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JabberPlanet.com- Privacy Policy
Feb. 12, 2007
About JabberPlanet.com
JabberPlanet.com is an
online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that
can be linked together through networks of friends. JabberPlanet members can
view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends
on the service, share photos, post journals and comments, 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. JabberPlanet members
can change their profile information at any time and can control how other
members and the service communicates with them. JabberPlanet.com cares
deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy
policy, please email us at privacy@JabberPlanet.com.
Information Collection
and Use by JabberPlanet.com
JabberPlanet.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 JabberPlanet.com service. JabberPlanet.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. JabberPlanet.com
also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile
information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to
the site This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the
website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared
with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members.
User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile information
including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to
facilitate user interaction in the JabberPlanet.com social networking community.
Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join JabberPlanet,
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
JabberPlanet.com with each other through the JabberPlanet.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, JabberPlanet.com allows users to search for other members using
first and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where users
may have attended or worked. We may also use a user's
email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service.
Users may choose not to receive email of this type by changing their
"notification" setting to "Do not send me notification
emails" in the user "Account Settings"
From time
to time, JabberPlanet.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or
contest on JabberPlanet.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
JabberPlanet members can invite friends to join the service by sending
invitation emails via our automated invitation system. JabberPlanet.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 JabberPlanet.com does not sell these email
addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations,
invitation reminders (up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of
invitations from JabberPlanet.com may contact JabberPlanet.com to request the
removal of their information from our database. JabberPlanet members may
also store email addresses of people they know in their internal JabberPlanet
address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications
to those addresses. You may
prevent JabberPlanet.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 Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
JabberPlanet.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 JabberPlanet.com in order
to use most functions on the site Please note that JabberPlanet 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 JabberPlanet Privacy Policy.
Links
JabberPlanet.com contains links to sites. JabberPlanet.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 JabberPlanet.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals
and WebLogs, Message Boards, and Public Forums
Please be aware that
whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message
Boards, 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
JabberPlanet.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit
Profile and Account Info.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not
to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user profile
'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive JabberPlanet.com
newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me JabberPlanet
newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails
and JabberPlanet.com newsletters also include the above instructions for
opting-out of those communications in the future.
Third Party
Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web
site may be delivered to users by JabberPlanet.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 JabberPlanet.com and
does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
JabberPlanet.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords JabberPlanet.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 JabberPlanet.com, please contact us. privacy@JabberPlanet.com
Sharing and Disclosure
of Information JabberPlanet.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, JabberPlanet 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 JabberPlanet.com,
whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the JabberPlanet.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. JabberPlanet 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 JabberPlanet or
substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more
information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
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 If, however,
we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner
materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.
Contacting the Web
Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at: privacy@JabberPlanet.com (10811 Hubbard Court, #1A, El Paso, TX 79935)
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