Myndworx Asylum for the Programmatically Insane

Privacy Policy

About Us

This is a privacy policy for Myndworx Asylum. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.myndworx.com. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.myndworx.com/w3c/p3p.html Users may go to for information on how to opt-in or opt-out of use of their information.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

Steven Sheeley
15001 35th Ave W.
#14-201
Lynnwood, WA 98087 
USA

You may contact us by e-mail at privacy@myndworx.com.

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals

We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.

Privacy Disputes: Contact form at MwA for dispute resolution

Additional Information

This policy is valid until 1 Jan, 2020 at 12:00:00 PST.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 3 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.

Group "Basic information"

We collect the following information:

Click-stream data
HTTP protocol elements
Search terms
Computer information
Navigation and click-stream data

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Completion and support of the current activity.
Web site and system administration.
Research and development.
One-time tailoring.
Anonymous user analysis.
Anonymous user profiling and decision-making.
User analysis.
User profiling and decision-making.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Data collected from all Web users: access logs, and search strings (if entered).

Group "Cookies"

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Research and development.
One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The data in this group has been marked as non-identifiable. This means that there is no reasonable way for the site to identify the individual person this data was collected from.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you.

Group "User Information"

We collect the following information:

Given Name (First Name)
Family Name (Last Name)
Online contact information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Completion and support of the current activity.
Web site and system administration.
Research and development.
One-time tailoring.
Anonymous user analysis.
Anonymous user profiling and decision-making.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

User targeting
Research and development

Compact Policy Summary

The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:

    CP="CAO DSP COR LAW CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa PSAa PSDa IVAa IVDa OUR BUS IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT"

The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.

Field	Meaning
`CP=`	This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy.
`CAO`	Access is available to contact and other information.
`DSP`	The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism.
`COR`	Violations of this policy will be corrected.
`LAW`	Privacy law specifies penalties for a violation of this policy.
`CURa`	The data is used for completion of the current activity.
`ADMa`	The data is used for site administration.
`DEVa`	The data is used for research and development.
`TAIa`	The data is used for tailoring the site.
`PSAa`	The data is used for pseudononymous analysis.
`PSDa`	The data is used for pseudononymous decision-making.
`IVAa`	The data is used for analysis, including knowledge of the visitor's identity.
`IVDa`	The data is used for decision-making, including knowledge of the visitor's identity.
`OUR`	The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
`BUS`	Our business practices specify how long the data will be kept.
`IND`	The data will be kept indefinitely.
`PHY`	Physical contact information is collected.
`ONL`	Online contact information is collected.
`UNI`	Unique identifiers are collected.
`COM`	Computer information is collected.
`NAV`	Navigation and clickstream data is collected.
`INT`	Interactive data is collected.

The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.

Policy Evaluation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Unsatisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered unsatisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. The behavior of Internet Explorer 6 regarding cookies set under this compact policy is as follows:

	First-party usage	Third-party usage
Persistent Cookies	Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be downgraded to a session cookie. Medium High: No opt-out is provided, so the cookie will be blocked. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.	Low: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be downgraded to a session cookie. Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be blocked. Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.
Session Cookies	Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium High: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.	Low: Policy satisfactory at this level; cookies will be accepted. Medium: Opt-out is not provided for all unsatisfactory purposes and recipients, so the cookie will be blocked. Medium High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked. High: Since opt-in is not required, the cookie will be blocked.

A policy which is considered unsatisfactory by Internet Explorer 6 contains certain categories of data which are used or shared in a particular manner. This policy is placed in the unsatisfactory category, because the following categories of data are associated with this policy's cookies:

Physical contact information is collected.
Online contact information is collected.

In addition, the data is used in the following manner, marking the policy as unsatisfactory:

The data is used for analysis, including knowledge of the visitor's identity.
The data is used for decision-making, including knowledge of the visitor's identity.

Note that allowing an opt-out will make this policy acceptable under the Low and Medium settings, and under Medium High for first-party cookie usage. At the High setting, and at the Medium High setting for third-party cookies, all of these data uses must be opt-in for the policy to be considered satisfactory.