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A. INTRODUCTION
P2P USA is committed to protecting your privacy in connection with
Personal Information, hereinafter defined, received from you. P2P USA’s
practices concerning the collection and use of personal information on
the P2P USA.com Web site, or all other P2P USA owned, operated, licensed or controlled
site (collectively the “Site(s)”) as well as personal information
collected by P2P USA via alternate business channels such as telephone
calls, trades shows, conferences, or from our partners, are tailored to
meet this objective. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, this
privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) details the privacy practices of P2P
USA and its subsidiaries (“P2P USA”) in connection with your
use of the Site(s) as well as P2P USA software products and/or services.
By using the Site(s) you are deemed
to consent to the Privacy Policy as well as the P2P USA Web site Terms
and Conditions, as applicable.
If you do not consent to the Privacy Policy and the practices outlined
below, do not use the Site(s), access our services, or download materials. Subject to applicable law, P2P USA revises the
Privacy Policy from time to time and we encourage you to visit this page
to review our current Privacy Policy because it is binding on you. All
updates will be published and we will revise the “last updated” date at
the bottom of the Privacy Policy. A notice will be posted on our Site
whenever this Privacy Policy is changed in a material way. Subject to
applicable law, your continued use of the Site(s) and/or your use of P2P
USA software constitute your consent to the Privacy Policy as revised
from time to time. We encourage you to read the complete Privacy Policy
and to contact us via email or post as set forth below with any
questions or comments that you have.
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B. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In some instances you are able to browse through our Site(s) without
telling us who you are or revealing information that would permit use to
personally or directly identify you (“Personal Information”). P2P USA
may collect information in a number of ways. The most common are when
you are asked to register before downloading P2P USA content; when you subscribe to e-mail
newsletters; when you join a limited access part of the Site(s); or when you report a
problem with our Site(s), our services or our software products.
P2P USA typically collects Personal Information such as e-mail address,
name, company, organization or location but may include other
information when needed. In
addition, P2P USA collects information about its Site(s) visitors which
does not necessarily identify the visitor using our server log files,
cookies and web beacons as described below.
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C. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
P2P USA generally uses your Personal Information for purposes such as to
help us create and deliver content relevant to
you; to help us personalize or enhance your experience on our Site(s);
to provide you with assistance or respond to your inquires; to notify you by email, telephone or other medium about
updated information, special offers and other new
services; to
help us manage and administer our Site(s) or as otherwise described
herein.
The information about our users and visitors that P2P USA collects is
important to us and we do not sell it to other parties. Except in the
limited circumstance set forth below, P2P USA will disclose Personal
Information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the
good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with the
law, subpoena, court order or other legal process; (b) protect and
defend the rights or property of P2P USA and its family of Web sites,
and (c) protect the personal safety of users of P2P USA, its Site(s), or
the public.
P2P USA does use other information that we collected from our server log
files, cookies and web beacons to get a better understanding of our
visitors and customer base in order for us to enhance our Site(s),
software and services. This information collected is compiled and
analyzed on an aggregate basis and does not identify you personally.
This information helps us to determine the content that provides value
to our customers and visitors.
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D. HOW WE PROTECT AND STORE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
P2P USA has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and
alteration of your Personal Information under our control. These include
a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our systems. Inside P2P
USA, Personal Information and customer data is stored in
password-controlled servers with limited and controlled access on a
need-to-know basis. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or
alteration to data will not occur, we take many precautions to prevent
such unfortunate occurrences. However, P2P USA accepts no liability for
any unintentional disclosure. Except under conditions explained in the
Privacy Policy, your Personal Information is never shared outside P2P
USA.
When you register with the Site(s), you may be provided a password that
will allow you to access the Site(s). You are ultimately responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality and security of your Personal
Information and use of your password whether or not authorized by you.
You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your
password. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
Please take care when using and storing it.
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E. HOW WE USE “COOKIES,” “WEB BEACONS” AND WEB LOGS
In addition to the Personal Information that we collect when you
register, we also may collect information passively using “cookies” or
“Web beacons.” This helps to ensure we are publishing content customers
need and want as well as enabling us to customize your experience on our
Site(s). A cookie is a small text file containing a unique
identification number that is transferred from a Web site to the hard
drive of your computer so that the site administrator may identify your
computer and passively track its activities on the site. Cookies allow
us to automatically remember your Web browser, which in turn helps us
deliver products and Services more efficiently, prevent others from
using your account, measure statistics such as audience size and traffic
patterns, and display advertisements. When someone visits the Site(s), a
cookie may be placed on the user’s machine (if the user accepts cookies)
or is read if the user has visited the Site(s) previously. Web beacons,
also known as clear GIF technology or action tags, are small images that
we may place on Web pages and within Web-based e-mail newsletters that
assist in delivering the cookie. This technology tells us how many
visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a web
page on the Site(s). We do not share tracking information outside of P2P
USA and do not allow other companies to place Web beacons on our Site(s).
By modifying your browser preferences you can choose to accept all
cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Site, you
still will be able to view the text on the screens. However you will not
experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to or
use certain offerings on the site. Web logs automatically record
anything a web server sees, which may include email addresses you enter
into a form or pages viewed by a user at a particular IP address.
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F. LINKS, MEMBERS ONLY AREA AND PUBLIC AREAS
Our site may contain links to other sites, including ones that display
our trademarks and name amongst other organizations. P2P USA assumes no
responsibility for the content or the privacy policies and practices of
such Web sites. P2P USA encourages you to read the privacy statements of
these linked sites; their privacy practices may differ from ours. Please
remember that any information you submit in a discussion forum, message
board or other such area will be deemed public information and is not
confidential. There is a risk in such communication venues that
information can be collected and used by others. Please be careful and
responsible when you are online.
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G. CONTACT INFORMATION
P2P USA welcomes your comments regarding our information handling
practice and this Privacy Policy and you may contact us at the address
indicated below. In addition, certain jurisdictions may permit you to
contact P2P USA, at the address below, to request information on the
processing of your Personal Information, corrections or to oppose
processing of Personal Information if you have a legitimate reason to do
so. P2P USA can be contacted by e-mail at
privacy@p2pusa.org.
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