BIRT Exchange Privacy Policy

BIRT Exchange is owned and operated by Actuate Corporation. Actuate is committed to respecting your online privacy and we recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") that you provide to us. Actuate has established this Online Privacy Policy so that you can understand the care with which we intend to treat your Personal Information.

Notice

Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to your first and last name, a home or other physical address, an email address or other contact information. In general, you can visit BIRT Exchange web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about web site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. BIRT Exchange makes limited use of cookies. When you visit BIRT Exchange, a cookie is written to save your session ID. You must enable cookies in your browser in order to log into and use BIRT Exchange. The information we collect and analyze through such cookies is used anonymously, and in the aggregate, to improve our service and to understand BIRT Exchange traffic patterns.

Choice

You may choose whether or not to provide Personal Information. If you choose not to provide Personal Information, you can still visit most of BIRT Exchange, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services that involve our interaction with you.

If you choose to have a relationship with Actuate such as a contractual or other business relationship or partnership, we will naturally continue to contact you in connection with that business relationship.

Security

Wherever your Personal Information may be held, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure.

Third Party Services

Third parties provide certain services available on Actuate's behalf. Actuate may provide information, including Personal Information, that Actuate collects on BIRT Exchange to third-party service providers to help us deliver programs, products, information, and services. Service providers are also an important means by which Actuate maintains BIRT Exchange and its mailing lists. Actuate will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect Personal Information on Actuate's behalf.

Community Site

BIRT Exchange is a community site and if you choose to participate, whether by contributing content, participating in mailing lists or joining discussion forums, your participation is public and your privacy cannot be protected to the extent that you provide Personal Information such as your e-mail address. To the extent that you contribute code, information, articles or other material containing Personal Information, we cannot protect the privacy of such Personal Information and such material may be provided to others under BIRT Exchange’s rules and applicable licenses.

Your Consent

By using BIRT Exchange, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to Actuate's processing of Personal Information for the purposes given herein. If the Privacy Policy changes, we intend to take reasonable steps to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes prominently on our web site for a reasonable period of time.

California Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure

If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information, we may transfer that Information within Actuate or to our business partners from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions throughout the world for the purpose of marketing of relevant services, products, and programs.

If you have any comments or questions regarding our Online Privacy Policy, or if you no longer wish your information to be shared, please contact us at privacy@birt-exchange.com. While no one can guarantee privacy perfection, we will do what we can to address any issue as soon as possible.