Website Visitors
Like most website operators, CMJ 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. CMJ’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how CMJ ‘s visitors use its website. From time to time, CMJ may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
CMJ also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments. CMJ only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
CMJ 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 CMJ’s behalf or to provide services available at CMJ’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 CMJ’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. CMJ 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, CMJ discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when CMJ believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of CMJ, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a CMJ website and have supplied your email address, CMJ 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 CMJ and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs 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. CMJ 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. CMJ uses cookies to help CMJ identify and track visitors, their usage of CMJ website, and their website access preferences. CMJ visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using CMJ’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of CMJ’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If CMJ, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that CMJ goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of CMJ may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, CMJ may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in CMJ’s sole discretion. CMJ encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
This Privacy Policy document is an adaptation of the Privacy Policy on Automattic.com, available under a Creative Commons Sharealike license.