Privacy Policy

Welcome to Select2008. This Privacy Policy applies to the Select2008 website ("Website") and the services offered by Select2008 ("Services") and operated by Decision Factory, Inc (“Company”).

Feel free to contact us about this Policy by email.

Collected Information and Information Use

The Company may collect the following types of information from registered and unregistered users of the Website and Services:

(i) Information volunteered by users - at registration time, when users post content such as comments (“User Generated Content”), and when users “vote” by selecting an answer to the questions on the website.

(ii) Cookies – the Website or Services may send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to users’ computer to identify their browsers. Theses cookies help improve the quality of service by storing user preferences and tracking users’ use of the Website and Services trends.

(iii) Log information – The Company’s servers automatically record information from users’ browser when they visit our website. This information includes without limitation web requests, Internet Protocol addresses, browser types, language, the date and time of users’ request and the cookies that uniquely identify users’ browser.

(iv) User communication – such as email and other communication to the Company. The Company may retain these communications to process user inquiries, respond to user requests and improve the Services.

(v) Sensitive personal information – The Website and the Services allow you to share your answers to the Services questions with your friends. Your answers might reflect your political positions and orientation. You can choose to keep this information entirely private, even if you invite your friends to the service. You can also share your answers to the Services questions with your friends. Your answers will be kept private from users, whom you have not accepted as friends.

The Company only processes personal information for the purposes described in the Privacy Policy. On top of the above-mentioned ones, the services also include the following ones:

(i) Providing our products and services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;

(ii) Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve the Services;

(iii) Personalize your experience of the Services;

(iv) Create anonymized reports on positions, trends, and votes, based on aggregated non-personal user information;

(v) Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and

(vi) Developing new services.

The Company processes personal information in the U.S. and in other countries. In some cases, The Company might process personal information on a server outside users’ own country. The Company may process personal information to provide the Services. In some cases, the Company may process personal information on behalf of and according to third-party instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.

Control of your personal information

The Company will offer you to opt-out of any services that collect personal information for any other purposes than those described in the present Privacy Policy. The Company will not collect or use personal sensitive information for any other purposes than those described in this present Privacy Policy without your prior consent.

If you choose to opt out or not to submit personal information, the Company might not be able to provide the Services.

Information sharing

The Company only shares sensitive personal information with other companies or individuals as follows, after having received your opt-in consent concerning this sharing.

The Company might share personal information with trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. The Company requires third-parties to to process this information based on Company instructions and to comply with the Privacy Policy and any relevant confidentiality and security measures.

The Company might share personal information, when that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary, in our good faith opinion,

(i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request,

(ii) to enforce the Terms of Services, or investigate a potential violations thereof,

(iii) to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or

(iv) to protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of the Company, the Website and the Services, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

In case of merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, the Company will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

The Company may share with third parties reports based on aggregated, non-personal information. This information does not identify users individually.

Security of Personal Information

The Company takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data, including without limitations internal reviews of data collection, processing, and storage practices, security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

The Company restricts access to personal information to its employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

Data integrity

The Company processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with the present Privacy Policy. The Company reviews data collection, processing, and storage practices to make sure that only the personal information needed is collected, processed and stored. The Company depends on users to maintain, update and correct their personal information, as appropriate.

Enforcement

The Company regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or The Company's treatment of personal information through this web site. The Company cooperates with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve complaints that cannot be resolved between the Company and an individual.

Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. The Company will not reduce user privacy rights under this Policy without explicit consent. Regardless, changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted on this page and might be notified to users, as appropriate. The effective date for this Policy is stated at the bottom of this page.

Definitions

“Aggregated non-personal information" refers to information collected into groups so that it no longer reflects or references an individually identifiable user. “Personal information" refers to information, such as your Account Information, name and email, which identified an individual user. “Sensitive personal information" refers to sensitive tied to personal information, such as your political orientation or positions.

Up-to-date as of November 18, 2007.