Introduction
Better Programmer believes strongly in each individual’s right to personal privacy. The information
we collect through www.BetterProgrammer.com will be used only in the ways explained in this privacy
statement. The information in this statement only applies to the information collected at the
BetterProgrammer web site. Some content from our site may be shown on partner websites. We encourage
you to read the privacy statements and policies on their sites. Their standards may differ from
ours.
Information Collection
BetterProgrammer collects information through several places on our site. The types of information
we may collect are as follows:
- Information you provide. When you set up an account with BetterProgrammer or you sign
up for any service or promotion that BetterProgrammer offers, you may be asked for personal
information like your name, your email address, and a password for the account. Some
services may also ask you for a credir card or other account information needed for payment
which is maintained by third party payment service providers. In some cases, we may combine
the information you submit through your account with information from other services
provided by BetterProgrammer or third parties so that we can provide you with a nice
experience and so that we can improve the quality of our services.
- Cookies. Our web service will place a small text file on a user’s computer hard drive
to act as a unique identifier. This is known as a cookie. BetterProgrammer used these files
in many of its services to keep the user session and to help enhance the experience of the
users. Many of the services and features of BetterProgrammer will not function correctly if
you disable cookies.
- Website Logs. Each page view on your computer, including the search submission forms
on BetterProgrammer website are logged. The information in the log includes your time of
access, IP address, page views, browser type, query string, referring page, and other
standard website log data.
- E-mails. Once we have received an e-mail from you, we may store the original message
as well as any associated information, including e-mail address as well as your name, if
provided.
- Other sites. The Privacy Policy here is applicable only to web sites and the services
that are under the ownership and operation of BetterProgrammer. We do not have control over
the third party sites that are used to provide services for BetterProgrammer. These third
party sites may place their own cookies or other files on our computer. They may also
collect information or ask for personal information from you.
Choices for personal information
When you sign up for a service requiring registration, we request personal information. If we intend
to use the information in a way that differs from the purpose for which we collected it, then we
will seek your consent prior to the use.
If we ask to use your personal information for any reason other that those explained in this policy
and/or in the specific service notices, we will offer you a method for opting out of the use of your
personal information for the other purposes. We will never use personal or sensative information for
reasons other than those in this policy and/or in the service notices, without having first secured
your prior consent.
You can decide not to submit personal information to any service we offer. In such cases,
BetterProgrammer may be unable to provide you with those services.
Information sharing
The following are limited circumstances under which BetterProgrammer may provide personal
information to other companies or individuals outside of BetterProgrammer.
- If we have your consent. In order to share any sensative personal information, we require
opt-in consent.
- Such information may be provided to our affiliated companies, subsidiaries, or other trusted
businesses or persona for the processing of personal information on our behalf. We require
these companies to process personal and sensative information based on our instructions as
well as in compliance with our Policy and any other confidentiality and sercurity measures
that apply.
- We possess a good faith belief that preservation of, access to, use of, and disclosure of
this information is necessary to a reasonable agree to (a) adhere to any applicable law,
regulation, legal process or governmental request that is enforceable, (b) enforce Terms and
Conditions applicatble to the situation, including investigation of possible violations, (c)
to protect from, detect, or in other ways address fraud, security or technical issues, or
(d) protect against immidiate harm to the property, rights, or safety of BetterProgrammer,
its users or the public as the law requires or permits.
We may share some aggregated, non-personal information with third parties. The information
shared does not identify you as an individual.
Information security
We take the appropriate measures of security to prevent unauthorized access to or unauthorized
alteration, destruction of data or disclosure of data. Included in these are internally
performed reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security
measures. Additionally, it includes physical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to
systems where we store personal data.
We limit access to personal information to BetterProgrammer employees, contractors and agents who
need to have the information in order to operate, develop or better our services. These
individuals are bound by obligations of confidentiality and may be subject to discipline if they
fail to meet their oblications. Discipline may include criminal prosecution and termination.
Data integrity
We take the steps that are reasonable in making sure that personal information that we process is
complete, accurate, and current. We do, though, depend on users to update or correct personal
information when necessary.
Please be aware that this privacy policy could change occasionally. We expect that such changes
will likely be minor.
If you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us any time through this web
site.