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Privacy Policy

The website www.PathSource.com (the “Site”) is provided by Academix Direct, Inc. d/b/a PathSource (“PathSource”, “we”, “us” or “our”). Your privacy is important to PathSource. This “Privacy Policy” governs your use of the Site (including, without limitation, both mobile and online versions of our Site), whether via personal computers, mobile devices, or otherwise, and also applies to your use of interactive features, widgets, plug-ins, applications, content, downloads and/or other services that we own and control and make available through the mobile or online version of the Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to our data collection activities offline or otherwise outside of our Site (unless otherwise stated below), and does not govern the data practices of third parties that may interact with the Site. It is important that you read and understand the entire Privacy Policy before using the Site. If you are unwilling to consent to our collection and use of your Personal Information as described in this Policy, and to accept the terms in the Terms of Service, you should not access or use the Site.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

From time to time we collect, retain and utilize Personal Information about you to operate our business and to make services and other opportunities available. The term “Personal Information” means personally identifiable information that we obtain about you, including your name and email address. We recognize and respect your privacy concerns about this information. We obtain Personal Information in a variety of ways (for example, when you contact us directly by email, from your other transactions or experiences with us, or from other third parties). Also, when you visit the Site, we collect information that might or might not identify you for purposes of measuring the use of the Site and improving its content, as described below.

Information We Collect or Store As You Access and Use the Site

In addition to any Personal Information or other information that you choose to submit to us via our Site, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies that automatically (or passively) store or collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with the Site (“Usage Information”). This Usage Information may be stored or accessed using a variety of technologies that may be downloaded to your personal computer, laptop, tablet or mobile phone (a “Device”) whenever you visit or interact with our Site. Usage Information may be non identifying or may be associated with you. To the extent that we associate Usage Information with your Personal Information, we will treat it as Personal Information.

This Usage Information may include:

  • your IP address or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”). A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device used to access the Site, and our computers identify your Device by its Device Identifier;
  • your Device functionality (including browser, operating system, hardware, and mobile network information);
  • the URL that referred you to our Site;
  • the areas within our Site that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences;
  • your Device location;
  • your Device characteristics; and
  • certain other Device data, including the time of day, among other information.

We may use various developed methods and technologies to store or collect Usage Information (“Tracking Technologies”). Tracking Technologies may set, change, alter or modify settings or configurations on your Device. A few of the Tracking Technologies include, without limitation, the following (and subsequent technology and methods later developed):

Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a Device when it is used to visit the Site. Cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Please be aware that if you disable or remove cookies on your Device, some parts of our Site may not function properly, and that when you revisit our Site your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.

Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1x1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our Site’s pages and messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to the Site, to monitor how users navigate the Site, to count how many e-mails that were sent were actually opened, or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.

Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your Device from our web server or a third party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Site, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

ETag, or entity tag. An ETag is a feature of the cache in browsers. It is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned. Used in this manner, ETags are a form of Device Identifier. ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks cookies.

We may use Tracking Technologies for a variety of purposes, including:

Strictly Necessary. We may use cookies or other Tracking Technologies that we consider are strictly necessary to allow you to use and access our Site, including cookies required to prevent fraudulent activity, improve security, or allow you to make use of shopping cart functionality.

Performance Related. We may use cookies or other Tracking Technologies that are useful in order to assess the performance of the Site, including as part of our analytic practices or otherwise to improve the content, products or services offered through the Site.

Functionality Related. We may use cookies or other Tracking Technologies that are required to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing the Site, including identifying you when you sign in to our Site or keeping track of our specified preferences, including in terms of the presentation of content on our Site.

Targeting Related. We may use Tracking Technologies to deliver content relevant to your interests on our Site and third party sites based on how you interact with our content. This includes using Tracking Technologies to understand the usefulness to you of the content that have been delivered to you. There may be other Tracking Technologies now and later devised and used by us in connection with the Site.

Disclosure of Information

Except as indicated within this Policy, we will not sell, rent or transfer your Personal Information to or otherwise share your Personal Information with third parties unless it’s requested by a paying customer (i.e. a school, district, or other similar organization). We may share or transfer your Personal Information as directed to do so by you. We may share Personal Information with existing or future third-party partners for product support, service support or research purposes. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the privacy and data security practices of these third parties.

We may use third-party vendors to perform certain services on behalf of us or the Site, such as hosting the Site, designing and/or operating the Site’s features, tracking the Site’s activities and analytics, and enabling us to send you special offers about our products or services and our partners products or services, or enabling us to perform other administrative services. We may provide these vendors with access to user information for users who are 18+ years old, including Device Identifiers and Personal Information, to carry out the services they are performing for you or for us.

