The Zibit respects your privacy, and recognizes the need for especially strict privacy and security policies for artists who are posting their work. The Zibit is a private network and posting your artwork - or images of any kind - to the Zibit Site does not, in any way, entitle The Zibit to any additional rights regarding that work. We collect no royalties, and claim no inherent rights to reproduce your work in any way, for any reason.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all web sites, including www.thezibit.com and any related sites (collectively, the "Zibit Sites" or "Sites"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through the Sites, how we use that information, and what choices you have. The Zibit Sites contain links to other web sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of any companies or individuals that The Zibit does not control, or any web sites that you link to from the Zibit Sites. You should use caution and review the privacy policies of any sites that you visit from ours to learn more about their information practices.

Please take a few moments to read this agreement. By accessing the Zibit Sites, you agree to accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policies may evolve in the future as indicated below.

What We Collect

In various places on The Zibit Sites, we may collect "Personally Identifiable Information" such as name, age, gender, address, phone, e-mail address, or credit card information. From time to time in the future we may offer additional features, services, and promotional opportunities that would require you to submit information to participate. We also collect "Anonymous Information" such as your IP address, the type of browser you use, the pages on our Sites that you have visited, and the advertisements that you have clicked on. Your Personally Identifiable Information is linked to your Anonymous Information.

Like many Internet sites, we may use "cookies" to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer and is stored on your hard drive. When you visit our Site(s) the cookie identifies your computer to us so that you do not have to re-register each time you visit. We may also use cookies to measure the traffic to our Sites and the use of different services and features of the Sites. Advertisers that appear on the Zibit Sites may place cookies on your computer and their use of the information stored on those cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. You should visit their sites to learn about their information practices. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to The Zibit cookies.

We do not intend that children will use our sites. We do not solicit or knowingly collect information from children under 13 years old, nor will we accept registration from them.

How We Use The Information We Collect

We use Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to communicate with you, to process orders for products and services, to customize advertising and content available on the Zibit Sites, to conduct research for internal purposes and to use such information to improve our services and the Zibit Sites. If you have uploaded Artist Materials pursuant to the Terms and Conditions agreement, you have also authorized Zibit to use your name and materials publicly for advertising and promotional purposes.

We use information that is not personally identifiable to determine how people use our web site and its services. For example this data tells us information including how often users click on our advertisements, which files are downloaded most frequently, and which areas of our site are the most popular. Analyzing this data allows us to improve the offerings on and performance of our site(s). Using your IP address, we can also determine the general physical location of a user and may at times use this information to better target advertising to users.

How We Share Information

Except as noted below, The Zibit does not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties unless you give us your permission or we need to share such information in order to provide products or services you have requested. For example, we use third parties to help with some of the products and services available on our site, such as processing payments and fulfilling orders for display services through the Zibit. We also may, in the future, engage third parties to assist us by tracking the number of visitors to the Sites that have "clicked-through" from specified promotions on third party sites and those visitors' activities on the Zibit Site. When we supply personally identifiable information to these third parties, we require them to use it only for the function they are helping us with. We aggregate the Anonymous Information that we collect and exchange it with those who are interested in our services.

We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information when required by law or under the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary in order to conform to applicable law, comply with subpoenas, court orders or legal process served on The Zibit, to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims, and to protect the property or interests of The Zibit, its agents and employees, personal safety, or the public. Under such circumstances, The Zibit may be prohibited by law, court order or other legal process from providing notice of the disclosure, and deviantART reserves the right to not provide such notice in its sole discretion. If we become part of another organization, including without limitation, by merger, change of control, sale of assets, or other acquisition, the acquiring organization will obtain and have access to the Personally Identifiable Information collected by The Zibit and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personally Identifiable Information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we cease operation, your information may be transferred to and used by another company that offers similar or related products or services. While we cannot predict a great deal about such an unlikely event, we would hope this could provide you continuity of service.

Your Choices

When you register for membership at the Zibit Site, you may receive an occasional update via email regarding import news. You may always also opt out of these mailings, and we will keep track of your decisions in our database. Even if you choose not to receive information from us, we reserve the right to communicate with you on matters we consider especially important.

Publicly Posted Information

If you register as a member of the Zibit Sites and make postings to chat rooms, forums or your user page, please remember that anything you post is publicly available. The user name you have chosen during the registration process is visible to all users of the Site. If you visit another memberÕs user page, your user name will appear on that page. Your user page will also show certain statistics regarding your use of the Site, such as the date you became a member, how long ago you last visited the Site, the categories of materials you have posted. Your user profile, and the information you choose to include in your profile, will also be available to other users of our chat rooms, forums and to visitors that access your personal user page. The Zibit does not control, and is not responsible for, the use of any information or content that you have exposed to the public through your use of the Zibit Sites.

Security

During sessions in which you give us information such as credit card numbers, we encrypt your transmissions using SSL ("Secure Sockets Layer") technology. We keep the Personally Identifiable Information you provide on servers that are protected by firewalls and other technological means against intrusion or unauthorized access. They are located in a physically secure facility, and only our employees and agents with a need to know the information are given access. While no amount of security can give a perfect guarantee, you can have a high degree of confidence that the personally identifiable information you give us is protected from unauthorized access and use. We rely on you to select passwords that cannot be guessed easily and to safeguard those passwords from disclosure. Please contact us if you have any information regarding unauthorized use of the Zibit sites.

Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our services change and expand. If we update this Privacy Policy, we will notify you about significant changes by sending a notice to the email address specified in your account or by posting a notice of such changes on the Zibit Sites. Unless otherwise provided, the revised terms will take effect on the date they are posted. Once such changes become effective, your continued use of the Site will signify your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, or any revised Privacy Policy, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

Questions

If you have questions about this Statement or our policies, please click the "contact" link at the bottom of every page of The Zibit.

Last Updated: 01 August 2009