Acadia Privacy Statement November 2009 General Information
Acadia respects the privacy of our customers, business partners, and other visitors to our websites who may choose to provide personal information. We recognize the need for appropriate protections and management of personal information that you provide to us. This Privacy Statement will assist you to understand what types of information we may collect, how that information may be used, and with whom the information may be shared.
Scope
This Privacy Statement applies to data collected by Acadia.
What Personal Information does Acadia Collect?
On the Acadia web site you can request information, subscribe to marketing or support materials, or apply for a job. Acadia will collect personal information from you for these purposes. Personal information for purposes of this Privacy Statement is information that identifies or can identify a specific individual. Acadia does not collect personal information when you visit Acadia's web sites unless you choose to provide it to Acadia.
How does Acadia use Personal Information?
Acadia will use personal information to send promotional mailings to inform you of our products or services and use information submitted as part of a job application or inquiry to contact you as part of the recruiting and hiring process.
In accordance with applicable law, personal information collected on Acadia websites may be transferred, stored and processed in the United States. By entering your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal information by Acadia for these uses.
With whom does Acadia Share Personal Information?
Acadia will not share, sell, trade or lease your personal information to others.
Choice and Access
Acadia does not require that customers, business partners or non-employee visitors to Acadia websites provide Acadia with personal information. The decision to provide personal information is voluntary. If you do not provide the personal information requested, however, you may not be able to proceed with the activity or receive the benefit for which the personal information is being requested.
With respect to the sending of promotional materials, Acadia will offer you the opportunity to opt in before such materials are sent to you. You can always unsubscribe or choose not to receive promotional information from us by following the specific instructions in the email you receive or by notifying us via the appropriate method below. It may take a reasonable period of time to process your request, no longer than 30 days. This will not apply to the receipt of mandatory service communications that are considered part of certain Acadia services, which you may receive periodically unless you cancel the service.
Acadia strives to keep your personal information accurate. We will provide you with access to your information when reasonable, or in accordance with relevant laws, including making reasonable effort to provide you with online access and the opportunity to change your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting access or making changes to your data. Requests to delete personal information are subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document retention obligations. To access and/or correct information, you can do so online or notify us via the appropriate method below depending on which site is at issue.
For Acadia.com: EMC, Attn: Marketing Department, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA, USA, 01748-9103.
Security of Personal Information
Acadia is committed to taking reasonable efforts to secure the personal data you choose to provide us. To protect the privacy of any personal information you may have provided, Acadia employs industry-standard physical and logical access controls that change in response to the changing regulatory and threat environments including Internet firewalls, intrusion detection, anti-virus protection, and network monitoring, and, where appropriate, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or similarly encrypted browsers. If a password is used to help protect your accounts and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential.
Display of Advertising
As is true of most web sites, Acadia collects and/or logs Internet Protocol addresses, Internet domain names, the web browser and operating system used to access the Acadia web site, the files visited, the time spent in each file, and the time and date of each visit. Acadia collects these through the use of log files and web beacons.
Acadia also uses cookies. Cookies are identifiers that can be sent from a web site via your browser to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Thereafter when you visit a web site, a message is sent back to the web server by the browser accessing the web site. You may elect not to accept cookies by changing the designated settings on your web browser. However, not utilizing cookies may prevent you from using certain functions and features of web sites. The information collected from the use of cookies is used and analyzed to improve Acadia's web sites, such as by gaining a better understanding of your interests and requirements regarding our website. Cookies are linked to your personal information, such as your email address or password. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you and personalize your web-browsing experience.
Acadia.com utilizes framing techniques to make it appear that the user is still on the site when the user is actually on a third party Web site. Widgets support functions that require that you disclose certain personally identifiable information given the user's choice of participation.
Links to Non-Acadia Web Sites and Third Parties
The Acadia web sites may provide links to third-party web sites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the Acadia web site. Acadia does not control those sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from EMC's. We do not endorse or make any representations about third party web sites. The personal data you choose to give to unrelated third parties is not covered by the Acadia Privacy Statement. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information.
Personal Information of our Customers' Clients
When we provide services to our customers, in some instances we process personal information about their clients ("Client Information") on their behalf. In these situations it is our customers rather than we who decide the reasons for which the Client Information will be processed. For details of how the Client Information will be used and protected, and details of how to access or correct the information, please refer to the privacy policy of the Acadia customer to whom you submitted your personal information. Relevant laws may oblige customers to require that we comply with the same security rules that they are subject to under such laws.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding our compliance with this Privacy Statement you should first contact us by making a written submission to Acadia's Office of the General Counsel, at 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA, USA, 01748.
Changes to this Statement
Acadia will review and update this Statement periodically, and will note the date of its most recent revision above. If we make material changes to this Statement, we will notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes prior to implementing the changes or by directly sending you a notification. Should we undergo any sort of corporate reorganization in the future, you agree that we may provide your information to the resulting entity in which case we will follow these Change procedures. We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement frequently to be informed of how Acadia is protecting your information.