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Privacy Policy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. CHILDREN BETWEEN AGES 13 AND 18
5. USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED BY FIREDUPNETWORK
6. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
9. CHANGING OR REMOVING INFORMATION
11. TERMS OF USE, NOTICES AND REVISIONS
FiredUpNetwork's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using FiredUpNetwork, located at www..com and its directly associated domains (collectively, "" or "Website"). By using or accessing , you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
When you register with , you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, schools attended and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter , we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to . You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use , you may set up your personal profile, form relationships, send messages, perform searches and queries, form groups, set up events, add applications, and transmit information through various channels. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent or easily see your network. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.
You post User Content (as defined in the Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on is a violation of the Terms of Service and should be reported through the form on our privacy help page.
may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the service through the operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.
By using , you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the
does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on . If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us through the form on our privacy help page.
4. CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES 13 AND 18
We recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet. assumes no liability for any disclosures or information transmitted, regardless of the age of the disclosing or receiving user.
5. USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED BY
When you register with , you create your own profile. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people to enable you to connect with people on . We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by that we think you may find valuable.
Profile information is used by primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by your privacy settings. In some cases other users may be able to supplement your profile.
Profile information you submit to will be available to users of who belong to your network or your extended network. Your name, network names, and profile picture thumbnail will be available in search results across the network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third party search engines. People who see your name in searches, however, will not be able to access your profile information unless they have a relationship to you (member of your network).
may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service.
reserves the right to send you notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.
may use information in your profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We do this for purposes such as aggregating how many people in a network like a band or movie and personalizing advertisements and promotions. We believe this benefits you. You can know more about the world around you and, where there are advertisements, they are more likely to be interesting to you. For example, if you put a favorite movie in your profile, we might serve you an advertisement highlighting a screening of a similar one in your town. But we do not tell the movie company who you are.
We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and Internet sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, Platform developers and other users of , to supplement your profile. Where such information is used, we generally allow you to specify in your privacy settings that you do not want this to be done or to take other actions that limit the connection of this information to your profile (e.g., removing photo tag links).
6. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
is about sharing information with others while providing you with privacy settings that restrict other users from accessing your information. Our network architecture only allows users that are in your direct network to access to your information. We do not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission. We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you. For example:
When you use , certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos, or other information, may be shared with other users in accordance with the privacy settings you select. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photos, videos, or other items this information may become publicly available.
may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by .
Advertisements that appear on are sometimes delivered (or "served") directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on unless you choose to share it with them.
This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.
9. CHANGING OR REMOVING INFORMATION
Access and control over most personal information on is readily available through the profile editing tools. users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to members of .
Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals on , however, (e.g., sending a personal message to another user) you generally cannot remove such communications.
takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information.
11. TERMS OF USE, NOTICES AND REVISIONS
Your use of , and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.