Last updated and effective as of 1st June, 2014
This website (http://socialink.me) is operated by Social Ink, L.L.C. (collectively, "we," "us" or "our").This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how we collect, use, and protect information that we learn about you as a result of your interaction with us through the website on which this Policy is posted, including the website that you may access using your mobile electronic device (collectively, "Sites") and the services provided through the Sites ("Services").By accessing any part of the Sites or using the Services, you agree to the practices described in this Policy and consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as set out in this Policy.This Policy is part of the “Terms of Use”governing your use of the Sites and the Services; please read the “Terms of Use” .If you do not wish to provide your consent and/or do not agree with any part of this Policy and/or the Terms of Use, please do not use the Sites or the Services.
This Policy is effective as of the date set out above. We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time, and such revisions will become effective upon the earlier of (a) posting of the revisions to the Sites, or (b) distribution by electronic mail.Your continued use of any of the Sites or the Services after the effective date of the revisions means that you accept and agree to any such revisions.This Policy applies solely to our on-line information gathering and disclosure practices in connection with the Sites, and does not “apply to”any of our practices conducted off-line.
This Policy is applicable only on the Sites. This Policy does not cover the information privacy practices of third-party websites that are linked to any of the Sites or that you may otherwise be able to access from any of the Sites; such third-party websites include, without limitation, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and iTunes.We do not control, and are not responsible for, any such third-party websites' collection and use of your information.You should refer to the privacy policy disclosures on these websites to obtain information regarding their information collection and use practices.
Please also be mindful that when you communicate with other users by participating in message boards, forums, and/or chat areas, the information that you post is made available publicly.You engage in such activities at our own risk; please read the Terms of Use for additional conditions on your use of the Sites.
The Sites are not for children under 13 years of age.However, there are some areas of the Sites that may be attractive to children under 13.We do not condition participation by a child of any age in any activity available on or through the Sites on the disclosure of more personally-identifiable information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity.We do not knowingly collect personally-identifiable information from users of the Sites who are under 13 years of age.No personally-identifiable information should be submitted to, or posted on, the Sites by visitors under 13 years of age.
If we receive an e-mail message from a child who discloses, or is otherwise known to us, to be under 13 years of age, we may, without the consent of the child's parent or guardian:
Any parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age who may have provided personally-identifiable information to us may request a description of the personally-identifiable information that has been collected from or about that child and either limit or restrict any further maintenance or use of such information from that child and/or direct us to delete it.A parent may also decline to allow any future collection of personally-identifiable information from that child. Such requests can be made by contacting us at privacy@socialink.me .We will take reasonable measures to verify that the requesting party is, in fact, the parent or guardian of the child in question before providing a child's personally-identifiable information to such person.
We will not knowingly use or disclose any personally-identifiable information of a child under 13 years of age for any purpose except as described above.
By accessing or using the Sites, you may provide to us two types of information: (1) "personally-identifiable information" that you voluntarily choose to disclose to us, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit card, debit card, or other payment information; and (2) "non-personally-identifiable information" which we collect through the use of the technologies called "cookies," "web beacons", and/or "web logs."We use the information we collect to monitor and analyze how users use the Sites and the Services, to provide customer service and to maintain and improve the Services.We may also collect technical information to help us identify your mobile device.
You may be asked to submit personally-identifiable information to access or use certain aspects of the Services offered on the Sites - for example, when you create an account, subscribe to our mailing list, purchase a product, contact us, receive customer or technical support, or participate in chat rooms, forums, polls, surveys, questionnaires, contests, sweepstakes or other promotions.If you choose not to submit the requested personally-identifiable information, you will not be able to access or use some or all of these Services. We may also collect other types of information about you, such as your gender, hobbies and interests, and this information may be associated with your personally-identifiable information.
We use "cookies" to collect information, on an aggregate basis, about how the Sites are used.This information may include the date and time of visits to the Sites and time spent on the Sites.The use of "cookies" allows us to personalize your use of the Sites and to provide greater convenience each time that you visit.You may choose to disable cookies on your computer, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer (please consult instructions for your web browser).However, if you disable or block cookies, it is possible that some parts of the Services will not be accessible to you.
We use "web beacons" and "web logs" to allow our servers to automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Sites.This information includes the time and date, your Internet Protocol address, your geographic location (your zip code, your area code ,and/or your time zone), your browser type and version, the Sites and/or the Services that you use, and when and how long you use them.We use this information to monitor and analyze how users use the Sites and the Services, to provide customer service and to maintain and improve the Services.
The personally-identifiable information that you provide to us is stored on servers that are located in secured facilities with restricted access and protected by protocols and procedures designed to ensure reasonable security of such information.In addition, we restrict access to the personally-identifiable information to those of our employees, independent contractors, and agents who need to know this information in order to develop, operate, and maintain the Sites and the Services.However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and, for this reason, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us.You can help protect your personally-identifiable information by using a combination of letters and numbers in your password, changing your password often, using a secure web browser, and signing off and closing your web browser when you are finished with the use of the Sites.
We may use your personally-identifiable information and your non-personally-identifiable information to provide analyses of the users of the Sites and the Services, in the aggregate, to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties.
We may disclose your personally-identifiable information with our employees, agents, contractors and sub-contractors, and our related and affiliated entities, including, but not limited to:(provide list of same), and their respective employees, agents, contractors, and sub-contractors, for the limited purpose of enabling them to communicate with you directly about upcoming events and promotions.
We will share your personally-identifiable information with other parties under the following circumstances:
We will not share your information with third parties for the purposes of their direct marketing unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosure.
You may access, update or delete your personally-identifiable information, and/or modify your account preferences for the Services, by accessing the "My Account" area of the Services or by contacting us at privacy@socialink.me .Please note that when you delete your account, we may retain your account information for a reasonable period of time for the purpose of internal account management and fraud prevention, and may retain a copy of your personally-identifiable information indefinitely in our and/or our service providers' records.If you no longer wish to receive our announcements by e-mail, you may unsubscribe from receiving them at any time by choosing the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of our e-mails, or by writing to us at privacy@socialink.me .If you e-mail us to change your contact preferences, we will implement your requested changes within a reasonable period of time.Please note that your requested changes will not be effective until we implement such changes.Please also note that you cannot unsubscribe from certain correspondence from us, such as messages relating to your account transactions.
You may be able to adjust your browser's settings to turn on a "do not track" feature.Although our policy may change in the future, we do currently not support "do not track" and will not honor your web browser's "do not track" signal.
We do not participate in tracking networks and do not intentionally or knowingly allow other parties to collect personally-identifiable information about your on-line activities over time and across different websites when you visit the Sites or use any of the Services.
We comply with the United States privacy laws and regulations.We do not represent that the Sites are governed by, or operated in accordance with, the laws of other nations, or that the Sites or any portion of the Sites are appropriate or available for use in any particular location.If you choose to access the Sites, you do so at your own risk, and you are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations.By using the Sites, visitors to the Sites from outside the United States acknowledge and agree that the Sites are subject to United States laws and regulations, and waive any claims against us that may arise under their own national laws.
If you have any questions about either this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by e-mail at privacy@socialink.me , or by mail at:
Social Ink, L.L.C.
249 Forest Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA92651