Blinkcore: Privacy Policy
Your privacy is a great concern to us. At Blinkcore we have a few fundamental principles:
- We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
- We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, or protect our rights.
- We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
- In our blogging products, we aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what’s visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Blinkcore 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. Blinkcore’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Blinkcore’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Blinkcore may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Blinkcore also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in. Blinkcore only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Blinkcore’s websites choose to interact with Blinkcore in ways that require Blinkcore to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Blinkcore gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with Blinkcore are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Blinkcore collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Blinkcore. Blinkcore does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. 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
Blinkcore may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Blinkcore may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Blinkcore does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Blinkcore 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 Blinkcore’s behalf or to provide services available at Blinkcore’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 Blinkcore’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Blinkcore 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, Blinkcore discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Blinkcore believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Blinkcore, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Blinkcore website and have supplied your email address. Blinkcore 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. Blinkcore uses cookies to help Blinkcore identify and track visitors, their usage of Blinkcore website, and their website access preferences.
Business Transfers
If Blinkcore, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Blinkcore 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 Blinkcore may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Blinkcore may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Blinkcore’s sole discretion. Blinkcore encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.