This Privacy Policy covers Authorati's treatment of personal information that Authorati gathers when you are on the Authorati website and when you use Authorati services.

This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Authorati does not own or control, or to individuals that Authorati does not employ or manage.

Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a friendly, customized, and efficient experience. We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with the purpose for which it has been collected or subsequently authorized by you. We collect the following types of information from our users:

 1. When you register we ask for information such as your first name, last name, email address, place of work and country of residence. Once you register with Authorati and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.

 2. Authorati automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Authorati cookie information, and the page you request. Authorati uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.

 3. Authorati allows other users to browse your first name, last name, place of work and country of residence within your member profile. Your email address will not be disclosed to a third party.

 4. Authorati allows non-friends to browse through your friends activities.

 5. Authorati will allow 3rd parties access to all Authorati data that is already publicly available through Authorati.com. Authorati will forever keep private passwords and blog settings.

Authorati offers certain features that are only available through the use of a cookie. Cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted at the end of a session. The cookie itself contains no personally identifiable information but it does pass an ID to our server which allows us to tie the cookie to your personal information. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you will not be able to use certain features on our site.

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our website (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

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.

 1. 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 Authorati, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.

 2. We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with the law; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Authorati, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Your Authorati account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to work to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.

Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

You must be 13 years and older to register to use the Authorati website. As a result, Authorati does not specifically collect information about children.

If you decide to visit Authorati website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Virginia state law.