Privacy PolicyEffective June 18, 2008 Here at DBIXTM Corporation (“DBIX”, “we” and “us”), we understand and respect your concerns about the use of your personal information. We believe that you should know what information about you is collected when you use our Website, as well as how that information is used, maintained, and, in some cases, shared. Therefore, we have created this Privacy Policy to set forth our privacy practices and policies. By using or accessing our website www.DBIX.com (our “Website”), in any way or by transmitting information to DBIX by email or other electronic means, you assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not engage in the foregoing activities.
INFORMATION COLLECTED ABOUT YOU AND OUR USE OF SUCH INFORMATIONPersonal Information In general, you may visit our Website without revealing any individual user information other than technology-related information described in the section below. However, certain sections of our Website are only available to certain users who are investors in, or customers of, DBIX. Those sections may only be accessed by entering a unique user ID and password. We collect and store personal information related to each user ID. We also may collect and store any personal information and other data you have provided to us in an email, feedback form, registration form or other method. We may use this information to track the types of questions and comments that we receive, to contact you with regard to your account or to respond to any inquiries you may submit to us. In addition, we may use this information to send you periodic news about DBIX or promotional materials about DBIX, unless you inform us that you opt out from receiving such communications through email. We also use your contact information to help operate our Website. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your use of our Website, such as service announcements, administrative messages and communications regarding your account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. Website Usage Information Our Website collects and stores information that is generated automatically as you navigate through the Website. This aggregate information is collected site-wide, and includes anonymous website statistics. Our Website also employs browser cookies to store user preferences and record session information. “Cookies” are bits of information that are stored by your browser on your hard drive. This technology allows for the storage of user preferences, user ID and password, if applicable, and remembers you when you take action on our Website. You can turn off the “cookie” function through most standard browsers; however, some features on our Website may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled. In addition, when you browse our Website, our system automatically collects information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser language, domain names, referring and exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of these page views, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Website, improve the design of our Website, track user movement, and otherwise enhance the services we provide.
WHEN YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED OR DISCLOSEDWe will not share your personally identifiable information with other parties for their commercial or marketing use without your consent; provided, however, we may disclose information to other companies that we contract with to create, support, manage, maintain or improve our Website or software and the features on our Website. We may provide aggregate data, such as the number of users who have visited our Website and downloaded software from our Website, to other parties. We will comply with any subpoenas, court orders or other legal processes for any of the information about you in our possession, and we may use such information to establish or exercise our legal rights, or to defend against legal claims. We reserve the right to disclose information about you, including data on which pages you have visited, to third parties if we feel it is necessary to protect our systems, Website, business, users or others. Information about you in our possession may also be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of company assets or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which your personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. We do not guarantee that any entity receiving such information in connection with one of these transactions will comply with all terms of this Privacy Policy.
SECURITYWhenever DBIX handles information that you disclose on our Website, regardless of where this occurs, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. DBIX uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems but we do not accept liability for unintentional disclosure.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATIONYou agree that you have provided notice to, and obtained consent from, any third party individuals whose personal information you supply to us with regard to: (a) the purposes for which such third party’s personal information has been collected; (b) the intended recipients or categories of recipients of the third party’s personal information; (c) which of the third party’s information is obligatory and which information, if any, is voluntary; and (d) how the third party can access and, if necessary, rectify the information held about them.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACYIf you are under the age of 13, please do not use or access our Website in any way. We will not knowingly collect or use any personal information from any children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected any personal information from children under 13, we will promptly delete such information from our databases.
OTHER WEBSITESFor your convenience, our Website may contain links to other websites, or you may be otherwise referred to other websites, including websites administered by DBIX or its affiliates or administered by other companies on behalf of DBIX, as well as to websites unrelated to DBIX. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these linked websites. Each website should be checked for its own privacy policy.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICYDBIX may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. In the event that DBIX merges with, or is acquired by another company, a change to this Privacy Policy may result. Whenever a change to this Privacy Policy is significant, we will place a prominent notice on our Website.
GOVERNING LAWOur Website is controlled and operated by DBIX Corporation from our offices within the State of California, United States of America. By choosing to visit our Website or otherwise provide information to DBIX, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the laws of the State of California. If you are accessing our Website from any region with regulations or laws governing personal data collection, use or disclosure that differ from United States laws or regulations, please note that through your continued use of our Website, which is governed by the laws of the State of California and the United States of America, this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use (available at http://www.dbix.com/index.php/terms-of-use), you are transferring personal information to the United States of America and you consent to that transfer. You also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with our Website in the federal and state courts of San Francisco County in the State of California. You also agree to attempt to mediate any such disputes and to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use http://www.dbix.com/index.php/terms-of-use or other agreement we have with you.
UPDATE INFORMATION / SUGGESTIONSIf you would like to update or correct any information that you have provided to DBIX through your use of our Website or otherwise, or you have suggestions for improving this Privacy Policy, please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . |