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Updated July 31, 2007
One
Bytes is committed to safe
guarding your privacy online. Please read the following
policy to understand how your personal information will be
treated as you make full use of the One
Bytes website. This
policy may change from time to time so please check back
periodically.
1. What personally identifiable information is collected
from you:
The One
Bytes site collects
information in several ways from different parts of our web site.
Some personal information is gathered when you register.
During registration, we ask for your name and email address.
The system will also ask for your street address, city,
state/province, zip/postal code, country, telephone number,
and the URL of your web site, although only fields that are
marked with an asterisk (*) on the registration field are
required. This information is used solely to assist you in
navigating the system by automatically filling in certain
forms (such as the listing posting form) with your
information so that you don't have to continually re-enter
it. Once you register you are no longer anonymous to - you
have a username and are able to take full advantage of the
many offerings of the One
Bytes site.
In addition to registration we may ask you for personal
information at other times, including (but not limited to)
when you place listings or take advantage of the other
features of the
One
Bytes
site. If you
contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
Every page within the
One
Bytes site includes
a link to this Privacy Policy.
2. What cookies are and how they are used:
As part of offering and providing customizable and
personalized services, the
One
Bytes
site may
use cookies to store and sometimes track information about
you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your
browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard
drive. Several features of the
One
Bytes
site
require that you accept cookies in order to work properly.
(See "What choices are available to you regarding
collection, use, and distribution of your information" for
more information on cookies.)
Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:
(1) To identify and label all "new" listings since your last
visit to the site.
(2) Optionally to permanently save your password on your
computer so you don't have to re-enter it each time you
visit our site.
(3) To enable you to "checklist" listings that you want to
mark for future retrieval and viewing.
Advertising networks that serve listings onto the
One
Bytes
site may also use their own cookies.
The
One
Bytes
site may also collect IP
addresses for system administration and to report aggregate
information to our advertisers.
3. How your information is used:
The primary goal of the
One
Bytes
site in
collecting personal information is to provide you, the user,
with a customized experience and to assist your navigation
throughout the site.
4. Who is collecting your information:
When you are asked for personal information on the
One
Bytes
site, you are sharing that information with
the
One
Bytes
site alone, unless it is
specifically stated otherwise. However, some activities
will, by their very nature, result in your personal
information being revealed to other users of the
One
Bytes
site. For example, when you enter personal
information on the listing posting form, this information
will generally be included in your listing, unless
specifically stated otherwise.
5. With whom your information may be shared:
As a general rule, will not disclose any of your personally
identifiable information except when we have your permission
or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in
good faith that the law requires it or under the
circumstances described below. Please see the Terms of
Service or Use Agreements for each of our products and
services for more detailed information about how your
personal information may be shared.
We may disclose account information in special cases when we
have reason to believe that disclosing this information is
necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of the or
may be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of
the , other users of the , or anyone else that could be
harmed by such activities. may disclose or access account
information when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it and for administrative and other purposes that
we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our
products and services.
6. What
choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and
distribution of your information:
If you choose not to register or provide personal
information, you can still use most of the
One
Bytes
site, but you will not be able to access areas or use
features that require registration.
You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying
your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all
cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject
all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be
unable to use those services of the
One
Bytes
site that require registration in order to participate.
These services include the identification of new listings
that have been posted since your last visit, auto-fillin of
the logon form, and the Checklist feature. You can still use
most of the features of the
One
Bytes
site
even if you do not accept cookies.
The does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We
will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer
if your data will be shared with a third party and you will
always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If
you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can
choose not to use a particular service.
7. How you can access, update or delete your information:
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your
personal information is correct and current. You may edit or
delete your user profile at any time by clicking on the "My
Profile" link or graphic provided by the system once you are
logged in. Once you have logged onto the system during a
given session, wherever you go on the
One
Bytes
site, your information will stay with you until or
unless you click on the "Logoff" link, which is accessible
from within the "My Profile" screen.
If you are a previously registered user and you have lost or
forgotten your password, you may obtain it by email by using
our "Forgot Password" feature. Click the button on any login
page to request that your password be emailed to you. We
cannot provide your password by any other means.
Your
One
Bytes
site account can be deleted,
but doing so will result in not being able to access any of
the features of the program that require user registration.
8. The kind of security precautions that are in place to
protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information:
Other than the administrator of the
One
Bytes
site or other authorized personnel of the , you are the only
person who has access to your personal information. Your
user registration is password-protected to prevent
unauthorized access.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to
anyone. will never ask you for your password in an
unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. As an
extra security precaution, you may want to logoff once you
have completed a session in the
One
Bytes
site. This is to ensure that others cannot access your
personal information and correspondence if you share a
computer with someone else or are using a computer in a
public place like a library or Internet cafe.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive
to protect your personal information, cannot ensure or
warrant the security of any information you transmit to us
or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort
to ensure its security on our systems.
9.
How protects children's privacy:
One
Bytes is a general audience web site. Children
should always ask a parent for permission before sending
personal information to anyone online. does not share
personal information about users under the age of 10 with
third parties and we do not sell or rent personal
information about any of our users, regardless of age. In
addition, will not send any direct email offers to users who
indicate they are under the age of 10.
10. What
else you should know about your online privacy:
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal information online - for example in listings that
you post or through email - that information can be
collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal
information online that is accessible to the public, you may
receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online. |