THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS
OF PERSONABLE.COM'S
INFORMATION GATHERING AND
DISSEMINATION PRACTICES
Personable.com has created this Privacy Statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to safeguarding the privacy of our registering groups and organizations ("Subscribing Organizations") and their authorized members ("Members").
If Subscribing Organizations or Members have any questions
or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement, they should contact the
Personable.com Webmaster at webmaster@personable.com.
Collection and Use of Information
Distribution of Information
Security
Choices Concerning Collection and Use of Information; Cancellation
Corrections/Updates
Contacting Personable.com
 Collection and Use of Information
Personable.com collects both personally identifiable ("Personal
Information") and anonymous information from its Subscribing Organizations
and their Members during the registration process and at other times, such as
when Subscribing Organizations or Members register for a promotion, any services
for which a fee may be charged ("Premium Services") or other service
with Personable.com or one of our sponsors, advertisers or partners, when
Subscribing Organizations or Members report a problem or question with our site
or Services, or when Subscribing Organizations or Members respond to one of our
surveys.
Personable.com maintains a
database of Subscribing Organization and Member Personal Information and other
information that is used only for its own internal purposes. The information we
collect and the ways in which we use this information include:
- IP Address: Personable.com uses Members' IP addresses to help diagnose
problems with our server, to administer our Website and Subscribing
Organizations' hosted intranet sites (the "Subscribing Organization
Sites"), and to provide technical support.
- Contact Information: We use a Subscribing Organization's and its Members'
names, addresses and other information from the registration form to send
the Subscribing Organization and its Members information about our company,
the Service Center, Premium Services and other Services, and to contact the
Subscribing Organization and its Members when necessary.
- Unique Identifiers: We collect unique identifiers (such as login ID's and
passwords) to verify the Subscribing Organization's and its Members'
identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.
- Demographic Information: We compile demographic information and profile data
(such as zip code, industry, and organization size) in order to customize
Subscribing Organizations' and its Members' experiences at our site, to
exhibit content, to develop applications, Premium Services and other
services that are useful to our Subscribing Organizations and Members, to
improve our Services and to display the content according to
Subscribing Organizations' and Members' individual preferences.
- Supplemental Information: We may supplement the information that a
Subscribing Organization and its Members provide with information received
from third parties. Third party information may include registration
information that such Subscribing Organization and Members have provided to an
Personable.com partner, content provider or sponsor or advertiser sites and
information that the Subscribing Organization and Members have provided to
InterNIC or other website registration organizations.
- Cookies: In order to offer our Subscribing Organizations and Members our
customizable and personalized service and to better respond to any problems
Subscribing Organizations and Members may experience, Personable.com uses
"cookies". Our partners, sponsors and content providers may also use
their own cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to a Member's
browser from a web server and stored on the computer's hard drive for
record-keeping purposes. The Personable.com cookies do not personally
identify Members, but they do identify a Member's computer. We use a cookie
to record Members' preferences only during the time that the Member's
browser is open. We do not store any other information in the cookie, and it
disappears after the Member logs off or closes its browser. If a Member's
browser does not accept cookies, the Member cannot use the Services.
Distribution of Information
Personable.com does not sell or rent a Subscribing Organization's or Member's
Personal Information to anyone. We will not release a Subscribing Organization's
or Member's name, e-mail address or other Personal Information to any other
party except with the Subscribing Organization's or Member's explicit permission
or under special circumstances, such as those described below. We will not
access the information stored on the Subscribing Organization Sites (the
"Site Information") except at the request of the Subscribing
Organization or under special circumstances, such as those described below. If a
Subscribing Organization or Member is asked for Personal Information, the
Subscribing Organization or Member is providing that Information only to
Personable.com, unless the Subscribing Organization or Member is specifically
notified otherwise. For example, some of the Personable.com free services and
Premium Services are offered in conjunction with a partner company, sponsor or
content provider. In order to provide this service to Subscribing Organizations
and Members, it may be necessary for Subscribing Organizations and Members to
share certain information with our partner company, sponsor or content provider.
If any other company is collecting information, Subscribing Organizations and
Members will be given prior notice, and can elect not to use that particular
service.
Personable.com may partner with
other companies to provide special services, products, discounts or other
information that will benefit our Subscribing Organizations and their Members.
In addition, our sponsors and advertisers fund the free features of our
Services. We may request demographic information from Subscribing Organizations
and Members to help us attract sponsors, advertisers and partners and to offer
the most useful products, services and information. However, the demographic
information and Personal Information will be distributed to these sponsors,
advertisers, partners and any other third parties only in aggregate form unless
the Subscribing Organization or Member is specifically notified to the contrary
and given an opportunity to elect not to transmit such information or receive
such special service, product, discount or other information.
