Effective JULY 30, 2007:
About SIYD.com
SIYD.com is an online service that
allows our members to set up
unique personal profiles that can be linked together
through networks of friends via web cams. SIYD 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. SIYD members can change their profile information at any time and can
control how other members and the service communicates with them.
SIYD.com cares deeply about online
privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us
at privary@siyd.com
Information Collection and Use by SIYD.com
SIYD.com collects user submitted
information such as name, email address, and
age to authenticate users and to send
notifications to those users relating to the SIYD.com service. SIYD.com 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.
SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com social networking community. Email addresses are
used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join SIYD, 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 SIYD.com with each other through the SIYD.com
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, SIYD.com 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.
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, SIYD.com or a
partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on SIYD.com. 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
SIYD members can invite friends
to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system.
SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com may
contact SIYD.com to request the removal of their information from our database.
SIYD members may also store email
addresses of people they know in their internal SIYD address book and may also choose
to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You may prevent SIYD.com email invitations
and other messages from being sent to any email address you control by sending a
single email with the subject "BLOCK" To privacy@siyd.com Please note that the email
must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com in order
to use most functions on the site Please note that SIYD 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 SIYD Privacy Policy.
Links
SIYD.com contains links to sites.
SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds
and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you
voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds
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
SIYD.com 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 selecting 'Do not send me notification
emails' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive
SIYD.com newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me SIYD newsletters'
in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and SIYD.com newsletters
also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the
future.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may
be delivered to users by SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com
and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
SIYD.com member accounts are secured
by member-created passwords SIYD.com 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 SIYD.com,
please contact us a privacy@siyd.com
Sharing and Disclosure of Information SIYD.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in
this privacy statement, SIYD 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 SIYD.com,
whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the SIYD.com
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. SIYD 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 SIYD 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 privacy@siyd.com