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| 2 | <!--
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| 3 | Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Oracle Corporation
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| 4 |
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| 5 | This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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| 6 | available from http://www.alldomusa.eu.org. This file is free software;
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| 7 | you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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| 8 | General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
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| 9 | Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
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| 10 | VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
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| 11 | hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
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| 12 | -->
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| 13 | <!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 16 | %all.entities;
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| 17 | ]>
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| 18 | <appendix id="privacy">
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <title>&product-name; Privacy Information</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para>
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| 23 | Version 5, Dec 13, 2012
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| 24 | </para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>
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| 27 | The Oracle Privacy Policies posted on
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| 28 | <ulink url="https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/privacy-policy.html" />
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| 29 | apply to your personal data collected and used by Oracle. The
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| 30 | following privacy information describes in more detail which
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| 31 | information is exchanged between the &product-name; application and
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| 32 | Oracle, and which information is collected by the virtualbox.org
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| 33 | website.
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| 34 | </para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>
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| 37 | <emphasis role="bold">§ 1 virtualbox.org.</emphasis> The
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| 38 | "virtualbox.org" website logs anonymous usage information such as
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| 39 | your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral
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| 40 | source, length of visit and number of page views while you visit
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| 41 | (collectively, "anonymous data"). In addition, but only if you
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| 42 | choose to register, the website's bug tracking and forum services
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| 43 | store the data you choose to reveal upon registration, such as your
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| 44 | user name and contact information.
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | <emphasis role="bold">§ 2 Cookies.</emphasis> The virtualbox.org
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| 49 | website, the bug tracker and the forum services use cookies to
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| 50 | identify and track the visiting web browser and, if you have
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| 51 | registered, to facilitate login. Most browsers allow you to refuse
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| 52 | to accept cookies. While you can still visit the website with
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| 53 | cookies disabled, logging into the bug tracker and forum services
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| 54 | will most likely not work without them.
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para>
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| 58 | <emphasis role="bold">§ 3 &product-name; registration
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| 59 | process.</emphasis> The &product-name; application may ask that the
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| 60 | user optionally register with Oracle. If you choose to register,
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| 61 | your name, e-mail address, country and company will be submitted to
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| 62 | Oracle and stored together with the IP address of the submitter as
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| 63 | well as product version and platform being used.
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| 64 | </para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | <emphasis role="bold">§ 4 Update notifications.</emphasis> The
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| 68 | &product-name; application may contact Oracle to find out whether a
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| 69 | new version of &product-name; has been released and notify the user
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| 70 | if that is the case. In the process, anonymous data such as your IP
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| 71 | address and a non-identifying counter, together with the product
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| 72 | version and the platform being used, is sent so that the server can
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| 73 | find out whether an update is available. By default, this check is
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| 74 | performed once a day. You change this interval or disable these
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| 75 | checks altogether in the &product-name; preferences.
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| 76 | </para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | <emphasis role="bold">§ 5 Usage of personal information.</emphasis>
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| 80 | Oracle may use anonymous and personal data collected by the means
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| 81 | above for statistical purposes as well as to automatically inform
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| 82 | you about new notices related to your posts on the bug tracker and
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| 83 | forum services, to administer the website and to contact you due to
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| 84 | technical issues. Oracle may also inform you about new product
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| 85 | releases related to &product-name;.
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para>
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| 89 | In no event will personal data without your express consent be
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| 90 | provided to any third parties, unless Oracle may be required to do
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| 91 | so by law or in connection with legal proceedings.
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <para>
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| 95 | <emphasis role="bold">§ 6 Updates.</emphasis> Oracle may update the
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| 96 | privacy policy at any time by posting a new version at
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| 97 | <ulink url="https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/privacy-policy.html" />
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| 98 | and the privacy information will be kept up to date in the
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| 99 | documentation which comes with the &product-name; application. You
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| 100 | should check these places occasionally to ensure you are happy with
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| 101 | any changes.
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | </appendix>
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