Privacy Policy Statement

Last Updated: 2009/05/17

Ok folks you've been waiting for it, so here it is. The more-or-less official Iroha Project Privacy Policy Statement is now available for all those who really want to know what we do with your information.
The Iroha Project strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party. With a big fat PERIOD!

How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain features, such as bulletin boards or when you comment in the guestbook or blog. You may provide information when you participate in message boards and bulletin boards, and other interactive areas of our site. Like most Web sites, our organization also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize the site's features according to your preferences. We do not knowingly program any kind of cookies or do we trace you using spy ware or ad ware; however, tools for example, blog counters are hosted by other sites, which may use cookies. Two examples of statistical software that we use are Google Analytics for almost all our pages and JoomlaWatch Stats for the ProjectH2O.org Joomla site.

What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect your privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may be seen by other web service providers, for example the blog counter is hosted by another company. Again, this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on The Iroha Project to communicate with you about your inquires and customization preferences; our privacy policy; services and products offered by The Iroha Project and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by The Iroha Project may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of message boards and guest books, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for example) may access such information. We will use your information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our organization, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other organizations. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.

Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
The Iroha Project expects its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame of content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through our organization web sites you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information or other web sites offered by other parties. The Iroha Project is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on page(s) operated by a third party.

While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. The Iroha Project does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of The Iroha Project and this policy.

This policy also applies to all websites and domains affliated with The Iroha Project and Project H2O.
www.IrohaProject.org
www.ProjectH2O.org
www.ProjectH2O.net
http://bzhuo373.nutang.com http://projecth2o.blogspot.com

Contacting Us
We can be reached by contacting:

Email: privacy[at]projecth2o[dot]org

Mail: 27 Rue Boudreau Branche, Site 20, Box 1, RR#1 Pointe-de-l'Eglise, Nouvelle Ecosse B0W-1M0 Canada

Skype: bzhuo26, QQ 841323112

Changes to this Policy
The Iroha Project reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.

This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.