Applied Research & Development is committed to providing you with the highest levels of service. This includes protecting your privacy.
Personal information
The personal information that is held by Applied Research & Development may include your name, date of birth, current addresses, telephone/mobile phone number, email address, occupation, your Applied Research & Development username and password and information you complete in your Applied Research & Development profile.
How we collect personal information
Applied Research & Development collects personal information in a number of ways, including:
- directly from you, when you provide information in www.a-r-d.net registration forms or contact forms, or other forms on our website;
How we use personal information
Your personal information may be used to:
- verify your identity;
- assist you by streamlining the process of previewing and purchasing music tracks;
- provide the services you require from www.a-r-d.net;
- administer and manage Applied Research & Development services, including charging, billing and collecting debts;
- inform you of new services or improvements to existing services; and
- develop Applied Research & Development services;
Your personal information is collected so that Applied Research & Development may also promote its services to you (both electronically and by way of direct mail). Applied Research & Development may undertake, from time to time, marketing activities to keep you informed of its products, services and special offers. If you do not wish Applied Research & Development to promote and market its products, services and special offers to you, please contact us here and ask to be removed from this service.
By registering at a-r-d.net you allow us to contact you electronically or by direct mail in relation to our services and products. If you do not wish to receive these communications, please contact us and ask to be removed from this service.
When we disclose personal information
In order to deliver the services you require, www.a-r-d.net may need to disclose some limited personal information to organisations outside of Applied Research & Development . Your personal information is disclosed to these organisations only in relation to www.a-r-d.net providing its services to you. We may require to disclose some of your details to facilitate:
- customer enquiries;
- mailing operations;
- billing and debt-recovery functions; and
- web site usage analysis.
Applied Research & Development takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information. In addition, www.a-r-d.net may disclose your personal information to:
- your authorised representatives or your legal advisers (e.g. when requested by you to do so);
- Applied Research & Development’s professional advisers, including its accountants, auditors, lawyers, credit service providers and financial service providers; and
- government and regulatory authorities and other organisations, as required or authorised by law
Applied Research & Development web site
Applied Research & Development provides products and services via its web site www.a-r-d.net. When you visit Applied Research & Development's website, our web servers record anonymous information such as the time, date and URL of the request. This information assists Applied Research & Development to improve the structure of its web sites and monitor their performance.
Applied Research & Development may use cookies on its website. Cookies are an industry standard small file that our website may place on your computer. Usually, cookies are used as a means for Applied Research & Development website to remember who you are, or your particular preferences. Our cookies are only used by the Applied Research & Development website to improve and make more efficient your website experience.
In some cases, cookies may collect and/or store personal information about you. Applied Research & Development privacy policy extends to cookie information also. You may adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used but if you do disable the use of cookies, you may not be able to access certain functions within our website, or take advantage of the improved web site experience that is facilitated through the use of cookies.
How we maintain accurate information
Applied Research & Development takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal information it collects, uses or discloses is accurate and complete. However, the accuracy of our information depends on the information you provide and the frequency with which you review it. Applied Research & Development recommends that you:
- let us know if there are any errors in your personal information; and
- review your online information through our website and regularly update it.
You can access personal information
You have the right to access any personal information that we keep, subject to those exceptions that are allowed by law. To do so, put your request in writing send it by mail to Applied Research & Development at the details shown here.
Applied Research & Development reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for and providing access to your information.
To contact us
If you have a question related to our privacy policies, please contact us here.
