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Some of the information we keep on our Web server is information that you volunteer to provide through forms and some is collected automatically. Unless you volunteer to submit personal data yourself, Mentor will not collect any information from which individual visitors can be identified. Information Automatically Collected and StoredAs many other companies do, Mentor measures the performance of its site in order to improve and customize it in favor of our visitors. During your visit, Mentor automatically collects and stores the following information about your computer and your visit:
Mentor may entrust third parties with the described performance measurement. Such third parties will be required to observe our privacy standards, to provide us only with aggregated information, to use the information collected only for the purposes for which they have been retained by Mentor, and to destroy the information afterwards. Some Mentor Web sites may deposit certain bits of information called "cookies" in a visitor’s computer. Generally, a cookie assigns a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Cookies can tell us how and when pages in a Web site are visited and by how many people. This technology does not collect an individual visitor’s identifying information; rather, this information is also in an aggregate form. The purpose of this technology and the information it provides is again to help us improve our Web sites. Most Web browsers allow the user to deny or accept the cookie feature. Personal Information You Choose to ProvideOnly when specifically requested by Web site visitors, for example, when filling out a form for an extended warranty, will Mentor collect and use personal information through this Web site. Mentor collects personal information in limited cases, specifically including, but not limited to, the following cases:
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In the ordinary course of business, we will share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. In such cases, we share the minimum amount of information necessary for the third-party to complete its function. In all cases, we will not authorize them to keep, disclose, or use your information except for the purpose of providing the services for which they have been contracted. Mentor will not sell, rent, publish or exchange such personally identifiable information to any other organization or entity unless the user is first notified and expressly agrees to it, or as otherwise required by law. This limitation does not prohibit transfer of information in conjunction with a significant corporate event, such as a merger, sale, dissolution, or acquisition, in which customer information is one of the business assets transferred. Changes to this Privacy PolicyMentor may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information either by sending a notice to the primary e-mail address specified by you or by placing a prominent notice on our Web site. This policy was last updated on March 1, 2005. Your Ability to Access, Revise, and Delete Your Personal InformationMentor’s website does not currently provide users with on line access to their information. Questions about this Privacy Policy If you have concerns or questions please contact us directly at:
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