LineBuzz.com Privacy Notice
Last updated on April 28, 2007
LineBuzz, a Geojoey Inc. service (the “Company”) understands your privacy is important. As described in this Privacy Policy, the Company website and services (“Website”) have been designed to protect information about you from unauthorized disclosure to others. This Privacy Policy explains how the Company collects, uses and, in certain circumstances, shares your personal identifying information when you use the Website.
By using the Website, you explicitly consent to the collection and use of your personal information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Please note that any video, image, or other content posted onto the Website becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice.
1. Personal Information
When you join the Website, you provide certain personally identifiable information such as your email address. You also have the option to provide further personally identifiable information as part of your personal profile, such as links to a blog. Other ways you may provide personal information may include choosing to participate in posting comments or messages, creating blog entries, entering contests or sweepstakes, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
When you post a comment or message, your user name created when you joined the Website will be visible to other users. The Website does not display the email address you provided to other users. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public such as in messages or comments, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties.
2. Automatic Information
When you visit the Website, the Website systems may automatically collect statistics about your visit. This information does not identify you personally, but rather identifies information about a visit to the Website. The Company may monitor statistics such as how many people visit the Website, the user's IP address, pages visited, entry and exit points, from which domains visitors come and browser types. This data is used to manage the Website, track usage and improve the Website. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses may be recorded for security and monitoring purposes.
3. Cookies
A “cookie” is a piece of data the Website transfers to your computer that identifies you as a unique user. Cookies enable the Website to recognize your browser and to provide features such as personalization. The Website uses cookies to improve the quality of the service and make the service easier to use for users. In order to provide you a seamless experience during a particular login session, the Website stores information about that session in cookies.
You can edit your browser options to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies or to notify you when you receive a new cookie. If you do not accept cookies, however, some features of the Website may not function properly.
4. Sharing Information
Some of your profile information is visible to other users as well as your user name. Your user name will be identified to the Website and to any recipient of messages and comments you send through the Website. The Website uses your email address and other information on the Website systems to notify you of new product releases, service notifications, content that may be of interest, and solicit your feedback and input. You may opt-out of these emails except for critical email updates.
The Website may use third parties to offer services that would enhance the Website. Except as described in this privacy policy, you will be notified when your personal information may be shared with third parties and be able to opt-out of sharing your information.
You understand and agree that the Company may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information and the contents of your account if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to avoid liability, to comply with legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order, or to protect the Company rights and property, or that of the Company affiliates or the public.
In the event that the Website is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, the Company reserves the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information collected from the Website users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, the Company may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
5. Third-Party Companies
The Company may allow other companies to serve advertisements within the Website. These third-party companies use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear within the Website. They may automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies such as cookies or JavaScript to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see.
The Website does not provide any personally identifiable information to these advertising companies without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in and/or opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser asks the Website to show an advertisement to a certain audience, for example, travelers based on California, and you respond to that advertisement, the company may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding your use of the Website; such as the number of times you viewed an ad but not any personally identifiable information, to determine which ads to deliver to you.
The Website’s privacy policy does not apply to, and the Company cannot control the activities of, such advertisers or web sites.
The Website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that the Company is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. The Company encourages the Website users to be aware when they leave the Website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information to learn more about their information practices.
Information collected through the Website may be stored and processed in any country in which the Company maintains facilities. Consequently, the Company has the right to transfer information outside of your country. Therefore, you acknowledge and consent to the sharing of your personal information with the Company and Company-related entities worldwide.
6. Your Options
You can always decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Website, in which case the Website may not be able to provide certain services to you.
You may update or correct your personal profile information at any time by visiting your account profile page.
You can terminate your account at any time, which will remove your profile and other personal information. Contact support@linebuzz.com to terminate your account.
As with any Internet service, you should use care when disclosing your personal information to strangers. Be advised that if you send messages or post material containing personal information, that information may be collected and used by others.
7. Security
The Website uses industry standard security measures to protect your information so that it is not made available to unauthorized parties. The Company cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to the Website and you do so at your own risk.
Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of your personal information at any time so please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of the Website’s physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
The Company may use outside companies to display ads on the Website and these ads may contain cookies collected by the ad companies. The Company does not have access to this information. Also, data transmission over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be totally secure. Therefore, although the Company takes measures, such as those described in this Privacy Policy, to protect your personal information, the Company cannot warrant the security of information that you provide. Accordingly, you agree that you are providing such information at your own risk.
To further protect your privacy and security, the Company takes reasonable steps such as requesting a unique password to verify your identity before granting you profile access. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
8. Children
The Website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 and the Company does not knowingly collect information from persons under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Website. If the Company becomes aware a child under 13 has provided the Website with information, the Company will delete such information from the Website files.
9. International Users
The Website systems are hosted in the United States. If you are a user accessing the Website 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 Website, which is governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and these Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
10. Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the Last Updated date at the top of this Privacy Notice. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
Acceptance of Terms
By using this site you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any term or condition in this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact support@linebuzz.com