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| 4 | <appendix id="privacy">
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| 5 | <title>VirtualBox privacy policy</title>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <para>Policy version 4, Apr 22, 2010</para>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <para>This privacy policy sets out how Oracle Corporation ("Oracle") treats
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| 10 | personal information related to the virtualbox.org website and the
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| 11 | VirtualBox application.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para><emphasis role="bold">§ 1 virtualbox.org.</emphasis> The
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| 14 | "virtualbox.org" website logs anonymous usage information such as your IP
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| 15 | address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of
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| 16 | visit and number of page views while you visit (collectively, "anonymous
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| 17 | data"). In addition, but only if you choose to register, the website's bug
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| 18 | tracking and forum services store the data you choose to reveal upon
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| 19 | registration, such as your user name and contact information.</para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <para><emphasis role="bold">§ 2 Cookies.</emphasis> The virtualbox.org
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| 22 | website, the bug tracker and the forum services use cookies to identify and
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| 23 | track the visiting web browser and, if you have registered, to facilitate
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| 24 | login. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. While you can
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| 25 | still visit the website with cookies disabled, logging into the bug tracker
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| 26 | and forum services will most likely not work without them.</para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para><emphasis role="bold">§ 3 VirtualBox registration process.</emphasis>
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| 29 | The VirtualBox application may ask that the user optinoally register with
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| 30 | Oracle. in der If you choose to register, your name, e-mail address, country
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| 31 | and company will be submitted to Oracle and stored together with the IP
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| 32 | address of the submitter as well as product version and platform being used.
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| 33 | The standard Oracle Privacy Policies as posted on
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| 34 | http://www.oracle.com/html/privacy.html apply to this data.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para><emphasis role="bold">§ 4 Update notifications.</emphasis> The
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| 37 | VirtualBox application may contact Oracle to find out whether a new version
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| 38 | of VirtualBox has been released and notify the user if that is the case. In
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| 39 | the process, anonymous data such as your IP address and a non-identifying
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| 40 | counter, together with the product version and the platform being used, is
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| 41 | sent so that the server can find out whether an update is available. By
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| 42 | default, this check is performed once a day. You change this interval or
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| 43 | disable these checks altogether in the VirtualBox preferences.</para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para><emphasis role="bold">§ 5 Usage of personal information.</emphasis>
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| 46 | Oracle may use anonymous and personal data collected by the means above for
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| 47 | statistical purposes as well as to automatically inform you about new
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| 48 | notices related to your posts on the bug tracker and forum services, to
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| 49 | administer the website and to contact you due to technical issues. Oracle
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| 50 | may also inform you about new product releases related to VirtualBox.</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>In no event will personal data without your express consent be
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| 53 | provided to any third parties, unless Oracle may be required to do so by law
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| 54 | or in connection with legal proceedings.</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para><emphasis role="bold">§ 6 Updates.</emphasis> Oracle may update this
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| 57 | privacy policy by posting a new version on the virtualbox.org website. You
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| 58 | should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any
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| 59 | changes.</para>
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| 60 | </appendix>
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