Privacy Policy
Effective July 1, 2008:
About HangStop.com
HangStop.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends. 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. HangStop members can change their profile information at any time and can control how other members and the service communicates with them.
HangStop.com cares deeply about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@hangstop.com.
Information Collection and Use by HangStop.com
HangStop.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 HangStop.com service. HangStop.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.
HangStop.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 nicknames are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the HangStop.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join HangStop, 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 HangStop.com with each other through the HangStop.com service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members except to friends or people who are in a member's friends list.
From time to time, HangStop.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on HangStop.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
HangStop members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. HangStop.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. HangStop.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 HangStop.com may contact HangStop.com to request the removal of their information from our database.
Use of Cookies
HangStop.com does not use cookies to store visitors' preferences so no information is saved on a user's computer.
Links
HangStop.com contains links to sites. HangStop.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 HangStop.com.
Hangout Postings
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to publicly accessible pages such as in a hangout posting 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
HangStop.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 About Me 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 HangStop.com newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me HangStop newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and HangStop.com newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Security
HangStop.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. HangStop.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 HangStop.com, please contact us a privacy@hangstop.com.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information HangStop.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, HangStop 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 HangStop.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the HangStop.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. HangStop 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 HangStop 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@hangstop.com.
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