Use and Purpose of Collected Personal Data
The term “Personal Data” means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person that is, someone who can be directly or indirectly identified. This will include your full name, physical address, email address, telephone number, or any other personal information that, alone or in combination with other information, enables contact with you physically or online.
On the Site, we collect Personal Data knowingly and voluntarily provided by you when you: (i) register for any of our services; (ii) submit requests, suggestions, or other communications to us; (iii) interact with the Website or SearchBlox in any way that submits, releases or displays your Personal Data to us. We may use your Personal Data for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, providing services offered by SearchBlox (and any other companies whom we may in the future control or be controlled by), including invitations to seminars, events and communication of information including newsletters and other informational material that is not individually solicited. We will not share your Personal Data with third parties with whom we are unconnected by common ownership or control unless it is necessary to do so to carry out your instructions or unless required to do so by law or unless such third party is an actual or potential successor of ours, an investor in, acquirer or target acquisition of, employee, officer or shareholder in our company and then only for the purposes strictly necessary in connection therewith. We may export your Personal Data to our affiliates, agents and/or contractors worldwide solely for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including the following:
carry out the sales, sales solicitation, shipment of products, complete orders, and provide other services performed by us or third parties;
carry out identity verification and authentication in order to provide services to you;
provide products and services that you have purchased;
respond to your inquiries or complaints;
advertise or promote products and services offered through the Site;
develop new products and services;
contact you regarding our products and services or your use of the Site;
carry out marketing data surveys, statistics and/or analysis;
create, send and utilize mailing lists;
provide system maintenance or handle system malfunctions; and/or
other separately and explicitly prescribed purposes.
We may also collect information and data you choose to provide that is not Personal Data, such as your occupation, affiliated companies, and general location. Additionally, we may collect technical information relating to your mobile phone, mobile device or computer and the way you interact with the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, and aggregate user data. This information is used to identify your internet browser, store your user preferences, authenticate user sessions, provide services, and determine whether you have installed the software necessary to access certain material or applications on the Site.
Third Parties
We will not provide your Personal Data to third party advertisers without your permission, except as provided in this Privacy Policy. However, we may provide information and data that is not Personal Data, to our third party providers for any purpose including primarily customizing and targeting advertising messages. We may share your Personal Data with third parties for the following reasons:
to help facilitate the Site (for example, by providing website development, or sending communications to users), but for use solely in connection with facilitating the Site;
in connection with a legitimate business purpose of SearchBlox, if the third party owes us a duty of confidentiality;
to (i) comply with lawful requests such as subpoenas or court orders, (ii) comply with
applicable state, federal, or local law, (iii) prevent fraud or other illegal activities from being perpetrated through the Site, or (iv) protect the property, safety, or legal rights of SearchBlox and its users;
to any third party whom you have consented to receive your Personal Data; and/or
to affiliated companies or business successors of SearchBlox.
Financial Information
SearchBlox uses third party payment processors to process payments made to us. In connection with the processing of such payments, we do not retain any personally identifiable information or any financial information such as credit card numbers. Rather, all such information is provided directly to our third party processors. These third party processors currently include Stripe and Cybersource, and their privacy policies may be viewed at
Stripe: https://stripe.com/us/privacy; and
Cybersource: http://www.cybersource.com/privacy/.
Third Parties Who May Collect Information
The following third parties may collect information through the Site, but, except as set forth above, such information shall not include Personal Data unless you post or publish such Personal Data in areas of the Site accessible to other users or the public:
third parties that help facilitate the Site may, from time to time, collect information through the Site in the course of providing support;
we may share Site information with partners for marketing purposes;
third parties may collect other information that you voluntarily post or publish through the Site in any way; and/or web-crawlers such as Google or Yahoo may collect information through the Site.
The Site may contain links or references to other websites, including third party advertisers and other unaffiliated websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of those websites or of advertisers on the Site, and you should read the privacy policies of each website you visit. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through the Site.
Online Security
SearchBlox uses secure server technology because we want your Personal Data to be safe. SearchBlox will use commercially reasonable measures to safeguard Personal Data stored in our servers and databases against loss, theft, and unauthorized disclosure or use. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect, and SearchBlox is under no obligation to use such security measures. Furthermore, we cannot control the actions of third parties with whom you choose to share information. We are therefore not responsible for circumvention of any security measures by third parties or of any unauthorized access or use of your Personal Data made by third parties. Any disclosures that you make of your own volition to the Site or anyone else are made at your own risk.
If you ask us to delete your Personal Data from our records, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to do so while retaining any record necessary to comply with a governmental authority or applicable federal, state, or local law. Even after removal, however, copies of your Personal Data may remain viewable in cached or archived pages or if other users have copied or stored such information. If you would like to contact us about the Personal Data you have submitted, please contact us at: legal@searchblox.com.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on the Site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any Personal Data that you submit while on the Site.
We use session ID and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate the Site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following the directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file.
We set a persistent cookie to store your preferences so that each time you visit the Site you do not have to set your search preferences more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Site.
Retention, Removal, Amending and/or Modifying Your Personal Data
We will keep any Personal Data that you provide to us until such time as you delete your account on the Site.
In addition, at your request, we will: (i) inform you of what personal information we have on file for you; (ii) amend or modify the personal information that we have on file for you; and/or (iii) remove personal information that you have provided to us, or that we have collected. You may do so by contacting us via e-mail at legal@e0d.32f.myftpupload.com; provided, however, that we ask individuals to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, amended or removed before processing such requests, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes). Please be advised that, after you delete your personal information, residual copies may take a period of time before they are deleted from our active servers and may remain in our backup systems. In addition, we will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
Opt-Out Opportunity
SearchBlox registrants may opt-out of receiving further electronic communications from SearchBlox at any time by following the “unsubscribe” instructions in any SearchBlox e-mail received by registrant. Please note that unsubscribing from one email list does not automatically unsubscribe you from any other email list that you may be on. Please read the email carefully to find out which list you are unsubscribing from. To unsubscribe from all SearchBlox e-mail lists, please follow the instructions on the SearchBlox e-mail received by registrant.
Safe Harbor Framework Adherence
In accordance with our commitment to protect personal privacy, SearchBlox adheres to the principles of the Safe Harbor Framework as developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission. The seven principles and fifteen Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) referred to in this policy constitute Safe Harbor privacy framework. These principles and FAQs may be found at: http://www.export.gov/safeharbor.
Sale, Merger, Consolidation and/or Change in Control
In its sole discretion, SearchBlox may transfer, sell or assign your Personal Data collected on and through the Site to one or more third parties, as a result of the sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization or liquidation of SearchBlox and/or its affiliated online properties; provided, however, that if we are involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of all or a portion of our assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on the Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices that you may have regarding your personal information.
Miscellaneous
The headings used for the sections in this Privacy Policy are for convenience and reference purposes only and shall in no way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Privacy Policy. The obligations and rights set forth in this Privacy Policy shall survive any termination or expiration of your use of the Site.
Please contact us at legal@searchblox.com if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.
