Privacy

Privacy Policy

What This Privacy Policy CoversThis policy covers how DevelopmentWisdom Inc. a Canadian nonprofit corporation ("DevWisdom, " "we," "us," or "our") treats personal information that it collects and receives on www.developmentwisdom.org. We are not in the business of selling information about you: we use information shared with us for the sole purpose of running and improving our services. This notice tells you what information we collect, steps we take to protect and secure it, how we use and share information, and finally, how you can contact us with questions or concerns.

Information We Gather

DevWisdom collects personal information when you register with us, use DevWisdom products or services or post content on a DevWisdom web site or blog. This information is limited to your email address, username, and any information you post on your site. Your password is stored securely using a salted, variable work factor, one-way hash function.
DevWisdom may also collect personal information if you enter into promotions or sweepstakes.
DevWisdom automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request. We also collect other use information as part of our analytics services, in order to improve the service. However, we do not link such information to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
DevWisdom may collect billing information if you sign up for a paid service, which may include your name, address, telephone number, credit card details, and other information that is necessary in order to process the transaction. Under no circumstance do we store any of your sensitive billing details.
DevWisdom uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, identification and authentication, services improvement, support, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.

Google AnalyticsThis website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Our third party partners employ clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons), images, and scripts that help them better manage content on our site. We do not tie the information gathered to our Users' personally identifiable information.

Third Parties, with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity, also use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser may not remove Flash cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies click here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html#117118

Billing information

Should you sign up for a DevWisdom Small Business Client account, we require your billing information in order to process the transaction.
We will retain the last 4 digits of your credit card number and credit card type, so that you may identify that card used in the future. We do not store any other billing information, as this information is discarded after your transaction has been processed.
If your subscription is auto-renewing, a recurring subscription will be created at one of our payment gateways: ChargeBee, PayPal.com, Stripe.com or Authorize.net. “(Payment Gateway”). The Payment Gateway will store your billing information on their secure payment gateway for as long as necessary to carry out the terms of your subscription.
Should your subscription be terminated, your billing information will be immediately removed by the Payment Gateway.
All transactions are processed over an industry standard SSL/TLS connection, with a minimum of 128-bit encryption.

IP Address

DevWisdom occasionally obtains IP addresses from users depending upon how you access our web sites. IP addresses, browser and session information may be used for various purposes, including to:

Diagnose and prevent service or technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
Estimate the total number of users visiting DevWisdom's web sites from specific geographical regions.
Help determine which users have access privileges to certain content, services or resources that we offer.
Monitor and prevent fraud and abuse.

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.
If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to use DevWisdom services or products that require you to "sign in" and you may not be able to take full advantage of all offerings.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is set.
DevWisdom uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:

Require you to re-enter your password after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.
Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using the DevWisdom Sites, Products and Services.
Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
Conduct research to improve the content and services provided on the DevWisdom Sites, Products and Services.
We also use cookies to improve the performance of our advertising on other websites.

Information Relating to Children

Individuals under the age of 13 are prohibited from using our stie.

Information Use, Sharing and Disclosure

DevWisdom does not share personal information we learn about you from your use of the DevWisdom web sites, products and services with others except as described in this policy.
We do not share, sell, rent or trade personally identifiable information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
DevWisdom may use or share your personal information where it is necessary to complete a transaction, to operate or improve the DevWisdom products and services, or to do something that you have asked us to do. We use other third parties such as a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services. These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for promotional purposes.
From time to time, DevWisdom or a partner may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on DevWisdom. You may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. This information will be used strictly for the purpose of notifying and arranging delivery of promotional items to the person selected.
You may opt out of emails you receive from DevWisdom or any of our partners for promotions, sweepstakes, contests or newsletters.
When you register for DevWisdom we collect user-submitted account information such as username and email address to identify users and send notifications related to the use of the service.
When you post content on a DevWisdom web site or blog, you have the ability to post content which may include personally identifiable information about yourself.
If you choose to refer / tell a friend about our site, products and services, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. DevWisdom stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.
DevWisdom may share personally identifiable information about you under the following circumstances:

We may share your personal information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, to establish or exercise our legal rights or, defend against legal claims and if in our judgment in such circumstances disclosure is required or appropriate.
We may share your personal information if we believe it is necessary 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 our various terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
As we continue to develop our business, we may also buy or sell all or part of our business. In such transactions, personally identifiable information you have shared with us is generally one of the business assets that will be transferred. The transferred personally identifiable information will remain subject to the promises made in this privacy policy or subsequent policies to which you have consented.

Changes to this Privacy PolicyDevWisdom may revise, modify or 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 particular DevWisdom account or by placing a prominent notice on our site prior to the change becoming effective.

WidgetsWidgets may support functions that require that you disclose certain personally identifiable information given the user's choice of participation. This information is collected in many different ways such as: forms, surveys, contests, forums, subscribing or unsubscribing to mailings and correcting or updating personally identifiable information and are only used for the purpose in which they were collected. Forms which require sensitive information such as financial information (credit card) to process purchases for products or services are SSL encrypted to protect your sensitive information.

Links to 3rd Party SitesOur Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of DevWisdom Inc. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.

Facebook ConnectYou can may log in to our site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this Web site to your profile page to share with others within your network.

Social Media WidgetsOur Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button [and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site]. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Confidentiality and SecurityNo data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make efforts to ensure security on our systems.

We use physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal information about you.
Your account information is password-protected. Additionally, your account's password is stored using a salted, variable work factor, one-way hash algorithm.
In certain areas, DevWisdom uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.

If DevWisdom learns of a security systems breach we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using DevWisdom or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of those sites, products and services. We may post a notice on our applicable web sites if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view the applicable web sites. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us at http://developmentwisdom.weebly.com/contact.html

Changing your Preferences and Personal Information

You can edit your account information with DevWisdom at any time.
You can delete your applicable account by visiting the applicable account deletion page; we will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, however, please note that some personal information, primarily your contact information, may remain in our records to the extent necessary to protect our legal interests or document compliance with regulatory requirements.
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, or delete such information by making a request at: http://developmentwisdom.weebly.com/contact.html

Contacting DevWisdomIf you have a privacy concern regarding DevWisdom or this policy, and if you cannot satisfactorily resolve it through the use of those sites, products or services, you should complete a support request at: http://developmentwisdom.weebly.com/contact.html.

DevelopmentWisdom Inc.

47 Thornbury Crescent

Ottawa, Ontario K2G 6C5

CANADA

Last updated on January 1, 2015