+ This Privacy Policy explains our privacy practices for our website,
+ applications, the Topcoder platform, online marketing practices, and
+ other products or services (collectively, “Services”) owned and
+ operated by Topcoder, LLC or any of its subsidiaries (“Topcoder”).
+ Through use of the Services, you expressly consent to our
+ collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your personal
+ information and other personal information as described in this
+ Privacy Policy.
+
+
+
2. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
+
+
+ 2.1 PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT DIRECTLY FROM YOU
+
+
+
+ The Personal Data we collect directly from you includes identifiers,
+ professional or employment related information, financial account
+ information, commercial information, visual information, and
+ internet activity information. We collect such information in the
+ following situations:
+
+
+
+ If you register on the platform we require that you provide contact
+ information, such as name, email address, and country.
+
+
+ If you complete the user profile on the platform after you
+ register, you may voluntarily submit information such as contact
+ information, photographs, user preferences, communications
+ preferences, other biographical information, such as your
+ occupation, location, educational background, hobbies, social
+ media profiles, company name, areas of expertise and interests.
+
+
+
+ If you register for a competition or task on the platform we
+ collect information specific to the process and display the
+ time, date, and handle associated with your account.
+
+
+
+ If you post a comment in the forum, that content, the date,
+ time, and contents are collected and are visible to people who
+ have access to that particular forum.
+
+
+
+ If you are eligible for spayment we require payment information;
+ such as your contact information, payment account information,
+ and tax ID information as required by applicable laws. You may
+ be required to complete identity verification using a third
+ party that will require information that is country specific and
+ can include drivers license, passport, national identification
+ card or other government issued identification.
+
+
+
+ If you express interest in obtaining additional information
+ about our services; request customer support; use our “Contact
+ Us” or similar features; sign up for an event, webinar or
+ contest; or download certain content, we may require that you
+ provide to us contact information, such as your name, job title,
+ company name, address, phone number, email address or username
+ and password.
+
+
+
+ f you interact with our websites or emails, we automatically
+ collect information about your device and your usage of our
+ websites or emails (such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or
+ other identifiers, which may qualify as Personal Data (please
+ see the “What device and usage data we process” section, below)
+ using cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies;Automatic
+ Data Collection, such as IP address, MAC address or other device
+ identifiers.
+
+
+
+ if you use and interact with our services, we automatically
+ collect information about your device and your usage of our
+ services through log les and other technologies, some of which
+ may qualify as Personal Data (please see the “What device and
+ usage data we process” section, below);
+
+
+
+ If you voluntarily submit certain information to our services,
+ such as filling out a survey about your user experience, we
+ collect the information you have provided as part of that
+ request.
+
+
+
+
+ If you believe that your Personal Data has been provided to us
+ improperly, or want to exercise your rights relating to your
+ Personal Data, please contact us by using the information in the
+ “Contact Us” section below.
+
+
+
+
+ 2.2 PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT FROM OTHER SOURCES
+
+
+
+
+ We also collect information about you from other sources including
+ third parties from whom we purchase Personal Data and from publicly
+ available information. We may combine this information with Personal
+ Data provided by you. This helps us update, expand, and analyze our
+ records, identify new customers, and create more tailored
+ advertising to provide services that may be of interest to you. The
+ Personal Data we collect from other sources includes identifiers,
+ professional or employment-related information, education
+ information, commercial information, visual information, internet
+ activity information, and inferences about preferences and
+ behaviors. In particular, we collect such Personal Data from the
+ following sources:
+
+
+
+
+
+ Third party providers of business contact information, including
+ mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers,
+ intent data (or user behavior data), IP addresses, social media
+ profiles, LinkedIn URLs and custom pro les, for purposes of
+ targeted advertising, delivering relevant email content, event
+ promotion and profiling, determining eligibility and verifying
+ contact information; and
+
+
+
+ Another individual at your organization who may provide us with
+ your business contact information for the purposes of obtaining
+ services; and
+
+
+
+ Platforms such as GitHub to manage code check-ins and pull
+ requests. If you participate in an open source or community
+ development project, we may associate your code repository
+ username with your community account so we can inform you of
+ program changes that are important to your participation or
+ relate to additional security requirements.
