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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="privacy">
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| 4 | <title><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Privacy Information</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | Version 6, July 19, 2024
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| 9 | </p>
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| 10 | <p>
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| 11 | The Oracle Privacy Policies posted on
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| 12 | <xref href="https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/" scope="external"/>
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| 13 | apply to your personal data collected and used by Oracle. The
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| 14 | following privacy information describes in more detail which
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| 15 | information is exchanged between the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> application and
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| 16 | Oracle, and which information is collected by the virtualbox.org
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| 17 | website.
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| 18 | </p>
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| 19 | <p><b outputclass="bold">§ 1 virtualbox.org.</b> The
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| 20 | "virtualbox.org" website logs anonymous usage information such as
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| 21 | your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral
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| 22 | source, length of visit and number of page views while you visit
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| 23 | (collectively, "anonymous data"). In addition, but only if you
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| 24 | choose to register an Oracle Single Sign On account, the website's
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| 25 | bug tracking and forum services store the data you choose to reveal
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| 26 | in your profile, such as your user name and contact information.
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| 27 | </p>
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| 28 | <p><b outputclass="bold">§ 2 Cookies.</b> The virtualbox.org
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| 29 | website, the bug tracker and the forum services use cookies to
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| 30 | identify and track the visiting web browser and, if you have
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| 31 | registered, to facilitate login. Most browsers allow you to refuse
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| 32 | to accept cookies. While you can still visit the website with
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| 33 | cookies disabled, logging into the bug tracker and forum services
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| 34 | will not work without them.
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| 35 | </p>
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| 36 | <p><b outputclass="bold">§ 3 Update notifications.</b> The
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| 37 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> application may contact Oracle to find out whether a
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| 38 | new version of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> has been released and notify the user
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| 39 | if that is the case. In the process, anonymous data such as your IP
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| 40 | address and a non-identifying counter, together with the product
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| 41 | version and the platform being used, is sent so that the server can
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| 42 | find out whether an update is available. By default, this check is
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| 43 | performed once a day. You change this interval or disable these
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| 44 | checks altogether in the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> preferences.
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| 45 | </p>
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| 46 | <p><b outputclass="bold">§ 4 Usage of personal information.</b>
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| 47 | Oracle may use anonymous and personal data collected by the means
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| 48 | above for statistical purposes as well as to automatically inform
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| 49 | you about new notices related to your posts on the bug tracker and
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| 50 | forum services, to administer the website and to contact you due to
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| 51 | technical issues. Oracle may also inform you about new product
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| 52 | releases related to <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>.
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| 53 | </p>
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| 54 | <p>
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| 55 | In no event will personal data without your express consent be
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| 56 | provided to any third parties, unless Oracle may be required to do
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| 57 | so by law or in connection with legal proceedings.
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| 58 | </p>
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| 59 | <p><b outputclass="bold">§ 5 Updates.</b> Oracle may update the
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| 60 | privacy policy at any time by posting a new version at
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| 61 | <xref href="https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/" scope="external"/>
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| 62 | and the privacy information will be kept up to date in the
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| 63 | documentation which comes with the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> application. You
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| 64 | should check these places occasionally to ensure you are happy with
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| 65 | any changes.
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| 66 | </p>
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| 67 | </body>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | </topic>
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