Unity's Privacy Policy outlines the type of information Unity typically requests and collects from you while you are using the Site, as well as ways in which Unity processes and sometimes disseminates information collected from you and some of the steps Unity takes to safeguard information. Unity hopes this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal data.
Like all of Unity's Terms of Use, Unity's Privacy Policy may be modified at any time and you are encouraged to check back often so you will be familiar with its most recent version. If you are a visitor, you are free to use much of the Site without providing any personal information. You can always choose not to provide Unity with any information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of other features of the Site.
In order to use many of the Site's features and services, Unity will ask you to register; during the registration process, you will be asked to provide personal information such as your name and email address and to input a screen name and password. If you decide to purchase any Unity or third-party products and services, you will be asked to input your mailing address, credit card number, and other data necessary to complete the commercial transaction. You may also be asked to provide marital status, education, household income, and employment status (for example, as part of a survey or poll) so that Unity can develop an aggregated profile of its audience to better understand that audience's circumstances and interests in order to offer appropriate products and services. We may also automatically collect and analyze data such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, operating system, and platform, and specific session information.
Unity may provide information and links to third-party partners in order to provide you with the best service possible. For example, Unity may contract with selected companies and individuals to perform functions on its behalf, such as fulfilling orders, sending postal mail and e-mail, delivering packages, and processing credit card transactions. Unity may also arrange for promotional offers to be sent to selected groups of Users. Unity may release account and other personal information when appropriate to comply with the law, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Unity is currently developing and putting in place appropriate measures to safeguard its Users' privacy. In addition, Unity shares its Users' concern about the personal information of and about children; Unity does not encourage participation or visitation by children, and prohibits visitors identified to be under the age of 18 from registering. You should be aware that, by posting to the iQuestions Community Kitchen Forum, or by otherwise asking questions and sending comments to Unity, you automatically grant to Unity a perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the message, question, or comment, or any part of it, alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicensees. However, Unity will attempt to prevent public disclosure of your message, question or comment in a manner that directly associates it with you, except in instances where you include personally identifiable information in the posting, question or comment itself and your posting, question or comment is then used by Unity as provided.
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