FreeBSD's Privacy Policy Privacy Policy <p>The FreeBSD Project recognizes that your privacy and the
protection of your personal information is important to you and is
committed to protecting your privacy.
This Privacy Policy describes
the measures taken by us to protect your privacy in connection with
your use of www.FreeBSD.org (our "Site").
This policy does not
cover mirrors of this content on other hosts (the "Mirrors") or
other FreeBSD-related services in the FreeBSD.org domain
("Affiliated Sites").</p>
<p>This policy was last modified on October 19, 2012.</p>
<p>PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY.
BY USING THIS SITE,
YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY.</p> What
information is collected on our Site: <p>When you visit our Site we gather information regarding your use
of our site, such as the pages you view and the time you view each
page.
We also collect information such as your Internet Protocol
("IP") address, browser type and operating system information.
The
foregoing information is collectively referred to below as "Your
Usage Data."</p>
<p>We store information such as your email address, name, and
organization or company ("Personally Identifiable Information")
only if you decide to send us such information by submitting a
FreeBSD bug or problem report ("PR"), subscribing to one of the
FreeBSD mailing lists or posting content to our Site forums.
The
FreeBSD Project allows unlimited distribution of that content.
Information submitted in those reports and lists, including your
Personally Identifiable Information, is considered public and will
be accessible to anyone on the web.
Such information is not only
stored on servers belonging to the FreeBSD Foundation, but it is
also stored on other servers that mirror the content of our Site.
The FreeBSD Foundation has no control over the use of that
information, including your Personally Identifiable
Information.</p>
<p>This website uses a cookie to record layout style preferences
for individual users, as well track anonymous traffic data.
A
cookie is a small text file provided by a web server that may be
placed on your computer by your web browser.
Cookies cannot be used
to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are
uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in
the domain that issued the cookie to you.
You may refuse the use of
cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser,
however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use
the full functionality of this or other websites.</p> How the information
collected is used: <p>The FreeBSD Project takes the privacy of our users and members
very seriously.
We will never sell, rent, or otherwise provide your
personally identifiable information to any third parties except as
stated in this document.
We will not associate any data gathered
from your use of our Site with any personally identifying
information.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD Project will not use or share your personal
information in a manner that differs from what is described in this
Privacy Policy without your prior consent.</p> How your information is
protected: <p>The FreeBSD Project strictly protects the security of the
personal information you provide.
Personal information we collect
is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access, and
we carefully protect this information from loss or misuse, and from
unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.</p> When your
information may be disclosed: <p>The FreeBSD Project may disclose personal information if
required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>conform to the requirements of the law or comply with legal
process served on The FreeBSD Project or the Site;</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>protect and defend the rights or property of The FreeBSD
Project.
or</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>act in urgent circumstances to protect personal safety of users
of The FreeBSD Project, its websites, or the public.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Anonymized aggregate traffic data about website visits may be
shared for marketing or research purposes.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD Project uses Google Analytics, a web analytics
service provided by Google, Inc.
Google Analytics is a tool that
enables the FreeBSD Project to see how visitors to our Site use our
Site and how they arrive at our Site.
Google Analytics uses
"cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help
our Site to analyze visitor activity.
We send Google Analytics data
that reports on your use of the Site.
That data includes Your Usage
Data and is not anonymised before it is transmitted to Google
Analytics.
This un-anonymised data is stored by Google on servers,
once it is transmitted to Google.
Google will use this information
for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling
reports on website activity for website operators and providing
other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Google may also transfer Your Usage Data to third parties where
required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the
information on Google’s behalf.
Google will not associate Your
Usage Data with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the
use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your
browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be
able to use the full functionality of our Site.
By using our Site,
you consent to the processing of Your Usage Data by Google in the
manner and for the purposes set out above.</p>
<p>With the exception of the transmission of Your Usage Data to
Google for the sole purpose of using Google Analytics and the
public access we permit to the bug reports you submit, the mailing
lists you subscribe to, and posting content to our Site forums, the
FreeBSD Project does not share un-anonymised data with anyone.</p> Updates to this privacy
policy: <p>We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy.
When we do, we
will also revise the "last modified" date at the top of the Privacy
Policy.
We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy
to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal
information we collect.
Your continued use of the service
constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any
updates.</p> Sale of assets: <p>In the unlikely event that The FreeBSD Project or substantially
all of its assets are acquired, your information may be one of the
transferred assets.</p> Third party links: <p>In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may
include third party links on our site.
These linked sites have
separate and independent privacy policies.
This Privacy Policy only
covers our Site and does not cover any other website.
We therefore
have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities
of these linked sites.
Nonetheless, we seek to protect the
integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these linked
sites (including if a specific link does not work).</p> Contacting Us: <p>We would like to receive your comments and questions about this
Privacy Policy and any other matter you have regarding our Site.
Please address comments or questions to us via e-mail at: privacy@FreeBSD.org.</p>