Privacy Policy

Our commitment to your privacy

HANSA Global Languages respects your individual privacy. Our privacy policy documents our adherence to the highest industry standards for the protection of your personal information.

Scope of the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy covers HANSA Global Languages treatment of personally identifiable information that is collected while you are on the HANSA Global Languages site and when you use its services. This policy also covers HANSA Global Languages treatment of any personally identifiable information shared with HANSAviaLanguage by its business partners. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies not owned or controlled by HANSA Global Languages to people whom HANSA Global Languages does not employ or manage.

Information Collection and Use

HANSA Global Languages is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. HANSA Global Languages may collect information from you at two different stages. First, we collect anonymous, aggregate information from all visitors to the site. This information is never linked to any personally identifiable information and is only used in the aggregate to generate statistical reports about the use of our site. Second, HANSA Global Languages collects personally identifiable information when you create a HANSA Global Languages account and when you use HANSA Global Languages services. Online account creation requires you to submit the following personal information: name, company information including name and address, email address, and phone number. Certain personally identifiable information is required if you subscribe to a HANSA Global Languages newsletter, or sign up to participate in a promotion, sweepstake or survey through the site. HANSA Global Languages may also receive personally identifiable information from our business partners.

Personal information of children under 13

HANSA Global Languages complies with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC’s Rule interpreting COPPA (16 CFR § 512). HANSA Global Languages.com is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information form children under 13 years of age.

Use of Your Personal Information

HANSA Global Languages will never give your information to, or share your information with, any third party not affiliated with or owned by HANSA Global Languages , except as permitted by law. HANSA Global Languages will send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when:
• We have your consent to share the information.
• We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested.
• We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of HANSA Global Languages to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us).
• We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process. We find that your actions on our web sites violate the HANSA Global Languages Definition of Terms or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.

Profile

We store information that we collect through cookies and log files to create a profile of our customers. A profile is stored information detailing how individual customers use the site. Collected information in a profile is tied to the customer’s personally identifiable information. However, your profile is used solely for internal purposes, to help us improve the experience of our customers. We do not share your profile with any third parties.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file stored on the customer’s hard drive for an extended period of time. The cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. Allowing HANSA Global Languages.com cookie to remain on your computer makes it easier for you to log in to and use the site.

Log files

Log files record internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet service provider (ISP) referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track a customer’s movement in the aggregate and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc are not linked to personally identifiable information. Disclosure of Personal Information As Required By Law
We will disclose personal information when required by law, or if we have good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with current judicial proceedings, a court order or legal

Business Transitions

In the event that HANSA Global Languages goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of a portion of its assets, our customer’s personal information may be part of the assets transferred. Customers will be notified via prominent notice on our web site for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If, as a result of the business transaction, your personally identifiable information will be used in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, you will be given a choice consistent with our Notification of Changes section.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. HANSA Global Languages is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these other sites. When you leave our site, we encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by HANSA Global Languages.

Security

Wherever your Personal Information may be held within HANSA Global Languages or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, given the nature of the Internet and the fact that network security measures are not infallible, we cannot guarantee the security of your information. We use encryption to protect sensitive information online. The servers that store your personally identifiable information are housed in a secure environment. Finally, we also make an effort to protect your information off-line.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

HANSA Global Languages may edit this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us at: Webmaster, HANSA Global Languages.