Informationthat identifies you – PII or Personally Identifiable Information – isconsidered by us to be your property. All information that you disclose to uswill be considered Personally Identifiable Information. We consider yourPersonally Identifiable Information to be protected by your copyright, and weconsider your Personally Identifiable Information to be your secret, to beprotected by intellectual property laws that protect copyright and tradesecrecy, whether or not you have taken steps to claim copyright and tradesecrecy protection. Specifically, we consider your Personally IdentifiableInformation to be part of a Personal Biographical Work that is protected byyour Personal Nondisclosure Agreement (PersonalNDA) whether or not you haveexplicitly created those documents. Personally Identifiable Information thatyou share with us about yourself is therefore part of your MyOwnInformationfiles. By sharing it with us you have granted us a license to use it only as apart of our relationship with you and only for the purpose of maintaining thatrelationship.
Website Visitors
The Authenticity Institute, Inc. collects non-personally-identifyinginformation of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available,such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date andtime of each visitor request. Reliable Identities, Inc.’s purpose in collectingnon-personally identifying information is to better understand how ReliableIdentities, Inc.’s visitors in the aggregate use its website. From time totime, The Authenticity Institute, Inc. may release non-personally-identifyinginformation in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in theusage of its website. The Authenticity Institute, Inc. also collects potentiallypersonally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses forlogged in users and for users leaving comments. Reliable Identities, Inc. onlydiscloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the samecircumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information asdescribed below. Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Reliable Identities, Inc.’s websites choose to interactwith Reliable Identities, Inc. in ways that require The Authenticity Institute,Inc. to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type ofinformation that The Authenticity Institute, Inc. gathers depends on the natureof the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with The Authenticity Institute,Inc. – by purchasing our products and services, for example – are asked toprovide additional information, including as necessary the personal andfinancial information required to process those transactions. In each case, TheAuthenticity Institute, Inc. collects such information only insofar as isnecessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interactionwith The Authenticity Institute, Inc.. The Authenticity Institute, Inc. doesnot disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.And visitors may refuse to supply personally-identifying information; however,that refusal may prevent you from engaging in certain website-relatedactivities.
Aggregated Statistics
The Authenticity Institute, Inc. may collect statistics about thebehavior of visitors to its websites. The Authenticity Institute, Inc. maydisplay this information publicly or provide it to others. However, TheAuthenticity Institute, Inc. does not disclose personally-identifyinginformation other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
The Authenticity Alliance is a group of entities that are licensed by TheAuthenticity Institute to use certain technologies and methods in theiroperations. The license by which your Personally Identifiable Information isdisclosed to us does not extend to other members of The Authenticity Allianceunless you explicitly declare that to be the case, by clicking or otherwisedesignating your agreement to become an individual affiliate of TheAuthenticity Alliance. The Authenticity Institute, Inc. discloses potentiallypersonally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those ofits employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to knowthat information in order to process it on The Authenticity Institute, Inc.'sbehalf or to provide services available at The Authenticity Institute, Inc.'swebsites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of thoseemployees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside ofyour home country; by using The Authenticity Institute, Inc.'s websites, youconsent to the transfer of such information to them. The Authenticity Institute,Inc. will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying andpersonally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees,contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Authenticity Institute,Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifyinginformation only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmentalrequest, or when The Authenticity Institute, Inc. believes in good faith thatdisclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of TheAuthenticity Institute, Inc., third parties or the public at large. If you area registered user of a The Authenticity Institute, Inc. website and havesupplied your email address, The Authenticity Institute, Inc. may occasionallysend you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, orjust keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Authenticity Institute,Inc. and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs tocommunicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of emailto a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or viaone of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order tohelp us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.The Authenticity Institute, Inc. takes all measures reasonably necessary toprotect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction ofpotentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’scomputer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time thevisitor returns. We (as a member Enterprise of The Authenticity Institute) usecookies only in cases where you explicitly authorize us to do so. The instance andcontent of cookie information in your computer is considered to be PersonallyIdentifiable Information, licensed by you to us under the terms of the standardPersonal Nondisclosure Agreement and related Personal License. We (as a memberEnterprise of The Authenticity Institute) use cookies to help us identify andtrack visitors, their usage of our website, and their website accesspreferences. If you decline the use of cookies, certain features of ourwebsites may not function properly.
Business Transfers
If The Authenticity Institute, Inc., or substantially all of its assets, wereacquired, or in the unlikely event that The Authenticity Institute, Inc. goesout of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of theassets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge thatsuch transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The Authenticity Institute,Inc. may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Authenticity Institute, Inc.may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Authenticity Institute,Inc.'s sole discretion. The Authenticity Institute, Inc. encourages visitors tofrequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Yourcontinued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy willconstitute your acceptance of such change.