CNC Software, Inc. (CNC), would like to thank you for visiting our website.
We know many visitors have questions regarding the privacy of their interactions
with CNC. We hope this privacy policy statement will answer any questions you
may have, but if it does not, please feel free to contact us at the email address
or postal address shown below.
Please note that most Mastercam® products are sophisticated computer-aided
manufacturing software products aimed at small and large shops , mechanical
engineers and other manufacturing and design professionals. Mastercam products
generally have a suggested retail price of thousands of USDollars per license
and CNC does not consider Mastercam products to be consumer products.
The Contents of this statement are organized as follows:
- Online Privacy/ Marketing Contacts and Privacy/
License Activation and/or License Registration and Privacy
- Mastercam Discussion Forum
- Third Party Sites
- Technical Support, Special Cases, and Privacy
- Information Collected in Connection with Technical Support and the Use
of That Information
- Customer Feedback Program
Online Privacy/ Marketing Contacts and Privacy/
License Activation and/or License Registration and Privacy
Information Collected from Online Visitors
In general, you can visit the Mastercam website without telling us who you are
or revealing any personal information about yourself, such as your name, phone
number, or postal or email address. Our web server collects IP addresses to
obtain certain aggregate information concerning the use of our website. An IP
address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever
you’re surfing the web. We do not link IP addresses to any personally
identifiable information. Therefore you can remain anonymous when you visit
our website.
Our web servers also collect information such as number of visits, average time
spent on the site, pages viewed, etc., but this information is not traceable
back to an individual user. CNC uses this information to analyze how people
use our site and generate ideas on how the site might be improved.
Some of our web pages utilize "cookies" so that we can better serve
you with tailored information when you return to our site. Cookies are identifiers
that a web site can send to your browser to keep on your computer to facilitate
your next visit to our site. It may do such things as store the fact that you
have registered for a seminar so that the next time you visit the site we recognize
that you are a registrant. You can, if you wish, set your browser to notify
you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not
to accept it.
Occasionally you may be asked to give us more specific information about yourself,
such as when you download software, register for a seminar or other event, respond
to a survey, or enter a contest from our website. Supplying such information
to us is optional, but you may be unable to complete certain transactions without
giving such information.
Entities collecting personal information
The information provided at this site is collected by CNC Software, Inc., 671
Old Post Road, Tolland, Connecticut, 06084. Our telephone number is (860) 875-5006.
This website contains links to websites owned and maintained by other companies.
Such websites may also collect personal information and such collection of personal
information will be subject to the privacy policies of the site and company
at which it is collected.
Information Collected via Marketing Activities
CNC conducts many different marketing activities by which it may collect your
personal information. For example, we collect individual contact information
at trade shows, we run contests for which participants provide basic information
on registration, we obtain addresses from publications that target the industries
from which we hope to attract customers, we obtain attendee lists from trade
shows that we participate in, and we obtain publicly available lists from sources
that compile their information specific to the industries and related industries
that we are in.
Information Collected via License Activation
and/or License Registration
At the time customers license of a copy, or copies, of Mastercam® software
through an authorized entity, CNC collects information such as Company name,
shipping address, contact name, contact email address, telephone number, title,
role, products designed, primary product in use and industry sector. CNC requests
this information because it believes it is important to understand who its customers
are and how to contact them with relevant product information. In some circumstances,
CNC may be obligated to make this information available to third parties who
license to CNC, technology that is included in the products being activated.
If CNC receives an inquiry from a person at the licensee company as to which
individual at the company has activated a given license, CNC will supply the
contact name in response to enable the company to understand where its licenses
are being used.
The Use of Personal Information
CNC may use the personal information you provide us for a variety of purposes,
including registration, authentication, and marketing. We may use the information
to inform you of special offers, contests, upgrades, and other Mastercam®
software products and services that may be of interest to you. When you are
a customer of Mastercam products or services, we may use your personal information
to contact you for a wide array of customer relation/customer service purposes,
such as to inquire whether you intend to renew maintenance agreements or other
contracts with CNC or to request that you respond to a survey concerning our
products and services or to address a question regarding an order.
Since Mastercam resellers are our primary sales channel and provide the first
line of support to our customers, the information we receive about you commonly
comes from them when Mastercam products are licensed. If you have contacted
us first about a Mastercam Product or service, we share personal contact information
with the reseller assigned to a particular region, customer, or prospect.
Some of the marketing information we provide you may also contain materials
concerning the products and/or services of other third parties that enhance
or augment Mastercam Products. Unless we inform you otherwise at the point at
which we collect your information, we will not provide your personal contact
information directly to a third party not otherwise described herein.
