Privacy policy
Dot NET Developers.org takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about how your private information is protected, collected and used. This policy may be updated by Dot NET Developers.org from time to time. Dot NET Developers.org will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on the Dot NET Developers.org site.
1. Coverage
This policy covers how Dot NET Developers.org treats personal information that Dot NET Developers.org collects and receives, including information related to your past use of Dot NET Developers.org. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Dot NET Developers.org does not own or control or to people that Dot NET Developers.org does not employ or manage.
2. General
Dot NET Developers.org collects personal information when you register with Dot NET Developers.org, when you edit your account information, add optional information to your, and when you visit Dot NET Developers.org pages or the pages of certain Dot NET Developers.org partners.
a) When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, phone number, country, zip/postal code, state, city, and company. You may edit or update this information on your account page.
b) As a prospective buyer using offerings on our site (such as our Get Proposals service) to receive information from or about provider, you are required to provide additional information so Dot NET Developers.org can deliver these services to you. This includes registration information and information on your purchasing needs and requirements. The information collected varies according to the different purchasing categories and can be viewed by visiting the different forms located throughout our site.
c) As a provider using offerings on our site, you must provide information that allows us to deliver our service to you. This includes your contact information, information about your desired target markets, and billing information. Providers may also add option information to their company profile. Optional information for provider company profiles includes company name, location, size, technical focus, industry focus, key words, services, references, credentials and payment terms. The company profile will be visible to all other users.
d) When you register with Dot NET Developers.org and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous. Dot NET Developers.org collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners. Dot NET Developers.org automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Dot NET Developers.org cookie information, and the pages you request. Dot NET Developers.org may use information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
3. Information Sharing and Disclosure
Dot NET Developers.org does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under certain other circumstances detailed below:
a) Information Shared with Prospective Buyers - To facilitate our business of matching buyers and providers, prospective buyers using our services will be provided information about providers relevant to the buyer's request or inquiry. This includes provider contact information, company background information, and ratings or reviews.
b) Information Shared with Providers - Providers, whose products or services are relevant to a prospective buyer's request, will be provided with that prospective buyer's information. This may include prospective buyer's name, email address, telephone number, city, state, country, and purchasing needs and requirements. In addition, providers may receive information about buyers in a manner that does not disclose personally identifiable information.
c) We may provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Dot NET Developers.org under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Dot NET Developers.org communicate with you about offers from Dot NET Developers.org and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
d) We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Dot NET Developers.org's User Agreement, or as otherwise required by law.
e) Dot NET Developers.org offers an external profile feature which allows users to publish some or all of their Dot NET Developers.org profile, including your name, to the public Internet. Users may opt-out of this feature.
f) We will transfer information about you if Dot NET Developers.org is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Dot NET Developers.org will notify you before information about you is transferred. Dot NET Developers.org may display targeted advertisements based on personal information. Dot NET Developers.org does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad.
4. Cookies
Dot NET Developers.org may set and access Dot NET Developers.org cookies on your computer. Dot NET Developers.org may let other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Dot NET Developers.org cookies. Dot NET Developers.org may use web beacons to access Dot NET Developers.org cookies inside and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Dot NET Developers.org products and services.
5. Minors
Minors (under the age of 18) are not eligible to use the Service and request minors do not submit any personal information or use the Service.
6. Communication from Dot NET Developers.org
We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Dot NET Developers.org service, such as service announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of your Dot NET Developers.org account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
7. Account Information
You can view and edit your account information by logging into your account and viewing/editing your account information. If you elect to close your account, you can do so by contacting customer service. After closing an account, your account and profile will be deactivated, but Dot NET Developers.org may retain your data in an archive to facilitate reinstatement of the account.
8. Anti-spam Service
Dot NET Developers.org uses a service from Mollom to combat spam on a number of forms (e.g. registration forms, comment forms, etc.). By using our service you accept that your content and other personal details about you will be analyzed and stored for anti-spam and quality monitoring purposes, in accordance with Mollom's privacy policy.
9. Comments and Suggestions
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us via the contact us page or at the following address:
Attn: Dot NET Developers.org Privacy Policy
1753 Kilbourne Place, NW
Washington, DC 20010