January 1, 2011
FLINKEY is a support and social networking service that
allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that can be linked
together through networks of friends. FLINKEY 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.
FLINKEY members can change their profile information at any time and can
control how other members and the service communicates with them.
FLINKEY cares deeply about online
privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email
us at privacy@flinkey.com.
Information Collection and Use by
FLINKEY
FLINKEY collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and
age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to
the FLINKEY service. FLINKEY 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.
FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY social networking community. Email
addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join FLINKEY, 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 FLINKEY with each other through the FLINKEY service, without
disclosing their email addresses. To facilitate searching and finding friends and
acquaintances on the service, FLINKEY allows users to search for other members
using various member profile information. .
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, FLINKEY or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on
FLINKEY. 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
FLINKEY members can invite friends
to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation
system. FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY may contact FLINKEY
to request the removal of their information from our database.
FLINKEY members may also store email
addresses of people they know in their internal FLINKEY address book and may
also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You may prevent FLINKEY email
invitations and other messages from being sent to any email address you control
by using the “block” feature or by sending a single email with the
subject "BLOCK" to privacy@flinkey.com. Please note that the email must come
from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY in order to use most functions on the site. Please
note that FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY Privacy Policy.
Links
FLINKEY contains links to sites. FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Jobs and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to
Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Jobs 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
FLINKEY 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 modifying their profile Notification Settings. Users who do not wish to receive FLINKEY
newsletters may choose not to by either sending an email with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or body of message to privacy@flinkey.com
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may
be delivered to users by FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY and does not cover the use of
cookies by any advertisers.
Security
FLINKEY member accounts are secured
by member-created passwords FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY, please contact us at privacy@flinkey.com
Sharing and Disclosure of
Information FLINKEY Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY, whether
or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the FLINKEY
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. FLINKEY 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 FLINKEY 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@flinkey.com