Blue Ridge Networks Privacy Policy
This Web site is owned and controlled by Blue Ridge Networks Inc., 14120 Parke Long Court, Suite 103, Chantilly, Virginia, 20151, USA. Blue Ridge Networks Inc., owns the all copyrights for the website and the material contained in it. All trademarks and service marks referenced in the website are owned by Blue Ridge Networks Inc., unless stated otherwise.
Blue Ridge Networks is committed to implementing measures designed to protect the privacy of those using our services. Although Blue Ridge Networks respects the privacy of all those who visit our Site and use our online services, we do collect information from and about our users. Except as set forth within this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, and other published guidelines, we do not release personally identifiable information (as described below) about users of this Site without their permission.
Effect of This and Related Documents: This Privacy Policy, together with our Terms of Service and other published guidelines, governs your interaction with this Site, and your registration for and use of the Blue Ridge Networks online services.
Periodic Policy Changes: Please note that Blue Ridge Networks reviews its privacy policies and practices from time to time (e.g., to track technology and/or legal changes), and that those practices are subject to change by Blue Ridge Networks at its discretion and without notice. We ask that you bookmark and periodically review this page to ensure continuing familiarity with the most current version of our privacy policy.
Opt-Out Option: If you would like to have your personally-identifiable information removed from the Blue Ridge Networks data bases going forward, please call 703-631-0700, or e-mail info@BlueRidgeNetworks.com, and we will use reasonable efforts to comply with your request. However, there will be residual information that will remain within the Blue Ridge Networks databases, access logs, and other historical internal and archival records, which may or may not contain such personally identifiable information.
Access: Requesting Available Information About You: If you want to find out what information Blue Ridge Networks has in its database about you, please write Blue Ridge Networks at the address above, call 703-631-0700, or e-mail info@BlueRidgeNetworks.com. Please include your name, e-mail address, and other information in the same format that you originally supplied to Blue Ridge Networks, so we can be more certain of matching your request to the correct information.
Notice: The Information We May Gather
Non-personally-identifiable information:
(a) General: When users come to our Site, we collect and aggregate information indicating their home server, but not their e-mail addresses. Such information helps us identify the most popular content and portions of our Site and determine the effectiveness of our various promotional activities. We aggregate such information for internal review and thereafter its superseded by more recent information, subject to backup and archival requirements
(b) "Cookies": We also use "cookies" -- that is, small text files placed on your computer's hard drive -- to help you in getting faster access to this Site's contents, and to help us determine the type of content you find of interest and the sites to which you link, the length of time you spend at any particular area of this Site, and the particular Blue Ridge Networks services you choose to use. Cookies are only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to execute any code or virus. Cookies allow Blue Ridge Networks to serve you better, and to personalize your Web-browsing experience. Nevertheless, you should be able to control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your Web browser. For more information on how to do this, please refer to the documentation accompanying your browser or third party Web sites.
Personally Identifiable Information:
(a) General: In certain areas of this Site, we require that you provide us with personally identifiable information, in order to be able to use that portion or those portions of this Site and for other reasons provided in this Policy. For instance, the names and contact information of persons who visit our Web sites are added to our database (presently maintained in a third party facility) so that, for example, they may be contacted in the future regarding the Blue Ridge Networks products, services or future opportunities. Such contact may occur by, telephone or mail, as Blue Ridge Networks deems appropriate. Such contact may occur by email if the person opts in {unless the person opts out}.
(b) Lack of Blue Ridge Networks Responsibility For Third Party Content On Site: Blue Ridge Networks cannot and does not control the acts of the users of its Web site's services or monitor the accuracy of postings by such users. All users should be aware that, when they disclose personally identifiable information in a bulletin board, chat room, or other forum or public area of this Site, the information might be collected, circulated, and used by others. In the event that you encounter any user who is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please contact us at 703-631-0700, or e-mail info@BlueRidgeNetworks.com.
How We Use The Information We Gather
How We Use Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We aggregate data on a web server for internal review purposes, in order to build higher quality, more useful online services and better products, e.g., by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our users. Following such internal review, such aggregated information is then superseded (note; not entirely removed) by more recent information, subject to Blue Ridge Networks or its web site host’s standard backup and archival processes.
How We Use Personally-Identifiable Information: Blue Ridge Networks provides notice to users that personally-identifiable (i.e., non-aggregated) information will be collected during the site visit This Privacy Policy also serves as notice that such information is collected under those circumstances. Individuals may be contacted regarding the Blue Ridge Networks products, services or future opportunities. Such contact may occur by, telephone or mail, as Blue Ridge Networks deems appropriate. Such contact may occur by email if the person opts in {unless the person opts out}.
Blue Ridge Networks reserves the right to disclose information contained in our access logs concerning any user as we reasonably feel is necessary to protect our systems or business or as it relates to any acts which raise a reasonable belief of violation of applicable law or regulation or in response to any request of law enforcement or the courts. In particular, we reserve the right to disclose such when a user is in violation of our Terms of Service or other published guidelines, as existing or hereafter amended by BRN at its discretion, or if initiates or participates (or is reasonably believed so) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, and to disclose such information in response to court and governmental orders, civil subpoenas, discovery requests, and as otherwise required by law.
In reviewing the information above, please keep in mind that Blue Ridge Networks cannot and does not assume any responsibility for any actions or omissions of third parties, including other Site users, including the manner in which they might use information received either from Blue Ridge Networks or independently.
Last Revised: August 1, 2005