Privacy Policy

The Collection of Personal Data

Please be aware that most of our websites are available and open to you without having to provide any Personal Data (defined below). However, in order to access and use certain Developers Alliance properties and resources or parts of websites, we may request Personal Data from you, like your name, e-mail address, company name and telephone number (personally identifiable information or "Personal Data"). The Alliance uses this information to customize your experience as an Alliance member on our web site and provide you with a password to use these web sites, or for the purposes stated at the time of collection, such as participation in a promotion or enable internal process audits or prevent fraud. You have the right to refuse to provide this information, however access to certain secure portions of the website(s) will not be provided.

As a Developers Alliance member, you consent to the use, transfer, export and retention of your Personal Data as set out in this privacy policy. Consequently, after registering, The Alliance may use this submitted information for the purposes for which you and The Alliance have intended and to provide you with additional information, such as alerting you to services that can assist you in your business. The Alliance will maintain personal data in an appropriately secure environment to ensure confidentiality.

We may also occasionally send newsletters to our registered users. To unsubscribe from these newsletters please follow the directions in these emails.

The Alliance aims to ensure that any Personal Data held by the Alliance is accurate. You may update, delete or amend your Personal Data held by The Alliance by contacting the Alliance at: contact@developersalliance.org. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We may provide your personal data to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as shipping your order or offering member service. These companies are authorized to use your personal data only as necessary to provide these services to us.

In certain situations, Developers Alliance may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

We may also disclose your personal data as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. We will only disclose your personal data to another third party with your prior consent to do so.

Collecting Domain Information

As is true of most web sites, The Alliance gathers certain information automatically and stores it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/ exit pages, operating system, date/ time stamp, or clickstream data. This data enables us to become more familiar with which members visit our site, how often they visit, and what parts of the site they visit most often. The Alliance uses this information to improve its web-based offerings. This information is collected automatically and requires no action on your part. We do not tie Personal Data to domain information, except as necessary to prevent abuse or fraud on our site. We will only disclose your personal data to another third party with your prior consent to do so.

Use of Tracking Technologies

The Alliance and our partners, affiliates, analytics, or service providers use cookies or similar technologies. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movements around the site, orgathering demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.

We use cookies to remember users' settings (e.g. language preference) and for authentication. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level and when first accessing our site. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.)

Advertising / Tracking

We may partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests.

Security

The security of your personal data is important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal data submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at contact@developersalliance.org.

Social Media Features and Widgets

Our Web site includes Social Media Features. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it. You may need to contact the third party application directly if you want the personal information gathered removed.

Public Forums

Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at contact@developersalliance.org. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Our blog is also managed by third party applications that may require you to register/ login to their platform to post a comment. We do not have access or control of the information you post through these third party applications. You will need to contact or login into third party application if you want your personal information that was posted to the comments section remove. To learn how the third party application uses your information, please review their privacy policy.

Testimonials

We may display personal testimonials of members or partners on our website in addition to other endorsements. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at contact@developersalliance.org.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of The Alliance. If you submit personal data to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policy. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.

Your Rights

Upon request we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. You may access, correct, or request deletion of your personal information by contacting us at contact@developersalliance.org. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

We will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you services. If you wish to request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at contact@developersalliance.org. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.