ZenDev Privacy Policy

Please read this document carefully before accessing or using ZenDev.com.


Introduction

English, not Legalese.

Most website terms and privacy documents are unreadable. They are written by and for lawyers, and in our opinion, they are not very effective.

Because we believe in establishing long-term relationships with our readers and listeners, we decided to use plain English instead, to make our terms as clear as possible.

Please don't forget that we are real people: take a look at our company page to get to know us a little. We're not perfect, but we're trying, and we genuinely care about you.

When you read "ZenDev" or "we" as mentioned in this document, it refers to ZenDev, LLC, its affiliates, and agents.

If you have questions or concerns about this document call 650-260-4706, or send an email to [email protected]

About this document

This is a living document, forked from The Changelog. The original version is open source on GitHub and is available under a Creative Commons Sharealike license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to Changelog with ones to you, and if you want they appreciate a link to Changelog.com somewhere on your site.

We will make improvements to this document over time. By continuing to use the site, you will implicitly accept any future changes we make to it.

Your access and use of ZenDev.com is always subject to the most current version of this document.


Privacy Policy

Your privacy is critically important to us.

At ZenDev we have a few fundamental principles:

  • We don't ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can't stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.)
  • We don't share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
  • We don't store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
  • In our products, we aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what's visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.

Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals:

If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please send an email to [email protected].

ZenDev, LLC operates zendev.com. It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, ZenDev collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our website and services. From time to time, we may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

ZenDev also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users viewing apps shared with ZenDev. ZenDev only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to ZenDev choose to interact with it in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at ZenDev.com to provide a name and email address. Those who engage in transactions with ZenDev – by purchasing a Pro membership, for example, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, ZenDev collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with ZenDev. ZenDev does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

ZenDev may collect statistics about the behavior of our visitors. For instance, we track views and clicks on a post to determine usage and engagement. ZenDev may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, ZenDev does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

ZenDev discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on ZenDev's behalf or to provide services available at ZenDev's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using ZenDev's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. ZenDev will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, ZenDev discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when ZenDev believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of ZenDev, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an ZenDev website and have supplied your email address, ZenDev may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with ZenDev and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. ZenDev takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. ZenDev uses cookies to help ZenDev identify and track visitors, their usage of ZenDev website, and their website access preferences. ZenDev visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using ZenDev's websites, with the drawback that certain features of our website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If ZenDev, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that ZenDev goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of ZenDev may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads and Sponsorships

Ads and Sponsorships appearing on ZenDev may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by ZenDev and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. We encourage our visitors to watch this repository on GitHub to track changes to this document, our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.


This document was adapted from Changelog which is shared under a Creative Commons Sharealike license.