+
+
+
+
+
+
3. WHAT DEVICE AND USAGE DATA DO WE PROCESS?
+
+
+ We use common information-gathering tools, such as tools for
+ collecting usage data, cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar
+ technologies to automatically collect information that may contain
+ Personal Data as you navigate our websites, our services, or
+ interact with emails we have sent to you.
+
+
+
+ 3.1 DEVICE AND USAGE DATA
+
+
+
+
+ As is true of most websites, we gather certain information
+ automatically when individual users visit our websites. This
+ information may include identifiers, commercial information, and
+ internet activity information such as IP address (or proxy server
+ information), device and application information, identification
+ numbers and features, location, browser type, plug-ins,
+ integrations, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, the
+ pages and les viewed, searches, referring website, app or ad,
+ operating system, system configuration information, advertising and
+ language preferences, date and time stamps associated with your
+ usage, and frequency of visits to the websites. This information is
+ used to analyze overall trends, help us provide and improve our
+ websites, offer a tailored experience for website users, and secure
+ and maintain our websites. In addition, we gather certain
+ information automatically as part of your use of our cloud products
+ and services. This information may include identifiers, commercial
+ information, and internet activity information such as IP address
+ (or proxy server), mobile device number, device and application
+ identification numbers, location, browser type, Internet service
+ provider or mobile carrier, the pages and profiles viewed, website
+ and webpage interactions including searches and other actions you
+ take, operating system and system configuration information and date
+ and time stamps associated with your usage. This information is used
+ to maintain the security of the services, to provide necessary
+ functionality, to improve performance of the services, to assess and
+ improve customer and user experience of the services, to review
+ compliance with applicable usage terms, to identify future
+ opportunities for development of the services, to assess capacity
+ requirements, to identify customer opportunities, and for the
+ security of Topcoder generally (in addition to the security of our
+ products and services). Some of the device and usage data collected
+ by the services, whether alone or in conjunction with other data,
+ could be personally identifying to you. Please note that this device
+ and usage data is primarily used to identify the uniqueness of each
+ user logging on (as opposed to specific individuals), apart from
+ where it is strictly required to identify an individual for security
+ purposes or as required as part of our provision of the services to
+ our customers.
+
+
+
+
+ 3.2 COOKIES, WEB BEACONS AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES ON OUR
+ WEBSITE AND IN EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
+
+
+
+
+ We use technologies such as web beacons, pixels, tags, and
+ JavaScript, alone or in conjunction with cookies, to gather
+ information about the use of our websites and how people interact
+ with our emails. When you visit our websites, we, or an authorized
+ third party, may place a cookie on your device that collects
+ information, including Personal Data, about your online activities
+ over time and across different sites. Cookies allow us to track use,
+ infer browsing preferences, and improve and customize your browsing
+ experience. We use both session-based and persistent cookies on our
+ websites. Session-based cookies exist only during a single session
+ and disappear from your device when you close your browser or turn
+ off the device. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you
+ close your browser or turn your device off. To change your cookie
+ settings and preferences for one of our websites, click the Cookie
+ Preferences link in the footer of the page. You can also control the
+ use of cookies on your device, but choosing to disable cookies on
+ your device may limit your ability to use some features on our
+ websites and services. We also use web beacons and pixels on our
+ websites and in emails. For example, we may place a pixel in
+ marketing emails that notify us when you click on a link in the
+ email. We use these technologies to operate and improve our websites
+ and marketing emails. For instructions on how to unsubscribe from
+ our marketing emails, please see Section 9.4 below.
+
+
+
+ 3.3 SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
+
+
+
+ Our websites may use social media features, such as the Facebook
+ “like” button, the “Tweet” button and other sharing widgets (“Social
+ Media Features”). Social Media Features may allow you to post
+ information about your activities on our website to outside
+ platforms and social networks. Social Media Features may also allow
+ you to like or highlight information we have posted on our website
+ or our branded social media pages. Social Media Features are either
+ hosted by each respective platform or hosted directly on our
+ website. To the extent the Social Media Features are hosted by the
+ platforms themselves, and you click through to these from our
+ websites, the platform may receive information showing that you have
+ visited our websites. If you are logged in to your social media
+ account, it is possible that the respective social media network can
+ link your visit to our websites with your social media profile.
