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Open Wire, LLC ("Open Wire") operates several websites including www.openwire.com. It is Open Wire's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Open Wire collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Open Wire's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Open Wire's visitors use its website. From time to time, Open Wire may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Open Wire also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Open Wire does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Open Wire's websites choose to interact with Open Wire in ways that require Open Wire to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Open Wire gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at www.openwire.com or its websites to provide an email address. Those who engage in transactions with Open Wire are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Open Wire collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Open Wire. Open Wire does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Open Wire may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Open Wire may monitor the most popular publications on the www.openwire.com site. Open Wire may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Open Wire does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Open Wire discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Open Wire's behalf or to provide services available at Open Wire's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Open Wire's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Open Wire will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Open Wire discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Open Wire believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Open Wire, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Open Wire website and have supplied your email address, Open Wire may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Open Wire and our products. We primarily use our website to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Open Wire takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Open Wire uses cookies to help Open Wire identify and track visitors, their usage of Open Wire website, and their website access preferences. Open Wire visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Open Wire's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Open Wire's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Open Wire may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at Open Wire's sole discretion. Open Wire encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a www.openwire.com account, you should also check the website for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.