Privacy Policy











About Us
This is a privacy policy for controls.quantumdi.com (the "Site"), which is published by Quantum Design. Our home page is located at http://controls.quantumdi.com.

Data Collection
Access Log Information
Our Web server collects the following access log information: click-stream data and HTTP protocol elements. Our Web server collects access logs containing this information. The data may be used by us and our agents for the following purposes:
· Web site and system administration
· research and development

Cookies
We collect HTTP cookies, a technology that can be used to provide you with tailored information from the site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, thereby giving yourself a chance to decide whether to accept it. Cookies may be used by us and our agents for the following purposes:
· site administration
· completion and support of the current activity
· web site and system administration
· research and development
· anonymous user analysis
· anonymous user profiling and decision making

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site so we can better understand what portions of it best serve you. We also use cookies to control access to certain content on our site and to allow our server to maintain information about any subscription orders you make with us.
To administer our web site and for research purposes, Quantum has contracted with third parties to track and analyze anonymous usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and members. Such information is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis.
These third parties use persistent cookies to help track visitor behavior. In addition, the third parties use clear gifs, also known as "Web beacons": tiny graphics, with a unique identifier, that are similar in function to cookies. These clear gifs, which are not tied to the user's personally identifiable information, help us to improve the visitor experience, to manage our site content, and to track visitor behavior.
Quantum has also contracted with a third party to send e-mail to our registered members. To help measure and improve the effectiveness of our e-mail communications, the third party sets cookies, as well as clear gifs. All data collected by this third party on behalf of Quantum are owned and used solely by or on behalf of Quantum. Such information is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis.

User Information
We collect the following user information: unique identifiers, the user's name and e-mail address, the user's job title, and the name of the user's employer. At the user's option, we may also collect preference data.
The data may be used by us and our agents for the following purposes:
· completion and support of the current activity
· web site and system administration
· research and development
· anonymous user analysis
· anonymous user profiling and decision making
· contacting visitors for the marketing of services or products (the user may opt out of this usage)

E-Mail Information
We ask for your e-mail address at registration. We will send e-mail to this address (i) to confirm your registration, (ii) if you opt in to any of our alerts, and (iii) if you request that we contact you for any other reason.

Links to Third-Party Sites
We may provide links to third-party web sites as a service to our users. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection practices of such third-party web sites-policies that may differ from those of this site. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies of these other web sites before providing any information to them.

Security
Quantum has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized Quantum personnel have access to personally identifiable information, and these employees are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, Quantum cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally identifiable information.

Transborder Hosting and Transfer of Information
Personally identifiable information collected on the site may be transferred, from time to time, to Quantum offices or personnel or to third parties located throughout the world, and the site may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have laws of general applicability regulating the use and transfer of such data.

Children's Online Privacy Protection
Quantum understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an online environment. The site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and Quantum will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 14.

Consent
By using the site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy, which was last updated on September 1, 2009.

Contact Our Privacy Department
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at Quantum Design, 8400 E. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, IL.