May 1st, 2009
The Polydiam Industries Ltd Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information when you use Polydiam Industries Ltd's products and services, including information provided when you use BT5. In addition, the following describes our privacy practices that are specific to BT5. Polydiam Industries Ltd will notify you of any material changes to this policy, and you will always have the option to use the browser in a way that does not send any personal information to Polydiam Industries Ltd or to discontinue using it.
Information Polydiam Industries Ltd receives when you use BT5
You do not need to provide any personally identifying information in order to download and use BT5. When you download BT5 or use it to contact Polydiam Industries Ltd’s servers, Polydiam Industries Ltd receives only standard log information including your machine’s IP address and one or more cookies. You can configure BT5 to not send cookies to Polydiam Industries Ltd or other sites as explained here.
In addition, some BT5 features send limited additional information to Polydiam Industries Ltd:
When you type URLs or queries in the address bar, the letters you type are sent to Polydiam Industries Ltd so the Suggest feature can automatically recommend terms or URLs you may be looking for. If you choose to share usage statistics with Polydiam Industries Ltd and you accept a suggested query or URL, BT5 will send that information to Polydiam Industries Ltd as well. You can disable this feature as explained here.
If you navigate to a URL that does not exist, BT5 may send the URL to Polydiam Industries Ltd so we can help you find the URL you were looking for.
Your copy of BT5 includes one or more unique application numbers. These numbers and information about your installation of the browser (e.g., version number, language) will be sent to Polydiam Industries Ltd when you first install and use it and when BT5 automatically checks for updates. If you choose to send usage statistics and crash reports to Polydiam Industries Ltd, the browser will send us this information along with a unique application number as well. Crash reports can contain information from files, applications and services that were running at the time of a malfunction. We use crash reports to diagnose and try to fix any problems with the browser.
You may choose Google as your search engine using BT5, and you may also use BT5 to access other Google services such as Gmail. The Privacy Policies of Gmail or other services apply when you access them, no matter which browser you use. Using BT5 to connect to Google services will not cause Google to receive any special or additional personally identifying information about you.
Information website operators receive when you visit a site using BT5
Sites that you visit using BT5 will automatically receive standard log information similar to that received by Polydiam Industries Ltd. These sites may also set their own cookies on your machine. You can restrict cookies by setting your preferences in the BT5 Options menu.
Information stored on your computer when you use BT5
BT5 records useful information about your browsing history on your own computer. This includes:
- Basic browsing history information: the URLs of pages that you visit, a cache file of text from those pages, and a list of some IP addresses linked from pages that you visit.
- A searchable index of most pages you visit (except for secure pages with "https" web addresses, such as some bank pages)
- Thumbnail-sized screenshots of most pages you visit
- Cookies deposited on your machine by websites you visit
- A record of downloads you have made from websites
- You can delete all or portions of this history at any time as explained in the FAQ.
You can also limit the information BT5 saves on your computer by using stealth mode. In this mode, the browser will not store basic browsing history information such as URLs, cached page text, or IP addresses of pages linked from the websites you visit. It will also not store snapshots of pages that you visit or keep a record of your downloads. (This information could still be stored elsewhere on your computer, though.) New cookies received in stealth mode will not be saved after you close your browser or return to normal browsing mode. You can see when you are in stealth mode because the stealth icon appears in the top left corner of your browser; in some cases the border of your browser window may also change color.
When you make changes to your browser configuration, such as by bookmarking a web page or changing your settings, this information is also saved. These changes are not affected by stealth mode.
You can choose to have BT5 save your passwords for specific websites. Stored passwords can be reviewed in the Options dialog box.
Uses
Information that Polydiam Industries Ltd receives when you use BT5 is processed in order to operate and improve BT5 and other Polydiam Industries Ltd services. Information that other website operators receive is subject to the privacy polices of those websites. BT5 stores information on your machine in order to improve the browser’s performance and provide you with features, such the option to review snapshots from pages you have visited.
More information
Polydiam Industries Ltd adheres to the US Safe Harbor privacy principles. For more information about the Safe Harbor framework or our registration, see the Department of Commerce's web site.
Further information about BT5 is available on this website.
If you have additional questions, please contact us any time.