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The Business Model Generator (BMG) provides this Web site as a public and
instructional service. Any personal information collected by the BMG when
you visit our web site will only be collected after your expressed
consent.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
Of the information we learn about you from your visit to the BMG web
site, we store only the following: the IP address from which you access
the Internet, the date and time, and the browser used to access our site.
This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various
sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas. We
also use this information to help us expand the coverage of the site and
to make the site more useful. The BMG periodically deletes its web logs.
On occasion, the BMG may provide this information to third party entities
it contracts with for the purposes of research analysis.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file that a web site transfers to your computer's hard
disk allowing our server to remember specific information about your
session. While visiting certain BMG pages, you may encounter a web page
that employs cookies to make it easier to use the dynamic features of
these web pages. The cookie and the information about your session is set
to be destroyed automatically after one year -- it is not permanently
stored on your computer. You can set your browser to disable cookies or
prompt you before a cookie is accepted. If you do not want to receive
cookies, you will still be able to use the BMG site, but will be unable to
use cookie-dependent features.
Personally Provided Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information by answering the
survey questions, and by filling out a form with your personal information
and submitting it through our web site, we use that information to help us
compile a database of different business models. If provided, personally
identifiable information is maintained in a database that is regularly
purged. Third party contractors may have access to this information in
order to provide a statistical study. These contractors are held to strict
policies to safeguard the information and provide the same level of
privacy protection as guaranteed by the BMG. On occasion, we may conduct a
study concerning the types of business models developed. These studies
help us to improve our web site in order to make them more responsive to
the needs of our users. We do not give, share, sell, or transfer any
personal information to a third party unless required by law.
Links to Other Sites
Some BMG Web sites provide links to other Internet sites that provide
business information. Once you link to another site, you are subject to
the privacy policy of the new site.
Security
The BMG developers maintain this site. For site security purposes and to
ensure that this service remains available to all users, we use software
programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or
change information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized
law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal
process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an
individual.
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