"Personal information" means information that would allow a party to identify you, such as, for example, your name, web address, or email address.
We collect personal information at three places on our Site: (1) when registering a Thinglink account; (2) when you provide us with your personal information such as by sending an email to us; and (3) when you donate money to us or purchase merchandise via our support page.
We use the personal information you provide to us when you send us emails or sign up to our service in order to respond to your request, for example, to reply to your email or to send you communications about news and events related to Thinglink. If you purchase stickers or other merchandise directly from Thinglink, we will use your personal information for the purpose of sending you the items you purchased.
Your username that you have provided us at registration will typically be visible to other users when you comment a thing to another user on the Site. Also, when you donate money as part of one of Thinglink fundraising campaigns, your name will be published on our "supporters page" unless you request otherwise.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
When you donate money to us or purchase merchandise via our support page via PayPal, your personal information will be handled by and stored by PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/) in accordance with its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Non-personal browsing and site usage information that we collect
When you use the Thinglink service, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) may collect information indirectly and automatically (through, for example, the use of your "IP address") about your activities while visiting the Websites, including the web pages you view and the times you view them and information about the browser you are using. We do not link browsing information to the personal information you submit to us; we use this browsing information for internal purposes such as to help understand how the Websites are being used and to improve it, and for systems administration purposes. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer Internet access provider, your IP address probably varies from session to session.
We view protection of users' privacy as a very important community principle. We understand clearly that you and your information is one of our most important assets. We store and process your information on computers located in Finland that are protected by physical as well as technological security devices. If you object to your Information being transferred or used in this way please do not use our services.