PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

Effective: September 2011

This Privacy Policy is part of and incorporated into the terms and conditions, found at http://www.backyardbarter.org/ (collectively, “Terms and Conditions”). Backyard Barter offers this website, including its content, site functionality, and services (the “Website”) to you, the user, subject to and conditioned on your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions.

By using the Website, you agree that you have read, understand, and are bound by these Terms and Conditions. Backyard Barter may, in its sole discretion, revise the Terms and Conditions from time to time by updating the Terms and Conditions, with the new terms taking effect on the date of posting. You should review the Terms and Conditions every time you use this Website as they are binding on you. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

By using the Website, you signify your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Policy, which may be revised from time to time, with new terms taking effect on the date of posting. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE. You must be 18 years or older to use the Website.

Application

This policy applies to the information you provide to Backyard Barter through the Website. This policy does not apply to information collected by third parties linked in any way to the Website. Backyard Barter has no control over, and no responsibility or liability for, any third party’s collection, use, disclosure, or retention of the personal information that is provided directly to them, and that collection, use, disclosure, and retention is not subject to this policy.

Information Automatically Collected

The Website automatically collects certain information from users through the use of “cookies” and other tracking mechanisms. Information automatically collected may include, but is not limited to: your domain name and host for Internet access; the Internet address of the site from which you came; the date and time you visit the Website and the pages you visit; your computer’s IP address and information about its operating system, browser and host. Backyard Barter may use information, such as your IP address, to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer the Website, to help identify you and to gather broad demographic data.

Information That You Specifically Provide

It is your choice whether to provide personal information to Backyard Barter. Some information must be provided in order to participate in certain programs or activities, so the decision not to provide information might limit or eliminate certain functions of the Website or the ability to participate. The types of personal information that Backyard Barter tends to request about you include, but are not limited to: your name, email address, organization name, job title, physical address, mailing address, and age. There may be opportunities to provide information on the Website that will be available to other website visitors; these opportunities require your good judgment. It is your responsibility not to provide personal information about yourself that could be misused by others in a chat room, bulletin board, blog or similar forum. Do not provide personal information about others without their permission.

Information You Provide About Others

Do not provide personal information about others unless you are authorized or required to do so by applicable law or contract. Before supplying personal information about others, you and the person about whom you supply the information must review and consent to the Terms and Conditions of the Website. By submitting any personal information about others, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so, that you have made the Terms and Conditions available to the person about whom you supply the information, and that you have obtained that person’s written consent to our Terms and Conditions. If applicable law allows you to supply the information without doing the foregoing, you represent and warrant that you have abided by that law and that it allows us to receive and disclose the information under this Privacy Policy without any further action on our part. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Backyard Barter, its parents, officers, directors, employees and agents, sponsors and supporting artists, licensors and suppliers for any failure by you to comply with this paragraph.

Use of Information

Backyard Barter may use information collected on the Website, which may include information gathered about you, for various purposes. In general, Backyard Barter uses personal information it collects to pursue our mission and operations, including the management of our Website and to engage in related activities. You should assume that Backyard Barter will use all information for all lawful purposes.

We reserve the right, but do not undertake a duty, to notify you of court orders, subpoenas or other legal process if allowed. If you do not want us to respond to legal process compelling us to disclose your information, you need to seek a valid order permitting us to refuse to disclose it and serve the order on us at least 3 business days before the response deadline.

We reserve the right to use, disclose, retain, share, sell and otherwise deal with all information collected via the Website internally or to third parties, for any lawful purpose or to prevent harm to us or others. For example, and without limitation, in our discretion we may:

• Disclose information to service providers and others in order to deal with requests and questions from you; to personalize or enhance transactions; to verify, process, store, enforce, investigate and/or collect actual or potential transactions; and to assist or respond to our consultants (including auditors and lenders).

• Disclose information to government regulators, law enforcement authorities or alleged victims of identify theft, as well as voluntary disclosures;

• Disclose any matter relating to the Website or your account not listed in this Privacy Policy, but which is not prohibited by law from being disclosed.

Backyard Barter does not purport to have listed all possible disclosures that Backyard Barter might make. This Privacy Policy is intended to help you understand our general practices. This Privacy Policy is not a promise that your information will never be disclosed except as described above. For example, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access information transmitted to or contained on the Website, technologies may malfunction or not work as anticipated, or someone might access, abuse or misuse information, despite a lack of permission. Although Backyard Barter uses what we believe to be commercially reasonable practices to protect your privacy, that does not mean, and you should not expect it to mean, that your information or communications will always be private or protected.

Backyard Barter generally will retain information for as long as required, allowed or for as long as Backyard Barter believes it useful. If you cease using the Website, or your permission to use the Website is terminated, Backyard Barter may continue to use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Policy as amended from time to time. Backyard Barter does not undertake retention obligations through this Privacy Policy. Backyard Barter may dispose of information in our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law.

Cookies

Backyard Barter may place a “cookie” on the browser of your computer. Cookies are a technology that installs a small amount of information on the computer of a website user to permit the website to recognize future visits using that computer. Cookies may enhance the convenience and use of the Website. For example, the information provided through cookies may be used to recognize you as a previous user of the Website (so you do not have to enter your personal information every time), offer personalized information for your use, and otherwise facilitate your experience using the Website. You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your ability to access or use certain features of the Website. Backyard Barter may also use clear gifs, and log file information to store user information, customize content, or monitor Website activity.

Advertisements

Third-party advertisements may be displayed on the Website, which may contain cookies or other information-gathering technologies. Backyard Barter has no control over, and no responsibility or liability for, the cookies or other technologies used in the advertisements or for the use and disclosure of information collected through advertisement cookies or other technologies.

Other Websites

The Website contains links to other websites or Internet resources. When you click on one of those links you are contacting another website. Backyard Barter has no control over, and no responsibility or liability for, other websites or their collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.

Privacy Policy Incorporated inTerms of Use

Your use of the Website is governed by the Backyard Barter Terms of Use, available at http://www.backyardbarter.org. The Terms of Use contain important provisions, including provisions disclaiming, limiting, or excluding the liability of Backyard Barter for your use of the Website and provisions determining the applicable law and exclusive jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes regarding your use of the Website. Each of those provisions applies to any disputes that may arise in relation to this Privacy Policy and the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information and are of the same force and effect as if they had been reproduced directly in this Privacy Policy.

What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?

Keeping secure the personal information that Backyard Barter collects is of utmost concern to Backyard Barter. Backyard Barter exercises great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your computer to our servers. Personal information collected by the Website is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. While Backyard Barter has mechanisms in place to safeguard your personal information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or other matters that relate to it, you may contact us at:

Backyard Barter

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Seattle, WA ____