I. Pad Text

When you type into an EtherPad document, the edits are transmitted through our servers, which process them according to our patent-pending edit synchronization algorithm. The entire change history of pads are stored in our servers' database.

We go to great lengths to secure these data. Our servers reside in professionally managed data centers, and we have an expert staff of system administrators who secure our systems from outside attacks.

Note that in the free version of EtherPad, all pad text is publicly available via the pad's URL. When you create a new pad, the URL is generated randomly. This provides some security because these URLs are not guessable, so as long as you are careful about who you share them with, unwanted visitors will not access your pad.

We will not publish indices of pad URLs, link to, or direct any traffic to pads or published pad revisions. Nor will we publish the contents of anyone's pads in any public domain. Furthermore, we the engineers and operators of etherpad.com, promise to not even look at the contents of your pads unless we absolutely need to in order to debug a critical systems error.

We may publish aggregate statistics about pads in general. For example, we may compute the average words-per-minute that people type across all pads and publish that average. Or we may analyze pad texts for the most commonly misspelled words. Whenever we do aggregate analysis like this, we will never disclose specific information about any given pads or authors.

II. What other information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, or type into a pad.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address or credit card information.

Like most websites, we use cookies to enhance your experience, gather general visitor information, and track visits to our website. Please refer to the 'do we use cookies?' section below for information about cookies and how we use them.

III. What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

- To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)

- To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

- To improve customer service
(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)

- To process transactions

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.

IV. How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

V. Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small pieces of data that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

VI. Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

VII. California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

VIII. Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

IX. Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

X. Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at http://etherpad.com/ep/about/tos

XI. Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our websites privacy policy.

XII. Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

XIII. Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

http://appjet.com/
3520 20th St. #6
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
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