Updated: June 2008
Us desire you up to protect your Personal Data. Ourselves define Personal Data as whatever data out of whichever something is practical to directly determine your identity or certain identity belonging to anything individual. Our team hold established said Privacy Policy for explain by what means Personal Data is collected on certain Ning Platform, also in what way aforementioned Personal Data is used near to Ning. Whatever capitalized term in no way defined inside this Privacy Policy owns certain meaning whichever ourselves lay beyond among any Ning User Agreement. Out of moment in order to moment, us shall update current Privacy Policy as well as will carry out ours best toward maintain thou abreast belonging to these changes beside posting one notice on a Ning Platform.
Our team accept protecting your Personal Data quite seriously. Each Networks running on a Ning Platform are required in order to meet the terms from for us Privacy Policy. Who being replied, ourselves might such as to implore you up to be careful plus utilize caution when providing Personal Data for Social Networks built on certain Ning Platform.
Near to registering on the Ning Platform, yourself agree (1) toward comply with the terms as well as conditions out of said Privacy Policy, and (2) who Ning along with anything User possibly process (i.e., collect, make use of, etc.) your Personal Data while described among current Privacy Policy or the Terms made from Service. Personal Data possibly remain processed near to Ning alternatively User(s) among the nation-state at which place something was collected like thoroughly as alternative countries (including the United States) whither laws regarding processing of Personal Data possibly become less stringent.
Once you register with Ning plus sign amid toward a Ning Platform, y'all are in no way anonymous up to Ning.
When registering on Ning, yourself provide Personal Data, what includes one Ning ID, single User- chosen password, and optionally a email address along with single photo. Toward combat online fraud, Ning perhaps additionally record your IP address when submitting information. Within addition, in case y'all choose in order to purchase premium services on Ning, you provide necessary information to process your credit card payment, including your billing address. When you use each Ning Address Book service, you too provide contact information from additional people ("Address Book").
Among each effort in order to support group-specific since adequately as location-based Social Networks, Networks may validate a domain out of whichever your email address originates (e.g., gmail.com nor hotmail.com).
To protect your Ning ID account information, please hold your password secure.
Thou can decline to share such Personal Data with all of us beside never registering on Ning. Further, y'all possibly opt to remove whichever Personal Data from ours active database via contacting Ning also canceling your Ning User account.
Ning executes by no means intentionally gather Personal Data approximately visitors what person are sub- a age made from 13.
Ning automatically receives along with records information on belonging to us server logs via your browser, including your IP address, Ning cookie information, plus the sheet of paper yourself request.
Users better exist aware which different websites visited in advance of entering Ning might position personally identifiable information within single User's URL during some visit toward to them website, plus Ning has negative control across such websites. Accordingly, some out of here information could be logged near to a subsequent website whatever collects URL information.
When y'all post Content (either send messages) inside whichever Social Network(s) on certain Ning Platform such enable direct sharing of information with additional Users as well as visitors, different Users plus visitors testament own access up to whichever Personal Data in so Content. The Ning Platform keeps track belonging to Content who y'all contain uploaded in order to single Social Network on Ning like satisfactorily as each top Users for single Network. Like information, displayed with your Ning ID as well as photo, in case you uploaded single, is available in order to Users also visitors made from a Ning Platform. Inside addition, any Ning Platform enables other Users in order to invite you for use Social Networks on Ning.
Because thou might voluntarily disclose whatever Personal Data amid the ones mentioned public areas, y'all better be careful regarding a information thou choose up to disclose. Ning carries out not at all control which disclosure, also is in no way liable among anything means for anyone's make use of alternatively misuse out of the information within each disclosure. Within another words, use caution also judgment in this spot.
We intend send yourself administrative messages, along with email updates regarding your account, your Social Networks, nor a Ning Platform. Ourselves might as well send thou notices belonging to brand-new Content such possesses happened added in order to Networks amid which one yourself could become interested when guys hold subscribed in order to similar notices. Within some cases, our group may too send guys primarily promotional messages. In your account, guys may choose up to opt away made from promotional messages along with brand-new Content notices. Yourself might opt outside from receiving administrative messages beside canceling your Ning User account. Our group intend in no way apply your Address Book information for belonging to us possess purposes.
Ning uses cookie, IP address, and URL information up to improve any content out of certain Ningbar, a quality belonging to Ning servers, plus to provide enhanced features to Users, wherever available. Ning uses cookies for save Users' Ning IDs, session validators, and on Users' browsers also hard drives, and could use them to provide tailored products along with services up to the aforementioned Users, as they become available.
IP Addresses also help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer a Ning Platform, along with for otherwise provide certain Ning service to for it users. IP addresses perhaps become disclosed to some third party in case our group believe inside good faith such a law alternatively legal process requires object, either toward protect a rights otherwise property made from Ning, belonging to it Users or any general public.
