Marketing Services for Partners Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 23, 2005

Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the Marketing Services for Partners site (the “Site”) hosted for Microsoft by Gage Marketing Group, LLC; it does not apply to other online or offline Microsoft sites, products or services. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. The personal information we collect may include partner number, company, name, e-mail address, phone, postal address, and credit card information. In addition, information specific to your order(s) from the Site will be collected.

The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used for the operation and improvement of the Site. None of this information is personally-identifiable. This anonymous information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site, and is discarded when this process is completed.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized.

In support of these uses, Microsoft may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related Microsoft products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests.

We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information about other Microsoft products and services, and/or share information with Microsoft partners so they may send you information about their products and services.

Microsoft may hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, certain elements of campaign creation and management, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other new services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Microsoft may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Microsoft or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Microsoft and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees or agents, users of Microsoft products or services, or members of the public.

Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Microsoft abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

CONTROL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of Microsoft and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.

Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to Microsoft in the context of other, separately operated, Microsoft products or services.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information is collected by Gage Marketing Group, a Microsoft vendor. It is stored at Gage Marketing Group, plus sent back to Microsoft. You can review and edit the personal information you provided at this Site by sending e-mail to admin@mspartnerdirect.com or by writing to Gage at:

Gage Marketing Group LLC
Attn: Marketing Services for Partners Program Administration
4701 Von Karmen Ave., 1st Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION

Microsoft is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

COOKIES

Cookies are used on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration and ordering process. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. A session cookie is used, meaning it expires soon after you leave the registration and ordering process, and is not placed on your hard drive.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY STATEMENT

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of the Site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that Microsoft has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us by Email or via postal mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Gage Marketing Group LLC
Attn: Marketing Services for Partners Program Administration
4701 Von Karmen Ave., 1st Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660