+ Topcoder also allows you to log in to certain of our websites using
+ sign-in services like Google Authentication. These services
+ authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share
+ certain Personal Data from these services with us such as your name
+ and email address to pre certain Personal Data from these services
+ with us such as your name and email address to prepopulate our
+ sign-up form. Your interactions with Social Media Features are
+ governed by the privacy policies of the companies providing them.
+
+
+
4. PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA AND THE LEGAL BASES
+ ON WHICH WE RELY
+
+
+
+ We collect and process your Personal Data for the following
+ purposes. Where required by law, we obtain your consent to use and
+ process your Personal Data for these purposes. Otherwise, we rely on
+ another authorized legal basis (including but not limited to the (a)
+ performance of a contract or (b) legitimate interest) to collect and
+ process your Personal Data.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Providing our websites and services: We process your Personal
+ Data to perform our contract with you for the use of our
+ websites and services and to fulfill our obligations under the
+ applicable terms of use and service; if we have not entered into
+ a contract with you, we base the processing of your Personal
+ Data on our legitimate interest to operate and administer our
+ websites and to provide you with content you access and request
+ (e.g., to download content from our websites);
+
+
+
+ Promoting the security of our websites and services: We process
+ your Personal Data by tracking use of our websites and services,
+ creating aggregated non- personal data, verifying accounts and
+ activity, investigating suspicious activity, and enforcing our
+ terms and policies to the extent it is necessary for our
+ legitimate interest in promoting the safety and security of the
+ services, systems and applications and in protecting our rights
+ and the rights of others;
+
+
+
+ Providing necessary functionality: We process your Personal Data
+ to perform our contract with you for the use of our websites and
+ services; if we have not entered into a contract with you, we
+ base the processing of your Personal Data on our legitimate
+ interest to provide you with the necessary functionality
+ required for your use of our websites and services;
+
+
+
+ Managing user registrations: If you have registered for an
+ account with us, we process your Personal Data by managing your
+ user account for the purpose of performing our contract with you
+ according to applicable terms of service;
+
+
+
+ Handling contact and user support requests: If you ll out a
+ “Submit a request” web form or request user support, or if you
+ contact us by other means including via a phone call, we process
+ your Personal Data to perform our contract with you and to the
+ extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in fulfilling
+ your requests and communicating with you;
+
+
+
+ Managing event registrations and attendance: We process your
+ Personal Data to plan and host events or webinars for which you
+ have registered or that you attend, including sending related
+ communications to you, to perform our contract with you;
+
+
+
+ Managing contests or promotions: If you register for a contest
+ or promotion, we process your Personal Data to perform our
+ contract with you. Some contests or promotions have additional
+ rules containing information about how we will process your
+ Personal Data;
+
+
+
+ Managing payments: If you have provided financial information to
+ us, we process your Personal Data to verify that information and
+ to collect payments to the extent that doing so is necessary to
+ complete a transaction and perform our contract with you;
+
+
+
+ Developing and improving our websites and services: We process
+ your Personal Data to analyze trends and to track your usage of
+ and interactions with our websites and services to the extent it
+ is necessary for our legitimate interest in developing and
+ improving our websites and services and providing our users with
+ more relevant content and service offerings, or where we seek
+ your valid consent;
+
+
+
+ Assessing and improving user experience: We process device and
+ usage data as described in Section 4.1 above, which in some
+ cases may be associated with your Personal Data, to analyze
+ trends and assess and improve the overall user experience to the
+ extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in developing
+ and improving the service offering, or where we seek your valid
+ consent;
+
+
+
+ Reviewing compliance with applicable usage terms: We process
+ your Personal Data to review compliance with the applicable
+ usage terms in our customer’s contract to the extent that it is
+ in our legitimate interest to ensure adherence to the relevant
+ terms;
+
+
+
+ Identifying customer opportunities: We process your Personal
+ Data to assess new potential customer opportunities to the
+ extent that it is in our legitimate interest to ensure that we
+ are meeting the demands of our customers and their users’
+ experiences;
+
+
+
+ Displaying personalized advertisements and content: We process
+ your Personal Data to conduct marketing research, advertise to
+ you, provide personalized information about us on and off our
+ websites and to provide other personalized content based upon
+ your activities and interests to the extent it is necessary for
+ our legitimate interest in advertising our websites or, where
