Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

CodeShare Inc. ("we" or "us" or "our") respected the privacy of our users ("user" or "you"). This Privacy Policy explained how we collected, used, disclosed, and safeguarded your information when you visited our website codeshare.com and used our services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

IF YOU DID NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE APPLICATION.

We reserved the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We would alert you about any changes by updating the "Last updated" date of this Privacy Policy.

2. Collection of Your Information

We collected information about you in various ways. The information we collected via the Service depended on the content and materials you used, and included:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and username, that you voluntarily gave to us when you registered with the Service or when you chose to participate in various activities related to the Service. You were under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however, your refusal to do so could prevent you from using certain features of the Service.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collected when you accessed the Service, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you viewed directly before and after accessing the Service.

Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we collected when you purchased a premium subscription. We stored only very limited, if any, financial information that we collected.

User Content

The code snippets, comments, and other content you posted to the Service.

3. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permitted us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we used information collected about you via the Service to:

• Create and manage your account
• Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties
• Deliver targeted advertising, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Service to you
• Email you regarding your account
• Enable user-to-user communications
• Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Service more personalized
• Increase the efficiency and operation of the Service
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Service
• Notify you of updates to the Service
• Perform other business activities as needed
• Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Service
• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We could share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information could be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believed the release of information about you was necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we could share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We could share your information with third parties that performed services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we could share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

Interactions with Other Users

If you interacted with other users of the Service, those users could see your username, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.

Online Postings

When you posted comments, contributions or other content to the Service, your posts could be viewed by all users and could be publicly distributed outside the Service in perpetuity.

5. Security of Your Information

We used administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we took reasonable steps to secure your personal information, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission could be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Policy for Children

We did not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learned that personal information from users less than 13 years of age had been collected, we would have taken reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

7. California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permitted our users who were California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year.

8. Contact Us

If you had any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

CodeShare Inc.
525 Market Street, Suite 2500
San Francisco, CA 94105
[email protected] (no longer monitored)