The Free! Summit conference and Web site are owned and operated by SageScape LLC, a privately held event management company that specializes in producing conferences and online communities for the technology industry.

Protecting your privacy is important to us, and we invite you to review the following privacy statement to better understand how your information is handled when you visit the The Free! Summit site. By using this site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement.

When you browse the site, you are able to do so anonymously. We do not collect personal information when you browse.

When you email our staff or submit a request via the Contact Us page, we collect and use your personal information solely for the purpose of replying to your specific request. If you choose to join our Free!  mailing list, you will receive periodic email updates from us about The Free! Summit, our Web site and related services. Your contact information will remain confidential and will not be used for any other purpose.

If you register to attend The Free! Summit, you will automatically be added to our Free!  mailing list to receive additional news and updates. However, you may contact us at any time to be removed from the mailing list. Doing so will ensure that you only receive emails about your registration for the conference.

We will be creating a Participant Guide for The Free! Summit that will be made available to registered participants and official conference sponsors/partners at the event. If you register to attend The Free! Summit, your full name, company affiliation and job title will automatically be listed in the Participant Guide. However, your contact information will remain confidential. We will never disclose your email address or any other contact information.

Registered attendees will also have the opportunity to add a photo and biography to the Participant Guide -- this step is completely optional. We reserve the right to edit the photo and biography as necessary to meet space requirements and to maintain the integrity of the Participant Guide. If you have any questions or concerns about the inclusion of your information in the Participant Guide, you are invited to contact us.

We regularly link to 3rd party sites and/or feature widgets developed by other companies on The Free! Summit site. When visiting those sites or using those widgets, you are subject to the terms of service the and privacy policies created by those companies (which have no affiliation with The Free! Summit). Please be sure to review those policies to understand how your information may be used.

Any modifications to this policy will be posted on this page and the effective date will be modified accordingly.

You may contact us with questions about the site or this privacy policy by writing to: SageScape LLC, 2059 Camden Avenue # 256, San Jose, CA 95124 or by emailing info at thefreesummit dot com.

This policy is effective as of February 12, 2009.