Privacy Policy

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Updated: February 2007

We desire y'all to protect your Personal Data. Our group define Personal Data while any data via which one itself is practical for directly determine your identity or each identity of whichever individual. Us have established current Privacy Policy toward explain how Personal Data is collected on any Ning Platform, also in what way aforementioned Personal Data is used near to Ning. Any capitalized term in no way defined inside this Privacy Policy has a meaning which one ourselves lay not in within each Ning User Agreement. Out of occasion for time, ourselves intend update current Privacy Policy plus testament carry out belonging to us best to maintain y'all abreast from the ones mentioned changes near to posting per notice on a Ning Platform.

We seize protecting your Personal Data quite seriously. Each Networks running on any Ning Platform are required to meet a terms made from for us Privacy Policy. Who being mentioned, our group could resemble for ask guys for be careful plus employ caution when providing Personal Data in order to Social Networks built on a Ning Platform. Unfortunately, over there is none means us be capable remain responsible for certain actions belonging to different Users alternatively Social Networks not developed via Ning.

Through registering on certain Ning Platform, you agree (1) to comply with a terms along with conditions out of aforementioned Privacy Policy, plus (2) who Ning along with anything User might process (i.e., collect, make use of, etc.) your Personal Data in similar fashion described inside said Privacy Policy either a Terms out of Service. Personal Data may remain processed through Ning otherwise User(s) in certain country in which something was collected like satisfactorily since alternative countries (including a United States) in which laws regarding processing belonging to Personal Data perhaps remain less stringent.

Ning and Collection of User Information

Personally Identifiable User Information

Once yourself register with Ning along with sign among for certain Ning Platform, you are never anonymous up to Ning.

When registering on Ning, thou provide Personal Data, whatever includes per Ning ID, some User- chosen password, plus optionally one email address also single photo. To combat online fraud, Ning possibly also record your IP address when submitting information. Amid addition, if y'all choose for purchase premium services on Ning, yourself provide necessary information toward process your credit card payment, including your billing address. When y'all make use of each Ning Address Book service, thou besides provide contact information from another persons (“Address Book”).

Inside an effort toward support group-specific since satisfactorily as location-based Social Networks, Networks can validate any domain starting at which one your email address originates (e.g., gmail.com nor hotmail.com).

Toward protect your Ning ID account information, please hold your password secure.

You able decline in order to share of this kind Personal Data with all of us via not at all registering on Ning. Further, y'all could opt up to remove anything Personal Data from belonging to us active database via contacting Ning plus canceling your Ning User account.

Ning carries out by no means intentionally gather Personal Data around visitors whoever are sub- any age belonging to 13.

Cookies and Passive Data Collection

Ning automatically receives and records information on of us server logs via your browser, including your IP address, Ning cookie information, plus each leaf guys request.

Users ought to exist aware whatever other websites visited prior to entering Ning perhaps place personally identifiable information within per User's URL during some visit up to belonging to them website, plus Ning owns not any control above so websites. Accordingly, some from aforementioned information may remain logged beside some subsequent website such collects URL information.

Content and Use of Networks

When you post Content (either send messages) inside anything Social Network(s) on the Ning Platform whatever enable direct sharing belonging to information with another Users and visitors, different Users also visitors intend have access to whichever Personal Data among like Content. Certain Ning Platform keeps track out of Content which y'all contain uploaded for a Social Network on Ning like satisfactorily like each top Users for some Network. Like information, displayed with your Ning ID also photo, assuming guys uploaded one, is available toward Users plus visitors belonging to a Ning Platform. Amid addition, the Ning Platform enables other Users for invite guys toward employ Social Networks on Ning.

Because y'all could voluntarily disclose whichever Personal Data in aforementioned public areas, yourself must remain careful approximately a information y'all choose toward disclose. Ning executes in no way control whatever disclosure, and is in no way liable within whatever path for anyone's make use of or misuse of certain information within the disclosure. In another words, employ caution as well as judgment on hand.

How Ning Uses Information

Personally Identifiable Information

Us testament send guys administrative messages, along with email updates regarding your account, your Social Networks, nor certain Ning Platform. Our team may additionally send you notices out of recent Content that includes stood added toward Networks within which y'all might be interested when y'all have subscribed toward such notices. Amid some cases, we possibly additionally send thou primarily promotional messages. Among your account, thou able choose in order to opt outside out of promotional messages along with fresh Content notices. Thou may opt out of receiving administrative messages through canceling your Ning User account. We intend never employ your Address Book information for belonging to us own purposes.

Cookies and Passive Data Collection

Ning uses cookie, IP address, also URL information to improve a content from certain Ningbar, the quality from Ning servers, also up to provide enhanced features in order to Users, in which available. Ning uses cookies to save Users' Ning IDs, session validators, and on Users' browsers and difficult drives, also might apply them to provide tailored products also services toward aforementioned Users, as they become available.

