Comtread Privacy Policy

At Comtread, we take it as our responsibility to protect every customer's personal information. This policy outlines how your information is handled and kept secure. When you send us personal information, it will be treated according to this policy.

This policy covers the Comtread corporate website and is applicable worldwide. It is possible that one of our subsidiaries will have its own policies that may be different. We advocate reading our privacy policy and those of any website you visit.

You will be told before we acquire any personal information from you, the purpose of which will always be apparent. The term "Personal Information" applies to any data that can be used to identify an individual, and includes, but is not limited to, name, postal or other physical address, credit or debit card information, occupation, email address, and any other data received by us in order to provide a service, deliver a product, or proceed with a transaction requested by one of our customers.

In some cases, Comtread may retrieve non-personal (aggregate or demographic) data using such methods as cookies. This is utilized to help understand and evolve the functionality and usefulness of our website(s).

As well, by using some of our products or services, anonymous information may be sent back to us, such as technical system information about your computer. This data is sent to us so that we can understand how users interact with our products, to help improve them, and to provide communication regarding the product and any available updates or upgrades.

Your personal information may be shared within Comtread or any of our subsidiaries for the purposes of data processing or storage.

Your personal information may be shared with business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents, or contractors in order to provide a specifically requested service or transaction. This might include processing orders, credit card transactions, website hosting, event and seminar registration, or customer support. We would only provide third parties with the absolute minimum amount of data required to complete any requested service or transaction, while the third parties involved are forbidden from using such data other than for the limited cause of following through with the requested service or transaction.

We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your personal information and other related information, if required. It is also possible we may opt to exercise our legal rights or defend against any legal claims.

We may share personal information and any other additional data available in order to investigate, prevent, or take action in regard to suspected illegal activities, fraud, threats to other individuals, violations of Comtread's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

When using Comtread's website(s) you may be directed to content or functionality that is hosted by a third-party entity. This is usually part of hosting a special event, such as contests. When your information is gathered on behalf of Comtread exclusively, our privacy policy will be referenced on the site to define how your data is used. For other, non-Comtread sites, the privacy policy of that site will be referenced. Our policy is to require that information handling from these suppliers be consistent with our privacy and security procedures.

We will never sell or rent any customer's personal information to third parties for marketing purposes unless that customer has given us express authorization to do so.

We will ask for consent by you before we use or share your personal information for any other purpose other than the reason you gave or as otherwise noted in this privacy policy. So that we may know your preferences, we require your action and responsibility, such as choosing an appropriate option, indicating your consent.

Comtread is deeply committed to the sustained security of any personal information you choose to share with us. Using a composite of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and organizational policies, we will protect personal information from unauthorized access, usage, or disclosure.

When transferring sensitive data (for example, payment information) over the Internet, it is protected by utilizing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.

While striving to protect all your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information that you send by Internet, phone, mail, or any other means of communication.

It is recommended to take every measure to protect personal information from exposure while on the Internet. Be sure to change passwords often, create unique passwords, and use a secure browser with the latest updates.

Comtread will not keep your personal data longer than is required to fulfill the purposes for which it was obtained or as is required by applicable laws or regulations.

As with many sites on the Internet, Comtread utilizes technologies such as cookies, which give us the ability to make using our website(s) easier, more functional and more useful by providing you with a customizable experience that recognizes you upon return.

A cookie will not read personal data found on the hard disk or from cookies made by other websites. The only personal information a cookie keeps is that which you supply yourself to that website. If you accept our website(s) cookies, they may give us access to information about your browsing behavior, which may be utilized to personalize visits, track user traffic patterns, and merge such data once you register. This is done to determine how efficient our site is to our users and to help improve how it is navigated. Our website(s) should be able to be browsed without cookies enabled, however pages involving purchases or requiring a login and password require cookies and will not function if you have cookies disabled in your web browser.

The websites of Comtread and its subsidiaries may have links to third-party sites that we have no control over and are not covered by this privacy policy. It is advised to review the privacy policy of any sites you visit.

Any information that you submit publicly, such as in a forum or chat room, will be available for others to see, which may possibly include individuals both internal and external to our company who visit such areas. Please be aware that these individual areas may contain additional rules and provisions. The information that individuals post in these areas is of their own opinion and should not be taken as the views of Comtread.

It may be necessary to transfer your personal data within our company, to one of our subsidiaries, or to third-parties acting at our behest, such as for processing orders or storage.

We will gladly remove your information from the requested mailing list, however we cannot prevent accidental mailings, such as may occur through multiple entries of the same information. Please allow up to 8 weeks for all mailings, online and physical, to cease.

If you have the need to contact us in regard to our privacy policy or have any questions about it, feel free to write us at privacy@usbmemorydirect.com

We may alter or add on to this statement of policies at any time without notice. Returning to our website(s) after such a change is made will indicate your continued agreement with any revisions.