The privacy policy is effective December 22, 2021.
Last updated December 22, 2021
At Codebumble, Inc., DBA Codebumble (“Codebumble”), we value the trust you set in us when you visit one of our websites or use one of our web services. We’ve built an abiding reputation for using technology and data to bring transparency, integrity, and efficiency to everyone we serve. Part of our commitment to transparency and integrity is making sure you understand what data we collect, how we use it, and how we may share it.
This Codebumble Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect and use your personal information when you visit our websites, use our mobile and web applications, or call us on the phone. In this Policy, “we” and “our” references “Codebumble”, and “you” and “your” references any person who uses any of our websites, services, and/or applications.
Personal confidential data means information that can be used to identify, locate, or contact you, whether used alone or when combined with other identifying information. Personal information does not include lawfully made available from government records or de-identified or aggregated consumer information. This Codebumble Privacy Policy includes service-specific charts listing the types of personal information Codebumble collects and Codebumble's business purpose for collecting the specified personal data.
This website and all of the tools and services on our websites are owned and operated by Info Tech, Inc., DBA Codebumble ("Codebumble "). By visiting www.codebumble.net and/or licensing and using our products and services including, you accept the practices described in the Policy. This Policy applies to the use of any Codebumble websites or services which either link directly to this Policy, display this Policy, or otherwise indicate that this Policy applies (collectively referenced as "Sites and Services"). "Preview," "Beta," "Promotional," or other similar types of non-standard or pre-release software, services, or websites may be managed by different or additional terms, such as a non-disclosure agreement or other terms. In some cases, specific software, websites, or services from companies other than Codebumble (i.e., American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)) will be managed by separate policies owned by those companies.
You agree to this Privacy Policy by accessing or using Codebumble Sites and Services covered by this Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, do not access or use these Sites and Services. By continuing to use Codebumble Sites and Services, you are authorizing your acceptance of the terms and conditions explained in this Policy.
We want you to know that we collect personal information actively and passively, sometimes obtaining information from third-party sources. It means that when you use our Sites and Services, we sometimes require you to provide personally identifiable information when you want to take specific actions like registering for our services, placing a bid, uploading images, etc. In addition, when using our Sites and Services, our Sites and Services passively collect personally identifiable information as necessary to ensure the Sites and Services are operating effectively for our users. For example, this is essential to ensure bids are transmitted accurately and that you have appropriate access to any Codebumble service you license. Finally, we receive information lawfully made available from publicly available government records such as final bid submission information supplied to us by government agencies (third-party sources) and used by Codebumble to incorporate into the Services.
To register to use a Codebumble Service, you will be required to share certain personal information. Your submission of personal information to register for an account and any submission of personal information to each Codebumble Service under the licensing agreement or terms of use is required to use each service fully. Codebumble prioritizes your safety and always designs its Sites and Services to keep your information secure and ensure that you control the access to and the sharing of your personal information to the extent possible.
Specific Codebumble Sites and Services allow you to submit personal information and upload data where you control access to that information and data. Codebumble will not access this data unless you, the licensee, specifically direct us to do so. Codebumble will not allow third party access to this data unless Codebumble needs to do so or is required to do so to:
1. comply with the law when there is a clear, unambiguous legal duty to do so;
2. protect the property, or rights of Codebumble, or our customers, including the enforcement of our agreements or policies governing your use of the services; or
3. Act in a good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary to protect the personal safety of Codebumble employees, customers, or the public.
We may access or reveal your data to
1. comply with the law when there is a clear, unambiguous legal duty to do so;
2. protect the property, or rights of Codebumble, or our customers, including the enforcement of our agreements, or policies governing your use of the services; or
3. Act in a good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary to protect the personal safety of Codebumble employees, customers, or the public.
We may also disclose personal information as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets — but only if this information is required by a clear legal duty and to the barest extent permitted to preserve the scope of the confidentiality of that personal information.
You may request access to the specific pieces of personal information collected about you in the 12 months ending on the date of your request. These disclosures include:
You may request that we delete your personal information. Upon verification of your request, we will delete personal information that is not lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records and is not maintained for a permitted purpose under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or similar law. Permitted purposes include:
You may opt-out of the sale or disclosure of personal information that is not publicly-available information derived from a governmental entity and which is not maintained for a permitted purpose under the CCPA or similar law. Codebumble provides several channels for users and their authorized agents to opt-out, review, and request changes to their communication preferences.
Note: If you have provided more than one email address to us, you may continue to be contacted unless you request to unsubscribe from each email address you have provided.
