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Privacy Policy
Overview
We
believe that privacy is an absolute
right.
Particls has no features or behaviours
that could be classified as malware. It
also comes with a simple uninstall process
that will completely remove it from the
system.
Sometimes, however, collecting
information can be helpful to improve
the user experience.
So, to strike a balance, we ask you to
give us permission (both when you first
start Particls, and then at any time
by using the Setup screens) before
Particls or any of our bundled
adapters collect any significant
information or send any information
about you to our servers.
The following is a list of features that
may impact your privacy and security.
Each of them can be turned off at your
discretion.
Usage Data
Usage
data allows us to gauge the level and
type of Particls usage. This helps us
improve Particls in a number of ways.
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Providing the development team a
broad understanding of how the
features are used to help us set
priorities for new features and
enhancements.
-
Providing the development team
specific information about any
errors experienced so we can
proactively work to correct them in
new versions.
The type
of information sent includes:
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The
version of Particls you use
-
The
package of Particls you use (E.g.
if you are using the general
distributable from the Particls
homepage, or a version that is
distributed by one of our partners)
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The
number of subscribed sources
-
Any
errors you encounter while using the
program
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How
often you use Particls
You can
turn the Usage Data feature off when you
first run Particls (in the 'First
Start Wizard') or at any time in the
setup screen.
Automatically
Checking for Updates
This
feature pings our server asking for the
latest Particls version number and
compares it to the version you are
running. You can also configure the
level of user intervention before the
update is actually downloaded and
installed.
You can turn this feature off in the
settings area.
Automatic
Attention Profiling
In order
to automatically determine and continue
to refine a model of your interests,
Particls can scan your computer
looking for key concepts and areas of
interest based on all available data.
The entire process is optional, or you
may choose to turn on certain aspects
while turning off others.
While the Automatic Attention Profiling
feature does not send any information to
our servers, other features and 3rd
party services may choose to utilize
this information by asking you to
submit/synchronize it with a server.
Particls will ask for your explicit
permission should this ever be
necessary.
Further, Particls's Attention Profile
is stored in a human readable,
documented format called
APML. Your APML
file is located in the "%appdata%\Particls" folder in case you wish to
see exactly what has been saved or use
this file with supported 3rd-party sites
and services.
You can turn this feature off in the
settings area.
Pebbles
The
Particls Pebbles Adapter and
Publishing Service is, by its very
nature, designed to publish your
Particls Item Stream to a publicly
accessible hosted RSS feed. For this
reason the Pebbles Adapter is turned off
by default. Please note that opting into
using Pebbles does make it
available via the internet via an open
RSS feed - we may add authentication
later.
3rd Party Adapters
Please note that while these guarantees
apply to Particls and our bundled
adapters, it is the responsibility of
3rd-party adapter authors to provide
their own privacy policy for their own
adapters.
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