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This Privacy Policy explains the collection, use, and disclosure of "personal information" by Metabeam Corporation, a California Corporation, with its principal place of business at 733 12th Street, Manhattan Beach, CA 90026, USA, through the website that Metabeam currently operates at http://metacommons.org ("Website"), alternate domains and subdomains. As used in this policy, "personal information" means information that would allow a party to identify you, such as, for example, your name, address, telephone number or email address. Personal information we collect: We collect personal information at two places on our Website(s): (1) in connection with your completion of a form requesting contact; (2) when you provide us with your personal information such as by sending an email to us or signing up to receive a newsletter; and (3) when you complete the billing information form for purchase of one of our products or services, so that we can bill your credit card. What we do with the personal information we collect: We use the personal information you provide to us in the process of establishing and maintaining a user account for a product or service, to contact you regarding the status of your account, to maintain a database of account holder profile information to assist us in managing your account, and to respond to problems with your account should they occur. If you complete an application form but do complete the purchase of a product or service, the information you provided via the form is expunged from our records, unless you request otherwise. We use the personal information you provide to us in order to respond to your request, for example, to reply to your email or to send you communications about news and events related to your account, product or service. Personal information submitted as part of our email discussion lists or support forums is used for the purpose of managing the discussion lists or support forums. Your name and email address will typically be visible to other list participants when you correspond on the list and to the general public in the discussion archives. Product and service purchase is sometimes handled via PayPal (in which case your personal information is sent to, handled by and stored by PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/) in accordance with its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy). Non-personal browsing and site usage information that we collect: When you use the Websites, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) may collect information indirectly and automatically (through, for example, the use of your "IP address") about your activities while visiting the Websites, including the web pages you view and the times you view them and information about the browser you are using. We do not link browsing information to the personal information you submit to us; we use this browsing information for internal purposes such as to help understand how the Websites are being used and to improve it, and for systems administration purposes. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer Internet access provider, your IP address probably varies from session to session. The disclosures we may make of personal information: In general, it is not Metabeam's practice to disclose personal information to third parties. We may share personal information in two instances. Firstly, Metabeam may share personal information with our contractors and service providers in order to maintain, enhance, or add to the functionality of the Websites, products and services. Secondly, we may share personal information with third parties such as the government or other entities when required to by law or as required by court order. The security of personal information collected via the Websites: Metabeam has implemented reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to and unlawful interception or processing of personal information that Metabeam stores and controls. However, no website can fully eliminate security risks. Third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We will post a reasonably prominent notice to the Websites if any such security breach occurs. Questions? If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email using the contact form on this Web site. We hope this policy clarifies our procedures regarding your personal information. Metabeam may revise this policy at any time by updating this posting.