+ necessary, to the extent you have provided your prior consent
+ (please see the “Your rights relating to your Personal Data”
+ section, below, to learn how you can control how the processing
+ of your Personal Data by Topcoder for personalized advertising
+ purposes);
+
+
+
+ Sending marketing communications: We will process your Personal
+ Data or device and usage data, which in some cases may be
+ associated with your Personal Data, to send you marketing
+ information, product recommendations and other non-transactional
+ communications (e.g., marketing newsletters, telemarketing
+ calls, SMS, or push notifications) about us and our affiliates
+ and partners, including information about our products,
+ promotions or events as necessary for our legitimate interest in
+ conducting direct marketing or to the extent you have provided
+ your prior consent (please see the “Your rights relating to your
+ Personal Data” section, below, to learn how you can control the
+ processing of your Personal Data by Topcoder for marketing
+ purposes); and
+
+
+
+ Complying with legal obligations: We process your Personal Data
+ when cooperating with public and government authorities, courts
+ or regulators in accordance with our legal obligations under
+ applicable laws to the extent this requires the processing or
+ disclosure of Personal Data to protect our rights or is
+ necessary for our legitimate interest in protecting against
+ misuse or abuse of our websites, protecting personal property or
+ safety, pursuing remedies available to us and limiting our
+ damages, complying with judicial proceedings, court orders or
+ legal processes, respond to lawful requests, or for auditing
+ purposes.
+
+
+
+ If we need to collect and process Personal Data by law, or under
+ a contract we have entered into with you, and you fail to
+ provide the required Personal Data when requested, we may not be
+ able to perform our contract with you.
+
+
+
+
+
5. WHO DO WE SHARE PERSONAL DATA WITH?
+
+
+ Topcoder does not sell Personal Data to marketers or unaffiliated
+ third parties. We may share your Personal Data as follows:
+
+
+
+
+
+ Service Providers: With our contracted service providers, who
+ provide services such as IT and system administration and
+ hosting, credit card processing, research and analytics,
+ marketing, customer support and data enrichment for the purposes
+ and pursuant to the legal bases described above;
+
+
+
+ Affiliates: If you use our websites to register for an event or
+ webinar organized by one of our affiliates, we may share your
+ Personal Data with the affiliate to the extent this is required
+ on the basis of the affiliate’s contract with you to process
+ your registration and ensure your participation in the event; in
+ such instances, our affiliate will process the relevant Personal
+ Data as a separate controller and will provide you with further
+ information on the processing of your Personal Data, where
+ required.
+
+
+
+ Event Sponsors: If you attend an event or webinar organized by
+ us, or download or access an asset on our website, we may share
+ your Personal Data with sponsors of the event. If required by
+ applicable law, you may consent to such sharing via the
+ registration form or by allowing your attendee badge to be
+ scanned at a sponsor booth. In these circumstances, your
+ information will be subject to the sponsors’ privacy statements.
+ If you do not wish for your information to be shared, you may
+ choose to not opt-in via event/webinar registration or elect to
+ not have your badge scanned, or you can opt-out in accordance
+ with Section 10 below;
+
+
+
+ Customers With Whom You Are Affiliated: If you use our services
+ as an authorized user, we may share your Personal Data with your
+ affiliated customer responsible for your access to the services
+ to the extent this is necessary for verifying accounts and
+ activity, investigating suspicious activity, or enforcing our
+ terms and policies;
+
+
+
+ Third party networks and websites: With third-party social media
+ networks, advertising networks and websites, so that Topcoder
+ can market and advertise on third party platforms and websites;
+
+
+
+ Professional Advisers: In individual instances, we may share
+ your Personal Data with professional advisers acting as service
+ providers, processors, or joint controllers – including lawyers,
+ bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy,
+ banking, legal, insurance and accounting services, and to the
+ extent we are legally obliged to share or have a legitimate
+ interest in sharing your Personal Data;
+
+
+
+ Third Parties Involved in a Corporate Transaction: If we are
+ involved in a merger, reorganization, dissolution or other
+ fundamental corporate change, or sell a website or business
+ unit, or if all or a portion of our business, assets or stock
+ are acquired by a third party, with such third party. In
+ accordance with applicable laws, we will use reasonable efforts
+ to notify you of any transfer of Personal Data to an
+ unaffiliated third party
+
+
+
+
+
+ We may also share anonymous or de-identified usage data with
+ Topcoders service providers for the purpose of helping Topcoder in
+ such analysis and improvements. Additionally, Topcoder may share
+ such anonymous or de-identified usage data on an aggregate basis in
+ the normal course of operating our business; for example, we may
+ share information publicly to show trends about the general use of
+ our services. Anyone using our communities, forums, blogs, or chat
+ rooms on our websites may read any Personal Data or other
+ information you choose to submit and post.
