Privacy policy

Introduction

At Scene Detector, we are committed to the protection of your privacy and personal data. As a subscriber of our email lists, visitor to our Website, or customer of our products and services, you decide what information to give us. Any information that you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the legal regulations of data protection and electronic communication.

In accordance with our corporate policy, Scene Detector pledges that it will never release, sell or trade your personal information without your consent. An exception must be made if we are required to do so by law or in the unlikely event of a sale of the business or transfer of assets.

The information that we gather falls into two categories:

  • Personally Identifiable Information:Personally identifiable information is any kind of information about a specific user, including name, email address and company. Scene Detector only collects personally identifiable information that you explicitly give us.
  • Non-Personally Identifiable Information:Non-personally identifiable information is any type of information collected in Web logs, including IP address, browser type, or the use of cookies. This information is only viewed in aggregate form and is not routinely tracked to an individual site visitor except in special cases, such as responding to Internet-based attacks.

Our privacy policies provide important disclosures and details regarding our usage of your information.

Policy for Website

As is standard practice on many Websites, Scene Detector logs non-personally identifiable information about site visitors to analyze Website traffic. This information is not routinely tracked to individual site visitors. It is only viewed and analyzed in aggregate form except in special cases, such as responding to Internet-based attacks.
  • IP Address:An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Scene Detector logs IP addresses to analyze traffic and improve the content of the Website. Scene Detector does not routinely track IP addresses to individual users. In special cases, such as responding to Internet-based attacks or troubleshooting customer or subscriber problems, logs for Web and other Internet services may be used to track the particular IP addresses that are involved in the incident.
  • Cookie: A cookie is a message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The message is sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users, and, in some cases, to prepare customized Web pages for them. The Scene Detector Website uses cookies to remember user regional preferences. Scene Detector also uses cookies on a permission basis by offering LISTSERV administrators, list owners and subscribers the possibility to store their passwords with the help of a cookie. Scene Detector does not use cookies to track individual users.
  • Web Forms:Web forms are used on the Scene Detector Website as a mechanism for site visitors to contact Scene Detector. The Web forms collect information, including name, email address and company name. This information is only used to answer and follow up on the request and is not shared with any third party unless explicitly mentioned.

Privacy Policy for Other Electronic Communication

Purchases:

If you purchase an Scene Detector product or service, Scene Detector will require you to provide appropriate data to fulfill the legal requirements on commercial transactions.

Inquiries and Support

If you send an inquiry or support request by email to a specific contact at Scene Detector, it may not always be possible for this contact to provide the information requested. In such circumstances, we may pass your inquiry to another recipient who can fulfill your information request

Contacting Scene Detector

Scene Detector welcomes your comments regarding these privacy statements. If you would like to know what Scene Detector email lists you are subscribed to or to submit questions or comments, feel free to contact us at: info@scene-detector.com<. Your feedback will help us improve our service to our customers.

To reflect this feedback, we may occasionally amend this privacy policy; thus, we encourage you to periodically review this page for any updates on our commitment to protect your information and provide you with improved content on our Website.

Legal Framework for Electronic Privacy

Further information about email communication and data protection legislation:

1. United States: CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

The CAN-SPAM Act took effect on January 1, 2004. The law, which supersedes and pre-empts provisions of many state laws, is essentially an opt-out law as opposed to the opt-in B2C component in the European Union.

The CAN-SPAM Act:

  • Bans false or misleading header information, including the "From" and routing information of the email message
  • Prohibits deceptive subject lines that mislead the recipient about the contents of the email message
  • Requires that email messages contain an opt-out mechanism and that these opt-out requests be honored
  • Requires that commercial email be identified as an advertisement and include the sender's valid physical postal address

For more information about U.S. spam legislation, visit:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:s.877.enr:
http://www.ftc.gov/spam/

2. European Union: Directive 2002/58/CE

Directive 2002/58/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002: Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications.

The directive establishes an opt-in regime, which means that no direct marketing electronic mail can be legally sent to natural persons (B2C) without the express consent of the recipient, unless a pre-existing business or commercial relationship exists. Consent is, however, not mandated for marketing to legal entities (B2B).

The Directive 2002/58/CE:

  • Requires prior consent from the recipient before any email marketing messages can be sent to natural persons (B2C)
  • Bans disguised or misleading sender information, including the "From" and routing information of the email message
  • Requires that email messages contain an opt-out mechanism and that these opt-out requests be honored
  • Requires that email messages contain a valid return address

For more information about Directive 2002/58/CE, visit:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=58&lg=en

3. European Union: Further Information on EU Data Protection

Directive 95/46/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31995L0046:EN:HTML

Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/
LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31997L0066:EN:HTML

EU Directive 2006/24/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks, amending Directive 2002/58/CE

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/
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First Council Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March 1968 on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent throughout the Community

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31968L0151:EN:HTML

Directive 2003/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 15 July 2003 amending Council Directive 68/151/EEC, as regards disclosure requirements in respect of certain types of companies, which gives the public easier and faster access to information on companies http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_221/l_22120030904en00130016.pdf