Advanstar Communications Inc. (“Advanstar”) has
created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to
fully disclosing the information collection and use practices
applicable to this website. This privacy statement discloses what
information we collect via this website and how we use it.
Information Collection and Dissemination
General Principles
· In general, you may visit this website without identifying
yourself or revealing any personal information.
· As you browse our website, the site collects log file, IP
address of your computer, and other standard tracking data we use to
evaluate site traffic and usage patterns. Such information is
aggregated with tracking data from all site visitors. We will use the
information to personalize the site according to your preferences
based on the aggregated information. We also use the aggregated
information to evaluate products and services we may offer to you.
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· Some portions of this website may require you to give us
personally identifiable information such as your name, job title,
company, physical mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax
numbers (Personal Information) and, if applicable, financial
information such as your credit card information (Financial
Information), for, without limitation, (i) registration for attendance
at certain Advanstar trade shows, conferences and events; and (ii)
subscriptions to our publications. If you communicate with us by
e-mail, post messages to any of our chat groups, bulletin boards or
forums, or otherwise complete online forms, surveys or contest
entries, any information provided in such communications may be
collected as Personal Information.
· If you elect to provide us Personal Information, we use it
primarily to deliver the service you requested.
· If you submit Financial Information, we use that
information primarily to verify your credit and collect payments for
your purchases, orders, registrations etc.
Information Sharing
We share your Personal Information with Advanstar’s affiliates
and partners and third parties licensed to access your Personal
Information by any of the foregoing. We rent e-mail lists compiled
from e-mail addresses gathered from this website.
Except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy, we will keep your
Personal Information and your Financial Information private and will
not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary
to: (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect
our rights or property; or (c) enforce our terms of service.
Aggregated information
We sometimes provide aggregated usage or tracking information
collected from this website to third parties.
Information on Children
As a business-to-business company, we do not knowingly collect
information from children. On-line registration and web site usage is
restricted to adults who are professionally engaged in the businesses
we serve.
Updating Visitor Information: You have the option of
correcting, updating and modifying your Personal and/or Financial
Information, or visitor profile, at any time and as often as desired.
The only item of information you cannot change is your username ID
selected at registration for a trade show, event or conference.
Third Party and Affiliated Links: Our websites contain
external links to other websites including suppliers, advertisers and
affiliates. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the
content of, or information gathered by, these other websites. We do
not endorse any of these websites or the products or services
associated with such websites merely because they are linked to our
website.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a bit of data sent by a website through the
browser to the computer of the user visiting the site, and enables the
site to return the results the browser expects. Advanstar uses
temporary, session-specific cookies to ensure visits to its website
are smooth and customized for the visitor. Such cookies allow us to
provide a visitor's browser with information tailored to the visitor's
preferences and needs. Advanstar also uses permanent or persistent
cookies that remain on a visitor's computer after the visitor leaves
an Advanstar website.
If you do not want your browser to accept cookies, you can turn off
the cookie acceptance option in the browser's settings. However,
disabling the cookie support function of the browser will prevent our
website from functioning properly and you may not be able to utilize
fully all of the site's features and information.
We use advertising companies to develop banner ads for our website.
These ads may contain cookies. These companies collect cookies sent to
your browserthrough the banner ads and we do not have control or
access to this data.
Opt-out Option
Visitors to this websitecan decide if they want to receive targeted
promotional information from Advanstar. On the visitor registration
pages, prospective visitors can choose to request Advanstar not to
e-mail them advertising and promotional information. Should visitors
accept promotional email from Advanstar, any email they receive will
include instructions on how to be removed from Advanstar's promotional
email list.
Security and Encryption
This website takes commercially reasonable precautions to protect your
information. We use SSL encryption technology on our website and a
secure server to encrypt information transmitted between your browsers
and our server. As a result, data you submit to our website such as
credit card and payment information is transmitted securely over the
Internet.
Notification of Changes
Advanstar reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add
to, change, update or modify this privacy policy, simply by posting
such change, update or modification on the website. Any such change,
update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on
the website.
Your Acceptance of these Terms
By using our website, products or services, you signify your
acceptance of the terms of the Advanstar Privacy Policy. If you do not
agree to the terms of the Advanstar Privacy Policy, please do not use
the website, products and/or services and exit the site immediately.