+
+
+
6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
+
+
+ We are a global business. Personal Data may be stored and processed
+ in any country where we have operations or where we engage service
+ providers as described above in section 5. By using our Services,
+ any personal information provided to Topcoder, where applicable law
+ permits, you consent to the transfer, processing, and storage of
+ such information outside of your country of residence where data
+ protection standards may be different. We may transfer Personal Data
+ that we maintain about you to recipients in countries other than the
+ country in which the Personal Data was originally collected,
+ including to the United States. Those countries may have data
+ protection rules that are different from those of your country.
+ However, we will take measures to ensure that any such transfers
+ comply with applicable data protection laws and that your Personal
+ Data remains protected to the standards described in this Privacy
+ Policy. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies,
+ regulatory agencies or security authorities in those other countries
+ may be entitled to access your Personal Data.
+
+
+
7. CHILDREN
+
+
+ Topcoder recognizes the privacy interests of children and we
+ encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their
+ children’s online activities and interests. Neither our Services or
+ website are intended for children under the age of 13. Topcoder does
+ not target its services or this Site to children under 13. Topcoder
+ does not knowingly collect personal information from children under
+ the age of 13.
+
+
+
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
+
+
+ We store the information we collect for as long as it is necessary
+ for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may
+ retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as
+ required by law.
+
+
+
9. YOUR CHOICES
+
+
+ As a Topcoder user you have choices about how to protect and limit
+ the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you.
+ Depending on your location and subject to applicable law, you may
+ have the following rights with regard to the Personal Data we
+ control about you:
+
+
+
+
+
Access your Personal Data held by us
+
+
Know more about how we processed your Personal Data;
+
+
+ Rectify inaccurate Personal Data and, taking into account the
+ purpose of processing the Personal Data, ensure it is complete;
+
+
+
+ Erase or delete your Personal Data (also referred to as the
+ right to be forgotten), to the extent permitted by applicable
+ data protection laws;
+
+
+
+ Restrict our processing of your Personal Data, to the extent
+ permitted by law; Transfer your
+
+
+
+ Personal Data to another controller, to the extent possible
+ (right to data portability)
+
+
+
+ Object to any processing of your Personal Data. Where we process
+ your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes or share it
+ with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, you
+ can exercise your right to object at any time to such processing
+ without having to provide any specific reason for such
+ objection;
+
+
+
+ Opt out of certain disclosures of your Personal Data to third
+ parties;
+
+
+
+ If you’re under the age of 16, opt in to certain disclosures of
+ your Personal Data to third parties;
+
+
+
+ Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights
+ described above;
+
+
+
+ Not be subject to a decision based solely on automated
+ processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects
+ (“Automated Decision-Making”). Automated Decision-Making
+ currently does not take place on our websites or in our
+ services; and
+
+
+
+ Withdraw your consent at any time (to the extent we base
+ processing on consent), without affecting the lawfulness of the
+ processing based on such consent before its withdrawal.
+
+
+
+
+
+ 9.1 ACCESSING AND CHANGING YOUR INFORMATION
+
+
+
+ You can access and change certain information through the Services.
+ See our Help Center page for more information. You can also request
+ a copy of the personal information Topcoder maintains about you by
+ following the process described here.
+
+
+
+ 9.2 DELETING YOUR ACCOUNT
+
+
+
+ You may delete your account information at any time from the user
+ preferences page. When you delete your account, your profile is no
+ longer visible to other users. Please note, however, that the
+ contests, tasks, and messages you submitted prior to deleting your
+ account will still be visible toSupport others. We may also retain
+ certain information about you as required by law or for legitimate
+ business purposes after you delete your account.
