- Swapee! collects user submitted information such as name, email addresses, and age to authenticate users and also to send notifications to those users relating to the Swapee! Services. Swapee! 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.
- Swapee! also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site. Such data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve Swapee! website services. This 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 Swapee! social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join Swapee!, 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 Swapee! with each other through the Swapee! 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, Swapee! 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.
- From time to time, Swapee! or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on Swapee!. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate.
- Swapee! members may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal Swapee! address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
- Swapee! 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.
- Swapee! contains links to sites. Swapee! is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of 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 Swapee!.
- Swapee! users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and editing the information.
- Advertisements appearing on Swapee! sites may be delivered to users by Swapee! 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 Swapee! and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
- Swapee! member accounts are secured by member-created passwords Swapee! takes precautions to ensure that member account information is maintained in confidence. We employ 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
- Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Swapee! 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 Swapee!, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Swapee! 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.
- Swapee! 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 Swapee! or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
- From time to time, we may make changes to our privacy policy.
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