What This Privacy Policy Covers

  • This privacy policy pertains to the use of AlgorithmGuru.com web site and its associated services(collectively, “AlgorithmGuru”)
  • This privacy policy covers how AlgorithmGuru treats personal information that AlgorithmGuru collects and receives. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number.

Information Collection and How it is used

General Information

  • AlgorithmGuru collects personal information when you register with AlgorithmGuru to use AlgorithmGuru services or to post content on AlgorithmGuru.
  • When you register we ask for your email address and certain optional information such as your name, birth date, birth place, gender, biographical information, ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/MSN user name, and personal interests.
  • AlgorithmGuru automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie, and the page you request.
  • AlgorithmGuru uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.

IP Addresses

IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in our user registration databases when you register with AlgorithmGuru.

IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:

  • To diagnose or service technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
  • To tailor advertising based on geographic area or other information derived from your IP address. Aggregate information derived from IP addresses may also be reported to advertisers.
  • To estimate the total number of users visiting AlgorithmGuru from specific geographical regions.
  • To make sure that people are not voting for themselves or friends during contests or promotions.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

  • You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.
  • If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use AlgorithmGuru products or services that require you to “sign in,” and you may not be able to take full advantage of the AlgorithmGuru service.
  • AlgorithmGuru uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
  • Access your information when you “sign in”.
  • Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using AlgorithmGuru’s services.
  • Display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on AlgorithmGuru.
  • Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
  • Conduct research to improve AlgorithmGuru ‘s content and services.
  • AlgorithmGuru lets other companies (such as Google) that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other entities’ use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other entities do not have access to AlgorithmGuru cookies.


Information Sharing and Disclosure

  • When you post a message, your AlgorithmGuru ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users.
  • If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. AlgorithmGuru does not rent or sell your personal information.
  • Generally, AlgorithmGuru does not share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies without your consent except to provide products or services you’ve requested and in the following circumstances:
  • AlgorithmGuru may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas, warrants, court orders or legal process or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
  • It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities, including without limitation, fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of AlgorithmGuru ‘s terms of use, or as otherwise permitted or required by law. We will transfer information about you if AlgorithmGuru is acquired by or merged with another company. No personally identifiable information will ever be used without your permission (i.e. we will ask you for a quote or testimonial)
  • AlgorithmGuru displays targeted advertisements based on personal information that is exhibited in people’s profiles.

Editing and Deleting Account Information. Security.

  • You can change your AlgorithmGuru Account Information, at any time.
  • We may send you certain communications relating to the AlgorithmGuru service, such as service announcements and administrative messages, that are considered part of your AlgorithmGuru account.
  • You can delete your AlgorithmGuru account at any time by emailing to admin@ AlgorithmGuru.com.
  • Your AlgorithmGuru Account Information is password-protected.


Changes to this Privacy Policy

AlgorithmGuru may update this policy at any time for any reason. If there are any significant changes to how we handle personal information we will send a notice to the primary email address specified in your AlgorithmGuru account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

If you have questions or suggestions please contact us at contact@AlgorithmGuru.com