AddyMate Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 5th, 2016.
AddyMate, LLC. (“AddyMate,” “we,” and “us”) respects the privacy of its users (“you”) and has developed
this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy
describes the information we collect, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared,
and your choices about such uses and disclosures. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy
carefully when using our application or services or transacting business with us. By using our
website or application (our “Service”), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy
Policy.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy
Policy for information on how to contact us.
1. Information we collect about you In General
We may collect information that can identify you such
as your name and email address ("personal information") and other information that does not identify
you. We may collect this information through a website or a mobile application. By using the
Service, you are authorizing us to gather, parse and retain data related to the provision of the
Service.
2. Information you provide
In order to register as a user with AddyMate, you will be asked to sign in
using your Facebook or LinkedIn login. Additionally, you will have the option of linking your other social media accounts on Twitter &/or Google Plus.
If you do so, you authorize us to access certain Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter &/or Google Plus account
information, such as your public Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter &/or Google Plus profile (consistent with your privacy settings in
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter &/or Google Plus), your email address, interests, likes, gender, birthday, education history, work history, current city, photos,
personal description, friend list, and information about and photos
of your Facebook friends who might be common Facebook friends with other AddyMate users. You will also
be asked to allow AddyMate to collect your location information from your device when you download or
use the Service. In addition, we may collect and store any personal information you provide while
using our Service or in some other manner. This may include identifying information, such as your
name, address, gender, email address and telephone number, and, if you transact business with us, financial
information. You may also provide us photos, a personal description and information about your preferences for recommendations, such as search distance.
If you chat with other AddyMate users, you provide us the content of your chats, and if you contact us with a
customer service or other inquiry, you provide us with the content of that communication.
3. Use of technologies to collect information
We use various technologies to collect information from your device and about your activities on our Service.
4. Information collected automatically
We automatically collect information from your browser or
device when you visit our Service. This information could include your IP address, device ID and
type, your browser type and language, the operating system used by your device, access times, your
mobile device’s geographic location while our application is actively running, and the referring
website address.
5. Cookies and Use of Cookie Data
When you visit our Service, we may assign your device one or more
cookies to facilitate access to our Service and to personalize your experience. Through the use of a
cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your activity on our Service, such as
the pages you visit, the time and date of your visits and the links you click. If we advertise, we
(or third parties) may use certain data collected on our Service to show you AddyMate advertisements
on other sites or applications.
6. Other Technologies
We may use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons and other similar
technologies, to track your use of our Service and to deliver or communicate with cookies. We also
may include web beacons in advertisements or email messages to determine whether messages have been
opened and acted upon. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services
we offer users, to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our
online advertising, content, programming or other activities.
7.Information collected by third-parties for advertising purposes
We may allow service providers,
advertising companies and ad networks, and other third parties to display advertisements on our
Service. These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies or web beacons, to collect
information about users who view or interact with their advertisements. We do not provide any
non-anonymized personal information to third parties. Some of these third- party advertising
companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which
offers a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies
(www.networkadvertising.org). Opting out will not decrease the number of advertisements you see.
8. How we use the information we collect In General
We may use information that we collect about you
to:
deliver and improve our products and services, and manage our business;
manage your account and provide you with customer support;
perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our or others’ products, services,
or content;
communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about products or
services that may be of interest to you either from us or other third parties;
develop, display, and track content and advertising tailored to your interests on our Service and
other sites, including providing our advertisements to you when you visit other sites;
website or mobile application analytics;
verify your eligibility and deliver prizes in connection with contests and sweepstakes;
enforce or exercise any rights in our Terms of Use; and
perform functions or services as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
In all circumstances, we may perform these functions directly or use a third party vendor to perform
these functions on our behalf who will be obligated to use your personal information only to perform
services for us. Also, if you access our Service from a third party social platform, such as
Facebook, we may share non-personal information with that platform to the extent permitted by your
agreement with it and its privacy settings.
9. With whom we share your information Information Shared with Other Users
When you register as a user
of AddyMate, your AddyMate profile will be viewable by other users of the Service. Other users will be
able to view information you have provided to us directly or through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter &/or Google Plus,
such as your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter &/or Google Plus photos, any additional photos you upload, your first name,
your age, gender, approximate number of miles away, your personal description, and information you have in common with the person viewing your
profile, such as common Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter &/or Google Plus friends/connections and likes, interests &/or groups.
