Effective Date: June 1, 2007
Our Principles
At Spreadtrends.com we believe that privacy is critical to your ongoing patronage of our service, the success of the Spreadtrends.com community, and to the
overall vibrancy of the Internet. For these reasons, Spreadtrends.com adheres to the following privacy principles. These principles cover how Spreadtrends.com treats
personal information about you that Spreadtrends.com collects and receives, including information related o your use of Spreadtrends.com products and services. Personal
information is information about you that is personally identifiable, like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly
available. These principles do not apply to the practices of companies that Spreadtrends.com
does not own or control, or to people that Spreadtrends.com does not directly employ or manage.
Privacy Principle #1
Spreadtrends.com takes the protection of your privacy very seriously. Spreadtrends.com will keep all of the personal information that you provided during the registration
process private and confidential, except as specified below. Spreadtrends.com may use information that uniquely identifies you to improve your Spreadtrends.com experience.
For example, your zip code may be used to provide you with geographically specific weather information. In addition, Spreadtrends.com may record your interactions with the
Spreadtrends.com service in order to improve the quality of the service. SpreadTrends.com does not store your account password or your password reminder question in plaintext.
All of your other personally identifiable information is strictly between you and Spreadtrends.com.
Privacy Principle #2
We use your personal information only for "group" demographic statistics. Spreadtrends.com will not disclose your individual personal information, meaning your
mailing address, e-mail address, or phone number, to anyone unless acting under a good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
1. Conform to legal requirements imposed on Spreadtrends.com or to comply with a legal process;
2. Protect and defend Spreadtrends.com rights or property; or
3. Enforce the Spreadtrends.com Terms of Service.
Spreadtrends.com may collect IP address data when you visit web pages on the Spreadtrends.com web site. An IP address is a number associated with the service
through which you access the Internet, like your ISP (Internet service provider), your company, or your university. Standing alone, your IP address is not
personally identifiable. At times, we also use IP addresses for purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers and
sponsors, for example regarding the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of Spreadtrends.com. Spreadtrends.com may combine information about you
that we obtain directly with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
Privacy Principle #3
Spreadtrends.com will not disclose the contents of any of your private communications unless acting under a good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
1. Conform to legal requirements imposed on Spreadtrends.com or to comply with a legal process;
2. Protect and defend Spreadtrends.com rights or property;
3. Act under apparently exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of you, our other subscribers or the general public.
However, Spreadtrends.com may monitor, record, copy and utilize some of your communications to assist us and our partners in testing and perfecting some technical
aspects of the service. For example, we might use your communications, or enable our service providers or technology vendors to use your communications, to help
us test the service's ability to (1) send and receive messages; (2) conform to connecting networks' technical requirements; (3) conform to the limitations of the
service; or (4) conform to other similar requirements. If we do use your communications in this manner, it will be to help us with the operation and improvement
of our service.
Privacy Principle #4
As a Subscriber, you are automatically signed up to receive e-mail messages from us containing content and service updates and other matters of interest. Your
e-mail address is strictly confidential and Spreadtrends.com will not disclose or share it with any third parties, except as specified above. You may choose to discontinue
this e-mail service at any time by visiting the registration page on our web site or by using your e-mail received.
Privacy Principle #5
SpreadTrends displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact
with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria (for example, men aged 35-44 from a particular geographic area). SpreadTrends does not provide
any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting
to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
Privacy Principle #6
SpreadTrends may use "cookies" to store and occasionally track information on our web site, thus enabling us to provide you with customizable and personalized services.
For example, we may use this information to remember your location and preferences for filtering. A cookie is no more than a small amount of data that is sent to your
browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.
Privacy Principle #7
At SpreadTrends you control your own personal information. You can alter your personal information at any time through our web site at http://www.SpreadTrends.com/. You
can also alter your Password or Account Name at any time through our web site at http://www.SpreadTrends.com/. Additionally, you may cancel your registration for the service
at any time or request the removal of your personal information from our member records via the by sending an e-mail to support [at] Spreadtrends.com. Thereafter, residual
information may remain in our archives and records, but this information will not be used for any commercial purpose. Also, Spreadtrends.com reserves the right to maintain
information on registered members who have violated our Terms of Service.
Privacy Principle #8
Spreadtrends.com is committed to Subscriber service and support. If at any time you believe that Spreadtrends.com is not adhering to these Privacy Principles, or if you have
questions about this policy, please notify us via e-mail as soon as possible at support [at] Spreadtrends.com. We will make all reasonable efforts to promptly respond to
your inquiry.
Privacy Principle #9
Spreadtrends.com may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending
a notice to the primary email address specified in your Spreadtrends.com account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.