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Welcome to the ShowYourPic.Com community
service (referred to herein as the "Service").
The Service is made available subject to this Privacy
Policy. This statement discloses the privacy practices
of www.ShowYourPic.com only. By using the Service,
you agree, without limitation or qualification, to
be bound by this Privacy Policy.
This policy
may be updated from time to time, so please check
back periodically.
1. What
information of yours does ShowYourPic.Com collect?
In registering for the Service, you provide us
with a username, a password, an email address, gender,
and date of birth. If you decide to register for the
Service and to complete the Service questionnaire,
ShowYourPic.Com collects all your responses
to the questionnaire, including the zip code you provide
and the URLs of any photos or images that you post.
At the end of the registration process, you are asked
whether you are interested in receiving email from
other users or email information about certain topics
that may be of interest; ShowYourPic.Com collects
your responses to those questions. Also, each time
you access the Service, ShowYourPic.Com collects
and stores your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Occasionally,
ShowYourPic.Com may send a survey to the community
members; if you answer the survey, ShowYourPic.Com
collects your survey responses.
2. What
are "cookies" and how does ShowYourPic.Com
use them?
In addition to the information described above that
ShowYourPic.Com collects, we also collect information
"anonymously" using "cookies."
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique
identification number that is transferred from a Web
site to the hard drive of your computer so that the
Web site may identify you and track your activities
on the Web site. This unique number identifies your
browser-- but not you -- to ShowYourPic.Com
computers whenever you visit the Service. A cookie
will not let a 3rd-party Web site know any personally
identifiable information about you, such as your
real name and address. ShowYourPic.Com does
not collect personally identifiable information about
any one person using cookies. Because cookies are
only text files, they cannot run on your computer,
search your computer for other information, or transmit
any information to anyone. ShowYourPic.Com
generally uses cookies to make the site easier to
use and to prevent ballot stuffing and other irregular
patterns of voting on posted pictures. ShowYourPic.Com
works with one or more third parties that serves ads
to this Web site. In order to target advertising to
you, these third parties may collect and store anonymous
data through the use of cookies.
The use
of cookies is now an industry standard, and you will
find them used on most major Web sites. Most browsers
are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer,
you can reset your browser either to notify you when
you have received a cookie, or to refuse to accept
cookies. You should understand that while ShowYourPic.Com
does not require you to use cookies, many areas of
the Service will not function properly if you set
your browser to not accept cookies.
3. What
organization is collecting the information?
Information provided by you during your registration
for and use of the Service is collected and maintained
solely by ShowYourPic.Com.
ShowYourPic.Com
may run promotions and sweepstakes on the Service.
These promotions may be sponsored or co-sponsored
by third-parties. Data collected during a promotion
is typically shared with the sponsor or co-sponsor.
ShowYourPic.Com will inform you at the point
of collection whether or not we are sharing your personal
data as a result of your participation in a promotion
or sweepstakes. If you do not want to have ShowYourPic.Com
share your data, you can choose not to participate
in the promotion or sweepstakes.
Be aware
that ShowYourPic.Com sponsors and other advertisers
have links on the Service that take you to other sites
that may collect personally identifiable information
about you. ShowYourPic.Com hopes that all third
parties involved adhere to our policies regarding
the privacy of our users. However, this ShowYourPic.Com
Privacy Policy does not cover third party data collection
practices, and ShowYourPic.Com does not assume
any responsibility for any actions of third parties.
4. How
does ShowYourPic.Com use the information it
collects?
ShowYourPic.Com uses the username and password
you provide at registration only to provide and maintain
the Service and your access to the Service. Your email
address is used to verify your account and to communicate
with you regarding the Service and your use of the
Service. ShowYourPic.Com collects and displays
on the Service all of the acceptable information you
provide in completing the questionnaire, including
the zip code you provide and any URLs of photos or
images you post.
ShowYourPic.Com
uses the aggregate user data collected to inform our
sponsors as to numbers of people who have certain
demographic characteristics and the number of those
people who have seen and "clicked" on their
advertisement(s). We will also disclose to those third-party
sponsors the overall demographics available regarding
who saw and "clicked" on their advertisement.
No personally identifiable information will be disclosed
to these advertisers as part of this process; only
information in an aggregate form. In addition, ShowYourPic.Com
uses the aggregate data to perform statistical analyses
of the collective characteristics and behavior of
our registered users and visitors and to measure user
demographics.
ShowYourPic.Com
may, from time to time, use your information to contact
you about changes or enhancements to the Service,
and other products and services available on the ShowYourPic.Com
Network.
If during
the registration process you told ShowYourPic.Com
that you were interested in receiving offers or information
from selected ShowYourPic.Com sponsors and advertisers
or about certain topics of interest, ShowYourPic.Com
may provide your email address to third parties that
can provide you with such requested information.
ShowYourPic.Com
uses your IP address only in the event of a violation
of the Service
Terms of Service
If you
enter a sweepstakes or a contest on ShowYourPic.Com,
we will use the information you provided to contact
you in the event you win.
In addition,
ShowYourPic.Com may be required by law enforcement
or judicial authorities to provide information on
individual users to the appropriate governmental authorities,
and ShowYourPic.Com may reveal information
on individual users in order to protect such users
personal safety or the personal safety of others.
5. What
kinds of security procedures are in place to protect
against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?
ShowYourPic.Com has security measures in place
to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and
alteration of your user data under our control. Only
authorized employees have access to the information
your username, password and other information, and
ShowYourPic.Com has strict rules on its employees
who have access either to the databases that store
user information or to the servers that host our services.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration
to data will not occur, we make every effort to prevent
such unfortunate occurrences.
You are
ultimately responsible for the security of your ShowYourPic.Com
username and password. Please take care when using
and storing them. ShowYourPic.Com recommends
that you do not divulge your password to anyone. You
should log out of your browser at the end of each
computer session to ensure that others cannot access
your personal information and correspondence, especially
if you share a computer with someone else or are using
a computer in a public place like a library or Internet
cafe.
6. What you can do to better protect yourself
on the Internet
* Know the risks.
When you communicate with others online, you should
be aware that, when disclosing personal information
such as one's actual name, member name, e-mail address,
etc., on a Web page, in a newsgroup, chat room or
forum, that information may be collected and used
by others to send you unsolicited e-mail from other
parties, outside ShowYourPic.Com. Some of the
e-mail you receive may be useful to you, but some
may not.
* Educate
yourself.
Search the Web for as much information as you can
about how to protect your privacy. Look for a privacy
statement in the sites you visit. A good place to
start is TRUSTe -- an independent, non-profit privacy
initiative dedicated to building users' trust and
confidence in the Internet. Please visit the Federal
Trade Commission's Web site and read information on
being a Savvy Internet Traveler and other privacy
initiatives. Additional privacy resources can be found
at by clicking on any of the following links:
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