privacy policy

MEDIAGRAMA INTERNET (henceforth MEDIAGRAMA), owner of the website www.avantcad.com (henceforth "the website"), informs the user that MEDIAGRAMA uses a personal data register that remains under its sole control at all times.

MEDIAGRAMA`s policy on data protection is explained as follows:

information provided by the user

MEDIAGRAMA gathers two types of information about users:

(a) personal information, which is provided by individual users on registration

(b) browsing information, which is gathered automatically to generate usage statistics

personal information

During some operations, AVANTCAD will ask you for personal information by means of forms or e-mails. The use of these operations is entirely optional. If you choose accept the operation, AVANTCAD may ask for personal data, including full name, e-mail address, postal address, name of firm, telephone number, fax number and other contact details.

Personal information is gathered in various ways:

(a) First, during the registration process, the user is asked for personal data such as name and e-mail address. We also ask for further information that enables us to offer you the products that we believe will best meet your expectations.

(b) Other Information. AVANTCAD may also ask you for personal information on other occasions. When AVANTCAD gathers personal information, it will always provide a link to the Privacy Policy on this page.

(c) Surveys. You may sometimes be asked to participate in surveys that are generally aimed at obtaining general information about our users (for example, their experiences in using the product or their reactions to a particular tool). Since the information obtained in these surveys is related to individual users and is used internally to improve the services offered by AVANTCAD, participation is voluntary.

(d) Competitions. AVANTCAD may organise occasional competitions that require some personal information for the purposes of registration, verification of participant"s identity and notification of winners

The treatment of personal information and the sending of any commercial communication by electronic media comply with Law 15/1999 of December 13 on Personal Data Protection and Law 34/2002 of July 11 on Information and Electronic Business Services.

browsing information

This information is collected entirely automatically with no personal intervention by users. Browsing information may be individual (related to a single user) or aggregate (related to a group of users) and is gathered automatically during user sessions.

The user agrees to the use of cookies, which never permit the identification of individuals, with the sole aim of facilitating browsing the pages of this and other websites belonging MEDIAGRAMA. However, the user can reject or disable cookies by modifying the browser settings.

user contributions

MEDIAGRAMA is pleased to receive any comments, ideas, suggestions and questions about our website or software. Any contributions that report faults, illegal copying or pirating, product feedback or recommendations, among other things, become the property of MEDIAGRAMA, with no reward for the user and understood to be non-confidential. MEDIAGRAMA reserves the right to use such contributions for any purpose (commercial or not) with no obligation to offer the user any reward for the comments.

MEDIAGRAMA reserves the right to use, reproduce, display, apply, modify, transmit and distribute such user contributions with no restriction whatsoever. MEDIAGRAMA will never reveal your name or other details that identify you as the sender, with the following exceptions: (a) you expressly authorise us to do so; (b) MEDIAGRAMA gives you prior notification that your contribution will be published or used with your name displayed; (c) MEDIAGRAMA is required by law to do so.

It is totally prohibited to send or transmit from the website any material that may be considered illegal, threatening, defamatory, libellous, obscene or pornographic and that does not comply with the legal framework or third-party rights, including copyrights without limitation. Violation of these restrictions may lead to the limitation or withdrawal of the user"s right to access or use this Website.

MEDIAGRAMA also reserves the right to delete your contributions at its discretion and restrict, suspend or cancel your access to all or part of its services without prior notice or further obligations.

To all effects within current laws, MEDIAGRAMA has no obligation whatsoever regarding contributions insofar as copyrights, defamation, privacy, obscenity, etc. are concerned. MEDIAGRAMA assumes no responsibility for the misuse, loss, modification or unavailability of the contributions.

information sharing

MEDIAGRAMA uses the information obtained from its users to improve the AVANTCAD website experience and to offer its services and products.. MEDIAGRAMA does not sell or rent any personal information about its users to a third party. MEDIAGRAMA reveals no personal information whatsoever to third parties. The information that MEDIAGRAMA gathers is used to produce reports on user profiles and web traffic patterns so that its advertisers and partners can improve their advertising approach to users. No information given to advertisers or trading partners will contain personally identifiable information about individual users.

User rights to access, update, amend and delete information.

The user has the right to access, update, amend or delete personal data under the provisions of the PDP Law.

You can exercise that right by sending an e-mail to:

security.

MEDIAGRAMA maintains a level of security in its protection of personal data that conforms with Law 994/1999 of June 11 on the security of electronic storage of personal data, and has established all the technical measures in its power to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access and theft of data provided by the user via World Wide Web/Internet. However, please be aware that communications over the Internet are not always secure unless they have been encrypted. MEDIAGRAMA cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond our control.

MEDIAGRAMA undertakes to fulfil its legal obligations of secrecy and confidentiality of personal data stored in electronic files, and to maintain its high levels of security in any transfer of data that may take place.

modification of this privacy policy

MEDIAGRAMA reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy to conform to changes in the Law and/or industry practices and undertakes to inform users of any modifications prior to their implementation.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please

Updated: 20th July 2006.