Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Eastside Incubator collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Eastside Incubator's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Eastside Incubator's visitors use its website. From time to time, Eastside Incubator may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Eastside Incubator also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users. Eastside Incubator only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Eastside Incubator’s websites choose to interact with Eastside Incubator in ways that require Eastside Incubator to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Eastside Incubator gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we may ask visitors to provide a Skype name and/or telephone number, and we may collect email address and gender from Facebook so that we can send emails to the proper address and with natural language (e.g., referencing "He will call you" or "She will call you" in the scheduling email). For those who engage in transactions with or through Eastside Incubator, Eastside Incubator collects and shares such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Eastside Incubator. Eastside Incubator does not disclose personally-identifying information beyond what is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Eastside Incubator may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Eastside Incubator may monitor the most popular call recipients on the service or use spam reports from users to help identify and prevent future spam activity. Eastside Incubator may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Eastside Incubator does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Eastside Incubator discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Eastside Incubator’s behalf or to provide services available at Eastside Incubator’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Eastside Incubator’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Eastside Incubator will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Eastside Incubator discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Eastside Incubator believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Eastside Incubator, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Eastside Incubator website and have supplied your email address and/or rights to email you, Eastside Incubator may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Eastside Incubator and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Eastside Incubator takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Eastside Incubator uses cookies to help Eastside Incubator identify and track visitors, their usage of Eastside Incubator website, and their website access preferences. Eastside Incubator visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Eastside Incubator’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Eastside Incubator’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Business Transfers



 If Eastside Incubator, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Eastside Incubator goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquiror of Eastside Incubator may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Eastside Incubator and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Eastside Incubator is an actively evolving site, and significant changes to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are expected. We will work to update this Privacy Policy as appropriate, but if you are not comfortable with a fluid Privacy Policy please refrain from interacting with Eastside Incubator at this time. Eastside Incubator's encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a WordPress.com account, you should also check your blog’s dashboard for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Change log:

November 19, 2011: posted initial Privacy Policy (thanks to Automattic's for allowing others to build off its Privacy Policy).