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Web Site Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy Policy. The following policies are only in effect for the Web pages, newsletters, and lists announcement lists owned and operated by Visual Analytics and its wholly-owned subsidiaries including, without limitation, Visual Analytics Inc. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let us know at

Who Is A Typical VAI Software User?

Visual Analytics Inc. software is used by the commercial industry and government agencies. Unlike many companies and web sites, we do not focus on the collection of our user's data. To the extent we collect information online; our purpose is to better serve our clients.

What Information Do We Collect Online?

Unless otherwise stated in another, more specific policy on the web pages you are viewing, we collect the following types of information when you browse www.visualanalytics.com or any other VAI Software web site:

Information you provide directly, such as your name or ordering information when you register or make an online order, or any chat room postings or e-mail messages you send us;

The web pages your Internet browser visits when browsing our site and

Aggregate data, such as the number of hits per week, per web page.

What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?

Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of numbers; that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address. When a visitor requests a page from any Web site within the Visual Analytics web site, our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor's domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveals nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our site. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of the Visual Analytics Site, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement.

What are cookies?

Visual Analytics Inc. Web site may use "cookies" to determine when individuals access the site and allow them to navigate it more easily. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off of your computer hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our Site and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.

How Do We Use This Information?

Visual Analytics Inc. does not rent or sell customer lists to other companies. Instead, we use information collected via the web site in the following ways:
  • For information you provide directly, such as ordering information or e-mail messages, we use the information to respond to your orders and requests.
  • For information you provide through email communications, including actions or clicks from hyperlinks and subscriptions, we use the information to customize future email communications and web pages in accordance with communication preferences you have established with Visual Analytics.
  • For some registration, email and use data, we may direct you to particular web pages, customize the web pages you see, or otherwise increase the relevance of the information you access through the web site.
  • For information about web pages visited, page hits per week, and the like, we use this information internally to improve the design of our web pages.
  • We may from time to time send e-mail announcing or our newsletter. Except as stated above, Visual Analytics will not send you e-mail that you have not agreed to receive.
Visual Analytics Inc. may disclose information to protect our rights or property, to enforce our terms of use and legal notices, as required or permitted by law, or at the request of government regulators or other law enforcement officials and the courts (including the issuance of a valid subpoena). We shall have no duty to notify you of such compliance with the law.

E-Mail Lists

Visual Analytics maintains e-mail lists to keep interested parties informed about our company, events, products, support, and more. We do not sell the addresses on our list, but we may make information available.

Users may voluntarily request to join our mailing lists by signing up or opting in through a form on our support web site. To be removed from a Visual Analytics Inc. e-mail list, follow the "unsubscribe" instructions on our web site at: http://support.visualanalytics.com/unsubscribe/index.cfm.

Notification of Data Processing In the United States of America

When you choose to submit information through the our web site, Visual Analytics Inc. process and store the information in countries in which Visual Analytics Inc. maintain offices through partnerships, including the United States. The United States does not regulate data protection in the same manner as other countries, including the Member States of the European Union. Accordingly, the data that you submit to Visual Analytics Inc. Web site may be transferred to the appropriate International partner, processed, or stored in countries where the data protection laws are different than those of your country of residence.

Storage and Updates to Information

You can update your contact information via a web page by visiting http://support.visualanalytics.com/index.cfm. We may keep all information stored in our database for archival purposes or as otherwise required by law. Additionally, please note that if you allow your account to expire from our databases, you may no longer be able to access certain areas of our web site requiring registration or a subscription.

Revisions and Contact Information

We constantly update the features of our web site to better serve you and all our customers, so this policy may also be revised from time to time. Visual Analytics Inc. may modify this policy without advance notice and any modifications are effective when they are posted here. By using our web site, you indicate your understanding and acceptance of the terms of the policy posted at the time of your use. If you have any questions, please contact us by sending an e-mail message to with the subject line heading of "Privacy Policy".

Please note that your use of the Visual Analytics of Web sites is governed by our Legal Notice.

Last Modified: March 1, 2006

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