Privacy Policy
COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and
operated by Rubicon Crypto, LLC. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost
importance to us and at Rubicon Crypto, we want to make your experience online both
satisfying and safe.
Because we gather
certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully
understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that data.
As such, this privacy statement discloses the information we gather and how we
use it.
Simply put, Rubicon
Crypto, LLC gathers two types of information about users:
- First, we gather information
that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions to receive our
electronic newsletters, to participate in our webinars or virtual forums,
and, from participation in polls and surveys.
- Second,
Rubicon Crypto, LLC gathers information through the aggregated tracking of
data derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This
information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs by
understanding more fully the demographics of our audience. Under no
circumstances does Rubicon Crypto, LLC divulge any information about an
individual user to a third party.
OPTIONAL VOLUNTARY INFORMATION
We offer the following
free services, which requires some level of voluntary submission of personal
information by users:
- Electronic newsletters, blogs, webinars and whitepapers
We will offer variety of free electronic newsletters, blogs, webinars and whitepapers to users. Rubicon Crypto, LLC gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page. Users can also unsubscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration. - Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. Rubicon Crypto, LLC may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users. - Surveys
Rubicon Crypto, LLC may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.
OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN'S
PRIVACY
Consistent with the
Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never
knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age
of 13 without requesting parental consent.
USAGE TRACKING
Rubicon Crypto, LLC
tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites, however, we do not
correlate this information with data about individual users. Rubicon Crypto,
LLC does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name,
browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string
(information contained in every user's browser).
Rubicon Crypto sometimes
tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our search function,
but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking
information to determine which areas of our site users prefer based on traffic
to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well
each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service
for you.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
We may place a text file
called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie
itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to
relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly
provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information
you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie
files created by other sites. Rubicon Crypto uses cookies to track user traffic
patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time
cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies
by turning them off in your browser. If you have set your browser to warn you
before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each
cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site, however,
you do need cookies to participate actively in polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
Rubicon Crypto, LLC uses
any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in
our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements
on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our
users.
As stated above, we use
information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic
newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys and webinars.
We send out newsletters and blogs to subscribers on a regular schedule, and
occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be
particularly interested in a topic or industry event. Rubicon Crypto, LLC never shares our mailing
lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking
information to determine which areas of our site users prefer, we do not track
what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall.
This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms
entered in search function as one of many measures of what interests our users,
however we do not track which terms a particular user enters.
Rubicon Crypto will not
disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with
applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our
users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
Rubicon Crypto, LLC uses
the aforementioned information to tailor our content to suit your needs. We
will not share information about individual users with any third party, except
to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal
safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Rubicon Crypto, LLC
operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and
password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically
reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access
to the information provided by our customers.
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options
wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:
- Opting not to register to
receive our electronic newsletters, blogs and similar communications.
- Opting not
to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates
the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you
consent to the collection and use of this information by Rubicon Crypto, LLC.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this
page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use
it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.