1.0 Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting our visitors' privacy and we will not collect any personal information about you as a visitor unless you provide it voluntarily. Any personal information you communicate to us is kept within NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © itself in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2001.

2.0 The Data Protection Act 2001

The Data Protection Act 2001 has been enacted on the 14th December 2001 and came fully into force as from the 15th July 2003. We therefore have a legal duty to respect and protect any personal information we collect from you and we will abide by such duty. We take all safeguards necessary to prevent unauthorised access and we do not pass on your details collected from you as a visitor, to any third party or Government Department unless you give us your consent to do so.

3.0 Information Collected

As a visitor, we collect three types of information on you:

Contact or feedback information;
Web page download information;
Site usage information.

3.1 Contact or Feedback

When you fill the form on the "CONTACT US" or "FEEDBACK", we use the personal information submitted in the form only to respond to your message. This personal information will not be kept longer than necessary and will be deleted once the feedback requirement is met.

3.2 Download Information

If you read or download information from our site, we automatically collect and store the following non-personal information:

The requested web page or download;
Whether the request was successful or not;
The date and time when you accessed the site;
The Internet address of the web site or the domain name of the computer from which you accessed the site;
The operating system of the machine running your web browser and the type and version of your web browser.

Please note that this information is strictly for the sole use of NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © and it is not shared, leased, or sold in any manner to any other organisation.

3.3 Site Usage Information

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © creates "cookies" for each session when you visit our web site. These cookies store information that is sent to your browser - along with a web page - when you access a web page. Your browser will return the cookie information only to the domain from where the cookie originated, i.e., NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © and no other web site can request this information. When you return to NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©, the cookie is sent back to the web server, along with your new request.

4.0 Links to other Web Sites

Our site has a number of links to other local and international organisations and agencies. In some cases, for the benefit of the visitor, it may be required that we link to other web sites of other organisations after permission is obtained from them respectively. It is important for you to note that upon linking to another site, you are no longer on our site and you become subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

5.0 Access to your information

You may request us at any time what information is effectively held on you if any, at that particular time. You have the right to have any inaccuracies corrected and where applicable erased, if ithey are not already deleted.

6.0 Changes to this Privacy Policy

If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the "Privacy Policy" page any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © 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 NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © 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 NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © does not read any of your private online communications.

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © and NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © collects and uses your personal information to operate the NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © Web site and deliver the services you have requested. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © and its affiliates. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © 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, NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © 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 NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©, in order to determine what NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © Web sites 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 NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a 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.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal ©'s pages, or register with NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © site or services, a cookie helps NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © is protecting your information.

Contact Information

NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © has not adhered to this Statement, please contact NextGen SoftMedia Malta Portal © at pnikashin@softmedia.com.mt. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.