Scope
This Privacy Policy describes how we handle your personal
information for our services on the Virallity website ("the Site").
By accepting the Privacy Policy in registration,
you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your
personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and is
otherwise effective on April 1st, 2007.
Collection
You can browse some pages of the Site without telling us who
you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.
Once you give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us.
If you choose to provide us with personal information,
you consent to the transfer and storage of that
information to our servers located in the United States.
We may collect and store the following personal information:
email address, physical contact information.
computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Site, and ad data.
other information, including IP address and standard web log information.
Marketing
We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties
for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We
may combine your information with information we collect
from other companies (such as demographic data) to improve
and personalize our services. If you don't wish to receive
marketing communications from us, simply indicate your
preference on the email unsubsribe page, similar account
status page, or by following the directions within the email.
Use
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to
provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience.
You agree that we may use your personal information to:
provide the services and customer support you request.
customize, measure, and improve our services and the Site's content and layout.
tell you about targeted marketing, service updates, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences.
and compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties.
Our Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements,
enforce our policies, respond to claims that
content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's
rights, property, or safety.
We may also share your personal information with:
affiliates to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and provide joint services
(Our corporate affiliates will market only to users who request these services.)
service providers under contract who help with our business operations.
other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information; (or about whom you are
otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service).
law enforcement or other governmental officials, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal
investigation or alleged illegal activity. and
other business entities, should we plan to merge with
or be acquired by that business entity. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new
combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal
information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.)
Your User ID may be displayed throughout the Site and is
therefore available to the public. All of your activities on the
Site will be traceable to your User ID.
Cookies
We use "cookies" (small files placed on your hard drive) on
certain pages of the Site to help analyze our web page flow,
customize our services, and measure promotional
effectiveness.
A few important things you should know about cookies are
that:
We offer certain features that are only available through the use of cookies.
We use cookies to help identify you and maintain your signed-in status.
Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the
end of a session.
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of the Sites.
No spam, spyware or spoofing
We and our users do not tolerate spam. Make sure to set your
notification preferences so we communicate to you as you
prefer.
Account Protection
Your password is the key to your account. Use unique numbers,
letters, and special characters and do not disclose
your password to anyone. If you do share your password or
your personal information with others, remember that you are
responsible for all actions taken in the name of your account.
If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial
control over your personal information. Therefore, if your
password has been compromised for any reason, you should
immediately notify us and change your password.
Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personal Information
you can see, review and change most of your personal
information by logging into the Site. Generally, we will not
manually modify your personal information because it is very
difficult to verify your identity remotely. You must promptly
update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate.
Once you make a public posting, you may not be
able to change or remove it. Upon your request, we will close your
account and remove your personal information from view as
soon as reasonably possible, based on your account activity
and in accordance with applicable law. We do retain personal
information from closed accounts in order to comply with law,
troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, and
take other actions otherwise permitted by law.
Security
Your information is stored on our servers located in the United
States. We treat data as an asset that must be protected and
use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.)
to protect your personal information against unauthorized
access and disclosure. However, as you probably know, third
parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or
private communications, and other users may abuse or
misuse your personal information that they collect from the
Site. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your
privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that
your personal information or private communications will
always remain private.
Third Parties
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy,
this document addresses only the use and disclosure of
information we collect from you. If you disclose your
information to others on our Site or other sites throughout
the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or
disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Since we
do not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are
subject to the privacy policies of those third parties. We
encourage you to ask questions before you disclose
your personal information to others.
General
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting
the amended terms on the Site. All amended terms automatically
take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site.
In addition, we will notify you in accordance with your
Notification Preferences. If your questions are not answered
online, you may write to us at: Virallity Inc., 747 third avenue,
4th Floor New York, NY 10017-2803, or using the Contact Us link
Contact Us
For further information, or inquiries about this Agreement, please contact:
feedback@virallity.com
