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title = "Privacy Policy"
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{% extends "templates/about.html" %}
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{% block page %}
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<h2>Privacy Policy</h2>
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<p><i>Last Updated: January 15, 2013</i></p>
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<p>This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how your personal information is
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collected, used and disclosed by Zeta Design & Development, LLC, DBA
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Gittip.com and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies ("Gittip.com"). This
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Policy applies to the websites of Gittip.com, including <a
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href="https://www.gittip.com/">https://www.gittip.com/</a> ("Sites") and
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Gittip.com's other products, services or any other features, technologies or
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functionalities offered by us on our Sites or through any other means
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(collectively, "Services"). This Policy does not apply to information you
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provide directly to third party websites or third party applications that use
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Gittip.com's Services. We do not control the activities of such third parties
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and advise you to consult their privacy policies before you share your personal
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information.</p>
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<h3>Personal Information Collected</h3>
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<p>We collect information about you in various ways when you use our Sites and
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Services. For example, we collect information you provide to us when you
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register for a Gittip.com account, initiate or accept a gift, request customer
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service or respond to a Gittip.com survey. Such personal information may
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include your name, address, email address, credit card information and bank
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account and routing numbers. Before you use the Services, we may also require
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you to provide additional information that we can use to verify your identity,
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such as your date of birth, Social Security number or other information.
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Finally, we may obtain information about you from other sources, including
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third party websites or applications that offer the Gittip.com Services, and
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combine that with information we collect on our Sites and through our
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Services.</p>
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<p>When you visit our Sites or use our Services, some information is
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automatically collected. For example, when you visit our Sites, your computer's
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operating system, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, access times, browser type
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and language and the website you visited before our Sites are logged
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automatically. We also collect information about your usage and activity on our
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Sites and Services.</p>
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<p><b>Cookies.</b> We automatically collect information using "cookies."
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Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Among
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other things, cookies help us improve our Sites, Services and your experience.
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We use browser cookies to see which areas and features are popular and to count
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visits to our Sites. We also use flash cookies for fraud prevention purposes.
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You can usually choose to set your browser to remove and/or reject cookies. For
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instructions on removing or rejecting flash cookies, please see Adobe Flash
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Player and Microsoft Silverlight. If you choose to remove or reject cookies,
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this could affect certain features or services of our Sites or Services. Please
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note that you may also encounter cookies from third parties when using the
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Gittip.com Services on websites that we do not control.</p>
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<p><b>Web Beacons.</b> We may also collect information using Web beacons. Web
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beacons are electronic images that may be used on our Sites, in our Services or
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in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand
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usage and campaign effectiveness and to tell if an email has been opened and
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acted upon.</p>
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<h3>Use of Personal Information We Collect</h3>
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<p>We use personal information collected through our Sites and Services for
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purposes described in this Policy or otherwise disclosed to you. For example,
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we may use personal information to:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>operate and improve our Sites and Services;</li>
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<li>respond to your comments and questions and provide customer
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service;</li> <li>process transactions and send you related information,
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including confirmations, receipts, invoices, technical notices, updates,
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security alerts and support and administrative messages;</li>
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<li>verify your identity, prevent fraud and comply with money transmission
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laws;</li>
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<li>resolve disputes, collect fees and troubleshoot problems;</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Gittip.com stores and processes personal information in the United
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States.</p>
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<h3>Sharing of Personal Information</h3>
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<p>Gittip.com makes reasonable efforts not to share your personal information
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with the recipients of your gifts, so that particular gifts are anonymous. We
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do publicly share aggregated information about your giving and receiving. You
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may opt out of publicly sharing your aggregate giving.</p>
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<p>We also share your personal information with these third party vendors who
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work on our behalf:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.balancedpayments.com/">Balanced Payments</a>
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provides payment processing.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.google.com/">Google Analytics</a> provides website
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traffic analysis.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.heroku.com/">Heroku</a> provides website and
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database hosting.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>We may also share your information as follows:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>to comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process;
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to protect the rights and property of Gittip.com, our agents, users and
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others, including to enforce our terms, policies and guidelines; or in an
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emergency to protect the personal safety of our users or any other
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person;</li>
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<li>in connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing or
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acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company;
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and</li>
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<li>with your consent or direction to do so.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Security of Your Personal Information</h3>
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<p>Gittip.com takes measures to help protect your personal information in an
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effort to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration
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and destruction.</p>
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<h3>Changes to This Policy</h3>
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<p>Gittip.com may change this Policy from time to time. If we make any changes
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to the Policy, we will change the "Last Updated" date above.</p>
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<h3>Questions</h3>
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<p>If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at
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chad@zetaweb.com.</p>
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</div>
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{% end %}
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