This Privacy Policy defines how VMS Software Inc. protects your personal information given when you use our website (training.vmssoftware.com), our forum (forum.vmssoftware.com), or our wiki (wiki.vmssoftware.com). Personal information will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Send any questions or concerns about your personal information or this Privacy Policy to training@vmssoftware.com.

Please note that all data collected by training.vmssoftware.com will be used and stored in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What We Collect

We collect information on our website (training.vmssoftware.com), forum (forum.vmssoftware.com), and our wiki (wiki.vmssoftware.com). The following information is gathered:

  • Name
  • Company
  • E-mail address

This information is only gathered at the time of purchase or registration. Users are not required to provide this information.

We also store cookies that are used to improve your user experience. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Why We Collect

We collect the information above for the purpose of identifying our customers, users of our wiki and forum. We need to identify our customers in order to issue quotes and invoices for them as well as provide the actual services (in particular, e-mail is used for further communication with the customer, such as providing credentials for accessing the training platform and training materials and instructions in case of instructor-led training). Users of the wiki and the forum need to be identified to have access to their personal dashboards and editing features (creating new threads on the forum and editing wiki pages).

We will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your explicit permission unless we are required to do so by law.

E-mail Communication

Users who provide their personal data may get the following e-mails:

  • Registration confirmation emails
  • Login credentials for accessing and training platform or registration links
  • Information about corporate offers, specific courses and arrangements (only if explicitly requested in a prior e-mail)
  • Quotes and invoices as requested by them
  • Instructor-led training materials and information (class arrangements and hours, office address, etc.)

If you use the OpenVMS Wiki (wiki.vmssoftware.com) and the OpenVMS Forum (forum.vmssoftware.com), you may receive notifications and digests if you choose to. They can always be turned off on your personal settings page on the Forum or the Wiki.

We do not send any e-mails apart from the ones mentioned above.

If you wish to remove your account from the website, please contact us at training@vmssoftware.com.

Security of Your Personal Information

We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure and stored in accordance with the GDPR requirements by providing the appropriate environment preventing unauthorized access or disclosure. We store your personal information on third party servers owned by Vultr.

If you believe that your data has been misused or is insecure, please contact us at training@vmssoftware.com

Use of Cookies

Cookies are files stored on your computer that hold details of your sessions, such as authorization details and the pages you visit. We analyze them in order to understand which pages are useful and which are not to improve our website; once the data has been analyzed, it is removed. Cookies do not give us access to any data that you did not choose to provide. You may choose to decline cookies in your web browser settings.

Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to other websites with OpenVMS-related information. Please note that once you leave our website, we are not responsible for the protection of the data that you provide to other websites. Please check these websites' privacy statements for details.

Control Your Personal Information

You are not forced to provide your personal information to training.vmssoftware.com. Courses can be purchased by contacting us at training@vmssoftware.com. You do not need to provide any information to read the OpenVMS Wiki (wiki.vmssoftware.com) and the OpenVMS Forum (forum.vmssoftware.com).

Send email to training@vmssoftware.com to promptly:

  • Learn what personal information about you is stored on our website.
  • Change what personal data is stored on the website.
  • Request removal of your personal data from the website.