+
+
+
+ 9.3 CONTROLLING THE USE OF COOKIES
+
+
+
+ To change your cookie settings and preferences for one of our
+ websites, click the Cookie Preferences link in the footer of the
+ page. You can also control the use of cookies on your device, but
+ choosing to disable cookies on your device may limit your ability to
+ use some features on our websites and services.
+
+
+
+ 9.4 CONTROLLING ADVERTISING AND ANALYTICS
+
+
+
+
+ Some analytics providers we partner with may provide specific
+ opt-out mechanisms and we may provide, as needed and as available,
+ additional tools and third-party services that allow you to better
+ understand cookies and how you can opt-out. For example, you may
+ manage the use and collection of certain information by Google
+ Analytics .
+
+
+
+ You may also generally opt out of receiving personalized
+ advertisements from certain third-party advertisers and ad networks.
+ To learn more about these advertisements or to opt out, please visit
+ the websites of the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network
+ Advertising Initiative, or if you are a user in the European
+ Economic Area, Your Online Choices.
+
+
+
+ You may also generally opt out of receiving personalized
+ advertisements from certain third-party advertisers and ad networks.
+ To learn more about these advertisements or to opt out, please visit
+ the websites of the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network
+ Advertising Initiative
+
+
+
+ 9.5 DO NOT TRACK
+
+
+
+
+ Most modern web browsers give you the option to send a Do Not Track
+ signal to the websites you visit, indicating that you do not wish to
+ be tracked. However, there is no accepted standard for how a website
+ should respond to this signal, and we do not take any action in
+ response to this signal. Instead, in addition to publicly available
+ third-party tools, we offer you the choices described in this policy
+ to manage the collection and use of information about you.
+
+ You may opt out of receiving some or all categories of promotional
+ communications from us by following the instructions in those
+ communications or by updating your email options in your account
+ preferences here. If you opt out of promotional communications, we
+ may still send you non-promotional communications, such as
+ information about your account or your use of the Services.
+
+
+
10. HOW WE SECURE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
+
+
+ We take appropriate precautions including organizational, technical,
+ and physical measures to help safeguard against accidental or
+ unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, and unauthorized disclosure
+ of, or access to, the Personal Data we process or use. While we
+ follow generally accepted standards to protect Personal Data, no
+ method of storage or transmission is 100% secure You are solely
+ responsible for protecting your password limiting transmission is
+ 100% secure. You are solely responsible for protecting your
+ password, limiting access to your devices and signing out of
+ websites after your sessions. If you have any questions about the
+ security of our websites, please contact us by using the information
+ in the “Contact us” section, below.
+
+
+
11. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
+
+
+ We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect new
+ services, changes in our Personal Data practices or relevant laws.
+ The “Last updated” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy
+ indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes are
+ effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.
+ We may provide you with disclosures and alerts regarding the Privacy
+ Policy or Personal Data collected by posting them on our website
+ and, if you are a User, by contacting you through our services.
+
+
+
12. HOW TO CONTACT US
+
+
+ To exercise your rights regarding your Personal Data, or if you have
+ questions regarding this Privacy Statement or our privacy practices
+ please fill out
+
+ this form
+
+ , email us at
+ privacy@topcoder.com, call
+ us at 855 867-1356, or write to us at:
+
+
+
+ Attention: Topcoder Legal 201 South Capitol Avenue, Ste. 1100
+ Indianapolis, IN 46225
+
+
+
13. CCPA RIGHTS AND CHOICES
+
+
+ Section 13 of this Privacy Policy applies solely to visitors, users,
+ and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or
+ “you”) who access the Services owned and operated by Topcoder. We
+ adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act
+ of 2018 (“CCPA”) and other California privacy laws. Any terms
+ defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
+ The California Consumer Privacy Act requires businesses to disclose
+ whether they sell Personal Data. We do not sell Personal Data. We
+ may share Personal Data with third parties or allow them to collect
+ Personal Data from our sites or Services if those third parties are
+ authorized service providers or business partners who have agreed to
+ our contractual limitations as to their retention, use, and
+ disclosure of such Personal Data, or if you use Topcoder sites or
+ Services to interact with third parties or direct us to disclose
+ your Personal Data to third parties.
+
+
+
+ We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes,
+ references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably
+ be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or
+ device (“personal information”). In particular, we have collected,
+ and have disclosed for a business purpose, the following categories
+ of personal information from consumers in the last twelve (12)
+ months:
+
+
+
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+
+ We obtain the above categories of information from the sources more
+ particularly described in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy.
