BUFFALO SOLUTIONS GROUP / BUFFALO-SOLUTIONS.COM PRIVACY STATEMENT | as of July 25,
2009
PRIVACY NOTICE for this BUFFALO SOLUTIONS GROUP/BUFFALO-SOLUTIONS.COM GLOBAL WEB
SITE AS OF 25 JULY 2009
In general, you may visit this Web site without providing
any personal information to us. If you choose to provide information voluntarily,
we will use that information in accordance with our data privacy principles and notice
for individuals.
BUFFALO SOLUTIONS GROUP/BUFFALO-SOLUTIONS.COM GLOBAL DATA PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
Buffalo
SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com has long recognized the importance of maintaining
the privacy of personal and sensitive information of our employees, candidates, clients,
vendors and partners. The nature of our business requires us to collect and handle
such information, and we have a responsibility to protect this information for as
long as it is in our possession. At Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com,
respecting our employees, candidates, clients, vendors and partners is a part of
our core values, along with being committed to providing services in an ethical manner.
To
support these obligations, Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com has created
a set of global data privacy principles, which guide our efforts as they relate to
privacy and the handling and protection of personal and sensitive information.
We
respect your privacy by:
o Offering privacy notices that explain how and why we handle personal information.
o Respecting your choices about our collection, use and sharing of information, where
appropriate.
o Collecting, using and retaining only personal information that is relevant and
useful to our business interactions.
o Using reasonable efforts to keep personal information accurate and up-to-date.
o Using safeguards to protect personal information.
o Limiting access to and disclosure of personal information.
o Retaining only the personal information that is needed to fill our legal and business
obligations.
o Offering you the ability to view and update your personal information, where appropriate.
o Providing you with an opportunity to ask questions and register complaints about
privacy.
For more information on our privacy practices for individuals, please see the following
notice:
DATA PRIVACY NOTICE FOR INDIVIDUALS at this BUFFALO SOLUTIONS GROUP/BUFFALO-SOLUTIONS.COM
GLOBAL WEB SITE
Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com, LLC cares about the privacy of our
applicants, employees and clients. This notice contains information about how we
handle your personal information. We collect and process your personal information
for the following purposes where necessary:
o to maintain our contractual or business relationship with you,
o for employment-related services where applicable,
o to tell you about the products and services we offer,
o to contact and correspond with you,
o for the management and defense of legal claims and actions, compliance with court
orders and other legal obligations and regulatory requirements, and as otherwise
permitted by law.
Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com may disclose your personal information
for these purposes to other Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com entities,
affiliates, suppliers, subcontractors who perform services on our behalf, clients
if you are seeking employment, an acquiring organization if Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com
is involved in the sale or transfer of some or all of its business, and where we
are otherwise required to do so, such as by court order.
Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com collects, processes and discloses sensitive
personal information only if required to comply with legal obligations or if there
is a compelling business reason to do so, or with your consent.
If you would like more information about Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com’s
privacy practices, please contact us by emailing us at info@Buffalo-solutions.com
or by writing to us at:
Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group, LLC
Attention: Privacy Director
115 Heartland Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55313 USA
WEBSITE PRACTICES NOTICE for this BUFFALO SOLUTIONS GROUP/BUFFALO-SOLUTIONS.COM.COM
GLOBAL WEB SITE
AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION
Non-Identifiable Information – Like many other Web sites, this Web site automatically
collects certain non-identifiable information regarding Web site users, such as the
Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet
Service Provider, the date and time you access the Web site, the Internet address
of the Web site from which you linked directly to the Web site, the operating system
you are using, the sections of the Web site you visit, the Web site pages accessed
and information viewed, and the materials you post to or download from the Web site.
This non-identifiable information is used for Web sites and system administration
purposes and to improve the Web site. Your non-identifiable information may be disclosed
to others and permanently archived for future use.
Cookies – This Web site uses “cookies”, a technology that installs information on
a Web site user’s computer to permit the Web site to recognize future visits using
that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of the Web site. For example,
the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as a previous user
of the Web site, to track your activity at the Web site in order to respond to your
needs, to offer personalized Web page content and information for your use, to automatically
populate online forms with your personal information for your convenience, and to
otherwise facilitate your Web site experience.
Advertisements displayed on the Web site may also contain cookies or other technologies.
Those advertisements may be provided by third party advertising companies, and Buffalo
SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com does not have any control over, or any responsibility
or liability for, the cookies or other technologies used in the advertisements or
for use and disclosure of information collected through advertisement cookies.
You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may affect
your use of this Web site and your ability to access or use certain Web site features.
INFORMATION USED
Tracking Information – Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com may use non-personal
information to create aggregate tracking information reports regarding Web site user
demographics and the use of this Web site, and then provide those reports to others.
None of the tracking information in the reports is connected to the identities or
other personal information of individual users.
OTHER MATTERS
Security – Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com works to keep our servers,
applications and databases secure and free from unauthorized access and use, by using
physical, administrative and technological measure to protect the information we
maintain. Unfortunately, no one can guarantee 100% security. If you have particular
security concerns about certain personal information, please do not transmit that
information over the Internet.
Other Web sites – This Web site may contain links to other Web sites or Internet
resources. When you click on one of those links you are contacting another Web site
or Internet resource that may collect information about you voluntarily or through
cookies or other technologies. Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com has
no responsibility, liability for, or control over those other Web sites or Internet
resources or their collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. You
should review the privacy policies of those other Web sites and Internet resources
to understand how they collect and use information.
Privacy Notice Changes – Buffalo SOLUTIONS Group/Buffalo-Solutions.com may change,
supplement or amend this Notice as it relates to your future use of this Web site
from time to time, for any reason, by posting a revised Notice on this Web site.
This notice was last updated on 25 July 2009