privacy policy

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Introduction/About Social Project, Inc. and the Community Sites
Member Profile/Public Postings
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Note to Parents About Children
Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information
Cookies
Web Beacons and Similar Technologies
Third Party Advertisers, Content Providers, and Service Providers
Our Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Links
Security
Review or Update Your Personal Information
Phishing
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Questions
Consent to Transfer
 
INTRODUCTION/ABOUT SOCIAL PROJECT, INC. AND THE COMMUNITY SITES

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:

  • We collect information (including Personal Information as defined below in the section titled Collection and Use of Personal Information) at the SP Site and at those portions of other Community Sites powered by the SP Platform;
  • When you sign up to become a Member of a Community Site that is powered by us, you register both with that Community Site and with SP, and your e-mail address and password automatically give you access to both. Please note that our use of your information is governed by this privacy policy and the other Community Sites’ use of your information is governed by their own privacy statements or policies. Because SP and the Community Site(s) at which you register or join receive your registration information, anytime you update your registration information or provide more information for your Member profile, the updated or additional information is received by SP and the Community Site(s) at which you register. Other information relating to your use of the Community Site(s), such as information relating to postings you make or communities you join, also may be shared with the Community Site(s) at which you have chosen to register.
  • Registration allows SP and each Community Site with which you join to provide you access to Member features of the Community Sites. Registration joins you to SP and the first Community Site where you sign up; but after that, SP makes joining other communities easy. When you are logged in, SP will recognize you as a Member at any Community Site that you visit and, as a Member, you can automatically join that other Community Site by simply clicking the join button. (But some communities may choose to limit membership by minimum age, geography, or other requirements.)
  • If you are logged in on one Community Site and travel to another Community Site, SP can recognize you so you do not need to login again. However, we recommend that you remember to log off of a Community Site if you leave your computer and another person can use or access your computer.
  • If you are already a SP Member (either by registering at the SP Site or another Community Site), once you agree to join another Community Site, that Community Site will have access to the registration information you previously provided and that Community Site may ask you for additional information.

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.

 
MEMBER PROFILE/PUBLIC POSTINGS

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:

  • Members can choose to completely hide from public view certain of their Member profile page default information by removing the "About Me" or other modules.

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.

  • Members can choose to allow messages posted to their pages to be posted automatically or to require the Member’s approval before posting.
  • Members can delete comments posted to a Member’s page. Please note that we reserve the right to remove any comments or other posts (originating from the Member or otherwise) in our sole discretion.
  • Members can designate when a post made by the Member should be displayed publicly or privately (for example, only to a Member’s friends).

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.

 
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

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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