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PENCILBLUE PRIVACY POLICY
Rev. #1
Effective Date: June 28, 2014

PencilBlue, LLC

Privacy Policy

PencilBlue, LLC (“Company,” “we” or “us”) is committed to respecting the privacy of all persons using the Company web site at pencilblue.org (and any affiliated or successor sites) (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy describes the information gathering and dissemination practices of the Company with respect to information received from users of the Site. By accessing the Site, downloading any of our products or providing information to us through the Site, you agree to the terms contained in this Privacy Policy. If you disagree in any way with the way we collect, process and use personal information as described herein, please do not use the Site or provide us any personal information through the Site.

In order to browse the public portions of our Site, you are not required to provide any personally identifiable information. However, if you do provide any such information through the Site, this Privacy Policy will apply to our use of such information. This policy does not apply to information which we may obtain from other sources, such as other websites, email or offline.

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on the Site. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective as of the Effective Date as shall be provided above.

Information we collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Information you provide — Visitors to the Site are not required to disclose any personally identifiable information to browse the Site. Visitors to the Site may provide us with certain contact information if they wish to receive information from us or to register for our email list and/or receive updates from us regarding our products and services.

If you download any of our software products through the Site, we may ask you for some limited personal information, such as your email address and your website for which you may use our products.

Automatically collected Information; Log information — When you visit the Site or access the Service via a browser, application or other client our servers automatically record certain information. These server logs may include information such as your web request, your interaction with the site, how long you visit a page, how many times you visit a page, information you search for, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and similar nonpersonally identifiable information. We do not link this information with any personally identifiable information your may provide us.

User communications — When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services. We may use your email address to communicate with you about our services.

How we use and share Information

Responding to your Requests – If you have provided us information in connection with a request to receive information from us about our products or services or register for our email list, we will use your personally identifiable information to fulfill your requests and to send you email updates from time to time about the Company and our products and services. If you wish to unsubscribe from our email list, you may do so by contacting us at info@pencilblue.org.

Administering the Site; Analyzing user metrics – We use information you provide and information we automatically collect to administer the Site, including to diagnose technical problems, analyze visitor trends, enable users to navigate our Site and improve our Site. We may use your personally identifiable information provided when you download any of our software products for analyzing our user base and compiling and tracking user metrics.

Providing you Information on our products – if you have provided us information in connection with downloading any of our software products, we may use such information to send you additional information on the Company and its products and services, including updates to the product you downloaded or information on how you may utilize our products, or to contract you regarding business partnering opportunities we believe may be of interest to you. You will have the chance to opt-out of such communications at the time of download or you may contact us at info@pencilblue.org.

Service Providers – We will disclose information to our service providers that work on our behalf or with us to fulfill your information requests and to provide the Site. We do not permit these providers to use your information other than as necessary to provide the services to us.

Other Disclosures – We may disclose your information if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other governmental or law enforcement request, (b) enforce our software license terms, including investigation of potential violations, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against or mitigate harm to the rights, property or safety of Company, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

With Permission – If we use your personal information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected or other than as disclosed in this policy, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.

Aggregate and Non-personally Identifiable Information – We may also use you non-personally identifiable information, including as aggregated with other users’ non-personally identifiable information, to analyze use of our Site and interest in our products and services.

Except as set forth herein, we will not provide your personally identifiable information to any such unaffiliated parties for marketing or other purposes without your consent.

Corporate Events

If we become involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, your information may be included in the assets sold or transferred to the acquirer. You hereby agree that we may transfer or assign the information we have collected from you in connection with any such event. In the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred or used.

Information security

We will take reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.. However, we cannot guarantee its absolute security or that unauthorized persons will not access or use your personal information for improper purposes. In the event of a breach of security affecting personal information or data on our servers, we will take such notification and other steps as may be required under applicable law.

Accessing and updating personal information

You may update, change or correct your personal information by contacting us at info@pencilblue.org. We will update your account and information as requested, provided, that we may decline to update information if we determine it to be impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes or other historical data). In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Disclosures

Social Media Sites

We may have pages or other presence on various social networking sites or services, such as Facebook, Twitter and the like. Any information you post or provide through such sites and services will be subject to the policies of those sites and services.

Links

The Site may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the Company’s Site. We do not control those sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from our practices and policies. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal data you choose to give to unrelated third parties is not covered by our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information.

Location of Servers

Our servers are located in the United States of America. If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, please be advised that through your continued use of the Site, which is governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Policy, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer and the maintenance and processing of such information in the United States.

Information of Children

The Site is not intended for use by minors under the age of thirteen (13). If we learn that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information without verifiable parental consent, we will promptly take reasonable and appropriate actions to remove such user and delete any personal information from our servers.

Tracking

We do not track or collect personal data about your online activities once you leave the Site or Service.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@pencilblue.org.

Legal Notices

PencilBlue Copyright:

Copyright © 2014 PencilBlue, LLC All rights reserved. All content, materials, software, text, graphics, videos, logos, designs and other materials provided by PencilBlue (“PencilBlue Content”) and included on, available at or associated with the PencilBlue website or service and all intellectual property rights therein are owned by PencilBlueor its third party licensors. Use of the PencilBlue software platform shall be subject to and governed by the applicable license available upon download. Use, distribution or reproduction of the PencilBlue Content other than as authorized by PencilBlue and as set forth in an authorized license is strictly prohibited.

PencilBlue Trademarks:

PENCILBLUE and the PENCILBLUE logo are the trademarks of PencilBlue, LLC. Any other trademarks used on the website are the property of their respective owners.