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IDC access - July 2009

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The IDC 's privacy policy is to respect and protect the privacy of members of the IDC and any other site published by the IDC. This policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how we use it. 

Be assured that the IDC will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, except in aggregated form, as explained below. However, the IDC reserves the right to disclose member information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the IDC 's rights or property, other members, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. The IDC also reserves the right to disclose member information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. 

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