IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT SUBSCRIBE OR USE OUR SERVICES.

This statement describes how and why PCB Matrix Corp. (PCBM) collects personal information and how that information is used. The latest Privacy Statement supersedes all prior revisions and has precedence over any verbal or written communication. PCBM reserves the right to modify its privacy policy with or without notice. If changes to this statement are significant (as determined by PCBM), PCBM will try to notify you by sending you an e-mail to the address associated with your account.

PCB Matrix staff will never ask for your password, via email, phone, or any other means. You should not share your password with anybody.

WHY INFORMATION IS REQUIRED
PCBM is committed to protecting your privacy and strongly values you as a visitor, subscriber, and/or customer. Therefore, PCBM set high standards that guide the collection, use and protection of your personal information.

PCBM offers you products, services and access in good faith that the information you voluntarily provide us about yourself is truthful. The consequence of failing to provide legitimate identity information is outlined in the Terms of Service.

Your access to the PCBM site will be limited unless you provide this personal information. This information is necessary for us to track the usage of the PCBM website and to help ensure the website is optimized for your best use. You have password-protected access and should keep your personal information with PCBM up to date.

Regardless of how PCBM requests the information and how it is provided to us, (including, but not limited to: verbally, in writing, via other parties or online), the PCBM Privacy Statement and Terms of Service are binding.

PCBM may require additional personal information in order for you to purchase, subscribe, act as an affiliate, or participate in certain surveys, sweepstakes and other activities.

INFORMATION OWNERSHIP & USAGE BY PCBM
Your personal information will be used by PCBM. We may access and/or update your information for reasons such as (but not limited to) providing a service you request, maintenance purposes and order verifications.

PCBM will not barter, sell or release your personal information to any organization, unless special circumstances arise in which PCBM deems it best to do so for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to: requirement by law or regulation; identification, reporting of activity deemed illegal; prevention of abuse; when PCBM believes an individual’s or organization’s well-being is threatened; failure to abide by the terms of use as determined by PCBM; merger with another company or acquisition; or to provide you with information to our products or services via a reseller.

PCBM may use your personal information in a limited number of ways. PCBM may record and maintain logs of your usage of the PCBM site, including (but not limited to) information you provide, your IP address, products you download, and pages you view. PCBM may publicly or privately share, with whomever it wishes, general, aggregated information that pertains to your account or usage of the PCBM site, such as (but not limited to) country, download statistics and demographic information. This general information that is shared will not identify your personal identification such as telephone number, email address and mailing address.

TECHNOLOGIES
PCBM uses “cookies” (relatively small files stored on your computer’s hard drive) which allow PCBM to do various tasks, such as track usage, recognize repeat visits, and provide session control so you may have access to products and services provided by PCBM. Therefore, so that you may have access to some PCBM products or services, your browser must have the ability to handle cookies. You can disable cookies, but, as a result, certain features and services of the PCBM site may become inaccessible to you. PCBM is not responsible for how cookies are handled by other web sites you visit.

PCBM may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) to track statistics of read e-mail messages and measure click-through rates. Cookies or beacons used by other parties (such as advertisers) will not be bound by PCBM Privacy Statement or Terms of Use. PCBM may, without notice, use other such technologies it deems necessary.

PCBM employs web pages that use industry-standard SSL connections to collect and protect your private information. Although PCBM takes measures to protect the collection and storing of your personal information, there are no guarantees that third parties will not illegally access your data or intercept it in transmission. PCBM is not responsible for such unlawful actions taken by other parties.

E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION
This subject is covered in the Terms of Use agreement.

AFFILIATES & THIRD PARTIES USAGE
PCBM is not responsible for how your information is stored, used, or handled by third parties.

All information you provide to PCBM Affiliates or other parties (such as advertisers), whether or not you link to them from PCBM, is collected and maintained by the respective parties, not PCBM. PCBM Advertisers, at their discretion, may also store cookies on your computer.

It is important that you note when you are dealing with PCBM affiliates that while they may co-brand or display the PCBM logo on their website, their privacy policies are likely to vary from those of PCBM. PCBM will use affiliates and third parties that are reputable and may discontinue business relationships with parties whose actions or services become questionable.

Sometimes it PCBM may need to share your personal information with third parties for the purpose of providing you a product or service. For instance, purchases will require that PCBM share all related personal and payment information (including, but not limited to name, address, and credit card numbers) with processing companies. The respective parties, not PCBM, are each responsible for how they handle your information, whether provided by PCBM or directly given by you to such parties. Their use of your information will not be bound by the PCBM Privacy Policy or Terms of Use.

PCBM Forum Moderators may have access to any information in your forum profile, including your email address. This is a very limited right that is granted selectively, but you should provide no information in your PCBM Forum profile that you do not wish to share.

SWEEPSTAKES & GIVEAWAYS
If you participate in any sweepstakes, PCBM may share your personal information with companies that sponsor the respective sweepstakes. If you are a sweepstakes winner, PCBM may (and likely will) publicize your name, company, city, state and country.

PCBM may randomly select anyone who has provided PCBM with the required personal information a prizewinner. PCBM will make reasonable effort to contact the winning individual. If PCBM cannot establish contact with the winning individual in reasonable time, PCBM reserves the right to select an alternate winner. Prizes may include products, coupons or discounts from the PCBM store. If you win and claim the prize, you in effect give PCBM the right to publicize your name, title, company, city, state and/or country.