Personal Information that a
Subscribing Organization or Member chooses to transmit or allow to be
transferred to another party will be subject to the privacy policies of that
party. This privacy statement does not cover it, and Personable.com has no
responsibility or liability for such independent policies.
Personable.com may disclose
Personal Information or Site Information in special cases if (a) it is required
to do so by law or to comply with legal process served on Personable.com or this
site, or (b) we have a good faith reason to believe that disclosing such
Information is necessary or appropriate in order to (i) identify, contact or
bring legal action against someone who may be causing or threatening to violate
Personable.com's or this website's policies or to cause injury to or
interference with the Services or Personable.com's or its Subscribing
Organizations', Members' or any third party's rights or property, (ii) protect
and defend the Services, or Personable.com's, its Subscribing Organizations',
Members' or this website's rights or property, or (iii) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the safety of the Services, or of Personable.com's
Subscribing Organizations, Members, this website or the public. In the event of
any planned disclosure of Site Information from a Subscribing Organization Site
as described in clause (b) which results from a circumstance that Personable.com
believes in good faith is not caused by such Subscribing Organization, any such
disclosure shall occur only after prior notice to the Subscribing Organization
and upon terms and conditions that will safeguard the Subscribing Organization's
confidential information to the extent reasonably feasible.
Security
Personable.com exercises great care to secure your Personal Information and Site
Information, and has implemented security measures in accordance with industry
practice. Personable.com's network security uses a 'defense in depth' strategy
with multiple layers of protection. In addition, all information on our servers
is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public.
Each Subscribing Organization's Site Information is stored separately, so that
there is no intermingling of Subscribing Organization Site Information and no
Subscribing Organization will have access to other Subscribing Organizations'
Site Information. The Subscribing Organization Sites are monitored for network
attacks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Physical access to the Subscribing
Organization Sites is guarded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
All Personal Information and Site
Information is secured by the site password, and Subscribing Organizations
select the Members who have access to this Information. Only Members who enter
the correct login password are permitted access to a Subscribing Organization's
Site Information. The Member's login ID and password are unique to its
Subscribing Organization Site and are designed to protect the Subscribing
Organization Site from unauthorized use. Ultimately, each Subscribing
Organization is responsible for safeguarding the secrecy of its Members' login
IDs and passwords. Each Subscribing Organization and its Members should be
careful and responsible with all such information and when they are online. We
encourage Subscribing Organizations and Members to follow good password
doctrine. For example, change the password frequently, do not record it where it
is accessible by unauthorized personnel, and do not select a password that can
be easily guessed by an unauthorized person. Personable.com will not be
responsible for any lost, stolen, otherwise disclosed or misused login ID or
passwords.
Internally, we restrict access to
all Personal Information and Site Information to employees who need access to
the Information in order to do their jobs. These employees are very limited in
number, and are committed to our privacy and security policies. All such
employees execute comprehensive nondisclosure agreements, which provide explicit
confidentiality protections. Any employee who violates our privacy and/or
security policies is subject to possible termination and civil and/or criminal
prosecution.
Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure, and there
is a slight risk that data could be intercepted or interrupted during Internet
transmission. Although we strive to provide for secure transmission of
Subscribing Organization and Member Personal Information and all Site
Information from the Member's computer to Personable.com and for secure storage
of all Site Information, Personable.com cannot warrant the security of any
information Subscribing Organizations or Members transmit to us or from our
online services or store on the Subscribing Organization Sites, and Subscribing
Organizations and Members do so at their own risk.
Choices Concerning Collection and Use of Information; Cancellation
Except for Personal Information that must be provided in order for
Personable.com to provide the Services, Subscribing Organizations and Members
may elect (a) not to transmit any Personal Information to or receive any Premium
Service, special service, product, discount, promotional communications or other
information from Personable.com, our sponsors and advertisers, our partners or
other third parties, (b) to decline services that require them to share certain
information with our partners, sponsors, advertisers, or content providers, (c)
to remove their Personal Information from the Subscribing Organization's site
and our databases, or (d) to cancel the Site registration. Subscribing
Organizations and Members can exercise some of these options by telling us
during the registration process or when they are asked to choose to receive a
specific service or product. In all cases, Subscribing Organizations and Members
can notify us of their election by using their login ID and password, and
sending an email to webmaster@personable.com,
or writing to:
Personable.com
17600 Newhope Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
USA
Corrections/Updates
A Subscribing Organization or Member may update or modify any of its Personal
Information previously provided to us by using its login ID and password, and
sending an email to webmaster@Personable.com,
or writing to:
Personable.com
17600 Newhope Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
USA
Contacting Personable.com
To ask any questions about this Privacy Statement, the practices of this
website, or our Services, or make any suggestions or tell us about any other
ideas concerning our site or our Services, please contact:
Personable.com
17600 Newhope Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
USA
webmaster@personable.com or visit http://www.personable.com/contact/index.asp
Notification of Changes
Personable.com reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement. If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
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