Privacy
Effective February 17, 2007:
About Friendango.com
Friendango.com
is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles
that can be linked together through networks of friends. Friendango members can
view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends
on the service, share photos, post chronicles and comments, and describe their
interests. To enrich our members' experience, we request and display some
personal information to other members and visitors, which allows our users to
identify each other and expand their network of friends. Friendango members can
change their profile information at any time and can control how other members
and the service communicates with them.
Friendango.com
cares deeply about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this
privacy policy, please email us at privacy@Friendango.com.
Information Collection and Use by Friendango.com
Friendango.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address,
and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating
to the Friendango.com service. Friendango.com also collects other profile data
including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and
occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each
other.
Friendango.com
also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile
information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to
the site. This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the
website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared
with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to
members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User
Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed
to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Friendango.com social
networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new
friends to join Friendango, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to
send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting
friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not
shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network Users within a
personal network communicate on Friendango.com with each other through the
Friendango.com service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names
are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and
finding friends and acquaintances on the service, Friendango.com allows users
to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and
schools and/or companies where users may have attended or worked.
We may
also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding
the service.
From
time to time, Friendango.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake
or contest on Friendango.com. Users may be asked to provide personal
information including name, email address or home address or to answer
questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to
certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information
from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the
personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
Friendango members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. Friendango.com stores the email addresses
that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list
of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the
invitations Friendango.com does not sell these email addresses or use them to
send any other communication besides invitations, invitation reminders (up to
three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from Friendango.com may
contact Friendango.com to request the removal of their information from our
database.
Use of Cookies
Friendango.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record
session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not
repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter,
advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile
information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any
personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be
able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or
notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the
"Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie
preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from Friendango.com in order to
use most functions on the site Please note that Friendango allows 3rd party
advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and
access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject
to their own privacy policies, not the Friendango Privacy Policy.
Links
Friendango.com contains links to sites. Friendango.com is not responsible for
the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another
site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy
policy only governs information collected on Friendango.com.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
Friendango.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at
any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit
Profile and Account Info.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing
on this Web site may be delivered to users by Friendango.com or one of our Web
advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These
cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you
an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about
where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and
determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to
deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to
you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Friendango.com and
does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
Friendango.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords
Friendango.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is
kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is
stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to
those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our
customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot
guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or
use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the
security of member information at any time For any additional information about
the security measures we use on Friendango.com, please contact us a privacy@Friendango.com
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Friendango.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Friendango will not disclose
personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is
necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena,
search warrant or other legal process received by Friendango.com, whether or
not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Friendango.com
Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety
of members of the public and users of the service. Friendango reserves the
right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires
rights to that information as a result of the sale of Friendango or
substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more
information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes,
we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so
users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy
when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however,
we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner
materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or
your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at: privacy@Friendango.com