Last Updated January 18, 2019

Your privacy is important to us. CPB Creative Company, LLC and its affiliates (“The Bipolar Addict” or “Conor Bezane” or “we” or “us”) have created this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy“) in order to demonstrate our commitment to user, visitor, subscriber, and customer privacy with regard to the website located at conorbezane.com and thebipolaraddict.com and any affiliated websites and mobile applications (together, collectively the “Website“ or “Service”). Privacy on the Website is of great importance to us. Because we may gather some important information from our users, visitors, subscribers, and customers (collectively “Subscribers” or “you” or “your”), we have established this Privacy Policy as a means to communicate our information gathering and dissemination practices. By accessing the Website, you acknowledge and agree to this Privacy Policy and also agree to comply with the Terms of Use, which can be accessed and reviewed at Terms of Use.

Information we collect and how we use it

We offer a number of services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us. In order to provide additional services, however, we may collect the following types of information:

• Information you provide. When you sign up for the mailing list or any service that requires registration (e.g., for our community, blogging services, etc.), we ask you for personal information such as your name, email address and an account password (collectively “Personal Information”). We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other The Bipolar Addict services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information, although doing so may hinder your ability to use the Website and/or the Service. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button found at the bottom of every email.
• Cookies. When you view the Website, we may store some information on your computer’s hard drive. This information will be in the form of a “cookie.” Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser to prevent that. Without accepting a cookie, your use of the Service may be affected.
• Google. Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site, but we may do so in the future.
• Server log information. When you use The Bipolar Addict, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, IP address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
• User communications. When you send email or other communication to The Bipolar Addict, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests, and improve our services.
• Links. The Bipolar Addict may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our search technology, customized content, and advertising.

The Bipolar Addict only processes personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes include:

• Providing our products and services to users
• Auditing, research, and analysis in order to maintain, protect, and improve our services
• Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
• Developing new services.

Choices for personal information

When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.

If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.

You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case The Bipolar Addict may not be able to provide those services to you.

Information sharing

The Bipolar Addict only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of The Bipolar Addict in the following limited circumstances:

• We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
• We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property, or safety of The Bipolar Addict, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

If The Bipolar Addict becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information. Such information does not identify you individually. Please contact me at info@conorbezane.com for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.

Information security

Please note that data that is transported over an open network, such as the internet or email, may be accessible to anybody. We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted via such open networks. When disclosing any personal information via an open network, you should remain mindful of the fact that it is potentially accessible to others and, consequently, can be collected and used by others without your consent. In particular, while individual data packets are often encrypted, the names of the sender and recipient are not. A third party may therefore be able to trace an existing bank account or relationship or one that is subsequently created. Even if both the sender and recipient are located in the same country, data may also be transmitted via such networks to other countries regularly and without controls, including to countries that do not afford the same level of data protection as your country of domicile.

Your data may be lost during transmission or may be accessed by unauthorized parties. We do not accept any liability for direct or indirect losses as regards the security of your Personal Information or data during its transfer via internet. Please use other means of communication if you think this is necessary or prudent for security reasons.

Accessing and updating personal information

When you use The Bipolar Addict services, we make good-faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct, or delete users’ personal information. We provide the details for these procedures in the specific privacy notices or FAQs for these services.

Enforcement

The Bipolar Addict regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or The Bipolar Addict’s treatment of personal information by contacting us through this Website or by emailing info@conorbezane.com.

When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is The Bipolar Addict’s policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between The Bipolar Addict and an individual.

Changes to this policy

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this Website or at info@conorbezane.com.