Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of November 1, 2008, and updated as of January 27, 2009.
BitstripsForSchools is committed to providing
exceptional service. As providing this service involves the collection,
use and disclosure of some personal information about you, protecting
your personal information is one of our highest priorities.
Please read the BitstripsForSchools.com
(the “Service”) Privacy Policy carefully. It is important that you
know how Bitstrips Inc. (“Bitstrips”) collects and uses your personal
information. By visiting and/or using the Service, you are consenting
to the practices detailed in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
“Personal information" means information about an identifiable individual.
Whenever you interact with or through
the Service, Bitstrips and its authorized agents collect certain information,
such as your IP address, browser type, geographic location, Service-related
cookie information and the page(s) you request. We only collect this
information for the purposes of providing the Service to you and for
studying how you use the Service. We use this information on an anonymized,
aggregate level to help resolve technical problems, analyze trends and
operate the Service. The collection of such Personal Information relates
directly and is necessary for the operation of our Service. Bitstrips
Inc. will not collect, use or disclose personal information except for
these identified purposes unless we receive your consent. Personal Information
will be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfil these purposes,
or other legal or business purposes.
We may attempt to use automatically collected
information to identify users in instances where we believe the Terms
of Use have been violated. To the extent that this automatically
collected information may be used to identify you, we consider it Personal
Information.
Cookies
The Service uses cookies that are saved
on your computer in order to serve the Service according to your preferences
and to understand how the Service is being used. Some cookies are only
stored for the duration of your browser session; other cookies remain
stored on your computer after each browser session. Bitstrips cookies
do not contain any Personal Information and are analyzed in aggregate.
Most browsers allow you to control your
cookie settings and to delete your cookies, as you choose.
Protection of Information
We are committed to ensuring the security
of your Personal Information and to protecting it from unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, copying, modification or similar risks.. As
hosting services for the Service may be provided by companies in other
countries, including the United States of America, Personal Information
may at times be stored in other jurisdictions. These third party companies
are contractually obligated to protect your Personal Information to
a standard consistent with this Privacy Policy. By visiting and/or
using the Service, you consent to your Personal Information being stored
in another jurisdiction and subject to the laws of that jurisdiction.
Information Sharing
Bitstrips does not rent or sell your
Personal Information.
We may share your Personal Information with third party individuals or third party companies with your consent, or for the following purposes:
- To host and maintain the Service , or
- To comply with laws, law enforcement and legal claims against you.
We may share your Personal Information
with a third party in the event of the sale of more than half of the
assets in or ownership of Bitstrips, but we will notify you should the
third party not agree to adhere to this Privacy Policy in any way.
Updates
This Privacy Policy will be updated from
time to time. Please check back regularly to stay informed of changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to correct or access any Personal Information, please contact our Privacy Officer at privacy@bitstripsforschools.com or call us at 1-888-298-6982.