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This version in effect beginning April 2004.
Protecting your privacy is important to BuzzyCode (hereafter,
the Company). This Privacy Policy explains how the Company collects, uses, and
discloses the personal information you may provide while using the Company's
web site and the content, information and services provided through the Web
site (collectively, the Web Site).
YOUR CONSENT
1. By using the Web Site, you signify your consent to the
collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with
this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, you may not use the Web
Site.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED
2. Non-Identifiable Information - Like
many other Web sites, the Web Site automatically collects certain
non-identifiable information regarding Web Site users, such as the Internet
Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service
Provider, the date and time you access the Web Site, the Internet address of
the Web site from which you linked directly to the Web Site, the operating
system you are using, the sections of the Web Site you visit, the Web Site
pages accessed and information viewed., and the materials you post to or
download from the Web Site. This non-identifiable information is used for Web
Site and system admin iteration purposes and to improve the Web Site. Your
non-identifiable information may be disclosed to others and permanently
archived for future use.
3. Cookies -
The Web Site may use "cookies,” a technology that installs information on a Web
Site user's computer to permit the Web Site to recognize future visits using
that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of the Web Site. For
example, the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as a
previous user of the Web Site, to track your activity at the Web Site in order
to respond to your needs, to offer personalized Web page content and
information for your use, to automatically populate online forms with your
personal information for your convenience, and to otherwise facilitate your use
of the Web Site.
Advertisements displayed on the Web Site may also contain cookies or other
technologies. Third party advertising companies may provide these
advertisements, and the Company does not have any control over, or any
responsibility or liability for, the cookies or other technologies used in the
advertisements or for the use and disclosure of information collected through
advertisement cookies.
You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may
affect your use of the Web Site and your ability to access or use certain Web
Site features.
PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE
4. Your Personal Information - During your
use of the Web Site, you may be asked to voluntarily provide personal
information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone
number in order to enable communications with you, apply for access to certain
special features or areas of the Web Site, carry out transactions, or
facilitate your use of the Web Site. If you choose not to provide certain
requested personal information, you will not be able to use the Web Site.
5. Use of Your Personal Information
– The Company may use your personal information to contact and correspond
with you, to respond to your communications, to process transactions and charge
for services, to facilitate and enhance your use of the Web Site, to provide
you with information and services requested through the Web Site, and as
otherwise permitted by law. The Company may develop a confidential user profile
for you, which will be used to facilitate your use of the Web Site.
Additionally, the Company may keep a record of all communications with you.
6. Emails from the Company - If you
contact The Company or otherwise indicate that you would like to receive email
from the Company, the Company may periodically send you email or other
communications containing information about the Company and other matters
(including third party products or services) the Company believes will interest
you. At any time you may ask the Company to stop sending you email and other
information by contacting webmaster@buzzycode.com . Each email the Company
sends to you will tell you how to decline further email. From time to time, the
Company may also send you email containing important information regarding the
Web Site, which you may not opt out of receiving.
7. Tracking Information – The Company
may use non-personal information to create aggregate tracking information
reports regarding Web Site user demographics and the use of the Web Site, and
then provide those reports to others. None of the tracking information in the
reports can be connected to the identities or other personal information of
individual users. The Company also may link tracking information with Web Site
users' personal information. Once such a link is made, all of the linked
information is treated as personal information and will be used and disclosed
only in accordance with this Policy.
8. Disclosure of Your Personal Information
– The Company may disclose your personal information in the
following circumstances:
(i) Disclosure to Authorizing Persons - If your access to certain areas of the
Web Site has been authorized by the Company, customer or other individual, the
Company may provide your personal information to that authorizing person. The
Company has no control over authorizing persons' use of your personal
information, and that use is not necessarily subject to this Policy. If you do
not wish your personal information to be disclosed to the person who has
authorized your use of the Web Site, you may not use the Web Site.
