The Clean Coders, LLC Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 17th, 2011.
1. Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Terms
The Clean Coders, LLC ("The Clean Coders," "us" or "we") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interacts with our website. By accessing http://cleancoders.com and any related subdomains (the "Site"), you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described herein. Please read this policy in conjunction with our User Agreement.
2. Collection and Use of Your Information
The Clean Coders may collect certain information from and about the Site's users, including personal information.
Your Personal Information.
Registration with the Site may be required in order to use certain aspects of the Site's functionality or the services provided through the Site. If you register with the Site, we may require that you provide certain personal information, such as your name, address, email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other relevant information (including financial information) (collectively, "Personal Information").
The Clean Coders does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a user under the age of 13 has registered or is attempting to register, we will notify the user that he or she is not eligible for registration. We will then expunge any related Personal Information from our records.
You have the right, at any time, to review and/or modify any of your Personal Information that you provide during registration, or any other voluntarily provided information. You may also remove yourself from our active databases of e-mail lists, if any. To do so, you should send an e-mail to the e-mail address listed below requesting that (i) we provide a copy of your profile of Personal Information, (ii) we update or modify certain Personal Information, or (iii) you be removed from our databases of active e-mail lists. We will endeavor to comply with your request as soon as reasonably possible. To protect your confidentiality, we can only send a requested profile to the e-mail address listed in the profile. In any event, our back-up files will maintain copies of your Personal Information. We reserve the right to contact former customers or users of the Site from time to time.
Automatically Collected Information.
When you visit the Site, we may automatically track, collect and store information in order to administer the Site and analyze its usage. Examples of this automatically-collected information include:
- Your internet protocol address
- The kind of browser or computer you use
- Number and type of links you click within the site
- State or country from which you accessed the site
- Date and time of your visit
- Name of your internet service provider
- Web page from which you linked to the Site
- Pages and content you viewed on the Site
Use of Cookies.
The Clean Coders may use "cookies" to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. A cookie is 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. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.
The Clean Coders reserves the right to share site statistics with its business partners and affiliates, and may from time to time allow other companies to place cookies on the Site. 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 reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our website.
Use of Web Beacons or GIF Files.
The Site may contain electronic images known as web beacons—sometimes also called single-pixel gifs—that allow The Clean Coders to count users who have visited the Site and to deliver services. The Clean Coders 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 campaigns or email communications. These web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. 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, which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site.
3. Disclosure of Your Personal Information
The Clean Coders may disclose your Personal Information to third parties without your consent in the following circumstances:
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To our affiliates, actual or potential business partners and with companies in order to fulfill any requests for services by you, or who we think can offer you services and products of interest to you, in our reasonable discretion. We may also disclose Personal Information to companies and individuals we employ to perform business functions and services on our behalf. Such functions may include, for example, database management and other technology services, hosting our web servers, analyzing data, managing and warehousing historical data, and providing legal, accounting or marketing services. Further, if you choose to purchase access to content or other items through features on the Site, we may forward your information to third parties for services such as credit card processing and order fulfillment. There are also times when you provide information about yourself to us in areas of the Site that may be managed or participated in by third parties. We may also provide your information to our advertisers, so that they can serve ads to you that meet your needs or match your interests. In each of the above cases, the information may be used by each such third party pursuant to its own policies, and The Clean Coders does not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of third parties.
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To the extent necessary or appropriate to government agencies, advisors, and other third parties in order to comply with applicable laws, the service of legal process, or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (i) respond to a court order or request from a federal or state regulatory authority or to comply with any law or regulation requiring such disclosure; (ii) protect the rights or property of The Clean Coders; (iii) prevent or aid in the investigation of a crime or protect national security or (iv) protect the personal safety of the users or the public.
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In connection with an audit of our books and records, a merger, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, or sale of some or all of our assets, stock or business.
While your Personal Information is protected as outlined above, we reserve the right to use, transfer, sell, and share aggregated, anonymous data about our users as a group for any business purpose, such as analyzing usage trends and seeking compatible advertisers and partners.
4. Third Party Transactions
The Site may from time to time contain banners or links from advertisers, vendors or other third parties that redirect you to a third party website. Any transactions that occur between you and a third party are strictly between you and the third party and are not the responsibility of The Clean Coders. These third party websites have their own privacy policies. Since The Clean Coders does not have direct control over the policies or practices of these third parties, we assume no responsibility for the privacy policies of third parties whose websites are linked to the Site. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.
5. Security
The Clean Coders uses physical, administrative and reasonable technological measures to keep the Site free from unauthorized access and use. However, by using the Site, you acknowledge that The Clean Coders cannot and does not guarantee the security of your Personal Information. If you have particular security concerns regarding your Personal Information, please do not transmit such information through the Site. Contact us at the information below for alternative means of communication with The Clean Coders.
Although The Clean Coders will use reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of your Personal Information, transmissions over the internet cannot be made absolutely secure. Accordingly, The Clean Coders assumes no responsibility or liability for disclosure of any or your Personal Information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access or other causes beyond The Clean Coders's reasonable control.
6. For Residents of the European Union
The information collected by The Clean Coders or its affiliates on the Site may constitute "personal data" under the terms of the European Union Data Privacy Directive and the laws of the EU's member states (collectively, "EU Law"). The Clean Coders may "process" your personal data, as that term is understood under EU Law, and may transfer your personal data to countries that are not considered by the European Union and/or its member states to maintain adequate levels of protection for personal data. By registering for the website and continuing to access it, you explicitly and unambiguously agree that (i) The Clean Coders may process and transfer your personal data as described above, and (ii) your personal data includes any additional information that you post or upload to the Site.
7. Changes to This Policy
The Clean Coders may occasionally update or revise this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued access of the Site constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates or revisions.
8. Contacting Us
If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Policy and/or our general practices regarding the Site, please contact us.
By mail:
The Clean Coders, LLC
1232 American Way
Libertyville, IL 60048
By e-mail: micah@cleancoders.com
The Clean Coders will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond to and resolve any problem or question.