites that it does not control, and because we cannot control these third party web sites we do not review their privacy policies or their compliance with any applicable privacy protection statutes, rules or regulations. Thus, OCTAIN encourages and recommends that you review the privacy policies posted on these third party web sites at the time you first visit such sites.

Children's Privacy
OCTAIN does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under age 13 and we will not knowingly permit any ongoing communication from a child who is under the age of 13.

Data Storage And Processing By OCTAIN Is Conducted In Austria.
Regardless of where you are located, OCTAIN and the host of its web sites collects information and processes and stores that information in databases located in Austria. However, OCTAIN does provide links to third party web sites that are not controlled by OCTAIN, and we make no representations or warranties regarding the data storage and processing policies or practices of these third parties.

Correcting Your Information And/Or Opt-Out
OCTAIN welcomes questions and comments about this Policy. Questions or comments about this Policy should be directed to office@octain.at. To review or change your personal information, or if you no longer wish us to maintain data about you, or wish to change the type of information we send you, please send your request to: office@octain.at or mail your request to:

Webmaster
OCTAIN GmbH
Wippllingerstrasse 35

1010 Vienna

Austria

Policy Changes
Due to the rapidly evolving technologies on the Internet, OCTAIN reserves the right and from time to time may occasionally update this Policy. All revisions will be posted to OCTAIN’s web sites, and the new policy will only apply to information collected thereafter. We encourage you to review this Policy frequently.

Governing Law
The law of Austria, without reference to any choice of law provisions, shall govern any claims relating to the materials on our web sites.