Our Privacy Policy is as an extension of our commitment to combine high quality products and services with a high level of integrity. It is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide and to help you in making informed decisions when using our site. This Privacy Policy will be continually assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers' needs. Access to and use of InventMyIdea.com is available only to United States residents who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If you do not qualify, you may not use the web site. In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, no one under 13 years of age can use the web site. Minors between the ages of 13 and 18 may only use the site under the supervision of your parent or legal guardian. As disclosed below, some of your personally identifiable information will be used by us and shared with third parties. By using the web site, you expressly consent to our use of your personal information, and also to the disclosure to and use of this information by third parties. You acknowledge that communications to, from and through InventMyIdea.com are not confidential. You agree that by submitting communications through InventMyIdea.com, no confidential, fiduciary, contractually implied, or other relationship is created between you and InventMyIdea.com other than pursuant to this Privacy Policy. Information Collected InventMyIdea collects personally identifiable information that you voluntarily disclose, and "aggregate information" that is automatically collected when you visit the web site. Personally identifiable information is defined as information that tells us specifically who you are and is collected when you choose to request information via the form posted on InventMyIdea.com. This information can include your name, current e-mail address, physical address, phone number, and other information you choose to provide. If you choose to correspond with us through e-mail, we may retain your e-mail address and messages together with our responses. Aggregate information is automatically provided by your computer and cannot be tied back to you as a specific individual. Examples include: • referral data (the web sites you visited just before and just after the web site) • date and time of your visits • pages viewed and time spent at the web site • browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform) • Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer on the Internet Cookies InventMyIdea.com uses cookie technology which allows us to deliver customized information to you and track which site features are most popular. Cookies let sites and advertisers track users across pages of a site and across multiple visits to a site. In addition, your computer may occasionally receive cookies from third parties associated with InventMyIdea.com. InventMyIdea.com does not control these cookies, and they are not subject to our Privacy Policy. You can disable cookies, but doing so may impact the functioning of parts of the InventMyIdea site. How do we use the personal information that you provide to us? Broadly speaking, your personal information is used to help match your interests with invention companies that provide the services you seek to develop your idea, which may include patents. If your search yields no results, we may store your information and send you updates if and when additional partners become available. We also use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making other products and services available to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to the web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. Third Party Information Sharing InventMyIdea.com offers third-party services from through the website as a Co-Brand Service Provider. If you choose to use these optional services - we may share some of your personally identifiable information with the Co-Brand Service Provider offering such services. InventMyIdea.com may enter into strategic marketing alliances with third parties such as advertisers, businesses, partners and subsidiaries who may be given access to personal information, including your name, address and e-mail, for the purpose of providing you with information about products and services that may be of interest to you. We cannot and do not make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies, and they are not subject to our Privacy Policy. Ad Delivery to collect information InventMyIdea may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single-pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous. Protection of your information We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect. This software provides a limited degree of protection against unauthorized access or disclosure, as well as accidental loss, alteration or destruction. Legal Compliance We may release any private information about you that we possess when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, to enforce or apply our Privacy Policy and/or other agreements, or to protect the rights, property or safety of InventMyIdea.com, the site users, or others. Internally and Extrenally Linked Sites. Many of the links in the InventMyIdea.com web site allow you to leave the site. Please be aware that once you leave the site and enter another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. InventMyIdea.com is not responsible for the privacy practices employed by these sites, nor the information or content contained therein. Please read over the rules and policies of these sites before proceeding. 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