ASU Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy:

The ASU Group (“The ASU Group“) operates www.asugroup.com and may operate other websites. It is The ASU Group’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, The ASU Group collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The ASU Group’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The ASU Group’s visitors use its website. From time to time, The ASU Group may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

The ASU Group also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on www.asugroup.com blogs/sites. The ASU Group only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to The ASU Group’s websites choose to interact with The ASU Group in ways that require The ASU Group to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The ASU Group gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at www.asugroup.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with The ASU Group are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The ASU Group collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The ASU Group. The ASU Group does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

The ASU Group may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. The ASU Group may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The ASU Group does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

The ASU Group discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The ASU Group’s behalf or to provide services available at The ASU Group’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The ASU Group’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The ASU Group will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The ASU Group discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The ASU Group believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The ASU Group, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an The ASU Group website and have supplied your email address, The ASU Group may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with The ASU Group and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The ASU Group takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The ASU Group uses cookies to help The ASU Group identify and track visitors, their usage of The ASU Group website, and their website access preferences. The ASU Group visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The ASU Group’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of The ASU Group’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If The ASU Group, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The ASU Group goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The ASU Group may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The ASU Group may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The ASU Group’s sole discretion. The ASU Group encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a www.asugroup.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitations of Liability

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE OPERATION OR AVAILABILITY OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE, OR THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

NEITHER WE NOR OUR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA OR USE), EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Privacy:

ASU Group respects and values the privacy of every individual who visits our website. When you visit this Site we will not collect any personally identifiable information unless you voluntarily provide it to us.