Bitly Privacy Policy

DATED 2011-06-14 · VERSION 20111006_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20110706_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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44	44	#### Information Collected Using Cookies:
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46	46	- Cookies are pieces of text that may be provided to your computer through your web browser when you access a website. Your browser stores cookies in a manner associated with each website you visit. We use cookies to enable our servers to recognize your web browser and tell us how and when you visit our Site and use the Services through the web.
47	47	- Bitly cookies also allow Bitly to track when you have clicked on a Bitly shortened URL. Each click of a shortened URL is tracked using a unique identifier assigned to you in one or more cookies stored by your web browser and associated with Bitly.
48	48	- Bitly cookies do not, by themselves, contain Personal Information, and we do not combine the general information collected through cookies with other Personal Information to tell us who you are. As noted, however, we do use cookies to identify that your web browser has accessed a Bitly URL and may associate that information with your Account if you have one.
49	49	- Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. We strongly recommend that you leave cookies active, because they enable you to take advantage the most attractive features of the Services.
	50	- You may also ask bitly not to place cookies on your web browser when you are logged in. When cookies are disabled in this manner, clicks on bitly links are not tied back to or associated with your web browser.
50	51	- This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Bitly only and does not cover the use of cookies by third parties. Bitly does not control when or how third parties place cookies on your computer. For example, third party websites to which a URL points may set cookies on your computer.
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52	53	#### Aggregate Information:
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54	55	We collect statistical information about how both unregistered and registered users, collectively, use the Services ("Aggregate Information"). Some of this information is derived from Personal Information, such as your location (which, in turn, is derived from your IP address). This statistical information is not Personal Information and cannot be tied back to you, your Account or your web browser.
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124	125	If you are not a registered user, you can access the metrics pages for your shortened URLs by adding the "+" symbol to the end of the URL.
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126	127	Registered and unregistered users can access all of the above information.
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128	129	### How Can I Delete My Account?
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130		Should you ever decide to delete your Account, you may do so by emailing [support+sitelink@bitly.com](mailto:support+sitelink@bitly.com) If you terminate your Account, any association between your Account and information stored by Bitly will no longer be accessible through your Account and you will no longer be able to create and share links or Bundles using the Account. However, given the nature of sharing using Bitly, any public activity on your Account prior to deletion will remain stored on Bitly's servers and will remain accessible to the public.
	131	In the interest of ensuring that existing bitly links continue to function for all of our users, bitly links currently cannot be deleted or disabled. As such, shortening and sharing activity that has already occurred on your account currently cannot be deleted. However, your user history can easily be set to private from within your [bitly account settings](http://bitly.com/a/account), and individual links can be archived from within your bitly user history. If you have concerns about unauthorized usage of your bitly account moving forward, please contact us at [support@bitly.com](mailto:support@bitly.com) and we will disable future shortening activity on your account.
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132	133	### What Choices Do I Have Regarding My Information?
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134	135	- You can use many of the features of the service without registering, thereby limiting the type of information that we collect.
135	136	- As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose certain information to Bitly, even though it may be needed to take advantage of some Bitly features.
136	137	- You can delete your Account. Please note that Bitly will need to verify that you have the authority to delete the Account, and activity generated prior to deletion will remain stored by Bitly and may be publicly accessible.