We also may use your Personal Information or Usage Information that is subject to this Privacy Policy: (1) to provide you with information or services or process transactions that you have requested or agreed to receive, such as password resets and granting permissions to others; (2) to process your registration with the Site, including verifying your information is active and valid; (3) to improve the Site or our services, to customize your experience on the Site, or to serve you specific content that is relevant to you; (4) to contact you with regard to your use of the Site and, in our discretion, changes to the Site and/or Site’s policies; (5) for internal business purposes and for research purposes; and (6) for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy. (DO

We may access, use, preserve, transfer and disclose your information (including Device Identifiers and Personal Information), including disclosure to third parties: (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, governmental requests, or legal process if in our good faith opinion such is required or permitted by law; (ii) to protect and/or defend the Site’s Terms of Service or other policies applicable to the Site, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii) to protect the safety, rights, property or security of the Site or any third party; and/or (iv) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.

We are not responsible for any information, including Personal Information that you might disclose in the course of using our services. For example, after you have created an account you might elect to grant permissions to third parties such as friends or relatives. The information you disclose in your invitation message via our services is not within our control.

We may also compile and provide to third parties aggregated information, i.e., compiled information that does not in itself identify you, for research, product development and benchmarking purposes. We may also make aggregate – but not individual – information public.

What About Information You Disclose Publicly Or To Others?

  • User-Generated Content and Public Information. The Service may permit you to submit ideas, photographs, user profiles, writings, music, video, audio recordings, computer graphics, pictures, data, questions, comments, suggestions or other content, including Personal Information (collectively, “User Content”), such as on blogs and message boards. We or others may store, display, reproduce, publish, distribute or otherwise use User Content online or offline in any media or format (currently existing or hereafter developed) and may or may not attribute it to you. Others may have access to this User Content and may have the ability to share it with third parties. Please think carefully before deciding what information you share, including Personal Information, in connection with your User Content. Be aware that public postings are not confidential. Please note that the Company does not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make public, and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information that you make publicly available on the Service or what others do with information you share with them on the Service. We are not responsible for the accuracy, use or misuse of any User Content that you disclose or receive from third parties through the Service.
  • Name and Likeness. We may also publish your name, voice, likeness and other Personal Information that is part of your User Content, and we may use the content, or any portion of the content, for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional activities. For full terms and conditions regarding User Content you submit to the Service, please review our Terms of Service [www.pathsource.com/legal].
  • Profiles. Profiles are not publicly viewable. A user’s profile page in the future may be, by default, set up to display information such as the user’s display name, images, location (city/state/country), etc. Profile information is used by us primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the Service. We may offer users the ability to manage their public profile, if a public profile functionality exists at some point in the future. The functionality and features of the profile page are subject to change from time-to-time so visit it frequently to confirm the settings reflect your then current preferences. Notwithstanding the availability of profile preference settings, you should be aware that these settings are for convenience only, do not employ complex data security protection and may not be error free.

Links to Other Websites

You should know that while visiting the Site, you can be directed, through links, to other websites that are beyond our control. PathSource is not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of such linked websites.

Maintenance of Accurate Information

We have established procedures to correct inaccurate information in a timely manner. If you have any reason to believe that Personal Information about you that is stored and maintained by us is incorrect, please contact us by email at: privacy@pathsource.com.

Protection of Personal Information

We strive to maintain the reliability, accuracy, completeness and currency of your Personal Information in our databases and to protect the privacy and security of our databases and the information we collect. Any Personal Information that you provide to us will be stored on our or our third-party provider’s computer network servers. We and our vendors maintain reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information. The security measures in place for the Site and its servers aim to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of the information you provide to us. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the security of your information, please email us at privacy@pathsource.com.

Business Transitions

In the event that PathSource goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your Personal Information or Usage Information might be among the assets transferred. You will not be notified in advance of any such change in ownership or control of your Personal Information.

Changes in Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time, so you should review it each time you access the Site. If we change this Policy, we will post the revised Policy on the Site.

Children’s Privacy

The Site is a general audience website and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children younger than the age of thirteen (13) as required by U.S. law. We will delete any personal information collected that we later determine to be from a user younger than the age of thirteen (13). If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of thirteen (13) and believe he or she has disclosed personal information to us, please contact us at support@pathsource.com.

Transfer of Personal Information to the United States

Our Site is operated in the United States and intended for users located in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that information we collect, including Personal Information, will be transferred to, and processed, stored and used in the United States. The data protection laws in the United States may differ from those of the country in which you are located, and your Personal Information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts or law enforcement in the United States according to laws of the United States. By using the Site or providing us with any information, you consent to the transfer to, and processing, usage, sharing and storage of your information, including Personal Information, in the United States as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Policy, please contact us at: AcademixDirect, Inc, 548 Market St. #33674, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401 or by e-mail: support@pathsource.com.

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