Codebumble is committed to protecting the security of your data. We follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and other national cybersecurity and privacy standards to develop and audit our security processes. We use various security technologies and procedures to help protect your data from unauthorized use, access, or disclosure. For example, we store the data we collect on computer systems with strictly limited administrative and physical access and controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive data over the internet, we always protect it using encryption.
If a username and/or password is used to help protect your accounts and data, it is your responsibility to keep your information confidential and your internet connection secure. Do not share this information with anyone. If you share a computer with anyone, you should always log out before leaving a Codebumble Site or Service to protect access to your data from subsequent users.
At Codebumble, we believe in transparency about collecting information from individuals using our sites and services. Codebumble may use cookies and similar technology to improve your experience on our sites. We use this information to customize our communications, analyze usage, measure success, and promote trust to users. For example, these features make it possible for us to pre-populate your username for easier login, allow user-specific messaging, or permit advertising unique to your apparent interests. Our site may also use web beacons, a clear electronic image used to assist in delivering cookies on our sites and allow us to count users who have visited specific pages. We may include web beacons in promotional emails or newsletters to determine if messages have been opened or clicked on.
By continuing to visit or use our sites or services, you agree to cookies and similar technologies for these purposes.
Codebumble utilizes a third-party website analytics service to monitor visitor trends on our website. The service, Google Analytics, sets a cookie - a small, unique text file - on your computer so we can monitor site traffic. Codebumble uses the information gathered to make your browsing experience more enjoyable. The cookie is for tracking purposes only and is not used to collect or distribute personally identifiable information. For more information on Google Analytics, visit http://www.google.com/analytics/.
Facebook Cookies: Codebumble may use the pixel function of Facebook Custom Audiences to identify users who have landed on particular pages of codebumble.net for targeted group-orientated remarketing and advertising. The Facebook pixel stores a cookie, which means we will share that information about your visit to our site with Facebook. Also, as part of the advanced matching functionality undertaken by Facebook, other personal information (such as telephone number, email address, Facebook ID) may be shared with Facebook in a protected form. These cookies and the data collected are used to create target groups to help Facebook deliver advertising on our behalf to users who have previously visited our site when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook Advertising and to track advertising success. You can modify your Facebook Ad settings to restrict these advertisements. Navigate Settings/Adverts in your Facebook account to adjust your preferences. For more information on Facebook’s cookie policy, visit https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/.
LinkedIn Targeting Cookies: We may use LinkedIn Insight Tags across our site to monitor traffic from the LinkedIn social media platform. The LinkedIn Insight Tag is a lightweight JavaScript code added to our site to enable campaign reporting and provide us with insights about visitors to our site. For more information on LinkedIn’s cookie policy, visit https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table.
Third-Party Vendors: Codebumble may occasionally hire other companies or contractors to provide limited services on our behalfs, such as the processing of mailings, technical or engineering support, site hosting, payment processing, or performing statistical analysis of our sites or services. Those service providers will be permitted to obtain only the information they need to deliver the agreed-upon service. They are required by agreement to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using the information for any purpose other than providing the service to Codebumble by our policies. However, our vendors may use aggregate data for fraud detection to help improve their services.
Third-Party Technologies: Third parties, such as ad servers, ad networks, and data exchanges (“advertisers”) may place or recognize a unique cookie on your computer or use other technologies to tailor advertisements to your apparent interests and deliver those advertisements to you while you are on our sites. In addition, advertisers may use technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior on our sites to match the information they have previously collected. Codebumble's Privacy Policy does not cover any use of information that advertisers may collect from you or that you choose to provide to them. For information about how to opt-out of receiving certain behavioral advertisements, please visit our opt-out and cookie policies.
Social Media Widgets: Our site occasionally includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button or Share button, and widgets, such as interactive mini-programs. These features may collect your IP address, which page(s) you visit our website, and set a cookie to enable the feature to function correctly. Social media features and widgets are hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the company's privacy statement providing the features.
You can opt out of our cookies by setting your browser not to accept cookies. It’s important to note that by manually opting out of cookies, you may significantly decrease your overall experience with our Sites and Services and remove your ability to create a customized experience.
You may also choose to opt-out of the collection and use the information for ad targeting through industry-standard websites such as AboutAds or NetworkAdvertising.
Codebumble will never discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights described in this Privacy Policy. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
Codebumble may need to change this Policy to comply with or adapt to legal, technical, or business developments. Codebumble will provide you with additional notice when these changes affect how we collect and use your personal information.
The date at which this Policy was last revised is always available at the beginning of the Policy.
For more information about this Privacy Policy, please see our Contact Us page or email us.
