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Effective November 01, 2007:
About UnionPals.com
UnionPals.com is an online service that allows our
members to set up unique personal profiles that can be
linked together through networks of friends. UnionPals
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. UnionPals
members can change their profile information at any time
and can control how other members and the service
communicates with them.
UnionPals.com cares deeply about online privacy If you
have any questions concerning this privacy policy,
please email us at
privacy@UnionPals.com.
Information Collection and Use by UnionPals.com
UnionPals.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
UnionPals.com service. UnionPals.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.
UnionPals.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 user names are displayed to people in order to
facilitate user interaction in the UnionPals.com social
networking community. Email addresses are used for the
purposes of inviting new friends to join UnionPals, 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 UnionPals.com with each
other through the UnionPals.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, UnionPals.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, UnionPals.com or a partner, may
sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on
UnionPals.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
UnionPals members can invite friends to join the service
by sending invitation emails via our automated
invitation system. UnionPals.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 UnionPals.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
UnionPals.com may contact UnionPals.com to request the
removal of their information from our database.
UnionPals members may also store email addresses of
people they know in their internal UnionPals address
book and may also choose to send invitations and other
communications to those addresses.
You may prevent UnionPals.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
privacy@UnionPals.com Please note that the email
must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
UnionPals.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 UnionPals.com in order to use most
functions on the site Please note that UnionPals 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 UnionPals Privacy
Policy.
Links
UnionPals.com contains links to sites. UnionPals.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
UnionPals.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards,
Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post
public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards,
Classifieds 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
UnionPals.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
UnionPals.com newsletters may choose not to by selecting
'Do not send me UnionPals newsletters' in the user
profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and
UnionPals.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 UnionPals.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 UnionPals.com and does not cover the
use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
UnionPals.com member accounts are secured by
member-created passwords UnionPals.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 UnionPals.com, please contact us a
privacy@UnionPals.com
Sharing and Disclosure of Information UnionPals.com
Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement,
UnionPals 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 UnionPals.com, whether or not a
response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce
the UnionPals.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. UnionPals 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 UnionPals 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@UnionPals.com
Copyrights
All UnionPals.com site contents copyrights are reserved by
UnionPals.com and content copying and duplication are strongly prohibited.
Acceptance of agreements
By reading this you agree to our Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to our terms and conditions you may not use this site.
We may update our Privacy Statement from time to time so please visit this page regularly.
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