+
+
+
+ We may disclose your personal information for a business purpose to
+ the categories of third parties described in Section 5 of this
+ Privacy Policy. When we disclose personal information for a business
+ purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires
+ the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential
+ and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.
+
+
+
+ We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one
+ or more of the business purposes more particularly described in
+ Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Privacy Policy
+
+
+
+ California law grants state residents certain rights, including the
+ rights to access specific types of Personal Data, to learn how we
+ process Personal Data, and to request deletion of Personal Data.. We
+ will not deny your use of our services, or provide you a different
+ level or quality of services for exercising any of your rights unde
+
+
+
+
+ 1. Please note that your request does not ensure complete or
+ comprehensive removal of the content or information, because,
+ for example, some of your content may have been reposted by
+ another user. Please also note that you may not be entitled to
+ deletion of your personal information, where such retention is
+ necessary for Topcoder to: Complete the transaction for which
+ the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a
+ written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance
+ with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you,
+ or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing
+ business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a
+ contract between us.
+
+
+
+ 2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious,
+ deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those
+ responsible for that activity.
+
+
+
+ 3. Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing
+ intended functionality.
+
+
+
+ 4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer
+ to exercise that consumer’s right of free speech, or exercise
+ another right provided for by law.
+
+
+
+ 5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications
+ Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section
+ 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
+
+
+
+ 6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical,
+ or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to
+ all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our
+ deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or
+ seriously impair the achievement of such research, if you have
+ provided informed consent for the same.
+
+
+
+ 7. To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned
+ with your expectations, based on your relationship with
+ Topcoder.
+
+
+
+ 9. Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a
+ lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you
+ provided the information. Support For information on how to
+ exercise your rights, please refer to Section 9 of this
+ Privacy Statement. If you are an authorized agent wishing to
+ exercise rights on behalf of a California resident, please
+ contact us using the information in the “How to Contact Us”
+ section above and provide us with a copy of the consumer’s
+ written authorization designating you as their agent.
+
+
+
+ We may need to verify your identity and place of residence
+ before completing your rights request.
+
+
+
+ Effective Date May 31, 2017 – Updated Jan 27, 2022
+
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+ This User Agreement (the "Agreement") is a contract
+ between you (referred to herein as "User") and Topcoder LLC.
+ ("Topcoder") and applies to User's use and viewing of
+
+ topcoder.com
+
+ , related sub-domains (“Topcoder.com”). By visiting Topcoder.com, User
+ has accepted this Agreement and has agreed to be bound by the terms of
+ this Agreement. Topcoder may amend this Agreement at any time by
+ posting a revised version on Topcoder.com. The revised version will be
+ effective at the time Topcoder posts it.
+
+
+
+
+
+
1.ACCOUNT
+
+
+ User may set up an account in connection with the use of
+ Topcoder.com. User may not use a third party's account without
+ permission. When setting up an account, User must supply accurate
+ and complete information. User is solely responsible for its
+ account and everything that happens on its account. User shall
+ protect its account log-in information and User shall report any
+ unauthorized use of its account to Topcoder immediately. User may
+ not transfer its account to any third party. Topcoder is not
+ liable for any damages or losses caused by someone using User's
+ account without User's permission.
+
+ Except as expressly authorized hereunder, Topcoder.com and content
+ therein may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold,
+ visited, reverse- engineered or otherwise exploited for any
+ commercial purpose without Topcoder's prior written authorization.
+ Topcoder reserves the right to alter or discontinue Topcoder.com,
+ in whole or in part, at any time in Topcoder's sole discretion.
