This privacy
statement covers the site WebMate.com.
About
WebMate.com
WebMate.com is an
online social net work site that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that
can be linked together through networks of friends. WebMate.com members can view
each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends on the
service, share photos, post blogs, and describe their interests. To enrich our
members' experience, we request and display some personal information to other
members and visitors, which allows our users to identify each other and expand
their network of friends. WebMate.com members can change their profile information
at any time and can control how other members and the service communicates with
them.
Information
Collection and Use by WebMate.com
WebMate.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and
age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to
the WebMate.com service. WebMate.com also collects other profile data including
but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation in
order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are
displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the WebMate.com
social net work community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting
new friends to join WebMate.com, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to
send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting
friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared
or displayed to people within a user's personal network Users within a personal
network communicate on WebMate.com with each other through the WebMate.com
service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never
directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends
and acquaintances on the service, WebMate.com allows users to search for other
members using email address and user name.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news
regarding the service.
From time to time, WebMate.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake
or contest on WebMate.com. Users may be asked to provide personal information
including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to
participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that
you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at
the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose
privacy statement will apply.
Invitations
and Other Communications to Non-members
WebMate.com members can invite friends and relative to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. WebMate.com stores the email
addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the
friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders
of the invitations WebMate.com does not sell these email addresses or use them
to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation reminders.
Recipients of invitations from WebMate.com may contact WebMate.com to request
the removal of their information from our database.
WebMate.com members
may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal WebMate.com
address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to
those addresses.
You may prevent WebMate.com
email invitations and other messages from being sent to any email address you
control by sending a single email with the subject "BLOCK" to support@WebMate.com
Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use
of Cookies
WebMate.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session
information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly
offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and
Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not
link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable
information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your
browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is
set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your
browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences -- however, you must
enable cookies from WebMate.com in order to use most functions on the site.
Please note that WebMate.com allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting
advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your
computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies,
not the WebMate.com Privacy Policy.
Site
links
WebMate.com contains links to sites. WebMate.com is not responsible for the
privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a
user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only
governs information collected on WebMate.com.
IM,
Forums, Blog and Bulletin Board
Please be aware that
whenever you voluntarily post public information to forum, blog or any other
Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in
turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating
or Removing Information
WebMate.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any
time by logging into their account.
Security
WebMate.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords WebMate.com
takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We
use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our
database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who
need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service
personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security
of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software
failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at
any time For any additional information about the security measures we use on WebMate.com,
please contact us at support@WebMate.com.
Sharing
and Disclosure of Information WebMate.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, WebMate.com will not
disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that
disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a
subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by WebMate.com, whether
or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the WebMate.com
Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of
members of the public and users of the service. WebMate.com reserves the right to
transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to
that information as a result of the sale of WebMate.com or substantially all of its
assets to that successor in interest
Advertising
Ads appearing on
this Web site may be delivered to users by WebMate.com or one of our Web
advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These
cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you
an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about
where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and
determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to
deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to
you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by MySpace.com and does
not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. If you have any questions
please contact us at advertise@WebMate.com
Changes
in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes,
we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so
users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and
when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when
she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted.
Contacting
the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this
site, please contact us at: support@WebMate.com
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