Privacy is very important to us. Our privacy practices are held to high standards and designed to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet. Because this web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices. As part of the normal operation of our services we collect and, in some cases, disclose information about you. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to that information. Although this policy may seem long, we have prepared a detailed policy because we believe you should know as much as possible about Byte Size Tool's practices so that you can make informed decisions. The privacy practices of this statement apply to the http://www.bytesizetools.com website and apply generally to our subsidiaries or joint venture partners and marketing partners websites (collectively the "Site").

As described below, some of your personally identifiable information is disclosed to third parties and used by us and third parties. By accepting the Terms and Conditions, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information.

ByteSizeNews™ is committed to honoring the privacy of our members and visitors. This privacy policy covers personally identifiable information shared through ByteSizeNews's Service.

As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any personally identifiable information about you to any third party. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personally identifiable information may be disclosed.

If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first contact Byte Size Tools, LLC at 1-800-540-7284, write to: ByteSizeNews, C/O Byte Size Tools, LLC, 787 E. Hickory Hill Road, Argyle, Texas 76226 or email: .

What information does ByteSizeNews receive and how do we use it?
When you register for ByteSizeNews or various ByteSizeNews services, we ask you for your name, contact information, preferences, and certain demographic information. This information lets us provide personalized services and communicate separately with you. We also use aggregated information about the use of our services to evaluate our users' preferences, improve our programming, and facilitate third-party reporting of internet usage. Finally, like most websites, we use small bits of data called cookies stored on users' computers to simulate a continuous connection. Cookies let us "remember" information about your preferences and allow you to move within our Service without reintroducing yourself. Recent versions of browsers let you easily see and control cookies. Specifically, ByteSizeNews gathers "Registration Information" when you open an account which includes, but not limited to: Your name, address, company, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, fax number, email address, your password, credit card number and expiration date and other financial information and optional demographic information such as hobbies, etc. ByteSizeNews does NOT release any user information in the ByteSizeNews account ("User Information") to any third parties.

May I choose what information I disclose?
While we need certain information to register you as a unique user and let you access personalized services, such as ByteSizeNews other requested information is optional and may be given at your discretion.

May I choose what communications I receive?
We may choose to occasionally send out an email newsletter to ByteSizeNews members to highlight features of the Service. You can elect not to receive the Newsletter from us, either when you register or by noting your preference in response to communications from us.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from ByteSizeNews or our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by choosing the unsubscribe option in the email or email us at .

Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

What about Special Offers, Site and Service Updates?
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on ByteSizeNews specific products, services, special deals, and a newsletter.

We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, or special offer announcements, which contain important information about the existing or new service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone. These communications include, but are not limited to, such items as billing information, upcoming expiration dates on credit cards used for ByteSizeNews Service payments or other account information.

What is the ByteSizeNews Tell-A-Friend program and how does it affect me?
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. ByteSizeNews will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. ByteSizeNews stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact ByteSizeNews at www.ByteSizeTools.com to request the removal of this information from their database.

What if I need to review or change the personal information I previously disclosed?
If you desire to change your User ID or password you may make this request by sending an email to privacy@bytesizetools.com.

What kind of security is used to protect my information
We store all user information in secure databases protected via a variety of access controls. This data is accessed only for the purposes specified in this privacy statement. ByteSizeNews uses industry standard practices to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, including "firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. ByteSizeNews treats data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

Who has access to my information?
We do not share personally identifiable data (Registration Data) with other companies (apart from those acting as our agents in providing our Service to you, who agree to use it only for that purpose). We use information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Site, to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms and Conditions. At times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes. You agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our site's content, layout, and services. These uses improve our site and better tailor it to meet your needs.

You agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Site. By accepting the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of the receipt of certain communications on the using the unsubscribe link contained within the communication piece.

Our Disclosure of Your Information We Gather When You Register?
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will always remain private.

As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any personally identifiable information about you to any third party. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personally identifiable information may be disclosed.

External Service Providers
There are a number of services offered by external service providers that help you use our Site (e.g., co-branded sites, listing agents, escrow, authentication, mediation). If you choose to use these optional services, disclose information to the external service providers, and/or grant them permission to collect information about you, then their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy. We may, for your convenience, provide some of your personally identifiable information to the external service provider offering such services. However, before we disclose your personally identifiable information to an external service provider, you will see what data is about to be sent and have the ability to approve the disclosure. To prevent our disclosure of your personally identifiable information to an external service provider, you can decline such disclosures or simply not use their services. Because we do not control the privacy practices of these third parties, you should evaluate their practices before deciding to use their services. Users who register on a ByteSizeNews co-branded web site grant ByteSizeNews permission to pass your email address back to that co-branded web site and affiliated web sites. The use of such information by the co-brand and affiliated web sites is limited by their applicable privacy policies.

Internal Service Providers
We may use internal service providers to facilitate our services (e.g., search, discussion boards, surveys) and therefore we may provide some of your personally identifiable information directly to them. In some instances, the internal service provider may collect information directly from you (such as the situation where we ask a internal service provider to conduct a survey for us). In these cases, you will be notified of the involvement of the internal service provider, and all information disclosures you make will be strictly optional. In all cases, these internal service providers' use of information we supply them is restricted by confidentiality agreements. If you provide additional information to an internal service provider directly, then their use of your information is governed by their applicable privacy policy.

Other Corporate Entities
We share much of our data, including personally identifiable information about you, with our subsidiaries and joint ventures that are committed to serving your online application software needs and related services, throughout the world. To the extent that these entities have access to your information, they will treat it at least as protectively as they treat information they obtain from their other users. Our subsidiaries and joint ventures follow privacy practices no less protective of all users than our practices described in this document, to the extent allowed by applicable law. It is possible that ByteSizeNews, its subsidiaries, its joint ventures, or any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired by another business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that ByteSizeNews would share some or all of your information in order to continue to provide the service. You will receive notice of such event and we will require that the new combined entity follow the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

Legal Requests
ByteSizeNews cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability. Further, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your User ID, name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email, and company name to ByteSizeNews participants as we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, or violation of local, state or federal laws and statutes.

What about other companies featured on ByteSizeNews?
You may separately agree to provide your information to other companies who provide content for various parts of our Service, in order to use their services, order their products, or receive offers from them. If you agree to provide information to these companies, that information will be subject to their privacy policies.

What about people using my ByteSizeNews User Id or password?
You are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID/User Name and password. Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your ByteSizeNews password to any third parties. If you choose to share your User ID and password or your information with third parties to provide you additional services, you are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and password and therefore you should review that third party's privacy policy. If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personally identifiable information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password. You may call or email us at to change your password or User ID/User Name.

Who can I contact if I have any questions regarding my privacy?
Please contact us directly at with any questions or comments.

What About Changes in ByteSizeNews Privacy Polices and Notice?
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time based on your comments and our need to accurately reflect our data collection and disclosure practices. All changes to this policy are effective after we provide you with at least thirty (30) days' notice of the changes by posting the changes on the web site and/or sending email to users who select such notification preference. We provide you with thirty (30) days notice to allow you the opportunity to notify ByteSizeNews if you do not agree to such changes. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

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