This Website (“This Website” or “we”) are committed to protecting the privacy of our users and customers. We consider the security of personal information to be of the highest importance, and have established standards to maintain and guard against unauthorized access to user information. The following privacy policy outlines how This Website collects personal information and what we do with the information once it is collected.
What does this privacy policy covers?
This privacy policy applies to personal information collected on This Website. The Site’s purpose is to provide news and happenings in the technology world (the “Services”). This privacy policy applies only to personal information collected on and after the date that this privacy policy is posted.
What types of information do we collect?
While we do not require any personal information to visit the Site, we may at times request some personal information, such as your name and e-mail address, in order to provide the Service, capture your feedback and update you about the Site and our Services. Some areas of the Site may be restricted and require login information (such as user name and password) to be created and/or entered at some point in the visit. In summary, we may request and may or may not store any of the following pieces of personal information depending on the nature of the visit to the Site:
• e-mail address
• user name/alias
• password
• communication preferences (topics of interest, type of communication, etc.)
• first/last name
We may also occasionally request non-personal information such as your age group, gender, and other information that may or may not be associated with your personal information.
No Information about Children
Our Service is not intended to be used by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly, directly or passively, collect information from children under the age of 13. If we create offers and products that make it appropriate to collect information from children under the age of 13, we will notify you of the change in this Policy.
Information we collect through technology
We collect certain types of information as part of the normal Site operations using a variety of technologies, including:
Server Logs
When you visit the Site, our web servers automatically collect information about each transaction between your browser and our servers. This is a practice common to all web servers known as server logging. Server logs can contain, but are not limited to, your IP address (a number associated with your internet service provider, company, or educational institution), transaction date, browser type, request type (GET or POST), session IDs, and cookie information. This information is normally used to generate information about general usage on the Site and to improve the Site. It may or may not be associated with your personal information.
Cookies
Cookies are files stored on your computer by websites that you visit. You can control, using your browser’s preferences, how cookies are treated, which sites may use them on your browser, and how you are notified of their use. We use cookies for various purposes on the Site to enhance user experience and to provide information about general usage trends on the Site.
Other types of information we may collect
We reserve the right to request other types of information in the future.
What we do with personal information
This Website is committed to maintaining the privacy of our visitors and customers. Personal information that we collect either actively or passively from our visitors and customers is used only to conduct business, communicate with visitors and customers, improve our products and services, and improve the Site. In that regard, we may use personal information to send notifications or updates regarding the products and services of This Website using electronic or non-electronic means. You may request that This Website does not use your personal information to contact you by sending such a request through our Contact page. Additionally, newsletters and product notifications sent by This Website include unsubscribe information which will remove you from all mailing lists permanently or until such time as you request this status to be changed.
This Website will not sell, trade, share, or in any way communicate personal information we store about you with any third party without your permission, with certain exceptions (see Exceptions, below). In the event that this policy is forced to change, such as a merger of This Website with another entity or the purchase of This Website assets by a third party, we will notify you 30 days advance of this event, during which time you may contact us with a request to change or delete personal information that we have stored, providing that this information is not required for normal business and accounting purposes.
Exceptions
Certain exceptions apply to our policy of sharing personal information with third parties.
Legal and safety factors
We may disclose personal information if required by law (for example, to comply with a subpoena) or in the event that we need to share information with a third party in order to protect your safety and security or the safety and security of This Website, its divisions, or its employees.
Third party sites
Please be aware that we may provide links to third party Web sites as a service to our users and we are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those sites. Please also note that these Web sites’ privacy policies will differ from those of This Website. Therefore, we encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices before providing them with information or visiting their sites.
Security
We use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, including the use of a storage facility with access limited to authorized personnel. While we have taken efforts to guard your personal information, we cannot guarantee that your information may be not be disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.
International users
By using our Site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that due to the international dimension of This Website, we may use the data collected in the course of our relationship for the purposes identified in this policy or in our other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. Please note that your personal information will be stored and processed on our computers in the United States. The laws on holding personal data in the United States may be less stringent than the laws of your country. If you object to your personal information being transferred or used as described in this Policy, please do not register for the Service.
Changes in this privacy policy
This privacy policy may change at any time. You should review this policy periodically to refresh your knowledge of our policy and to note changes that may have been made. We are committed to allowing you to control how your information is used, and if we plan to change our privacy policy significantly with regard to the sharing of your personal information, we will notify you 30 days in advance of the change during which time you may contact us with a request to change or delete personal information that we have stored, providing that this information is not required for normal business and accounting purposes.
Contact
This Website welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. Please send any requests to unsubscribe from This Website, or any comments you may have regarding this Statement of Privace through our Contact page .