Privacy statement

Academic Download will do all it can to protect the privacy of its members. This privacy statement shall apply to the www.academicdownload.com website and concerns the collection and use of information provided by academic Download's members. If you want to become Academic Download member and use this internet download channel, you then have to accept the terms of this privacy statement.


This statement will inform you about ...
... the personal data we collect.
... the way your information is used.
... whom your information may be shared with.
... how you can access, update or delete your information.
... the kind of security mechansim in place to protect your personal data.
... what cookies are and how they are used.
... what Microsoft Passport.net is and how it is used.
... how you can contact us about this statement.


Collecting personal information

As a member, you must provide us with correct personal information to get an access to the members' section.

When registering, you will give us some information concerning you and your student status. Your school already gave us some of the information asked.

Personal information may be collected later on, when you report a problem for example. A record of that correspondance may be kept. Member traffic patterns and website usage are also monitored on a general basis to help develop the design and layout of the website.

Information about the hardware and software that you use is automatically collected. This information includes your IP-addresses, browser versions, domain names, session information and visited pages.


Using personal information

All the information collected from you is used to:

Verify your student status.
To allow you to download the programs.
To offer you customized services.

Information concerning the download of a product may be provided to the appropriate software publisher. The software publisher uses this information for warranty and support purposes.

Reports on user demographics and download traffic patterns are sometimes created for advertisers and partners - these are stripped of any individual or personal identification.

The information about the hardware and software you use is used to upgrade and improve the website.


Sharing information

Your information is neither sold, traded or rented.

The only information shared with a third party is the product download information with the supplier of that particular product, for warranty and support purposes. This may include your name and date of download.

For any questions about how software publishers use your personal information when you visit their site, please contact them directly.

Confidential, personal information is never used or made public by Academic Download without your explicit consent.


Accessing personal information

Users can correct or change any information in their account profile. Users may change this information at any time, as long as they are a member and logged in.

Your account can be deactivated or deleted. If you do so, you will not be able to access any members-only area of the site anymore. Any download history information, however, will always remain in protected records.


Security of information

The information you gave us is protected both during transmission and storage. Your account and profile information are protected by a password so that you and only you have access to this personal information. Furthermore, all member data is protected against unauthorized access on the system's secure servers.


What are "cookies" and how do we use them?

"Cookies" are text-files which are saved on your computer's hard disk by a web server. Cookies can't be used to execute a program, nor can it be used to place a virus on your computer.

Cookies are used to save time. They store information which can be called back to the browser during a given time.

You can setup your browser to accept or not to accept cookies. Most browsers already have 'accepting cookies' on.

We may place a cookie on your hard disc to identify you when you visit our site.

It is also possible that certain functions of our website don't work correctly when you do not accept cookies.


What is Microsoft Passport.net and how does it work?

Microsoft .net Passport is a way to identify you on our site. When you sign in, we will receive a unique number from the Passport.net-server which will tell us which Passport.net-account has just signed in. We will not save any other information received from the Passport.net-server. This number will be linked to the information that you entered in our site. The complete privacy statement of .net Passport is located here: http://www.passport.net/Consumer/PrivacyPolicy.asp?lc=1033

Contact us about this statement.

Academic Download is ready to discuss any comments about this statement. If you think Academic Download is not complying to the conditions mentioned in this statement, please contact the Academic Download team via e-mail. We will do everything to locate and solve the problem as quickly as possible.

privacy@ma3d.com