Privacy Policy

Cut&Paste ("our", "us" or "we") respects individual privacy and values the confidence of users of our services. We strive to earn and maintain your trust in our company and our policies. As such, this privacy statement adheres to the Safe Harbor Policies established by the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission. This privacy statement ("Privacy Policy") covers the website, www.cutandpaste.com, and affiliated websites ("cutandpaste.com" or the "Website" and any other features, content, or applications offered by cutandpaste.com in connection with the Website (collectively, the "Services")). If Users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our Privacy Policy administrator by email at privacy@cutandpaste.com. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Terms & Conditions.

Notice of all changes that materially affect ways in which your personally identifiable information may be used or shared will be posted in updates to our Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the Website or Services after such notice of changes have been published on the Website, you hereby provide your consent to the changes and modifications therein.

Definitions

"Cut&Paste" means Cut & Paste LLC, its predecessors, and successors.

"Personal information" means any information or set of information that identifies or could be used by Cut&Paste to identify a certain individual. Personal information does not include information that is encoded or anonymous, or publicly available information that has not been combined with non-public personal information.

The Privacy Principles

Viewing of the Website does not require any registration with or submission of information to Cut&Paste. However, some of the additional Services that we offer and additional functionality of the Website may require registration with or submission of information to Cut&Paste.

Notice

Information We Collect:

In order to become a registered User or create a Membership profile, you must first create an account. To create an account you may be asked to provide the following information: your name, email address, and choose an account password. Once a User, you may provide additional information in the profile section describing your skills, education, professional experiences, interests and networking objectives. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is optional, but enables you to better identify yourself and discover new opportunities in the Cut&Paste community.

The information we collect is also used to provide our products and Services to viewers of the Website and Users, including the display of customized content and advertising; audit, research and analyze in order to maintain, protect and improve our services; ensure the proper functioning of our network; and develop new services.

Cut&Paste's computer servers are located in the United States of America.

Cookies and Web Beacons:

cutandpaste.com uses cookies and web log files to track Website usage. A cookie is a tiny parcel of text sent by our computer server to your web browser, which in turn then sends back the cookie unchanged, by the browser each time it accesses that server. We use cookies for User authentication, tracking which cutandpaste.com web pages you view and maintaining specific information about Users, such as site preferences so that we may enhance the User's experience on the Website. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Services may not function properly if cookies are disabled on the browser.

When you use the Services, our computer servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. The information recorded may include information such as your website request, IP address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is never shared with third parties without your permission or except when required by law.

We allow other companies, ad networks, to serve advertisements on the Website and to Users. Ad networks include third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms. Cut&Paste may "target" some ads to Users that fit a certain general profile — for example, "Graphic design artists, New York City" Cut&Paste does NOT use personally identifiable information to target ads to specific Users.

To deliver these ads properly, Cut&Paste may include a file, called a web beacon, from these ad networks within pages served by Cut&Paste so the networks may provide anonymous, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for our advertisers as well as to target ads to you while you visit other websites.

Communications from Cut&Paste:

Cut&Paste may communicate with you through email and notices posted on the Website. Please be aware that Cut&Paste may send you emails related to the proper functioning of your account and the Services, such as email notices if there are disruptions in service. Cut&Paste may send e-mails to its mailing list with promotions of its products, services, events, and information on its sponsors products or services. Cut&Paste will never send you promotional information unless you have opted-in to its mailing lists.

Affiliated Sites:

We offer some of our Services in connection with other websites. Personal information that you provide to those websites may be sent to Cut&Paste in order to deliver the service and content. We process such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and we strongly encourage you to read their privacy policies.

Choice

Where Cut&Paste collects personal information directly from individuals, Cut&Paste will offer individuals the opportunity to choose (or opt-in) to (a) receive promotional information form Cut&Paste (b) allow Cut&Paste to share their personal information with a non-agent third party, or (c) use personal information for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individual.

We will not collect or use sensitive personal information for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent or election to "opt-in". "Sensitive personal information" is confidential medical information, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs or sexuality and tied to personal information.

Onward Transfers to Third Parties

Cut&Paste only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Cut&Paste in the following limited circumstances:

You have given us your consent. We require your opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.

We share personal information with other trusted businesses or persons for processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with policies that provide levels of protection that are the same as or greater than those provided in this Privacy Policy, the Safe Harbor Provisions, and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (ii) enforce applicable Terms & Conditions regarding the Website, including investigation of potential violations thereof, or (iii) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Cut&Paste, its Users or the general public as required or permitted by law.

We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information. For example, we may share the number of Users who searched for a particular term, clicked on a particular advertisement or clicked / voted for a particular artwork. Such aggregated, non-personal information does not identify you individually.

Security

Cut&Paste will take reasonable precautions to protect personal information in its possession from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. These precautions include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures.

Data Integrity

Cut&Paste will use personal information only in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently authorized by the individual. Cut&Paste will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is relevant to its intended use, accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.

Access

Upon reasonable request, Cut&Paste will grant individuals reasonable access to personal information that it holds about them. In addition, Cut&Paste will take reasonable steps to permit individuals to correct, amend, modify or delete information that is demonstrated to be inaccurate or incomplete if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We provide information access and correction free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Enforcement

Any questions or concerns regarding the use or disclosure of personal information should be directed to the Cut&Paste's Privacy Policy Administration at the address given below. Cut&Paste will investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with the principles contained in this Privacy Policy. For complaints that cannot be resolved between the Cut&Paste and the complainant, Cut&Paste agrees to participate in the dispute resolution procedures of the panel established by the European Data Protection Authorities to resolve disputes pursuant to the Safe Harbor Principles.

Contact Information

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@cutandpaste.com or contact us at:

Cut & Paste LLC
Attn: Privacy Policy Administration
111 E. 14th St., #128
New York, NY 10003 USA