Changes in Privacy Policy
All "personal information" ("personal information" is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains) that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. Little Machines reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted at http://www.littlemachines.com/privacy.html. If as the result of such changes, you want to alter the ways in which Little Machines is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described below in the section titled "Updating your personal information and privacy preferences." You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after such notice has been posted with the following exception: If at the time you provide personal information to Little Machines you are given the opportunity (as you currently are) to limit how such information will be used to communicate with you, either by Little Machines or by third parties, Little Machines will not change your preference in this regard without your express consent. However, if Little Machines sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or Little Machines (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by, or merged with, another entity, Little Machines may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without your consent.

Entities collecting personal information
Personal information on this Site is collected by Little Machines. Little Machines's address is 1450 Sutter Street, 109, San Francisco, CA 94109.

The Site may contain links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided to the contrary, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.

Collection of personal information
As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as contact Little Machines or registering online for any of Little Machines' software applications or services, Little Machines may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, Little Machines may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, telephone number, and other personal information. When ordering products or services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.

When you use the Site, Little Machines or third parties authorized by Little Machines may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer to facilitate your use of the Site and its services. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, and the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of your computer. We use these environmental variables to facilitate and track your use of the Site and its services. Little Machines also uses such environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Site. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.

When you submit personal information to Little Machines through this Site, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which Little Machines and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices, including, without limitation, the United States. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of Little Machines. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties. One instance where this could occur is in conjunction with framed pages in which the URL for the pages is not visible and the pages are being hosted by a vendor of Little Machines.

Little Machines has established relationships with various service providers whose services are available to you from this Site or from Web sites that are linked to this Site. Typically, these providers offer services that Little Machines customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with Little Machines services and products. In order to use those services, you may be required to provide personal information to the providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Web site will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on this Site in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with Little Machines personal information collected from you. In such instances, Little Machines may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. In the situation where sites have a Little Machines "look and feel," and you reasonably believe you are on a Little Machines site, the site is collecting information in a solely intermediary capacity and does not use personal information for secondary purposes.

How your personal information is used
Little Machines collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you register a product, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. As another example, if you enter a contest, information is collected to qualify the entry and contact you regarding the contest or prize awards. Your personal information is also used to keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and other products and services of Little Machines and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.

Little Machines may collect information about the use of the Site, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. Little Machines may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.

Your choices with respect to personal information
Little Machines recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Site. Without your consent, Little Machines will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, and special offers available from Little Machines, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Site. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, Little Machines will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.

There are other instances in which Little Machines may divulge your personal information. Little Machines may provide your personal information if necessary, in Little Machines's good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations of a governmental or regulatory body or in response to a valid subpoena, warrant, or order or to protect the rights of Little Machines or others.

Protection of your personal information
The personal information that you provide in connection with registering yourself as a user of Little Machines products or services or registering a Little Machines product is classified as Registration Information. Registration Information is protected in several ways. Your Registration Information resides on a protected server that only selected Little Machines personnel and contractors have access to via password. Little Machines strives to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing your personal information when it is transmitted to Little Machines. If at any time you wish to change the information by which Little Machines contacts you, please notify us from our Contact page.

Use of cookies
When you visit this Site, you can browse the Site and access important information without revealing your identity. In order to improve our Site, we may use "cookies" to track your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a Web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card, and enables Little Machines to record your passwords, purchases, and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses.

Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. (For some Web pages that require an authorization, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages.)

While Little Machines uses cookies to track your visit to Little Machines.com, and our Web servers automatically log the IP/Internet address of your computer, Little Machines does not generally use this information to identify you personally. However, if you expressly provide consent for Little Machines.com to "remember" the unique identifier that you select when you register for various activities on the site, that unique identifier may be stored on a cookie on your computer, linked to your registration information, and your navigation path around the site will be tracked. We associate this data to understand how our site and services are being used so we can understand our customers and offer appropriate products and services.

Updating your personal information and privacy preferences
You have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences at any time. With respect to Registration Information, you may correct your personal information and privacy preferences (such as whether you wish to receive promotional communications from Little Machines or third parties) by notifying Little Machines from our Contact page. Please include your name, address, and e-mail address when you contact us.

To access and/or correct personal information submitted through this Site that is not Registration Information, you may write Little Machines at our Contact page.

In your correspondence, please indicate with as much detail as possible the location on this Site where you provided your personal information.

Privacy-related inquiries and complaints
Little Machines takes its users' privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that Little Machines has not complied with this Online Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write to the Little Machines Privacy Officer at the address indicated above.

In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the Little Machines Online Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.

Also, please note that Little Machines is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-Little Machines Web sites to which this Site or any other Little Machines Web site may link. You should review the privacy policy of such sites before using the sites.

Last Updated on 1/27/2006.