Blitz Bazaar Privacy Policy

Last modified: November 20, 2009

At Blitz Bazaar we recognize that privacy is important. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at info@blitzbazaar.com. This privacy policy covers the website www.blitzbazaar.com.

Principles

Blitz Bazaar is an online service that lets individuals and groups of individuals create and run blitzes (more commonly known as campaigns). Individuals run blitzes to mobilize large numbers of people to take collective action in pursuit of a common goal. Toward this end, a variety of different features are incorporated to allow you to communicate with other users through public and private messaging, to share with open and closed groups of people certain information about yourself, and at times to direct payments towards certain causes, among other uses. All of these features exist for the sole purpose of improving the effectiveness of Blitz Bazaar. User profiles on Blitz Bazaar may be viewed by all visitors.

What information is collected?

Membership on Blitz Bazaar requires your name and email address. The user at any point may add or change other information on their profile. Blitz Bazaar will never share a user's email address or password.

Postings or comments on the Chronicle or elsewhere will contain the user’s name and will allow viewers to link to the public contents of that poster’s profile. In areas where anonymous postings are allowed, both guest and anonymous users may post without their username. However, while Blitz Bazaar endeavors to protect the identity of users who make anonymous posts, Blitz Bazaar does not guarantee the anonymity of users, and Blitz Bazaar expressly disclaims any and all liability, including but not limited to direct, indirect, consequential, punitive liability, that may occur as a result of the discovery of the identity of users who make posts intended to be anonymous.

When you visit Blitz Bazaar, we collect your browser type, OS type, IP address, and geocode (if available from your browser) and any other relevant profile information that we may from time-to-time expressly solicit from members. This information is gathered for all Blitz Bazaar visitors, and logged with a timestamp. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Blitz Bazaar. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you wish to disable this convenience feature.

Why is this information gathered and how is it used?

All information gathered by Blitz Bazaar is for the express purpose of enabling a more productive, customized, and efficient experience for our users. We do not sell user information. Private information gathered may be used to verify users in order to increase the soundness of a Blitz, by a Blitz in which the user is a member to make a statement (as organized by members of that Blitz), or any other disclosure if, and only if, approved by the user whose information is being revealed.

The posting of personal information on Blitz Bazaar is entirely at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that personal information you post on Blitz Bazaar will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of personal information may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your personal information.

Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on Blitz Bazaar is a violation of Blitz Bazaar’s Terms of Service and should be reported to abuse@blitzbazaar.com.

IP addresses and geocodes may be gathered by Blitz Bazaar to help classify the region of a Blitz when applicable, and to ensure that all times displayed correspond correctly to the user’s time zone. IP address and other browser information can only be gathered when the settings on the users’ computer allow for it.

Blitz information, detached from any private information, will also be reviewed by Blitz Bazaar staff periodically for the purpose of improving the website and enforcing the Terms of Use.

We may occasionally email you notifications regarding new services, the status of a Blitz you belong to, internal messages you have received from other site members, and other account information.

Any information that is made public may be used in feeds and searches available to all users.

No information from children under age 13.

If you are under age 13, please do not attempt to register for Facebook or provide any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under age 13, please contact us through this help page.

Children

We recommend that minors ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

Blitz Bazaar, or people who post on Blitz Bazaar, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.

Changes to this privacy policy

Blitz Bazaar may amend this privacy policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the privacy policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on Blitz Bazaar website to allow you to learn what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit Blitz Bazaar website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this privacy policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Delaware state law.

Contacting Blitz Bazaar

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@blitzbazaar.com. You may also reach us by mail at 979 Guerrero Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.

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