TOOLBAR PRIVACY POLICY
Ideabuena's principle revenue is earned through search tools downloaded
with our toolbar. Sites pay to get certain placement within keyword search results.
If users find those relevant results attractive and click through to the page, the
advertiser pays the search partner for the click. Our search tools are designed
to be as helpful to the user as possible while driving revenue for better Ideabuena
products in the future.
Your happiness and satisfaction is paramount and we only hope to
include you as one of our millions of satisfied users.
POLICY OVERVIEW
We want you to feel comfortable downloading and using our products.
We understand that your trust in us depends on us respecting your privacy and safeguarding
information that you provide us.
Practices
• Our software is installed only with the user's permission.
• We do not collect or track personal information.
• We design & control all our own distribution channels, always control the
download of our own products.
• We do not bundle third party software.
• We allow you to disable advertising features that you feel are not valuable.
• We make it easy for you to uninstall our software through the standard Add/Remove
interface. If you don't like it, simply uninstall it.
• We put our brand on our products and provide you with links to our customer service
department.
• We are proud of our software and our business and will always tell you what we
do.
Data Collection
We need to collect some data to know how many users we have, how our products are
performing and where our business is going. We do not exploit our users nor do we
collect any data that allows us or anyone else to personally identify a user.
• We do not send or collect any information that can personally identify a user.
• We may collect information that is already available to every website you visit.
Examples include browser version, language and other browser and connection information.
• We use a unique ID in order to know how many people use our products. This ID
is not personally identifying; it is a completely random number.
• We may collect data at our search and ecommerce sites. This is needed to monitor
our business performance. This data does not contain any personally identifying
information.
• We do not and will not sell or distribute any data collected from the user.
• We may share aggregated information with others. Examples of this include how
many users clicked on a particular paid listing in a search result.
• We do take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access
to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
Cookies
• We may use cookies to determine if you are a new or existing user
and to maintain any personal settings the user may set.
• Our cookies contain no personally identifying information.
• You may disable the use of cookies through Internet Explorer settings.
Updating
• Our product is dynamic in much the same way as a web page. Some files reside on
the local machine, some reside on our servers. Bug fixes and new features may be
added to the product without notice.
• Any new product that requires us to modify our privacy policy will make such requirements
known to the user and allow the user to block the data or disable the product. Otherwise
updates will be made without notice to the user.
Links
The URLs displayed as search results or other sites linked to by
us are developed by people over whom Ideabuena exercises no authority. These other
sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal
information without our knowledge or control. Under no circumstances shall Ideabuena
be liable for any such third party's actions or uses of data.
Disable & Removal
• You may disable specific features and tools through our “Options”
settings by clicking the Ideabuena icon on the far left of the toolbar and choosing
"Options." This allows you to turn off features you don't like and keep those you
do.
• Uninstallation of the Ideabuena Toolbar is very simple. It's done through Windows'
Add/Remove Control Panel. If you still see the toolbar on your desktop, or
any other Ideabuena files remaining on your hard drive, please contact Customer
Support.
Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy is subject to change. Our current
privacy policy will always be made available at this page. The policy version will
be noted at the bottom of the page and previous versions will be made available
to review upon request.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Ideabuena Privacy
Policy or its implementation please contact us:
ideabuena
Attention: Chief Privacy Officer
300 Place d'Youville Suite C33
Montreal, QC H2Y 2B6
CANADA
NEED MORE INFO? If there are any terms in this policy you don't understand,
visit www.webopedia.com
If you would like to learn more about how to protect your privacy online, check
out the following online resources:
Center for Democracy and Technology
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Electronic Frontier Foundation
TRUSTe