Privacy Policy

Avantlumiere operates several websites including avantlumiere.com and bitbucket.org. It is Avantlumiere’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors (to the top)

Like most website operators, Avantlumiere 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. Avantlumiere’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Avantlumiere’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Avantlumiere may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Avantlumiere also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Avantlumiere does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information (to the top)

Certain visitors to Avantlumiere’s websites choose to interact with Avantlumiere in ways that require Avantlumiere to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Avantlumiere gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at bitbucket.org to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Avantlumiere – by purchasing access to the bitbucket.org paid Services, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Avantlumiere collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Avantlumiere. Avantlumiere 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 (to the top)

Avantlumiere may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Avantlumiere may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Avantlumiere does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information (to the top)

Avantlumiere 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 Avantlumiere’s behalf or to provide services available at Avantlumiere’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 Avantlumiere’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Avantlumiere 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, Avantlumiere discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Avantlumiere believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Avantlumiere, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Avantlumiere website and have supplied your email address, Avantlumiere 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 Avantlumiere and our products. We primarily use our development- or other 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. Avantlumiere takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies (to the top)

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. Avantlumiere uses cookies to help Avantlumiere identify and track visitors, their usage of Avantlumiere website, and their website access preferences. Avantlumiere visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Avantlumiere’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Avantlumiere’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes (to the top)

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Avantlumiere may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Avantlumiere’s sole discretion. Avantlumiere encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

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