Social Project, Inc. ("SP," "we," "us," or "our") offers web sites, including at www.socialproject.com and www.flux.com (collectively, the "SP Site(s)"). Using our social-networking and social-media technologies and services (collectively referred to here as the "FLUX Platform" or "SP Platform"), we also power, host, and administer certain portions of web sites that are owned by third parties ("Third Party Sites"). The SP Site and Third Party Sites make up a community of social-networking web sites that we refer to as the "Community Sites" throughout this privacy policy. The Community Sites, with the help of the SP Platform, allow registered users ("Members") to create individual Member profiles that can be personalized and displayed to other Members and visitors of the Community Sites and allows Members to display their own mixed-media content, comment on other Members' content and comments, and share information and establish a network of friends – all within a Community Site, or across multiple Community Sites.
To make the Community Sites possible:
This privacy policy governs only the information collected by us at the SP Site or collected by us via those portions of the other Community Sites that are powered by the SP Platform, unless otherwise specifically stated.
As part of the social-networking aspect of the Community Sites, some Personal Information of Members and postings may be automatically displayed to the public on Community Sites as part of a Member’s profile page. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information that you disclose publicly or allow to be part of your Member profile page. A Member’s profile page is, by default, set up to display information such as the Member’s display name within a Community Site, unique user name within a Community Site, thumbnail image, age, gender, location (city/state/country), friends, communities that the Member has joined, recent activity Feed (an SP "Feed" is a dynamic, personalized, mixed-media playlist), and optional information added by the Member including, for example, the Member’s tagline, relationship status, occupation, interests, favorites (music, movies, etc.). SP may make it possible for Members to see a report on other Members that visited their profile page. Member profiles are public (unless made private) and postings to Community Sites are public, and therefore can be indexed by third-party search engines and appear in search results on third-party web sites.
We offer Members the ability to manage their public profile and limit how much of their Personal Information is automatically displayed as follows:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Regardless of which profile modules a Member removes from public view, the Member’s thumbnail, display name, general location, and gender may still appear publicly: (i) as a search result if another Member conducts a community search using matching criteria, such as location, gender, age criteria, etc.; and (ii) on Community Sites that display featured thumbnails, for example, pages showing most active Members, recent Members, most popular Members, etc.
In light of the ability for other people to view your Personal Information and postings, please exercise caution when disclosing information in your SP profile or elsewhere on the Community Sites. When you create a display name or user name for use in a Community Site that you join, we recommend not using your real name. In addition, do not use the real name of another person when selecting a display name or user name. You do not know who will access and use your Personal Information or for what purpose. We are in no way responsible for the accuracy, use, or misuse of any information that you disclose or receive through these venues. Please refer to our Terms of Use Agreement for restrictions with respect to public postings. Please note that we reserve the right (in our sole discretion) to set certain limitations on the availability of some or all of the features on the Community Sites.
When we use the term "Personal Information," we mean information such as your full name, street address, telephone number, blog or other personal website URL, date of birth, e-mail address, and any other information that would allow someone to identify you or contact you.
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