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  Privacy Policy
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<p>Last updated June 17th, 2013. Previous versions and the change history is <a href="https://github.com/bikeindex/bike_index_terms/">available here</a>.</p>

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  General Information
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<p>We collect the e-mail addresses and other personal information of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, what functions consumers perform on pages, and information volunteered by the consumer (such as survey information and/or site registrations). The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web pages and the quality of our service, and is not shared with or sold to other organizations for commercial purposes, except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:</p>

<p>It is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Terms of Service of the specific application, or as otherwise required by law.</p>

<p>We transfer information about you if Bike Index is acquired by or merged with another company. In this unlikely event, Bike Index will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.</p>

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  Information Gathering and Usage
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<p>When you register for Bike Index we may ask for information such as your name, email address, billing address, or phone number.</p>
<p>Bike Index uses collected information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, and research.</p>

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  Cookies
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<p>A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.</p>

<p>Cookies are required to use the Bike Index service.</p>

<p>We use cookies to record current session information, but do not use permanent cookies. You are required to re-login to your Bike Index account after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.</p>


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  Data Storage
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<p>Bike Index uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run Bike Index. Although Bike Index owns the code, databases, and all rights to the Bike Index application, you retain all rights to your data.</p>

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  Disclosure
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  Bike Index may disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the <a href="https://bikeindex.org/terms">Terms of Service</a>.
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  Changes
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<p>Bike Index may periodically update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your Bike Index service account or by placing a prominent notice on our site. Such notices shall be considered to be received by you within 24 hours of the time it is posted to our website or emailed to you unless we receive notice that the email was not delivered.</p>

<p>You retain the right to access, amend, correct or delete your personal information where it is inaccurate at any time. To do so, please contact <a href="mailto:contact@bikeindex.org">contact@bikeindex.org</a>.</p> 


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  Questions
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<p>Any questions about this Privacy Policy should be addressed to <a href="mailto:contact@bikeindex.org">contact@bikeindex.org</a> or by mail at: Bike Index, 2845 W Palmer St, Chicago, IL 60647</p>