This Privacy Policy explains the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information through our web site. Personal Information means information about an indentifiable individual. This includes in particular information that would allow a party to contact the individual, including, for example, the individual's full name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address. We only ask for the minimum amount of information required to operate and secure this web site and we intend to give you as much control as possible over your Personal Information, including the Registration Data.
Information Gathered through this Web Site
Browsing information: We will track the domains from which people visit it and analyse this data. When you use our web site, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) may collect information indirectly and automatically (through, for example, the use of your IP address) about your activities while visiting the site, including the web pages you view and the times you view them and information about the browser you are using. We use this browsing information for internal purposes such as to help understand how the site is being used and to improve it, and for system administration purposes. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer internet access provider, your IP address probably varies from session to session.
Usage: We use personal information as a basis for notifications to users, e-mail subscribtions, and in order to implement the terms of the Terms and Conditions of Use governing this web site (the "Terms"). User names, e-mail addresses and any additional information that a user may choose to post are publicly available on the web site. When users voluntarily and publicly disclose personal information that may contain Registration Data, or otherwise post personal information in conjunction with content subject to some license, such personal information necessarily will be disclosed subject to the terms of the license. An example of such a disclosure includes, but is not limited to, a user's disclosure of personal information as part of a message posted to a public forum, or a publicly-released software application.
Surveys: We may conduct surveys or other studies of our users for evaluation and planning purposes. With respect to information collected from such surveys or studies, and in the event that responses are to be publicly disclosed, users will be notified at the time they take the survey and we will disclose only aggregate information regarding our users and not personal information identifying any specific individual. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where surveys allow users to submit written comments, we reserve the right to disclose text information provided by any user through such a survey. Participation in such surveys is at the user's option; we do not conduct mandatory surveys. Circumstances under which we would publicly disclose such aggregate information include, but are not limited to, sharing survey results with other users of this web site.
Cookies: We employ "cookies" to provide a user with tailored information. A "cookie" is an element of data that a web site, when visited by a user, sends to that user's browser that, in turn, may store that element on the user's hard drive or memory. We use cookies to better serve users who use our web site; any cookies sent by us will be marked so that they will be accessible only by web sites subject to this Privacy Policy. However, at his or her option, and at his or her sole expense and responsibility, any user may block or delete our cookies. By disabling cookies, however, certain features and functionality may no longer work properly, or at all.
Enforcing the Terms: In order to implement or enforce the Terms, we may use personal information to contact users on an individual basis.
At no time, unless law requires such disclosure, disclosure is necessary to aid law enforcement, or a user specifically authorises such disclosure, will we disclose individual user Personal Information that is not publicly available to unrelated third parties.
Links
This web site contains links to other web sites, which may be controlled by us or unrelated third parties. Please note that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of any linked web site. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any web site you may visit.
Choice
E-mail subscribtions: Users may subscribe to receive site notifications or other information via e-mail. Users may remove themselves from such services at their discretion by accessing their account via this web site.
Profile Display: In some cases, users' Private Information may be publicly available through a user's profile display. In such cases, the real name of the users and the e-mail address used for registration will not be displayed publicly. In cases where site profiles allow users to display optional information publicly, such entry and display is at the user's discretion and may be changed at any time by the user.
E-mail Display: In some cases, users may have the opportunity to use a Service to send electronic mail to another user or e-mail list. In such cases, a user's valid e-mail address and real name will be included with such messages. In order to prevent abuse, users may not opt-out of such a display, but may choose to refrain from using said Service to transmit an e-mail message.
Access
Users can view their data on their personal account page. When technically feasible, users are permitted to update their personal information directly through this web site. When such updating service is not technically feasible, we will make reasonable efforts to assist users in updating their personal information.
Security
To secure site integrity, we employ measures including but not limited to security audits, use of encryption tools and software, and other reasonable security measures and procedures.
Internal access to users' private and non-public Personal Information is restricted to site administrators and individuals on a need-to-know basis.
In the event that we become aware that site security is compromised or user non-public information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including but not limited to external security attacks, we shall take reasonable measures which we deem appropriate, including but not limited to internal investigation and reporting, and notification to and cooperation with law enforcement authorities, notwithstanding other provisions of this Policy.
If we become aware that a user's Personal Information has been disclosed in a manner not permitted by this Privacy Policy, we shall make reasonable efforts to notify the affected user, as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted by law, of what information has been disclosed, to the extent that we know this information.
Updates
For updates of this Privacy Policy, we will both post the changed version and its effective date at http://www.langbein.org/privacy.
No Guarantees
While this Privacy Policy expresses our standards for maintenance of Personal Information, we are not in a position to guarantee that the standards will always be met. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data. As a consequence, we disclaim any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or non-disclosure of Personal Information.