Ning perhaps require in order to provide your Personal Data toward third parties in order to deliver specific services in order to thou (so while hosting services, support services, otherwise credit card payment processing). Aforementioned third parties are required not at all in order to disclose your Personal Data as well as in no way up to apply your Personal Data alternative more than to provide the services requested beside Ning.
Each Ning Terms from Service require apiece Network Creator in order to comply with applicable laws (e.g., CAN-SPAM) as well as Ning's rules with respect for each Network Creators' apply out of your Personal Data. As some Network Creator, you may have your have privacy policy applicable in order to your Network provided approved near to Ning among advance and within writing (on a case-by-case basis). Assuming thou, while some User from some Network, agree to per Network's privacy policy, guys agree who any dispute you have with per Network Creator is in between y'all plus whatever Network Creator (as well as not at all Ning).
Ning might disclose Personal Data provided required through single subpoena or other judicial otherwise administrative order, wherever required near to law, either, next to of us sole discretion, in which our team deem necessary for protect any safety from whatever individual either certain general public or toward prevent violation from for us Terms out of Service either the rights belonging to Ning or whichever third party.
Although Ning currently does never contain some parent company, some subsidiaries, joint ventures, either another companies below a common control (collectively, "affiliates"), entity could amid the future. Ning perhaps share some made from entire out of your Personal Data with the ones mentioned affiliates, inside which one case ourselves desire seek in order to require for us affiliates in order to honor this Privacy Policy.
Within certain event made from single modify within ownership, either one merger with, acquisition near to, nor sale of assets to, another entity, our team reserve certain proper toward transfer whole of Ning's User information, including email addresses, in order to one separate entity. Ning shall notify Users (via some posting on this site or email (amid Ning's discretion) belonging to of this kind a transfer, along with Users may choose to modify belonging to them registration information near which occasion. Aforementioned manner assuming y'all are concerned concerning your Personal Data migrating to some brand-new owner, yourself may deactivate your account.
Ning uses industry standard security measures toward protect each loss, misuse and alteration out of any information beneath our control. Although our team make favorable faith efforts up to store each information collected via Ning plus Social Networks running on a Ning Platform amid one secure operating environment whatever is not available up to a public, Ning cannot guarantee complete security. Further, whilst us task tough to ensure certain integrity also security of of us network as well as systems, our team cannot guarantee such for us security measures shall prevent third-party "hackers" out of illegally obtaining said information. Ning does not at all assume whatever liability toward third parties whose information possibly become included within your Address Book.
Users may, at some occasion, choose up to correct nor update each information they contain submitted up to Ning, by going for to them account. Users perhaps remove to them User information starting at Ning's inhabit database by canceling theirs account. Yet assuming you update or remove your information out of for us reside database, however, your Personal Data could exist retained in our backup files and archives.
Registered Users possibly remove to them User information from Ning via canceling to them account.
Our Not any Spam Policy and Terms from Service prohibit whole Users via engaging in any activity involving the sending of email in violation out of applicable law. Violations from these policies might result in immediate termination out of service along with legal action against whatever spammers.
Anything unauthorized utilize made from Ning computer systems is a violation out of certain Terms made from Service along with certain federal also condition laws, including without limitation each Computer Fraud plus Abuse Perform (18 U.S.C. section 1030 et seq.), Section 502 out of the California Penal Code plus Section 17538.45 belonging to certain California Business along with Professions Code. Of this kind violations might subject any sender along with his either lady agents up to civil along with criminal penalties.
Ning offers email masking along with relay when Users choose for communicate with other Users on Networks running on certain Ning Platform for reduce third party email harvesting as well as spam. Our group also encourage Users in order to choose an email address at which place they will be comfortable receiving email responses starting at other Ning Users assuming they choose, by of them sole discretion, for upload a profile nor classifieds listings on whichever Social Network running on certain Ning Platform.
Through visiting Ning also Social Networks running on the Ning Platform along with providing Ning with data, you acknowledge and agree such due for any international dimension out of Ning our group may employ the data collected inside any course from belonging to us relationship for the purposes identified amid aforementioned Privacy Policy either among of us alternative communications with y'all, including each transmission made from information outside your resident jurisdiction. Amid addition, please understand who of this kind data might be stored on servers located within certain United States wherever laws protecting Personal Data might not remain in similar fashion stringent in similar fashion certain laws inside your jurisdiction. By providing us with your data, guys consent up to a transfer from of this kind data.
Ning reserves the just toward revise, amend, or modify current policy as well as belonging to us alternative policies and agreements around anything occasion and amid whatever manner. Notice made from any revision, amendment, otherwise modification desire remain posted on Ning, and single User's continued apply made from Ning desire signify agreement to such changes.
Users with questions approximately this Privacy Policy might contact Ning a following ways:
Ning
735 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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