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<title>VirtualBox privacy information</title>

<para>Version 5, Dec 13, 2012</para>

<para>The Oracle Privacy Policies posted on

<ulink url="http://www.oracle.com/html/privacy.html">http://www.oracle.com/html/privacy.html</ulink>

apply to your personal data collected and used by Oracle. The following

privacy information describes in more detail which information is exchanged

between the VirtualBox application and Oracle, and which information is

collected by the virtualbox.org website.</para>

<para><emphasis role="bold">§ 1 virtualbox.org.</emphasis> The

"virtualbox.org" website logs anonymous usage information such as your IP

address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of

visit and number of page views while you visit (collectively, "anonymous

data"). In addition, but only if you choose to register, the website's bug

tracking and forum services store the data you choose to reveal upon

registration, such as your user name and contact information.</para>

<para><emphasis role="bold">§ 2 Cookies.</emphasis> The virtualbox.org

website, the bug tracker and the forum services use cookies to identify and

track the visiting web browser and, if you have registered, to facilitate

login. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. While you can

still visit the website with cookies disabled, logging into the bug tracker

and forum services will most likely not work without them.</para>

<para><emphasis role="bold">§ 3 VirtualBox registration process.</emphasis>

The VirtualBox application may ask that the user optionally register with

Oracle. If you choose to register, your name, e-mail address, country and

company will be submitted to Oracle and stored together with the IP address

of the submitter as well as product version and platform being used.</para>

<para><emphasis role="bold">§ 4 Update notifications.</emphasis> The

VirtualBox application may contact Oracle to find out whether a new version

of VirtualBox has been released and notify the user if that is the case. In

the process, anonymous data such as your IP address and a non-identifying

counter, together with the product version and the platform being used, is

sent so that the server can find out whether an update is available. By

default, this check is performed once a day. You change this interval or

disable these checks altogether in the VirtualBox preferences.</para>

<para><emphasis role="bold">§ 5 Usage of personal information.</emphasis>

Oracle may use anonymous and personal data collected by the means above for

statistical purposes as well as to automatically inform you about new

notices related to your posts on the bug tracker and forum services, to

administer the website and to contact you due to technical issues. Oracle

may also inform you about new product releases related to VirtualBox.</para>

<para>In no event will personal data without your express consent be

provided to any third parties, unless Oracle may be required to do so by law

or in connection with legal proceedings.</para>

<para><emphasis role="bold">§ 6 Updates.</emphasis> Oracle may update the

privacy policy at any time by posting a new version at

<ulink url="http://www.oracle.com/html/privacy.html">http://www.oracle.com/html/privacy.html</ulink> and the privacy information will be kept up to date

in the documentation which comes with the VirtualBox application. You

should check these places occasionally to ensure you are happy with any

changes.</para>

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