Privacy Policy

Please take a moment to read the following to learn more about our information practices, including what type of information is gathered, how the information is used and for what purposes, to whom we disclose the information, and how we safeguard your personal information. Your privacy is a priority to us, and we go to great lengths to protect it.

Website Visitors

Except as described below, STEPS for Assessment does not collect or require visitors to www.stepsinc.com (“Website”) to furnish personally-identifying information such as names, email addresses and phone numbers. STEPS for Assessment collects non-personally-identifying information such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and date and time of each visitor request. STEPS for Assessment also collects potentially personally-identifying information which are non-personally-identifying in and of themselves but could be used in conjunction with other information to personally identify you, such as Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses.

STEPS for Assessment’s purpose in collecting this information is to better understand how STEPS for Assessment’s visitors use the Website. To that end, STEPS for Assessment may share potentially personally-identifying information with its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations. STEPS for Assessment may also release non-personally-identifying information about visitors, e.g. by publishing a report on Website usage trends. Otherwise, STEPS for Assessment will not publicly release potentially personally identifying information except under the same circumstances as STEPS for Assessment releases personally identifying information. Those circumstances are explained in detail below.

Collection of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain Website visitors choose to interact with STEPS for Assessment in ways that require STEPS for Assessment and others to know more about them. The amount and type of information that STEPS for Assessment gathers from Users depends on the nature of the interaction. You can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information to STEPS for Assessment, with the understanding that it may prevent you from engaging in certain activities on or related to the Website.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

STEPS for Assessment discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on STEPS for Assessment’s behalf or to provide services available at STEPS for Assessment’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. STEPS for Assessment will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, STEPS for Assessment discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when STEPS for Assessment believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of STEPS for Assessment, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an STEPS for Assessment website and have supplied your email address, STEPS for Assessment may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with STEPS for Assessment and our products.

Cookies

STEPS for Assessment’s Web site may use cookies to help STEPS for Assessment identify and track visitors, their usage of the Web site, and their Web site access preferences across multiple requests and visits to STEPS for Assessment’s Web site. STEPS for Assessment visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers by STEPS for Assessment should set their browsers to refuse cookies before linking to the Website. Certain features of the Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Where STEPS for Assessment has collected personally-identifying information subject to one of the exceptions described in the Collection of Personally-Identifying Information section, above, it may disclose that information to STEPS for Assessment employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that need to know such information in order to process it on STEPS for Assessment’s behalf and that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using STEPS for Assessment’s Web sites, you consent to the transfer of your information to them. STEPS for Assessment does not rent or sell such information to anyone.

Updating of Personally-Identifying Information

STEPS for Assessment permits Users to freely update and correct their personally-identifying information as maintained by STEPS for Assessment. To do so, Users and Convertees need only look for the links and other tools available on STEPS for Assessment’s Web sites or contact STEPS for Assessment by email. If you no longer wish to receive materials distributed by STEPS for Assessment, you should unsubscribe by using the unsubscribe link located in the email message.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although changes are likely to be minor, STEPS for Assessment may change this STEPS for Assessment Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes will be reflected on this page. STEPS for Assessment encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.