Privacy

This privacy policy applies to the information substatica collects about you as a user of substatica sites, services, and the software we use to provide you our services. Some of these services may provide you with additional information and choices about your privacy, which you should review.

This policy does not apply to information about you collected by third party websites and offerings linked to or otherwise accessible from substatica. The information collected or received by third parties is subject to their own privacy policies.

Collection of Your Information

We collect or receive information about you when you interact with substatica. Registering with substatica is optional and we may collect information even if you do not register. Depending on how you use substatica’s Services, your information may include:

Your information may be supplemented with additional information from other companies such as publicly available information, information about households, and other information which we may append or match to your information.

substatica may also receive or collect certain technical information when you use our services. This may include: the type of browser or operating system you are using, your manner of connecting to the Internet and the name of your Internet service provider; your Internet protocol address; information about substatica services that you used prior to registering with substatica; and data relating to computer malfunctions or problems occurring when you use your computer with substatica services. Additionally, we may collect information about other software on your computer for the limited purpose of protecting your security or improving your online experience.

How Your Information is used

Your information is used for purposes that include:

substatica may use cookies, web beacons, or other technologies in combination with your information to enhance and personalize your experience on substatica.  substatica may use the Screen Name Service, or other technologies, to register or authenticate you and enable you to take advantage of services.

substatica may use information about your use of certain communication tools (for example, substatica e-mail); however, substatica does not read your private online communications when you use substatica communications tools without your consent.

Sharing of Your Information

substatica does not rent or sell your information (such as name, address, telephone number, screen name and credit card information) to third parties for their marketing purposes. substatica may share your information with third parties to provide products and services you have requested, when we have your consent, or as described in this Privacy Policy.

Your information may be shared with sites and services subject to this Privacy Policy.

The contents of your online communications, as well as other information about you as an substatica user, may be accessed and disclosed in response:  to lawful governmental requests or legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena), in other circumstances in which substatica has a good faith belief that a crime has been or is being committed by an substatica user, that an emergency exists that poses a threat to the safety of you or another person, when necessary either to protect the rights or property of substatica, or for us to render the service you have requested.

Please note that if you use substatica communications tools to disclose information about yourself publicly (for example, in chat rooms or online message boards made available by substatica), others outside of substatica may obtain access to information you provide.

substatica’s offerings may include features or functionalities provided by third parties. In the process of providing such functionalities within substatica services, your browser may automatically send certain technical information to the third party provider. The use of these third-party provided features or functionalities is subject to their own privacy policies.

Business partners or other third parties may receive data about groups of substatica users, but do not receive information that personally identifies you.

We may use agents and contractors in order to help operate substatica. Their use of information is limited to these purposes.

In the event that ownership of substatica was to change as a result of a merger, acquisition, or transfer to another company, your information may be transferred. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your information, you will be provided notice about the choices you have to decline to permit such a transfer.

Display of Advertising

Your information may be used for the presentation of advertisements. substatica may use ad networks to customize and display advertising on substatica Services. substatica may share certain information about you as a user (such as age, zip code, or other information we have collected or received) with certain ad network and service providers to help them deliver more relevant content and advertisements through their networks.

Our Commitment to Security

substatica has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your information, but cannot guarantee that your information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy (for example, as a result of unauthorized acts by third parties that violate applicable law or the policies of substatica and its affiliated providers). To protect your privacy and security, we may use passwords to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to your information.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the substatica Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us.

Changes to this Privacy Policy and Additional Information

substatica may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically. If there are significant changes to substatica’s information practices, you will be provided with appropriate online notice. You may be provided other privacy-related information in connection with your use of offerings from substatica as well as for special features and services not described in this Policy that may be introduced in the future.