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We do not sell or rent any user information.

This Privacy Policy explains what IdeaConnection Ltd. ("ICL") does with the personal information that is collected from users of the IdeaConnection.com website. ICL may change its policy from time to time, so it is suggested that you check this web site from time to time to ensure that you know about current policy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact IdeaConnection.com via our Contact Page.

ICL may collect IP addresses to help understand how our audience uses our site and to gather broader demographic information, so that ICL can make its site better and improve users' overall experience when they visit IdeaConnection.com. For these same reasons, if your browser is set up to accept them, ICL uses a feature known as a "cookie." Cookies contain bits of information that websites transfer to your computer's hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular site such as IdeaConnection.com.

Children
If you are under 18, you may not use this site.

How ICL Discloses Your Personal Information
ICL will only disclose any personally identifiable information about individual users, in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, or to comply with applicable laws or valid legal process, or to protect the rights or property of ICL.

If you post an idea, ICL discloses personally identifiable individual information and the other information you provide us to other members of the ICL website. ICL cannot guarantee that the information you submit to us will not end up in the hands of spammers.

ICL may also disclose your contact information and the other information that you provide us in the following circumstances:

ICL might change, sell, reorganize or liquidate via bankruptcy this business. If so, your information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
ICL may release account and other personal information when ICL believes release is appropriate to comply with law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of ICL, our users, or others.

From time to time ICL may also provide aggregate (statistical) information to third parties to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. If ICL partners with another party to provide a specific service to you, and if you sign up for the service, then and only then will ICL provide your other information to such partner.

Challenge Award Winners
If you have won an Award through ICL by solving a challenge, sourcing a technology, fulfilling a headhunting request, uncovering a prior art citation, participating in an Idea Rally® or winning a costest hosted on IdeaConnection.com, ICL reserves the right to publish your name, city, state, country and Award amount on its website. If you do not wish this information to be made public, you may [CONTACT US] at the time you are notified of your Award and ask that your information be kept private.

Crowdfunding
When you submit a project for crowdfunding, all the contact information you have supplied is made available to the public.

When a crowdfunding project has met it funding goal, the funders' contact information is made available to the project owner so that the project owner may deliver the awards promised to the funders.

Our other Services
ICL may send you occasional notices or newsletters about ICL services, unless you tell us not to. If you do not want to receive such offers and mailings, you can click the unsubscribe link, which you will find on our email messages or send an email at any time via our Contact page.

How to Edit the Information ICL Has About You
If you want to correct or change the information in your profile, or any other information we have about you, please login to your account and make the changes you wish.

We do our best to protect your personal information, ICL cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Your contact information is not shared with anyone using the website.

ICL may provide links from our website to others. If you follow these links from our site to theirs, you should be aware that these other sites have their privacy and data collection practices. ICL has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies. For more information regarding a site and its privacy policies, check that site.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can Contact Us.

Conditions of Use
Any dispute over privacy is subject to our Terms of Service, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and the application of the law of British Columbia, Canada. While ICL will endeavour to email you with changes to either this Privacy Statement or the Terms of Service, you should check our web site frequently for any recent changes.

Contacting Us
If you have any questions or comments about the practices of this site, or your dealings with us, you may Contact Us.

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