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Information Collected by SiteWinks
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website, which is to enable users to discover and share information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our SiteWinks users:
Information You Provide to Us:
We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features. 1. Registration: In order for you to use SiteWinks services, such as submitting new sites to the website, you must complete a registration form. As part of this registration form, we may require select personal information (including your full name, city, state and e-mail address).
2. User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as instant messaging IDs.
Automatic Information:
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. SiteWinks and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, SiteWinks cookie information, and the page you requested. SiteWinks uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.
SiteWinks may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages. Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While SiteWinks will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.
E-mail Communications
SiteWinks is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. SiteWinks may send out e-mails with SiteWinks-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from SiteWinks, which inform you of actions (e.g. friend requests) that have been performed on the site. Please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we tranfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. SiteWinks cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is. The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of SiteWinks' greatest features.
Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.
Sharing Your Information
Because SiteWinks enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use SiteWinks is an integral part of the SiteWinks experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.
SiteWinks Personnel: SiteWinks personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of SiteWinks business.
Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if SiteWinks, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
Protection of SiteWinks and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of SiteWinks, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other SiteWinks users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on SiteWinks where we allow you to tell other SiteWinks users about yourself and your interests.
Social sharing of data: SiteWinks allows other users to browse stories that you have Winked, submitted, blogged, or commented on. This information is made available via your User Profile. SiteWinks may choose to post this data on other site features.
With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.
Keeping Information Secure
Your SiteWinks account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer. Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.
Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information
You may request deletion/modification of your SiteWinks account by e-mailing us at support@sitewinks.com.
Children Under 18 Years of Age
You must be 13 years and older to register to use the SiteWinks website. As a result, SiteWinks does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that SiteWinks has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using SiteWinks or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
SiteWinks may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the SiteWinks website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit SiteWinks website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of California state law.
Privacy Policy
SiteWinks is built around the idea of helping people share and discover websites by enabling them to share their findings with one another. SiteWinks understands that you care your personal information and how it is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the SiteWinks website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy covers SiteWinks' treatment of personal information that SiteWinks gathers when you are on the SiteWinks website and when you use SiteWinks services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that SiteWinks does not own or control, or to individuals that SiteWinks does not employ or manage.
This Privacy Policy covers SiteWinks' treatment of personal information that SiteWinks gathers when you are on the SiteWinks website and when you use SiteWinks services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that SiteWinks does not own or control, or to individuals that SiteWinks does not employ or manage.
Information Collected by SiteWinks
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website, which is to enable users to discover and share information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our SiteWinks users:
Information You Provide to Us:
We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features. 1. Registration: In order for you to use SiteWinks services, such as submitting new sites to the website, you must complete a registration form. As part of this registration form, we may require select personal information (including your full name, city, state and e-mail address).
2. User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as instant messaging IDs.
Automatic Information:
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. SiteWinks and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, SiteWinks cookie information, and the page you requested. SiteWinks uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.
SiteWinks may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages. Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While SiteWinks will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.
E-mail Communications
SiteWinks is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. SiteWinks may send out e-mails with SiteWinks-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from SiteWinks, which inform you of actions (e.g. friend requests) that have been performed on the site. Please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we tranfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. SiteWinks cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is. The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of SiteWinks' greatest features.
Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.
Sharing Your Information
Because SiteWinks enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use SiteWinks is an integral part of the SiteWinks experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.
SiteWinks Personnel: SiteWinks personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of SiteWinks business.
Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if SiteWinks, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
Protection of SiteWinks and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of SiteWinks, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other SiteWinks users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on SiteWinks where we allow you to tell other SiteWinks users about yourself and your interests.
Social sharing of data: SiteWinks allows other users to browse stories that you have Winked, submitted, blogged, or commented on. This information is made available via your User Profile. SiteWinks may choose to post this data on other site features.
With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.
Keeping Information Secure
Your SiteWinks account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer. Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.
Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information
You may request deletion/modification of your SiteWinks account by e-mailing us at support@sitewinks.com.
Children Under 18 Years of Age
You must be 13 years and older to register to use the SiteWinks website. As a result, SiteWinks does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that SiteWinks has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using SiteWinks or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
SiteWinks may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the SiteWinks website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit SiteWinks website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of California state law.
Effective Date of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 1, 2008.
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