Datadist.com Web Site Privacy Policy
Last
updated: December 23, 2015
Privacy
Policy
Thank you
for visiting Data
Distributors Inc. (DDI) website.
This policy
establishes how we will
handle information we learn about you from your visit to our
site. Please be
assured that the privacy of our visitors is of utmost importance
to us. We
collect no personally identifiable information about you when
you visit our
site unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Automatic
Collections: When a computer is used to access
information on a Data
Distributors Inc (DDI), managed website, the following basic
information is
automatically received and stored by our web servers:
·
Internet
Protocol (IP)
Address. A computer’s IP address establishes its location
on the internet
and allows other computers to send it content and other
information;
·
The
internet domain name
when a computer accesses the internet through a domain, such as
from a
corporation (“xcompany.com”) or university ("yourschool.edu");
·
The
date, time, and
duration of a website visit;
·
If
a computer accesses a
page on an DDI website via a link on another page, the URL of
that referring,
non-DDI page;
·
Information
about the
computer set-up, such as the type and version of web browser
(e.g., Internet
Explorer 8.0, Mozilla Firefox 5.0), operating system (e.g.,
Unix, Mac OS, MS
Windows), Java support (yes or no), Flash version (e.g., 10.1
r85), screen
resolution (e.g., 1280x800), and connection speed (e.g., DSL,
T1);
·
The
specific pages a
computer accesses when it requests information from DDI
websites;
·
The
completion status of
those requests (e.g., success or failure); and
·
The
amount of data
(measured in number of bytes) transmitted from the DDI
website to a
computer.
DDI does
not use this information to
identify or track the browsing of individual users. We do
use it to
generate aggregate statistics about how DDI websites are
used. We may
retain this information indefinitely and use it at any time and
in any way
necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the
integrity of the data
on our servers.
We do not
sell, rent, exchange, or
otherwise disclose this information to persons or organizations.
In some cases,
we may share the information with other federal agencies in
response to lawful
law enforcement requests or to protect DDI websites from
security threats.
First-party
Website Measurement and
Customization Technologies: DDI uses
web measurement and customization technologies to make its
websites function
better for visitors and to better understand how the public is
using the
website.
This means
that when you visit a
page on an DDI website, the internet browser on your computer
may download and
save a small file (commonly called a “cookie”) so that our
website can
recognize your specific computer and browser when you use DDI
websites in the
future. DDI does not use technologies that track your
interactions on
non-DDI websites.
These
cookies collect information
similar to that automatically received and stored on the servers
hosting DDI
websites; they do not collect personal identifying information.
DDI
generally does not access or store the raw information collected
through these
cookies. We may aggregate statistical analyses of visits,
but these
analyses do not include any personally identifiable
information. We do
not sell, rent, exchange, or otherwise disclose this information
to external
persons or organizations. In some cases, we may share
information with
other federal agencies in response to lawful law enforcement
requests or to
protect DDI websites from security threats.
Some pages
on DDI websites may
include web content or functionality from third parties, such as
embedded
videos hosted by non-DDI services. Some examples may
include:
YouTube.com,
Twitter.com, and Facebook.com
These third
parties may use web
measurement and customization technologies (such as cookies) in
conjunction
with the provision of this content or functionality. You
should consult
the privacy policies of these third parties for further
information. We
do not knowingly use third-party tools that place a
multi-session cookie prior
to the user interacting with the tool, for example by playing an
embedded
video. If you become aware of a third-party tool on a DDI
website that
places a multi-session cookie prior to any user interaction,
please contact us
at info@datadist.com.
How the
Information is used: We use the information collected
to measure the number of
visitors to the different areas of our sites, and to help us
make our sites
more useful to visitors. The information is periodically
analyzed to determine
traffic through our servers, the number of pages served, the
level of demand
for pages and topics of interest, identify pages that may have
technical
problems and other things of a similar nature in order to
provide the highest
quality and easiest to use website.
How long
the Information Retained is: We will retain data the technology
makes available only as
long as required by law.
Opt-Out
Instructions: If you are concerned about the
potential use of the
information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can set
your browser to
prompt you before it accepts a cookie. You can remove or block
the use of web
measurement and customization technologies by changing the
setting of your
browser to block cookies as described at https://www.usa.gov/optout-instructions.
Privacy
Act System of Records: DDI websites do not maintain any
Privacy Act System of
Records (PASOR) as defined by the Privacy Act.
Interaction
with Children: DDI websites do not provide
content to children and do not
collect personally identifiable information from these visitors.
Therefore, the
requirements of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA) is not
incorporated in this privacy policy.
Personal
Information via Forms: Some of our sites provide forms
allowing visitors to
submit search engine queries, questionnaires, feedback, or other
information.
Some of these forms may request personally identifiable
information (e.g.,
name, address, e-mail address) for specific purposes, such as
when the
submitter is requesting a personal response. All information
submitted by
visitors is voluntary.
We may
store non-personally
identifiable information we collect (such as search engine
queries and
anonymous survey responses) indefinitely to help us better
understand and meet
the needs of our visitors. We may share non-personally
identifiable information
with others, including the public, in aggregated form (for
instance, in a list
of our most popular search engine queries), in partial or edited
form (such as
in a report summarizing responses to a questionnaire), or
verbatim (for
example, in a complete listing of survey responses).
Before
collecting personally
identifiable information, we will prominently disclose:
·
why
we are requesting
the information;
·
how
it will be used;
·
how
long it may be
retained; and
·
Under
what conditions,
and with whom, it may be shared.
Consent
to Information Collection
/Sharing: Generally,
we will not share any
personally identifiable information you give us with any other
government
agency, private organization, or the public, except with your
consent or as
required by law. By pressing the "submit" button, each
visitor
constitutes consent to use the information for purposes stated
in this policy.
How
e-mail is handled: By sending us an electronic mail
message, you may be
sending us personally-identifying information. In these cases,
we may retain
the information as long as necessary to respond to your request
or otherwise
resolve the subject matter of your e-mail. Please be aware that
email is not
necessarily secure from interception or misdirection. For your
own protection
you may wish to communicate sensitive information using a method
other than
email.
Information
Protection: We want to be very clear:
regardless of the information
being transmitted to any part of DDI, we will protect all such
information
consistent with applicable law.
For site
security purposes and to
ensure that this service remains available to all users, this
government
computer system employs software programs to monitor network
traffic to
identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise
cause damage to the information on our websites. Unauthorized
attempts to
upload information or change information on this service are
strictly
prohibited and may be punishable by law.
Except for
authorized law
enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to
identify individual
users or their usage habits.
DDI may
share information received
from its websites with other Federal agencies. For example, if a
breach of our
IT security protections were to occur, the information collected
by our servers
and staff could be shared with appropriate law enforcement.