BDTwo Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for BDTwo.com, the website, and the attached databases. By using this website and database system, you are consenting to our collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection or Gathering Practices:
- Contacting us, Registering for an Account, or Signing Up for Email Notifications:
If you register, apply for an account on our website or request information or contacts us; we may ask for your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, position, affiliation, or other personal information. BDTwo may ask you for other information at other times too. We use this information to respond to you, your inquiries, to customize your experience on the website, to improve our content delivery systems etc. If you sign up for email notifications we use the data to provide you with information via email related to your interests.
- Browsing information and cookies:
When you access this website, our servers automatically record information that your browser provides. This may include, among other data, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device identifiers and location, the date and time of your access, web pages visited, and files accessed. Logs of IP addresses are retained on a temporary basis, and then deleted from our system.
This website may, in the future, attempt to store a small piece of data known as a "cookie" on your computer. Cookies will be read each time you visit the site. We may use cookies to establish continuity between related requests, to personalize the site to your preferences, to authenticate your log-in, and to analyze site traffic. Cookies do not themselves contain any personal information. You may choose to block cookies with your browser, but if you do, you may not be able to take advantage of all of this site's features.
- User Communications:
When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain the communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
You should also be aware that, when you voluntarily disclose personal information in discussion groups, that information may be collected by others and may result in unsolicited messages from others.
Use of Information:
We use the information collected for the following purposes, in addition to those described above: tailoring the website to user needs and improving our service; generating data and reports about usage of the website and its content, including identifying how much of our audience comes from within any country, region, network, etc.; supporting the functioning and security of the website; protecting our rights and safety and the rights and safety of others; and research.
We may evaluate site usage by collecting statistics about the behavior of visitors to this website and analyzing user information and demographics, but only to generate aggregate statistical reports. For this purpose, we may use third-party services to collect such information. We may display this statistical information publicly or provide it to others.
We may provide your personally identifiable information to third parties when we believe that doing so is necessary or appropriate to: satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; investigate compliance with or enforce our Terms of Use; detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or protect our rights and safety and the rights and safety of our users or others.
Other Websites and Cookies:
This website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies, practices, or the content of external websites.
Cookies may be set by third parties other than us. "Third-party cookies" may, for example, originate from websites such as Google, Justia, or other services for which we have implemented hyperlink connections. Since the cookie policies of these sites change over time, users should monitor the privacy policies of these sites by visiting the privacy policy pages of external sites directly.
Information Protection:
This site has security measures in place to help protect against alteration, loss, and misuse of both personal and USPTO information under our control. Data is kept encrypted at rest and in transit. We encourage you to use the HTTPS secure version of this site instead of the HTTP unencrypted version. Your actions, therefore, contribute to the security posture of your data usage.
Contacting This Website:
If you have questions about this privacy policy, the privacy practices of this site, or concerns about your dealings with this site, you can contact us
here.
Changes to This Policy:
We may change this Privacy Policy in the future as regulations and the business environment evolve. If we change the policy, we will post the modified policy here, on this page. Caching this page in your browser will prevent you from seeing changes.
Effective Date:
The effective date of this policy is December 12, 2022.