thedevcommunity.org Privacy Policy
thedevcommunity.org is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy statement
explains data collection and use practices of the ineta.org site (this web “Site”);
it does not apply to other online or offline products or services. By accessing
this Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described
in this privacy statement.
- Collection of your Personal Information
- Use of your Personal Information
- Control of your Personal Information
- Access to your Personal Information
- Security of your Personal Information
- Protection of Children's Personal Information
- Use of Cookies
- Use of Web Beacons
- Use of Sign-in and Registration Services
- Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
- Changes to this Statement
- Contact Information
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal
information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction
that you have requested such as receiving information about thedevcommunity.org
products and services, entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining
a limited-access premium site or service, signing up for an event or training, or
when purchasing, downloading and/or registering thedevcommunity.org products and
services. The personal information we collect may include your name, title, company
or organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information
about your job function, information about your company, credit card information,
and other information as needed.
The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the
Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you
access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access
while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked
directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the site, analyze
trends and administer the site. Some of our sites may collect information about
your hardware and software in order to provide a requested service.
thedevcommunity.org technical communities provide opportunities to interact with
thedevcommunity.org members, volunteers, employees, experts, and your peers in order
to share knowledge and news about thedevcommunity.org products or services, and
related technologies. In order to avoid your e-mail address or other personal information
from being gathered and used by others for inappropriate or harmful purposes, thedevcommunity.org
advises that you should be cautious about posting a real e-mail address or other
personal information to newsgroups, chats, or other public forums.
Use of your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site
and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested
or authorized.
In support of these uses, thedevcommunity.org may use personal information to provide
you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related thedevcommunity.org
products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need
for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your
particular preference or interests. In order to offer you a more consistent experience
in your interactions with thedevcommunity.org, information collected by thedevcommunity.org
may be combined with information collected by other thedevcommunity.org services.
We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about
the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications.
Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information about other thedevcommunity.org
products and services, and/or share information with thedevcommunity.org partners,
sponsors, and affiliates so they may send you information about their products and
services.
We merge site-visitation data with demographic information for research purposes,
and we may use this information individually and in aggregate to provide more relevant
content or to provide more products or services. In some sections of this Site,
we may combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide
you with personalized content.
When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional and other e-mail
from thedevcommunity.org. thedevcommunity.org may use customized links or similar
technologies to track e-mail links that you click. We may associate that information
with your personal information in order to provide you more focused e-mail communications
or product or services information. When you sign up for a newsletter you agreee
to provide thedevcommunity.org a valid e-mail address and update your e-mail address
to maintain a valid e-mail address so long as you are registered for a newsletter.
To register to receive thedevcommunity.org newsletters, you must register as a member
or become a member of thedevcommunity.org, a membership organization, n the registration
process. To unsubscribe from newsletters from thedevcommunity.org as a member of
thedevcommunity.org, a membership organization, you must unsubscribe by removing
yourself as a member of thedevcommunity.org.
Some services on this Site offer individuals the ability to publicly display certain
personal information, such as for an thedevcommunity.org user group as part of offering
user group services. Participation in such services is not optional for user groups.
thedevcommunity.org occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes,
answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information
about our products, special offers, and other services. We will only provide those
companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required
to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using
that information for any other purpose.
thedevcommunity.org may disclose personal information if required to do so by law
or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the
edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on thedevcommunity.org or
the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of thedevcommunity.org and
our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal
safety of thedevcommunity.org employees or agents, users of thedevcommunity.org
products or services, or members of the public.
Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United
States or any other country in which thedevcommunity.org or its affiliates, subsidiaries
or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer
of information outside of your country. thedevcommunity.org abides by the safe harbor
framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection,
use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide
on the Site will not be shared outside of thedevcommunity.org and its controlled
subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next
section, you can access your personal information and make choices about how you
wish to be contacted.
Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site
will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to thedevcommunity.org
in the context of other, separately operated, thedevcommunity.org products or services.
thedevcommunity.org may send out periodic e-mails informing you of membership service,
technical service or security issues related to membership or a product or service
you requested, or confirming you requested a membership service or product or service.
In most services offered by thedevcommunity.org, contact with the member or customer
is an intrinsic part of the service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe
to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the membership service(s)
you have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
You can review and edit the personal information and contact preferences you provided
at this Site by visiting the thedevcommunity.org Site. You will be asked to enter
your e-mail address and password before viewing your personal information.
At the thedevcommunity.org Site you can:
- View and edit personal information you have already given us on this Site.
Security of your Personal Information
thedevcommunity.org is committed to protecting the security of your personal information.
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal
information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
Protection of Children's Personal Information
thedevcommunity.org may operate a general audience site and does not knowingly collect
any personal information from children.
Use of Cookies
We may use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process
and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your
hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver
viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be
read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site,
a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation,
and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you previously provided
may be retrieved, so you can easily use the site's features that you customized.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to
assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology is a tool we use to
compile aggregated statistics about this Web site usage, such as how many visitors
clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on this Web Site, blog or a
newsletter. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of this or other Web sites you visit.
Use of Web Beacons
thedevcommunity.org Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons
- sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow thedevcommunity.org to count users
who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. thedevcommunity.org
may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to
determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help
determine the effectiveness of our advertising or marketing campaigns or email communications.
These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie
on your computer. Doing this allows the service provider to recognize your computer
each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in
relation to those page views. thedevcommunity.org prohibits Web beacons from being
used to collect or access your personal information.
Use of Sign-in and Registration Services
This Site uses a process to provide sign-in and registration services. In order
to sign in to this Site using this process, you will be asked to type your e-mail
address and a password. This same sign-in allows you to access this Site and this
Site's services. If you create a sign-in for registration at this Site, you are
registering with this Site to access certain areas of this Site through your sign-on
account.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact thedevcommunity.org.
thedevcommunity.org will make every attempt to resolve all issues with your concern.
Changes to this Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise
the "last updated" date on the privacy statement. This may include material
changes to this privacy statement. We may also notify you either by placing a prominent
notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a notification.
We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed
about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued
use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any
updates.
Contact Information
thedevcommunity.org welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If
you believe that thedevcommunity.org has not adhered to this privacy statement,
please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the address provided below,
and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy
the problem.