Protecting your privacy is a priority at Hardent Inc. Our privacy policy below outlines how we keep your personal information confidential, while using it to enhance the information and services we provide you with.
1. Registration
When you register on Hardent’s website, you can choose to supply personal information, such as your email address, to subscribe to Hardent’s newsletter. Once you subscribe to the newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time directly from our newsletter or by sending an email to privacy@hardent.com.
2. How is Collected Information Used?
We use the personal information you supply to provide you with valuable information that is relevant to your professional interests. When sending commercial electronic messages, Hardent strives to comply with CASL (Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation) and the US CAN-SPAM Act.
3. Protecting Your Information
Hardent never shares your personal information without your permission.
4. Links to Third-Party Websites
Hardent’s website and newsletter may contain links to third-party websites. This privacy statement only applies to Hardent’s website and information collected by Hardent. It does not apply to any third-party websites which you may access from our website or newsletter, as we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites.
5. Security
Hardent employs several physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the personal information you provide us with. For the purpose of business operations, access to your information is limited to authorized employees who must use it to perform their jobs or to provide you with requested services and products.
6. Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of computer code that lets web servers “identify” visitors. Each time you initiate a session on Hardent’s website, our server uses a cookie to identify you as a subscriber and provide you with appropriate access privileges. These cookies do not store any of the personal information you provide through the site; they are simply identifiers. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually refuse cookies, or selectively accept cookies, by adjusting the preferences in your browser.
7. Web Beacons
Hardent may use electronic images known as web beacons, or clear GIFs, to monitor the use of our website and email reports. A web beacon is a graphic image, often transparent and usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which works in combination with cookies to track usage of a web page or email containing it.
To find out more about web beacons, see http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_beacon.html.
8. Redirected URLs
Hardent uses redirected URLs to keep track of web traffic generated by links in our email reports. Redirected URLs route subscribers to websites after recording their identity and the links they click.
9. Third-Party Advertisers
Hardent does not currently use third-party advertising companies to provide advertisements or allow third-party advertisers to track your browsing activities on our website.
10. Updating Your Personal Information
You may update your personal information at any time by sending us an update to privacy@hardent.com.
11. Policy Changes
If this privacy policy changes in any significant way, a notice will appear on Hardent’s website.
12. Contacting Hardent
Should you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@hardent.com.