The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC). This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.  

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) and Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) family of websites.

If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information, such as by sending an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through our website, we will use that information to respond to your message or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is sensitive or includes personal information you may prefer to send it by postal mail instead.
We may share the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency. In other limited circumstances, such as responses to requests from Congress and private individuals, we may be required by law to disclose information you submit. Before you submit personal information, such as on an online form, you may be given more specific guidance as to how your personal information may be used.
Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records schedules of the National Archives and Records Administration, and in some cases may be covered by the Privacy Act and subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Use of your Personal Information

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) collects and uses your personal information to operate the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) website and deliver the services you have requested. The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) and its affiliates. The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC), and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC), in order to determine what the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

The Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC); and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC), or the public.