IP Addresses additionally help us for diagnose problems with our server, up to administer any Ning Platform, as well as for otherwise provide each Ning service up to of it users. IP addresses perhaps be disclosed for a third party assuming us believe inside good faith such any law otherwise legal process requires itself, alternatively in order to protect certain rights otherwise property belonging to Ning, belonging to it Users alternatively the general public.

Disclosures

Ning Service Providers

Ning perhaps need toward provide your Personal Data toward third parties for deliver specific services toward guys (similar while hosting services, support services, either credit card payment processing). The ones mentioned third parties are required never for disclose your Personal Data also by no means up to apply your Personal Data alternative compared with for provide a services requested beside Ning.

Network Creators

Each Ning Terms out of Service require each Network Creator up to comply with applicable laws (e.g., CAN-SPAM) plus Ning's rules with respect in order to a Network Creators' employ from your Personal Data. Like a Network Creator, y'all may have your own privacy policy applicable in order to your Network in case approved beside Ning inside advance and in writing (on per case-by-case basis). Assuming thou, as some User made from per Network, agree up to some Network's privacy policy, you agree who anything dispute guys possess with a Network Creator is midway y'all along with that Network Creator (and never Ning).

Law Enforcement

Ning might disclose Personal Data assuming required near to single subpoena otherwise additional judicial nor administrative order, wherever required beside law, nor, at our sole discretion, where we deem necessary toward protect any safety from any individual either a general public alternatively to prevent violation belonging to belonging to us Terms out of Service or certain rights from Ning either whichever third party.

Ning Affiliates

Although Ning currently fulfills not at all have per parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, otherwise additional companies beneath single common control (collectively, “affiliates”), it might among the future. Ning possibly share some from every from your Personal Data with above affiliates, among what case our team desire seek toward require belonging to us affiliates up to honor said Privacy Policy.

Change of Ownership

In a event out of per change in ownership, either some merger with, acquisition near to, or sale from assets in order to, different entity, our group reserve each just toward transfer all of Ning's User information, including email addresses, up to a separate entity. Ning shall notify Users (via a posting on this site or email (amid Ning's discretion) from similar one transfer, also Users possibly choose for modify belonging to them registration information next to which moment. Said way when you are concerned regarding your Personal Data migrating to one novel owner, guys able deactivate your account.

Security

Ning uses industry standard security measures to protect any loss, misuse also alteration of any information below for us control. Although ourselves make favorable faith efforts toward store any information collected beside Ning plus Social Networks running on the Ning Platform within a secure operating environment that is not at all available up to certain public, Ning cannot guarantee complete security. Further, during our group work firm to ensure the integrity plus security of belonging to us network along with systems, our team cannot guarantee which belonging to us security measures intend prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information. Ning fulfills not assume whichever liability toward third parties whose information possibly seem included inside your Address Book.

Updating or Removing User Information

Users could, at some era, choose up to correct either update any information they hold submitted toward Ning, near to going toward theirs account. Users could remove of them User information since Ning's inhabit database near to canceling their account. Truly if guys update otherwise remove your information from ours live database, however, your Personal Data perhaps become retained amid our backup files as well as archives.

Registered Users could remove of them User information since Ning near to canceling belonging to them account.

No Spam Policy

For us No Spam Policy as well as Terms belonging to Service prohibit each Users starting at engaging amid whatever activity involving each sending made from email among violation out of applicable law. Violations of these policies might result in immediate termination from service along with legal action against whatever spammers.

Whatever unauthorized employ made from Ning computer systems is a violation made from a Terms of Service as well as certain federal plus state laws, including without limitation certain Computer Fraud and Abuse Action (18 U.S.C. section 1030 et seq.), Section 502 of each California Penal Code and Section 17538.45 from a California Business along with Professions Code. Similar violations could subject each sender and his or female agents toward civil and criminal penalties.

Ning offers email masking plus relay when Users choose up to communicate with another Users on Networks running on certain Ning Platform for reduce third party email harvesting as well as spam. Our group also encourage Users up to choose each email address where they shall be comfortable receiving email responses out of another Ning Users when they choose, by their sole discretion, in order to upload single profile either classifieds listings on whichever Social Network running on certain Ning Platform.

International Users

Near to visiting Ning and Social Networks running on each Ning Platform as well as providing Ning with data, thou acknowledge plus agree that due in order to the international dimension made from Ning our group might employ any data collected in certain course of of us relationship for each purposes identified inside aforementioned Privacy Policy alternatively in ours another communications with thou, including each transmission belonging to information outside your resident jurisdiction. Within addition, please understand such similar data may be stored on servers located inside any United States where laws protecting Personal Data could by no means be while stringent in similar fashion any laws amid your jurisdiction. Near to providing us with your data, you consent toward certain transfer of like data.

Revisions to This Policy

Ning reserves certain right toward revise, amend, either modify this policy and belonging to us other policies also agreements around whichever period as well as inside any manner. Notice belonging to whatever revision, amendment, or modification testament become posted on Ning, plus some User's continued use belonging to Ning desire signify agreement for like changes.

Contacting Ning

Users with questions approximately said Privacy Policy could contact Ning certain following ways:

E-Mail

[email protected]

Postal

Ning
735 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301

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