Mastercam products are not marketed to children under the age of 13 and CNC
does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age
of 13. CNC is committed to protecting the privacy of children and if CNC becomes
aware that such information was collected, it will treat that information as
sensitive. However, CNC does market to educational facilities and educators
that may have students in this age group. CNC feels the Educational market is
an important market for the future of the Manufacturing industry.
If you do not wish to receive information about additional Mastercam products
or services or those of its partners, please let us know (contact information
below) and we will respect your wishes.
CNC stores the personal data of web site visitors and customers indefinitely
and may maintain and process such information directly or indirectly in one
or more databases in the United States and elsewhere. We may hire other companies
to provide services on our behalf that may involve the storage and use of your
personal information, such as for delivering mailings or emails. Any such company
or third party is required to maintain the confidentiality of that information
and is prohibited from using that information for any purpose other than as
authorized by us. If you provide personal information to CNC, you agree and
consent to the storage and usage of this information anywhere that CNC and its
affiliates maintain offices (around the world), for a variety of purposes, including
those described above.
CNC may also disclose such personal information if required by law or if CNC
believes in good faith that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply
with legal process (for example, a warrant or subpoena or other court order)
or protect the rights, property or personal safety of CNC, our customers or
the public.
Updating Personal Information and "Opting
Out"
CNC wants to ensure that the information it collects is accurate. You may notify
us of any change to your address, phone number, email address or other information
by sending us an email message at privacy@Mastercam.com
or by notifying us in writing at:
CNC Software, Inc.
671 Old Post Road
Tolland, Connecticut 06084
If at any time you wish to "opt out" of receiving information from
CNC, please notify us by sending us an email or written message to the addresses
shown above or by emailing us at remove@Mastercam.com
. Please note that due to lead times on certain mailings and other contacts,
you may continue to receive contacts for a period following your "opt out"
notification.
Changes to this Policy
CNC may change this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted to
this site, so we encourage you to review our privacy policy from time to time.
Mastercam Discussion Forum
CNC participates in various Community activities with its users, including Discussion
Forums. Participation in these activities is voluntary
and it is very likely that personal information will be exposed to other members
of the Community if you participate. Some users prefer to participate using
pseudonyms, but email addresses are required. CNC takes no responsibility for
maintaining the privacy of any personal information you make available to members
of any Community identified in or other similar websites.
Third Party Sites
This website contains links to websites owned and maintained by other companies.
Such websites may also collect personal information and such collection of personal
information will be subject to the privacy policies of the site and company
at which it is collected. CNC is not responsible for the content or privacy
practices of any non- CNC website. Please review the privacy policy of such
other sites before providing them with your personal information.
Technical Support, Special Cases and Privacy
Information Collected in Connection with Technical Support and the Use
of That Information
Generally, CNC technical support group can obtain customer contact information
via the serial number and registration data it maintains in its customer database.
CNC may use this contact information to respond to support inquiries and/or
to request additional information from the customer.
Occasionally CNC must obtain files and/or model information to assist it in
diagnosing their technical support issues. CNC may share model and file information
provided by a customer with a licensor of technology that is included in a Mastercam
product if CNC considers that appropriate to assist it in diagnosing or resolving
a customer problem. All of such licensors are also contractually obligated to
protect the confidentiality of customer models and files.
If files are required to diagnose a problem, or to provide training or support
on a specific application, and are considered highly confidential, CNC can enter
into a non-disclosure agreement with you or your company to ensure the confidential
nature of your work.
Some third party software that interoperates with the Mastercam software, such
as Microsoft’s Windows Vista® operating system software, may request
data from your system in order to assist it in diagnosing issues. You will be
informed of the need for this information and may choose whether to provide
it to the third party. The third party will be responsible for any privacy issues
related to the information you provide it.
CNC also maintains many of the customer files in a database it uses to conduct
regression tests and other tests of later releases of the Mastercam software.
Customer Feedback Program
The Mastercam products include an optional feedback tool that, if turned on, sends basic system and usage information to CNC via the Internet. The feedback tool is turned off by default and can only be turned on by the user. It may be turned off and on repeatedly at the option of the user through the Help menu, and we may choose to ask again at a future date. This data is used only for quality and product improvement purposes and helps give CNC an idea of the relative value of various functionalities within its products along with hardware and software trends in the user community. The data does not include any user model data or any information that could be used to re-create models, and is reviewed by CNC in the aggregate. All information collected in this program is confidential.
We hope this policy statement helps you understand CNC practices with respect
to your personal and business information. If you have any questions or concerns,
please contact us as indicated above under the heading Updating Personal
Information and "Opting Out."