Privacy Policy

This document was last updated: February 24, 2008.

Keyboardian.com is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations.

Collection of your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site or signing up for an event or training.

For example: if you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such as advertising on Keyboardian.com, we will request personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number.

Keyboardian.com also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Keyboardian.com.

Keyboardian.com also collects information about which pages our users visit within our website. This site usage data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
• To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, software, that you request or purchase.
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
• To alert you to product and/or service upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from Keyboardian.com, if you so request.
• To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
• We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content.

Keyboardian.com may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Keyboardian.com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Keyboardian.com and its family of web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Keyboardian.com employees, users of Keyboardian.com services, or members of the public.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Keyboardian.com will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Security of your Personal Information

Keyboardian.com is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Protection of Children's Personal Information

Keyboardian.com is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

Use of Cookies

When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Keyboardian.com web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.

Changes to this Statement

Keyboardian.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Keyboardian.com will notify you by placing prominent notice on the web site.

Contact Information

Keyboardian.com welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mail.