1. Your Acceptance
The use of the PaperCite website (the "Website") is subject to the provisions of this Privacy Policy, including any amendments or updates hereto. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the PaperCite Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.
2. General
PaperCite takes your privacy seriously. We gather certain types of information about our users and we want to help you understand the terms related to the collection and use of the information which we collect. This Privacy Policy discloses the types of information we gather, how we use it, and what choices you have regarding the collection of such information.
BY USING, ACCESSING OR DOWNLOADING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS HEREUNDER DESCRIBED), ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET HEREUNDER. PaperCite reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy for any changes. Your use of the Website following any amendment of this Privacy Policy will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms.
Please note that any content posted at the direction of users onto the Website becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Policy. Use of certain features of the Website may require submission of certain personal information, including your first and last name, email address, username and a password. PaperCite may also collect or receive (in some cases as part of the internet communication protocol) certain non-personally identifiable technical information, when the Website and pages are visited.
3. How is the information being used?
The information is used to operate and improve the features, offerings and content presented to you by PaperCite, to personalize the content and advertisements provided to you; to fulfill your requests for products, programs, and services; to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries; to conduct research about your use of the Website; and to help offer you other products, programs, or services that may be of interest.
Please note that PaperCite may use your personally identifiable information to present offers to you on behalf of business partners and advertisers. However, while PaperCite business partners and advertisers may receive aggregate data about PaperCite users, any personally identifiable information of yours will not be shared with third parties unless you have consented to the sharing of this information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, your information may be accessed and disclosed if and as required by legal procedures, as determined by PaperCite in good faith. Furthermore, PaperCite may transfer personally identifiable information in the event of a transfer of ownership of PaperCite, in which case the information could become subject to a different privacy policy.
4. Cookies
PaperCite may use cookies or similar technologies to enhance and personalize your experience of the Website, including to operate and improve offerings through the Website; to help authenticate your identity when you visit and transact with the Website; to remember your preferences and registration information; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of the various offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining which e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and advertisements provided to you.
PaperCite does not require that you accept cookies, and you may disable cookies at any time. However, some functionality of our Website may be impaired if you decline to accept cookies.
5. Third Party Ad Servers
PaperCite or its advertisers may use other companies known as third party ad servers to help present advertisements online in connection with the Website. These third party ad servers may use cookies or similar technologies to help present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements' effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one.
6. Security
PaperCite has implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect and safeguard the personally identifiable information under our control from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our personnel that have access to, and are associated with the processing of your personally identifiable information, are obligated to respect the confidentiality of the information.
7. Modification and Deletion of Personally Identifiable Information
In order to delete the personally identifiable information you submitted, notify us that you wish to delete your personally identifiable information or any part thereof contained at our databases using our contact details. If you wish to modify or update your personally identifiable information, use the Website interface. If you need help, please contact us using the contact details. Please note that deletion of your personally identifiable information from PaperCite database will not prevent PaperCite from using gathered anonymous information.
8. Third Parties' Practices
This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices exercised by other providers of products or services, advertisers or other web sites, or companies/people that PaperCite does not own or control, or does not employ or manage. See also, "4. Third Party Ad Servers."
Last updated: Feb 2010