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

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:

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.