Bitly Privacy Policy

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11### Privacy Policy
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3Bitly, Inc. ("**bit.lyTM**") takes the private nature of your personal information very seriously. This Privacy Policy (which we adapted from a policy originally provided by Automattic (WordPress.com)) describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit and use any website available from **Bitly, Inc.** and is made available under the Creative Commons Sharealike license. Please read this notice very carefully. It is **Bitly, Inc.**' policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
3Bitly, Inc. ("**bitlyTM**") takes the private nature of your personal information very seriously. This Privacy Policy (which we adapted from a policy originally provided by Automattic (WordPress.com)) describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit and use any website available from **Bitly, Inc.** and is made available under the Creative Commons Sharealike license. Please read this notice very carefully. It is **Bitly, Inc.**' policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
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55### Website Visitors
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77Like most website operators, **Bitly, Inc.** collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. **Bitly, Inc.**' purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how **Bitly, Inc.** visitors use its website. From time to time, **Bitly, Inc.** may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
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99**Bitly, Inc.** also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. **Bitly, Inc.** does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below. Please be aware that **Bitly, Inc.** cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, including those to which we link or whose products or services we reference. We encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy statements of each Web site you visit.