(ii) Disclosure to Affiliates – The Company may provide your personal
information to its affiliated businesses for employment-related purposes or for
use in connection with matters relating to your use of the Web Site. The
Company has no control over its affiliated businesses' use of your personal
information, and that use is not necessarily subject to this Policy. If you do
not wish your personal information to be disclosed to certain or any affiliated
businesses, you may not use the Web Site.
(iii) Disclosure to Suppliers , Prospective Employers, and Other Third Parties
– The Company may provide your personal information to suppliers, prospective
employers, and third parties for employment-related purposes or for use in
connection with matters relating to your use of the Web Site. The Company has
no control over these third parties' use of your personal information, and that
use is not necessarily subject to this Policy. If you do not wish your personal
information to be disclosed to certain or any third parties, you may not use
the Web Site.
(iv) Disclosure in Business Transfers – The Company may be involved in the sale
or transfer of some or all of its business. As part of that sale or transfer,
the Company may disclose your personal information to the acquiring
organization, but will require the acquiring organization to agree to protect
the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with
this Policy. If you do not wish the Company to disclose your personal
information as part of the sale or transfer of some or all of its business, you
may not use the Web Site.
9. Location of Information –
The Company will store and process your personal information IN U.S.A, or, from
time to time, in other locations that the Company decides are necessary or
convenient in order to provide you with efficient and effective service.
10. Securing Your Information -
To help protect the confidentiality of your personal information, the
Company employs security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the
information. Nevertheless, due to the nature of Internet technologies, security
and privacy risks cannot be eliminated and the Company cannot guarantee that
your personal information will not be disclosed in ways not otherwise described
in this Policy.
11. Accessing Your Personal Information - You
may request access to your personal information and information about the
Company's collection, use and disclosure of that information by contacting the
Company at webmaster@buzzycode.com . Subject to certain exceptions prescribed
by law, you will be given reasonable access to your personal information, and
will be entitled to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information
and to have it amended as appropriate. You can help The Company maintain the
accuracy of your information by notifying the Company of any changes to your
personal information.
OTHER MATTERS
12. Web Site Use Agreement -
The Web Site Use Agreement governing your use of the Web Site contains
important provisions, including provisions disclaiming, limiting or excluding
the liability of the Company and others for your use of the Web Site and the
use of your user name and password, and provisions determining the applicable
law and exclusive jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes regarding
your use of the Web Site. Each of those provisions applies to any disputes that
may arise in relation to this Policy and the collection, use and disclosure of
your personal information, and are of the same force and effect as if they had
been reproduced directly in this Policy.
13. Former Users -
If you stop using the Web Site or your permission to use the Web Site is
terminated, the Company may continue to use and disclose your personal
information in accordance with this Policy as amended from time to time.
14. Other Web Sites -
The Web Site may contain links to other Web sites or Internet resources.
When you click on one of those links you are contacting another Web site or
Internet resource that may collect information about you voluntarily or through
cookies or other technologies. The Company has no responsibility, liability
for, or control over these Web sites or Internet resources or their collection,
use and disclosure of your personal information. You should review the privacy
policies of these Web sites and Internet resources to understand how they
collect and use information.
15. Privacy Policy Changes -
This Policy may be changed from time to time in the Company's sole
discretion and without any prior notice or liability to you or any other
person. The collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by the
Company will be governed by the version of this Policy in effect at that time.
New versions of this Policy will be posted here. Your continued use of the Web
Site subsequent to any changes to this Policy will signify that you consent to
the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance
with the changed Policy. Accordingly, when you use the Web Site you should
check the date of this Policy and review any changes since the last version.
You should also bookmark this page and periodically review this Policy to
ensure that you are familiar with the most current version.
16. Con test s and Promotions -
If con test s or promotions are made available through the Web
Site, the applicable con test or promotion rules may include rules regarding
the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. To the extent that
those specific rules conflict with this Policy, the con test or promotion rules
will govern regarding personal information collected regarding the particular
con test or promotion.
17. Your Comments
- If you have any comments or questions about this Policy or your personal
information, please contact The Company at webmaster@buzzycode.com.
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