If you send a connection request to a person, you will be able to chat with that person if they accept your connection request.
If you chat with your connection, of course your connection will see the content of your chat.
10. Personal information.
We do not share your personal information with others except as indicated in
this Privacy Policy or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your
personal information shared. We may share personal information with:
Service providers: We may share information, including personal and financial information, with
third parties that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling
orders, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing business and sales analysis,
ad tracking and analytics, member screenings, supporting our Service functionality, and supporting
contests, sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered through our Service. These service
providers may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not
permitted to share or use such information for any other purposes.
Other Situations. We may disclose your information, including personal information:
In response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for
cooperation from a law enforcement or other government agency; to establish or exercise our legal
rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise
or waive any legal objection or right available to us.
When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or
take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and
defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; to comply
with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our Terms of Use or other
agreements or policies.
In connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a
divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
11. Aggregated and/or non-personal information
We may use and share non-personal information we collect
under any of the above circumstances. We may also share it with third parties to develop and deliver
targeted advertising on our Service and on websites or applications of third parties, and to analyze
and report on advertising you see. We may combine non-personal information we collect with
additional non- personal information collected from other sources. We also may share aggregated,
non-personal information, or personal information in hashed, non-human readable form, with third
parties, including advisors, advertisers and investors, for the purpose of conducting general
business analysis or other business purposes. For example, we may engage a data provider who may
collect web log data from you (including IP address and information about your browser or operating
system), or place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser to enable you to receive customized
ads or content. The cookies may reflect de-identified demographic or other data linked to data you
voluntarily have submitted to us (such as your email address), that we may share with a data
provider solely in hashed, non-human readable form. To opt-out of cookies that may be set by third
party data or advertising partners, please go to http:// www.aboutads.info/choices/.
12. How you can access your information
If you have a AddyMate account, you have the ability to review and
update your personal information within the Service by opening your account and going to settings.
More information about how to contact us is provided below. We will retain
certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and recordkeeping
integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, enforce our Terms of Use, take actions we deem necessary to
protect the integrity of our Service or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law.
In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this
Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties' policies.
Your choices about collection and use of your information You can choose not to provide us with
certain information, but that may result in you being unable to use certain features of our Service
because such information may be required in order for you to register as user; purchase products or
services; participate in a contest, promotion, survey, or sweepstakes; ask a question; or initiate
other transactions.
Our Service may also deliver notifications to your phone or mobile device. You can disable these
notifications by deleting the relevant Service or by changing the settings on your mobile device.
You can also control information collected by cookies. You can delete or decline cookies by changing
your browser settings. Click “help” in the toolbar of most browsers for instructions.
13. How we protect your personal information
We take security measures to help safeguard your personal
information from unauthorized access and disclosure. However, no system can be completely secure.
Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not
expect, that your personal information, chats, or other communications will always remain secure.
Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should
avoid sending personal information through insecure email. Please refer to the Federal Trade
Commission's website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to
protect yourself against identity theft.
14. Information you provide about yourself while using our Service
We provide areas on our Service where
you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others. Such postings are
governed by our Terms of Use . Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on
publicly-viewable pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used
by others. For example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages. We
cannot control who reads your posting or what other users may do with the information you
voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to your
personal information.
15. Children's privacy
Although our Service is a general audience Service, we restrict the use of our
service to individuals age 13 and above. We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal
information from children under the age of 13.
16. Visiting our Service from outside the United States
If you are visiting our Service from outside the
United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in
the United States and globally where our servers are located and our central database is operated.
By using our services, you understand and agree that your information may be transferred to our
facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this privacy policy.
15. No Rights of Third Parties
This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties
or require disclosure of any personal information relating to users of the website.
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we post changes
to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We
recommend that you check our Service from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this
Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.
11. About Us
Your access to the Service, as well as this Privacy Policy are governed and interpreted by the laws of
the State of Virginia, other than such laws, rules, regulations and case law that would result in
the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Virgina. By using the Service,
you are consenting to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and the State of
Virginia. You agree that such courts shall have in personam jurisdiction and venue and waive any
objection based on inconvenient forum. You agree that you will not file or participate in a class
action against us. In the event there is a discrepancy between this English language version and any
translated copies of the Policy, the English version shall prevail.
How to contact us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email or
postalmail as follows:
Privacy Officer AddyMate, LLC. 21777 Tottenham Hale Ct., Sterling, VA 20166 privacy@addymate.com