+ Topcoder.com is not intended for use by children under the age of
+ 13. Parental permission is required to use this Website if the
+ User has not reached the age of majority in the User's
+ jurisdiction of primary residence and citizenship. The User must
+ be at least 18 years old and have reached the age of majority in
+ such User's jurisdiction of primary residence and citizenship to
+ make any purchases from Topcoder.com. Subject to and conditioned
+ upon User's compliance with this Agreement, Topcoder grants User a
+ non-exclusive, non- transferable, limited right and license,
+ without right of sublicense, to access and use Topcoder.com,
+ including any images, text, graphics, sounds, data, links and
+ other materials incorporated therein solely as made available by
+ Topcoder and solely for User's own personal purposes. Except as
+ expressly authorized by this Agreement, User may not use,
+ reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit or publicly display any
+ portion of Topcoder.com or create derivative works of any portion
+ Topcoder.com without Topcoder's written consent. While using
+ Topcoder.com, User agrees not to:
+
+
+
+
+ Impersonate any person or entity or use any fraudulent,
+ misleading or inaccurate email address or other contact
+ information;
+
+
+ Restrict or inhibit any other user from using Topcoder.com,
+ including, without limitation, by means of "hacking" or
+ defacing any portion of Topcoder.com;
+
+
Violate any applicable laws or regulations;
+
+ Upload to, transmit through, or display on Topcoder.com or
+ via communications related to usage of the Site (a) any
+ material that is unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive,
+ libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or
+ infringes our or any third party's intellectual property or
+ other rights; (b) any confidential, proprietary or trade
+ secret information of any third party; or (c) any
+ advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid
+ schemes, investment opportunities or other unsolicited
+ commercial communication (except as otherwise expressly
+ permitted by us);
+
+
Engage in spamming;
+
+ Transmit any software or other materials that contain any
+ viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects, or other destructive
+ items;
+
+
+ Modify, adapt, translate, distribute, reverse engineer,
+ decompile or disassemble any portion of our Sites and Apps;
+ and
+
+
+ Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights
+ notices contained in or displayed on any portion of
+ Topcoder.com
+
+
+ If User fails to comply with the above rules, such failure
+ will constitute a violation of this Agreement, and, in
+ addition to any other rights or remedies Topcoder may have,
+ Topcoder may immediately terminate User's access to and use
+ of Topcoder.com and related services.
+
+
+
+
+
4.GENERAL
+
+
+ Each party is an independent contractor of the other and neither
+ is an employee, agent, partner or joint venturer of the other.
+ Neither party shall make any commitment, by contract or
+ otherwise, binding upon the other or represent that it has any
+ authority to do so. This Agreement will bind and inure to the
+ benefit of each party's permitted successors and assigns.
+ Neither party shall assign this Agreement without the advance
+ written consent of the other party, except that Topcoder may
+ assign this Agreement to an affiliate or in connection with a
+ merger, reorganization, acquisition or other transfer of all or
+ part of Topcoder's assets or voting securities. Any notice,
+ report, approval or consent required or permitted under this
+ Agreement will be sent to Topcoder at c/o Appirio Inc., 201
+ South Capitol Avenue Ste. 1100, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225,
+ Attention: General Counsel, Email: gc@appirio.com or to User at
+ the contact information provided by User through Topcoder.com or
+ in an order form. Any waiver by either party of any breach of
+ this Agreement, whether express or implied, will not constitute
+ a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No provision of the
+ Agreement will be waived by any act, omission or knowledge of a
+ party or its agents or employees except by an instrument in
+ writing expressly waiving such provision and signed by a duly
+ authorized officer of the waiving party. If any provision of
+ this Agreement is adjudged by any court of competent
+ jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision
+ shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary
+ so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and
+ effect. Neither party shall be liable to the other for any delay
+ of failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement
+ (except for a failure to pay fees) if the delay or failure is
+ due to events which are beyond the reasonable control of such
+ party, including but not limited to any strike, blockade, war,
+ act of terrorism, riot, natural disaster, failure or
+ diminishment of power or of telecommunications or data networks
+ or services, or refusal of approval or a license by a government
+ agency. This Agreement will be deemed to have been made in, and
+ shall be construed pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware
+ without regard to its conflicts of laws, provisions, or the
+ United Nations Convention on International Sale of Goods. The
+ jurisdiction and venue for actions related to this Agreement
+ shall be the state and federal courts located in Wilmington
+ County, Delaware and both parties hereby submit to the personal
+ jurisdiction of such courts. Both parties hereby waive their
+ right to a trial by jury. Any waivers or amendments shall be
+ effective only if made in writing signed by a representative of
+ the respective parties authorized to bind the parties. No
+ provision of any purchase order or other business form
+ (including but not limited to security access forms of any kind)
+ employed by either party will supersede the terms and conditions
+ of this Agreement, and any such document shall be for
+ administrative purposes
+