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Last Updated: February 8, 2007
Your privacy is our top concern. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:
This is a non-anonymous, closed, trusted community.
Any sensitive information that you provide will be secured with industry standard protocols and technology.
Please read this privacy policy to learn more about:
What personally identifiable information of yours is collected.
How the information is used.
With whom the information may be shared.
How you can access and change your Account information.
What security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected.
How to contact us.
In order to become a MEMBER of the SERVICE, you must first create an account on this web site. To create an account you are required to provide the following contact information: first and last name, email address, birthday, gender, address and choose a password. Your account information will then be submitted to the OPERATOR for review. To access the SERVICE, the OPERATOR must approve you.
Once a MEMBER, you may provide additional information in the Profile section describing such things as your marital status, favorite player, teams you hate, favorite vacation spots, and other information specific to the OPERATOR's version of the SERVICE. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is entirely optional, but will enable you to better identify yourself and find new opportunities using the SERVICE.
The SERVICE provides a unique type of privacy setting allowing a MEMBER to determine what information other MEMBERS can see in his/her profile. MEMBERS can choose to show certain fields or groupings of fields to nobody or only to friends or to the entire community. Accordingly, only MEMBERS given permission may view the information in your profile. The OPERATOR may update MEMBER profile information changes from the MEMBER for their records.
Like most web sites, the SERVICE uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file that resides on your computer allowing the SERVICE to recognize you as a member when you return to our site using the same computer and web browser. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use our website. Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on the web site.
One type of cookie, called a “session” cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the SERVICE. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Affinity Circles does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information through the SERVICE or on this web site from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of the SERVICE or this web site is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the SERVICE or this web site at any time or in any manner.
The SERVICE and this web site are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed to users in the United States. If you are accessing the SERVICE or this web site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the SERVICE or this web site, which is governed by U.S. law, this privacy policy, and our Terms of Service, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
SERVICE PROVIDER will communicate with you through email and notices posted on this website. These include a series of up to five welcome emails, approved by the OPERATOR, to help inform new users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive certain emails from SERVICE PROVIDER related to the proper functioning of your account, such as email notices when another member in your network sends you a connection notification. SERVICE PROVIDER may send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving such information.
Information you provide at registration or in your Profile section is also used to customize your experience on the web site. For example, when you login to your account we will display birthday reminder notices for friends in your network.
SERVICE PROVIDER takes the privacy of our MEMBERS very
seriously. We will never sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally
identifiable information to any other third parties for marketing purposes. We will
only share your information with other third parties to carry out your instructions
and to provide specific services, or as otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy or in the Affinity Circles Terms of Use available at http://iamatrailblazersfan.com. As examples, we may use a credit card processing
company to bill MEMBERS for select services, and we may share MEMBERS' Profile and
other information with OPERATOR during or following our provision of the SERVICE.
Many emails you initiate through the SERVICE, an invitation sent to a non-member for instance, will list your email address and name in the header of the message. Emails you initiate may also provide aggregate information about your network (for instance how many people are in your network).
It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law or government action. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
RE: Privacy Policy
Affinity Circles, Inc.
701 N. Shoreline Blvd
Floor 1
Mountain View, CA 94043
