document: title: privacy
text: For those who view Planet Source Code Internet user privacy and confidentiality is of the utmost importance to Planet Source Code and its owning company,  Exhedra Solutions, Inc.. Its reputation and integrity is directly related to how it serves its web customers. 

As a result, Planet Source Code openly volunteers its practices of collecting information, its targeting capabilities, and its use of cookies. If you have any questions pertaining to this privacy policy and its contents, please direct your correspondence to privacy@planet-source-code.com. 

Normal Viewing Information

Planet Source Code does collect information which is specific to how you use the site. Planet Source Code servers note details such as the server you are logged onto, the geographic location of the ISP you use, the type of browser you use, and your IP address. This information is obtained solely for the purpose of targeting ads and measuring a given ads effectiveness on behalf of Planet Source Code clients and customers. 

The Cookie Principle

Planet Source Code uses cookies to improve your Web browsing experience. When you first come to the site, Planet Source Code assigns a unique random number to your computer browser - commonly known as a "cookie."  This cookie is used to maintain your personal settings such as the world that you are browsing in (...so you only have to choose it once at the beginning of the site, and don't have to choose it over and over).  Cookies are not used to store personal information about you. 

Email addresses and Demographic Information given to Planet Source Code

Users who sign up for and use advanced features of Planet Source Code, such as code submission, voting, Code of the Day, and submitting feedback will be asked for additional information including email address and possibly demographic information. We will not market demographic information to other companies unless you give us permission to do so. If a user signs up for an opt-in email list, they will always be given the opportunity to opt out of it at any time, using a link at the bottom of the email.

3rd Party Measurement Services    
Planet Source Code works with several third parties that serve ads to this site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services of interest to you.

Often, they will employ a third-party measurement service other than Planet Source Code for tracking the performance of an ad program. In these instances, Planet Source Code has no control over the information collected by the third party, and may not be held responsible for the actions of the third party measurement service where collected information is concerned. 

To find out more about how Double-click manages the privacy of information in conjunction with serving ads on this site and to know your choices about not having this information used by DoubleClick, please go to http://www.sonar.com/naiprivacy.

This site uses the services of Engage for the serving and/or targeting of ads, promotions and other marketing messages. To do this, Engage collects anonymous data typically through the use of cookies. To learn more about Engage, including your ability to opt out of the Engage system, go to http://www.engage.com/privacy.

This site uses the services of Adtegrity for the serving and/or targeting of ads, promotions and other marketing messages. Adtegrity.com's Privacy Policy can be found at http://www.adtegrity.com/privacy.asp. 

Some of the site advertisers use the services of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) for opting out of behavioral advertising. Click here for more information. 

 If you have questions regarding other third party measurement services and their respective methods of information collection, please contact privacy@Planet-Source-Code.com. 

Third Party Cookies  
In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.

Additional California Online Privacy Protection Act (OPPA) information

  * The effective date of this policy is July 1st, 2004.
  * You can update your personal information at any time by updating your profile via the website. To begin the process, click on 'my general info' which appears under your "Buyer Account" or "Software Coder Account" menu.
  * Categories of personal information include financial/billing, contact information and miscelleanous information.
  * The category of all third party providers fall under the category of advertisers.
  * This policy is subject to update and change. Notification of substantial and material changes will be posted on the site 'news' section.

  
3/13/2009: Google Information:

  * Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. 
  * Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. 
  * Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.