Privacy Policy for www.webcams.eighteen.tv
Effective Date: January 1st 2005
Last Updated: July 28th 2010
I. General
A. The operative parties referred to in
this policy are Webcams.Eighteen.TV (hereinafter referred to as “COMPANY”),
and you, the user of this site.
1. COMPANY, is the
publisher and operator of the web sites www.webcams.eighteen.tv (hereinafter the
“Webistes”). When first-person pronouns
are used in this Policy, (us, we, our, ours, etc.) these provisions are
referring to Webcams.Eighteen.TV d/b/a www.webcams.eighteen.tv. Additionally, when the terms “the Websites”
or “Websites” are used, these terms refer to www.webcams.eighteen.tv.
2. You, the User – As the user of these Websites, this policy will
refer to the user as “you” or through any second-person pronouns, such as
“yours,” etc. Hereinafter, the user of
the Websites shall be referred to in applicable second-person pronouns.
B. This Privacy Policy
describes how we use information received about you when you visit our Websites
or when you subscribe to, or otherwise use our online services. This Policy does not cover any information
that we may receive from or about you through channels other than through the
use of the Websites.
II. Revisions to this Policy
We reserve the
right to revise, amend, or modify this policy and our other policies and
agreements at any time and in any manner. You should periodically check for any
modifications of this Policy by re-visiting this web page and using the
“refresh” button on your browser. You
should note the date of last revision to this Policy, which appears at the top
of this Policy. If the “last modified”
date remains unchanged after you have clicked the “refresh” button on your
browser, you may presume that no changes have been made since the last reading
of the policy. A changed “last modified”
dates indicates that this Policy has been updated or edited, and the updated or
edited version supersedes any prior versions immediately upon posting.
III. Personal information that we collect
Visitors to our
site and services will have multiple manners of interactivity with us. Depending upon your level of interaction, we
will collect different information about you.
The type of information collected is as follows:
A. Members - Members are those users
who subscribe to our services will be prompted to provide their name, their
address, their phone number, their e-mail address, their credit card number,
and any other necessary billing information.
B. Posters - Posters
are visitors to our Website who choose to register to post information in our
public forums. Minimal information is
sought from Posters, and no actual personally identifying information must be
submitted in order to become a Poster.
Nevertheless, any information entered voluntarily by the Poster should
be considered to be considered public information or information that is
publicly available. If you do not wish
for information to be made public, you should not enter it into your user
profile when registering as a Poster.
D. Browsers - Browsers
are visitors to the site who never enter into any active data collection
pages. Any information gathered from
Browsers is also gathered from Posters and Members. This information is restricted to cookies, IP
Addresses and Referral URLs, and other passive information gathering devises
(explained below).
IV. How we collect information from you
A. Passive
Collection – We use cookies to collect information about you in order to enhance your experience on the
site. The information collected in our cookies includes, but is not limited to,
your user IP address, in order to determine
the User’s geographic location as a means of fraud prevention.
B. Active Collection – we collect information from you when you
complete registration forms to sign up for your membership on our Website. Locations for such collection are
registration pages, such as http://www.webcams.eighteen.tv/register.php but
we reserve the right to add additional information collection portals.
V. How we use your information
The primary use
for your information is to provide you with services you have requested and/or
paid for. We also use your information
to deliver customized services to you.
Non-personal and aggregate information, such as that collected passively
is used in order to customize our marketing efforts or to customize the use of
our site for an aggregate group of customers.
We additionally will use the personal information of users whose membership
has expired or have been cancelled in order to market our services to these
individuals in the future.
We generally
will use your information for the purposes for which you specifically provide
it, for example, to ensure payment for subscription services. We also use your information for market
research purposes – in order to increase your (and other users’) experience
according to tracked interests, to analyze and target potential new markets,
and for other marketing purposes.
VI. Personal Information
No personal information will be shared with
any third parties without the customer's permission.
VII. Special
Cases.
It is our policy
not to use or share the personal information about Visitors or Members in ways
unrelated to those described in this Policy without also providing you an
opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. However, we may disclose personal information
about Visitors or Members, or information regarding your use of the Services or
Web sites accessible through our Services, for any reason if, in our sole
discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so, including:
1. To satisfy any laws,
such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, regulations, or
governmental, or legal requests for such information;
2. To disclose information
that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone
who may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or other user policies;
3. To operate our Services properly;
4. To protect ourselves,
our Members, and the general public. We
specifically reserve the right to disclose any and all information to law
enforcement in the event that a crime is committed, is suspected, or if we are
compelled to do so by lawful criminal, civil, or administrative process,
discovery requests, subpoenas, court orders, writs, or reasonable request of
authorities or persons with the reasonable power to obtain such process.
5. We will always cooperate
with law enforcement authorities, private-party litigants, and others seeking
information about our end users to the extent required by applicable law. Examples of such cooperation include lawful
criminal, civil, or administrative process, discovery requests, subpoenas,
court orders, writs, or reasonable request of authorities or persons with the
reasonable power to obtain such process.
VIII. Transmittals
from Us
We may send you
periodic announcements including the details of our existing and new
programs. You may opt out of these
announcements by contacting support@webcamclub.com
or by clicking the link at the bottom of these emails. If you opt out of these marketing emails, you
may still receive system notices and other information that is specifically
related to your account.
If you provide
your information to us, use the Website, or subscribe to any of our services,
you will have created a commercial relationship with us. In having done so, you understand that even
unsolicited commercial email sent from us or our affiliates is not SPAM as that
term is defined under the law.
IX. Public
Forums, Member Directories, and Internal Messaging:
A. Public Forums – at
the time of the instatement of this Policy, we offer public forums, which
provide services that allow members to post messages to the public and the
membership at large. In order to
participate in a public forum, we may require information from our users such
as a user name and password. Any
information posted to a Forum should immediately be considered to be public
information.
B. Member Directories
– Any information provided in a user profile, member directory, or other
related service should be considered to be public information. We do not, cannot, and will not act to
maintain the privacy of any information that you provide in any such forum or
medium.
C. Internal Messaging –
We provide an internal messaging system for use between members of our
Website. Any information that you send
via this internal messaging system is not secure, and is not considered to be
private information. You should use
caution when sending any personal information over the internal messaging
system, and you should not transmit any information that you would not wish to
see disclosed to the general public.
X. Our
Commitment to Data Security.
We take
measures, including data encryption, firewall, and the use of other in-house
technologies to protect the transmission of all sensitive end-user
information. We make every effort to
ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee that our
security measures will prevent third-party ‘hackers’ from illegally obtaining
this information. We take all reasonable
measures to prevent such breaches of security, but given the resourcefulness of
cyber-criminals we are unable to guarantee that our security is 100%
breach-proof. You assume the risk of
such breaches to the extent that they occur despite our reasonable security
measures.
XI. How
to Access or Modify Your Information.
We offer our
Members the opportunity to access or modify information provided during
registration. To access or modify such
information, contact our Customer Service Department at support@webcamclub.com.
XII. Where
to Direct Questions About Our Privacy Policy.
If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may
contact us at support@webcamclub.com.
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