Privacy Policy
Effective as of February 20, 2008
showdango knows that you care about how your personal information is used
and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn
more about our privacy policy. By visiting the showdango website, you are accepting the
practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Terms of Use
showdango is a web site managed by by CartoSoft, LLC ("CartoSoft"), an Oregon Limited Liability Corporation.
showdango is provided as a service by CartoSoft. Please read our Terms of Use, which contains the terms
that govern your use of this website and certain obligations with respect to
products or services made available by CartoSoft. This Privacy Policy forms part
of the Terms of Use. Anytime we use the terms showdango, CartoSoft, our, or we, we mean
CartoSoft, LLC.
What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy covers showdango's treatment of personal information
that showdango gathers when you visit the showdango website and when you use showdango services.
This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that CartoSoft does not own
or control, or to individuals that CartoSoft does not employ or manage.
What Personal Information about Registered and Non-Registered Users Does showdango Collect?
The goal of showdango is to provide users a friendly and informative web site that relates information about "webinars" and "webcasts." Personal information is collected that is relevant to the purpose of this website. This information
is not processed in a way that is incompatible with the purpose for which it has been
collected or subsequently authorized by you the user. The following types of
information are collected from our registered and/or non-registered users:
- Information You Provide:
We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any
other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but as a result you may
not be able to take advantage of many of our special features. The personal information
you provide is used for such purposes as:
- Registration: In order for you to use showdango services, such as submitting new
links to the website, you must complete a registration form. As part of this
registration form, we require your email address.
- Automatic Information:
- We receive and store certain types of information whenever users interact with the showdango web site.
showdango automatically receives and records certain "traffic data" on our server logs
from user's browser including IP address, showdango cookie information, and page requests.
showdango may use this automatic information to help diagnose problems with its
servers, analyze trends and administer the website.
- showdango may also add on any page display the total counts that page has been viewed.
This includes member profile pages.
- Social sharing of data: showdango allows other users to browse webinars/webcasts that you have
submitted, blogged, or commented on. This information is made available via
your member profile or within the permalink URL of the webinar/webcast in which you performed the action on.
We may choose to post this data on other site features in the future.
- Profile information: showdango allows other users to browse information that you make available
in your showdango personal profile.
- Syndication: showdango allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content
within the website.
- Friends Data: Much like other social services showdango may allow non-friends to browse
through your friends activities.
- API: showdango will allow 3rd parties access to all showdango data this is already publicly
available through showdango.com. showdango will forever keep private passwords and blog settings.
- Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While
showdango will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot
recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.
Cookies
- showdango cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected
through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your
screen name or email address is.
- The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how
to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell
you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We strongly recommend
that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take
advantage of some of showdango's most attractive features.
- Some of our business partners may use cookies on our website (for example, advertisers).
However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Does showdango Share Any of the Information it Receives and/or Collects?
We neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone. We share your personal information only
as described below.
- showdango Personnel:
Our personnel (including, for the avoidance of doubt, consultants and/or contractors)
may have access to user information while carrying out their duties in the normal course of
showdango's business.
- Business Transfers:
In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions,
user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, in
the unlikely event that showdango, or its assets, are acquired, user information may be one of
the assets that is transferred.
- Protection of showdango and Others:
We may release personal information
when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with that law; enforce or
apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or
safety of showdango, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information
with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
- With Your Consent:
Except as set forth above, you will be notified
when your personal information may be shared with third parties or used for a purpose
incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be
able to prevent the sharing of this information by opting out.
Security
- Your showdango account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security.
You need to work to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer
by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
- Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept
up to date on our privacy and security practices.
- No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result
while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot promise or warrant the
security of any information you transmit to or from our website or computer systems, and
you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we will use reasonable efforts
to protect its security on our systems. It is your responsibility to use anti-virus and other
protective software and devices to prevent virus infections or damage from harmful components,
regardless of where they originate.
What Information Can I Access?
You can access your personal information on our website and correct, amend,
or delete information that is inaccurate. Upon logging in visit your user profile setting
page.
Opting Out
- As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may
be unable to use certain features on our website, such as posting new links.
- You are able to add or update certain information on pages, such as those listed in the
"What Personal Information About Users Does showdango Collect?" section above. When you update
information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
- You may request deletion of your showdango account by emailing us at
.
- As explained earlier, the "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers
will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command
the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies.
Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able
to take advantage of some of our attractive features.
Minors
You must be 13 years and older to register to use the showdango website. As a
result, showdango does not specifically collect information about children.
Changes or Amendments to this Privacy Policy
showdango may change or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole
discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at
the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify
you by posting an announcement on the showdango website so you are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is
disclosed.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit showdango website, your visit and any possible dispute
over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations
on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Oregon state law.