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Privacy Policy
DeepDyve, Inc. (“DeepDyve”) knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy. By visiting DeepDyve’s website at http://www.deepdyve.com (“deepdyve.com”), or using any of our services or products, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy covers DeepDyve’s treatment of personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") DeepDyve gathers when you are accessing deepdyve.com and when you use our services. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that DeepDyve does not own or control, or to individuals DeepDyve does not employ or manage.
The information we gather from users enables us to personalize and improve our services, and to allow our users to set up a user account and profile that can be used to interact with other users through deepdyve.com. In connection with deepdyve.com, we may request and display some personal information to other users and visitors of deepdyve.com, which allows users to identify each other. We collect the following types of information from our users.
We receive and store any information you enter on deepdyve.com or provide to us in any other way. The types of Personal Information collected may include your name, gender, e-mail address, cell phone number, occupation, hometown, college, personal interests, and information about your use of the services on deepdyve.com. You may choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features. The Personal Information you provide is used for such purposes as responding to your requests for certain information, products and services, customizing the advertising and content you see, and communicating with you about specials and new features. You may modify or remove your personal information at any time by logging into your account and accessing features to edit your profile and account information.
We often receive a confirmation when you open an e-mail from DeepDyve if your computer supports this type of program. DeepDyve uses this confirmation to help us make e-mails more interesting and helpful. We also compare our user list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our users.
Personal Information about our users is an integral part of our business. We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information to anyone. We share your Personal Information only as described below.
We anticipate that we may become affiliated with a variety of businesses and work closely with them. In certain situations, these businesses may operate stores at deepdyve.com or sell items to you through deepdyve.com. In other situations, DeepDyve may provide services, or sell products jointly with affiliated businesses. You can easily recognize when an affiliated business is associated with your transaction, and we will share user information that is related to such transactions with that affiliated business.
We employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you. Examples include sending email, analyzing data, and providing user services. Unless we tell you differently, DeepDyve’s agents do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information for the above purposes.
User profile information including user ID and location may be displayed to other users to facilitate user interaction within deepdyve.com. Users’ full names will not be directly revealed to other users by DeepDyve, however, to facilitate searching User Submissions, DeepDyve allows users to search for other users by using first and last name and other information users provide in their profile.
As part of deepdyve.com and Services, you may receive from DeepDyve and other users e-mail and other communication relating to your User Submissions. You acknowledge and agree that by posting such User Submissions, DeepDyve and other users may send you e-mail and other communication that they determine in their sole discretion relate to your User Submissions.
We may send offers to certain users on behalf of other businesses. However, when we do so, we do not give the other business your name and address. If you do not wish to receive these offers, please send us an email to unsubscribe.
In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if DeepDyve, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that DeepDyve 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 acquiror may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this policy.
We may release Personal Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with that law; enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of DeepDyve, our employees, our users, or others. This includes, without limitation, exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.
Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your Personal Information may be shared with third parties, and will be given the option to prevent the sharing of this information.
Your DeepDyve account Personal Information
is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need
ensure that there is no unauthorized access to your account and Personal
Information by selecting and protecting your password appropriately and
limiting access to your computer and browser by signing off after you have
finished accessing your account.
DeepDyve endeavors to protect user information to ensure that user
account information is kept private, however, DeepDyve cannot guarantee
the security of user account information. Unauthorized entry or use,
hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the
security of user information at any time. For additional information
about the security measures DeepDyve uses in connection with deepdyve.com,
please contact us at .
deepdyve.com contains links to other sites. DeepDyve is not responsible
for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking
to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site.
This Privacy Policy only governs information collected on deepdyve.com.
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post information to
public areas on deepdyve.com or any other public forums, such information
can be accessed by the public.
DeepDyve allows you to access the following information about you for the purpose of viewing, and in certain situations, updating that information. This list will change as deepdyve.com changes. You may currently access the following information:
DeepDyve may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time for any reason. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used or collected. If we make changes in the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you via e-mail or by posting an announcement on deepdyve.com. Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses deepdyve.com after such changes have been first posted.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy at deepdyve.com, please send us a detailed message to .