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Privacy Policy
Updated: July 1st, 2018

This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by DART ("we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy applies to users of the Decibel Analysis for Research and Teaching ("DART") website at http://dart.sfsu.edu ("the Website").

For this Privacy Policy, the following definitions apply:

"Personal Information" means information that allows someone to identify or contact you, including for example your name, address, telephone number, and email address. "Anonymous Information" means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not, by itself, permit the identification of individual persons.

By registering with us or using the website, you expressly consent to the information handling practices in this Privacy Policy.

Information That We Collect From You and About You.

Information About You That We Collect From You.

• When you register for the website, we ask you for and collect your name and email address. If you choose to add information to your user profile, we will collect that information, such as your date of birth or your geographical location.
• If you choose to upload Audio File Content for processing, we collect and store the Audio File Content.
• If you choose to participate in a survey, we may ask for and collect other requested information, such as your opinion of DART or your phone number.
• If you choose to contact us by sending us an email, fax, or letter, we collect your email address, fax number, or mailing address, and any information contained in the email, fax, or letter you send us.

Information About You That Is Created When You Use Our Website.

• When you use our website, we record certain information automatically, for example your Internet protocol ("IP") address, browser type and plugins, operating systems, screen size and resolution, the time and date at which you access our Website, and an estimate of your geographical location.
• When you use our Website, we record actions you have taken in our Website, for example what buttons you click; events that occur, for example when you submit audio data.
• When you use our Website to process Audio File Content, we create DART Analysis Data based on your Audio File Content.

How We Get and Store Information About You.

• Our Website uses "Cookies" and other standard web technology to enable our Website to work. A "Cookie" is a small data file that we store on your computer. We may use session Cookies (which expire once you close your browser) or persistent Cookies (which remain on your computer for an extended period of time). We set a persistent Cookie on your computer if you choose "remember me", so you don't have to log in to the web site each time you visit. Most web browsers accept Cookies by default, but allow users to reject Cookies by changing the browser preferences. If you have set up your browser to reject Cookies, our Website will not work properly. In addition, our Website may cause Cookies from third party sites or applications to be saved on your browser or device. Our Privacy Policy does not cover these third party Cookies since we do not have any control over them.
• Our emails to you use email beacons or tracking pixels. Email beacons and tracking pixels are small electronic images that tell us if an email has been opened and acted upon.
• Our Website stores information about you on computer servers and databases managed by us and hosted by several third party companies.

How We Use Information About You.

• We use your Personal Information to provide our service to you, to personalize your experience with our Website, to improve our Website, and to secure your Account.
• We may use your Personal Information to send you transactional emails (such as a password reset) or informational emails (such as a newsletter).
• We may create Anonymous Information from your Personal Information, your Audio File Content, and your DART Analysis Data; for example by making a copy of your DART Analysis Data that is not linked to your Personal Information. We reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information at our discretion.
• We may use Anonymous Information to conduct scientific studies, and we may publish the results, for example at scientific conferences or in research journals. We do not use Personal Information in such work, nor do we disclose Personal Information in the conduct of such work.

How We Disclose Information About You.

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not trade, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties, unless you ask or authorize us to do so.

Situations Where We Disclose Personal Information About You With Specific Protections For You To Ensure Our Website Work And You Can Use Them.

We may provide your Personal Information to third party service providers who work on behalf of or with us to provide functionality to our Website, such as email services and web analytics services. These service providers are obligated to use your Personal Information only to provide services to us and not to disclose your Personal Information (except pursuant to a legal requirement such as a subpoena or warrant).

Situations Where We Are Required To Disclose Your Personal Information.

We may be required by law, or by law enforcement officers acting under the color of law, to record some or all of your communications on or through the Website. We may, and you hereby authorize us to, disclose your Personal Information (including your Account information) and your communications through the Website, if required by law or by law enforcement officers acting under the color of law, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; (b) to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of us, our Affiliates, other users, or you; or (c) to investigate any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions, or any other agreements between you and DART. We may also disclose your Personal Information as required to do so by law, for example, in response to a subpoena or order of a court of competent jurisdiction (e.g., a bankruptcy proceeding).

Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information.

We offer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information.

• You can manage your email preferences, indicating that want or do not want to receive informational emails (such as a newsletter). As long as you maintain an Account with us, you will receive transactional emails (such as a password reset, or notices of material changes to our Terms and Conditions or this Privacy Policy).
• You can manage your browser's Cookies using the tools your browser provides, and you can opt-out of third-party vendor's use of cookies (including advertising networks like Google and Bing) by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
• You may change the information you submitted for your Account either in the Website or by contacting us at support@dartscience.com.
• You may request deletion of your Personal Information and your Audio File Content by us, but please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request, only after we have fulfilled such requirements). When we delete Personal Information and Audio File Content, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives.

Regarding Children.

Our Website are not directed to individuals under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information immediately.

Do Not Track Compliance.

We do track your use of the Website over time. Therefore our Website do not respond to Do Not Track ("DNT") signals. We do not track the users of our Website across third party websites to provide targeted advertising directly to those websites. We do use advertising networks to present ads on third party sites, and those advertising networks and those third party sites may keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. (For more information, see Section 2 above.) If you are visiting such advertising networks or third party sites, your browser allows you to set the DNT signal so those groups (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked. You can find out more about your browser's tracking capabilities and procedures for asking not to be tracked by contacting the developer or distributer of your particular browser.

Third Party Websites, Products, Services, Content, and Links.

Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to third party websites, products, services, or content or to links provided for the foregoing on our Sites or Website. Third party providers of such third party websites, products, services, or content, may collect (via tracking technologies like Cookies or web beacons) and use information regarding your interaction with the third party website, product, service, or content that they deliver and with which you interact.

Security.

We make reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information, but no company, including DART, can fully eliminate security risks connected to handling information on the internet.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SECURITY SAFEGUARDS, BY THEIR NATURE, ARE CAPABLE OF CIRCUMVENTION AND DART DOES NOT AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE ACCESSED BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS CAPABLE OF OVERCOMING SUCH SAFEGUARDS. IN PARTICULAR, OUR Website MAY BE USED TO ACCESS AND TRANSFER INFORMATION, INCLUDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, OVER THE INTERNET. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT DART DOES NOT OPERATE OR CONTROL THE INTERNET AND THAT UNAUTHORIZED USERS (SUCH AS HACKERS) MAY USE VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, AND OTHER UNDESIRABLE DATA AND SOFTWARE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO OR DAMAGE OUR SITES, Website, OR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Furthermore, we cannot be responsible for any of your Personal Information that you release on your own, or that you request or authorize us to release.

Amendment.

This Privacy Policy may be amended by DART from time to time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting the revised Privacy Policy on our Sites or notifying you at your primary email address (if any, as specified in your Account information). You are responsible at all times for updating your Account to provide to us your most current email address. If the last email address that you have provided to us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the email containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately for new users of our Website, Website, or Offerings; otherwise these changes will be effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an email notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of a notice on our Website. Your continued use of our Website thirty (30) calendar days after the changes are first notified by DART as described above will constitute your agreement to such changes. If you object to any change, your sole recourse shall be to immediately terminate your Account and cease using the Website. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no amendment to this Privacy Policy will be valid.

Our Contact Information.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at support@dartscience.com, marking the message "Attention: Privacy Policy."