User Correspondence:
At Bentley, we take our users' privacy very seriously. Therefore, we want to provide you with explicit information regarding how we collect, gather, and identify information during your visit to this site. This information may be expanded or updated as we develop or change our site. So that you may always know what information we collect, how we use it and when and how we disclose it, we recommend that you review this policy from time to time to see if it has changed. Your continued use of our site signifies your acceptance of our privacy policy.

How we gather information about our users:
We receive information about our users through a variety of methods. These methods include forms on Web pages, forms in our software, our software and service registration and licensing procedures, attendance or participation in events that Bentley sponsors or participates in, industry groups and organizations and publications, our partners and through direct communication such as phone conversations.

In our effort to provide personalization and opportunities for prizes and services, we may at times ask you to submit information about yourself. You never have to answer these questions. However, if you should elect to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information

Submissions:
Bentley welcomes user input and feedback and provides various services whereby such information can be made available to users of our web services, such as FAQs, Tips and Tricks, Case Studies, Examples, Resources, Galleries and other services. Any user material, information or other communication transmitted or posted to our Web sites or services, or otherwise provided to Bentley ("Submission") is understood by both parties to be non-confidential and non-proprietary. Bentley has no obligation with respect to any Submission and may freely copy, reproduce, incorporate, distribute or use such Submission as it wishes. Submissions that are pornographic, violent, obscene, threatening, defamatory, libelous or violate the law in any way, are prohibited.

Use of Cookies:
Our Web sites may use "cookies" to process and store information relevant to your use of our Web sites and services. Cookies are identifiers that a Web site can send to your browser to keep on your computer to identify you and make your successive visits to the Website more efficient. Using cookies, we are able to track the Internet address of the domains from which users visit us. We analyze this data for internal purposes. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie. This will give you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

Protection of User Information:
Bentley will not monitor, edit or disclose information about a user or a user's private content, except that user agrees Bentley may do so in the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary: (1) to comply with the law; (2) to comply with legal process; (3) to enforce the Terms; (4) to respond to claims that such content violates the rights of third parties; (5) to protect the interests of Bentley or others. All material submitted to our web sites and services, regardless of form or medium, becomes the property of Bentley.

Bentley does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bentley may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

Bentley may provide your personal information (including credit card information) to Bentley's agents for purposes of processing and/or fulfillment of transactions, including product orders, that are conducted through this site.

Control Your Personal Information:
As a valued customer, Bentley offers you the choice to opt out of receiving certain marketing communications by changing your personal settings. You may also stop the delivery of future promotional E-mail from Bentley by following the specific instructions in the E-mail you receive. The instructions explain how to stop receiving such E-mails.

General Notices:
We may send out periodic E-mails informing you of technical service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and news about our products and services. These E-mails are considered essential to the provision of the service you have requested. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information:
Bentley secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bentley secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Protecting Children:
Bentley is committed to the safety of our children. Children under the age of 18 may not participate in any discussion boards, sweepstakes or contests, nor make any public postings or submissions on any of our sites or services.

Links to Other Sites:
This site may contain links to other sites. Bentley is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. Please refer to the policies of the respective site.

Links to Bentley sites or services:
You are welcome to establish a hypertext link to our sites and services as long as the link does not state or imply Bentley's sponsorship of your site. Bentley reserves the right to revoke this courtesy, at its sole discretion. You may not link to our sites or services through a frame.

No Spamming:
From time to time, users may post their E-mail addresses in public posting areas of the Website. You agree not to gather any such email addresses for the purposes of spamming.

Intellectual property:
Bentley takes the protection of its intellectual property very seriously. Bentley is a registered trademark and other Bentley product names, service marks, slogans and logos referenced in this Web site are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. All other company, product or service names referenced in this Website are trademarks of their respective owners.

Bentley does not review specific requests for guidance concerning the use of trademarks, service marks, logos, or other product names. To the extent this Web site does not provide answers to your specific questions, please consult your legal counsel.

If you have a trademark question pertaining to an existing agreement or other business agreement with Bentley, please contact your Bentley account manager who will seek advice from the Bentley Legal or Marketing Department. For questions concerning academic use, please contact: academic@bentley.com. You may also contact (marketing) at marketing@bentley.com.

Bentley does not advise others on the scope of intellectual property rights. Bentley does not permit or consent to any name, logo, trademark or service mark to be used that could be confused with or dilute Bentley's trademarks. If you have any questions, you should consult your legal counsel.

Bentley is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others and requests the same of our users. Bentley, in its sole discretion, may terminate the accounts and access rights of users who infringe or otherwise violate others' intellectual property rights.

Miscellaneous:
This Web site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Bentley may make improvements and/or changes in the products, services, programs, and prices described in this Website at any time without notice. Pennsylvania law and controlling U.S. federal law will govern any action arising from use of this Web site.

Changes to this policy:
Bentley will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how Bentley will use your personally identifiable information, we will prominently post such changes. Bentley encourages you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to be informed of how Bentley is protecting your information.