QIXO is committed to protecting your privacy.
We will only use your information to enhance your experience and to better serve you. All personally identifiable information is kept confidential. We will not disclose to a third party any information that identifies you personally without your consent. As we may change this privacy policy occasionally, please check this page periodically for updates.

IP Addresses
Our web servers automatically collect limited information about your computer's connection to the internet, including your IP address, when you visit our site. (Your IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the internet know where to send you data-such as the web pages you view.) Your IP address does not identify you personally. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Your IP address is used to gather only broad demographic non-identifiable information.

Cookies
To make our site more responsive to the needs of our visitors, we use a standard feature found in almost all web browser software, called a "cookie." A cookie is used to assign each visitor a unique, random number, similar to the idea of an anonymous user ID that resides on your computer. A cookie is a merely a small piece of data stored by your browser on your hard drive or in your computer memory. The cookie doesn't actually identify the visitor, just the computer that a visitor uses to access our site. Unless you voluntarily identify yourself (through registration, for example), we won't know who you are, even if we assign a cookie to your computer. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you voluntarily supply. Cookies cannot retrieve personally identifiable information from your computer, read data from your hard drive, or harm your computer in any way. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while navigating our site. Of course, you can set your browser not to accept cookies, but you may not be able to take advantage of the personalized features enjoyed by other visitors to the site.

Our advertisers may also assign their own cookies to your browser, a process that we don't control. Once you become a QIXO member, we place a cookie on your hard drive that allows us to recognize you, and provide you with a personalized environment.

Third Party Collectors of Information
To make our site, www.QIXO.com, more valuable to our visitors, we offer some features in conjunction with other providers. Our site contains links to other websites whose privacy policies we do not control. Our privacy policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to them. To the extent that we use third party advertisers, we use all reasonable efforts to ensure that they adhere to their own privacy customs and policies. Once you leave our servers (you can tell where you are by checking the URL in the location or address bar on your browser), use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting. Since we do not control the privacy policies of third parties, we encourage you to ask questions and seek information before you disclose your personal information to others. You should always exercise caution when disclosing sensitive personal or financial information in unsecured areas of a website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we must transmit certain required information you provide us to third party web sites in order to complete purchases for you. We have no control over what happens to the information that is passed onto a third party web site.

Security

Our website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - Certificate-approved 128-bit SSL. While on a secure page, such as an order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked door. However, as effective as encryption and other security technology is, no security system is impenetrable.

Unfortunately (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy), we cannot guarantee that all of your communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this privacy policy. By way of example, we may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access your transmissions or communications. Further, 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. 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 communications will always remain private. However, we will only permit authorized officers of the court to access available and relevant information in three situations: (i) to comply with valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order, or (ii) to protect our rights and property, or (iii) in special emergencies when we believe physical safety is at risk.

Choice/OPT-OUT

In order to provide you more customized and additional services, we or our partners may send you advertisements, promotions, or marketing materials, via e-mail. Our site allows users to opt-out and not receive future communications. If you would rather not receive these e-mail messages, please contact us at privacy@qixo.com, and write "OPT OUT" in the subject heading.

Your questions and comments are always appreciated.
QIXO is committed to protecting your privacy. We encourage you to send us comments or questions regarding our privacy policy.