This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 15, 2009.

Website Visitors

Notes.westsidenotes.com collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Notes.westsidenotes.com does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Notes.westsidenotes.com's websites choose to interact with Notes.westsidenotes.com in ways that require Notes.westsidenotes.com to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Notes.westsidenotes.com gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use our forums to provide a username and email address. In each case, Notes.westsidenotes.com collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Notes.westsidenotes.com. Notes.westsidenotes.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Notes.westsidenotes.com may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Notes.westsidenotes.com may reveal how many downloads a particular version got, or say which plugins are most popular based on checks from an api web service used by Notes.westsidenotes.com installations to check for new versions of Elgg and plugins which are the software engine Notes.westsidenotes.com deploys. However, Notes.westsidenotes.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Notes.westsidenotes.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Notes.westsidenotes.com's behalf or to provide services available at Notes.westsidenotes.com's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Notes.westsidenotes.com's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Notes.westsidenotes.com will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone, unless it is part of a business transfer, as described below. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above Notes.westsidenotes.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Notes.westsidenotes.com believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Notes.westsidenotes.com, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Notes.westsidenotes.com website and have supplied your email address, Notes.westsidenotes.com may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Notes.westsidenotes.com and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Notes.westsidenotes.com takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Notes.westsidenotes.com uses cookies to help Notes.westsidenotes.com identify and track visitors, their usage of Notes.westsidenotes.com website, and their website access preferences. Notes.westsidenotes.com visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Notes.westsidenotes.com's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Notes.westsidenotes.com's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Our Policy Towards Children

The Site is not directed to persons under 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without their consent, he or she should contact us at contact at westsidenotes dot com. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal identifiable Information, we will delete such information from our files.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Notes.westsidenotes.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Notes.westsidenotes.com's sole discretion. Notes.westsidenotes.com encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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