Privacy Policy

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Onverse Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains the use of information collected through our website, applications, and customer service interactions. The term "personal information" as used in this privacy policy means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, billing name, home or other physical address, email address, phone number or other contact information, at any location where you access Onverse. We urge everyone to take an active role in helping us protect their privacy by becoming aware of the policies you will encounter here.

We collect personal information and usage statistics to sustain high-quality member experiences and provide excellent member service.
Some information we request from you when you join Onverse or participate in a financial transaction. Other data are gathered indirectly from website traffic, your computer hardware and Internet connection, and usage of Onverse websites, applications, and services.
Except under certain limited circumstances set forth here and in the Onverse Terms of Use, Onverse does not disclose your personal information to any third parties without your permission. Onverse may disclose your personal information if required to do so or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Onverse, the Onverse website or any Onverse member; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Onverse, the Onverse Virtual World, or the members of the Onverse Virtual World; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of members of the Onverse website, the Onverse Virtual World, or the public. In addition, if Onverse should ever merge with or be acquired by another company, or file for bankruptcy, Onverse may sell the information you provide to us on this site to a third party or share your personal information with any company with whom we merge.
You will have the ability to update the personal data you provided to us during registration from the Onverse website.
Onverse will update this privacy policy in a timely fashion when any changes occur. The privacy policy that follows applies to the Onverse site, the Onverse Virtual World and other Internet-accessible Onverse-branded services that incorporate this policy (although we will refer here only to "Onverse" to make reading this policy easier). Finally, please note that this policy applies only to Onverse, and not to other companies' or organizations' websites to which we may link.
The Information We Collect and How We Collect It

There are different levels of information we collect, depending upon your relationship to Onverse.

Anonymous Website Visitor: If you visit our websites, we automatically record information related to your IP address, cookie information, and aggregate information on what content you access or visit. This information is collected in the background while you move around our website.
Mailings: If you choose to provide us personal information to subscribe to our announcements or mailing list, we collect information to provide delivery such as e-mail address, delivery preferences, and message performance statistics.
Registered Onverse Member: If you choose to register as a Onverse member on our website, we will track and monitor site usage and aggregate usage of website features such as media views, member activity, communications, and forums. This is in addition to the personal data collected during the registration process.
Onverse Virtual World Member: If you install or use the Onverse Virtual World software, we collect and aggregate a variety of data to monitor system and simulation performance, and to verify your unique identity. This includes specific and general information about your computer hardware and Internet connection, which are stored but are not personally identifiable. We track usage of customer-service resources to ensure high-quality interactions. This is in addition to the personal data and billing information collected during the registration and billing processes.
Additionally, there are special situations to mention:
Beta Tester: If you volunteer to serve as a beta tester for pre-release software or content, Onverse tracks bug reports and may monitor individual system performance in an effort to rigorously test pre-deployed technology.
Former Member: If you cease being a member for any reason, Onverse may keep a copy of your registration and past activity in our database.
Response to Job Postings or Unsolicited Communications: Please note that information Onverse receives in reference to a job posting or through unsolicited communications does not fall under the privacy terms outlined in this policy. Information from your resume will be used solely for the purposes of evaluating your candidacy for employment. Other unsolicited communications, such as email, are the property of and may be used by Onverse as needed to fulfill business requirements.
Individuals Outside of the United States: Anyone using Onverse websites, the Onverse Virtual World, applications, or services from outside of the United States should be aware that personal information collected may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Onverse or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using them you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Information Displayed to Other Visitors and Members

Some information about your account is displayed to other visitors and members through you're Onverse profile and in the Onverse Virtual World, and this same information may be available on other sites that summarize this information, such as search engines. This information may include your first and last name, member name, age, location, date(s) of activity, interests, profile photo, whether you are currently on the website or in the virtual world, member rating information, community affiliation, and any member-generated content you have provided or added to your account. However, we will not display your actual name as submitted for financial transactions, address, or credit card or bank account numbers, except with your express permission or as otherwise permitted by this privacy policy and our terms and conditions.

Disclosing Personal Information in Profiles, Forums, or in the Onverse Virtual World

You may choose to disclose personal information in our online forums, your Onverse profile, directly to other members in public or private chat, or in other manners while using the Onverse services. Please be aware that such information is public information, may be misused by anyone accessing Onverse, and you should not expect privacy, safety, or confidentiality in these settings.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

Onverse complies with applicable laws and industry standards when transferring, receiving and storing visitor and member data. Access to your personal information is limited to those Onverse employees who require the information to provide products or services to you or perform their jobs.

Cookies

We may use cookies to provide you with certain services you request. For example, if you choose to use Onverse forums and Onverse websites, you may choose to automatically log in through choosing a "Remember Me" option, in which case a cookie is stored on your computer to identify you to the Onverse system.

Your Consent

Periodically we may need to update our privacy policy to reflect changes in the types of information we collect, the means we use to collect information, and/or our usage of collected information. When this occurs, we will make reasonable efforts to alert you to these changes. Your use of the Onverse websites and/or any Onverse products or services noted above signifies your assent to this Onverse Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Advertising Programs

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

ProBoards Privacy Policy

ProBoards, Inc. ("ProBoards") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of users of the Website (all capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in ProBoards' Website Terms of Service). ProBoards created this Privacy Policy to give You confidence as You visit and use the Website, and to demonstrate its commitment to fair information practices and to the protection of privacy.

This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Website and not to any websites of third parties ("Third-Party Websites"), which may have data collection, storage and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy. For additional information, see the section concerning Third-Party Websites, below.

BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF, THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE WEBSITE.

Each time You use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time You use the Website You should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the end) and review any changes since the last time You used the Website. For additional information, see the section concerning Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy, below.

1. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

ProBoards does not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If ProBoards obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13, ProBoards will immediately delete such information from its database. Because ProBoards does not collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, ProBoards has no such information to use or disclose to third parties. ProBoards has designed this Privacy Policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES

a. Traffic Data. ProBoards may automatically gather information of the sort that browsers automatically make available, including: (i) IP addresses; (ii) domain servers; (iii) types of computers accessing the Website; and (iv) types of Web browsers accessing the Website (collectively "Traffic Data").

b. "Cookies" are text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails that you open. A Cookie acts as a string of information that a website stores on a user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the website. The purpose of a Cookie is to identify the user as a unique user of the Website. ProBoards uses Cookies.

ProBoards uses cookies on the Website for the following purposes:

to customize your experience on the Website to your interests
to ensure that you do not see the same advertisements or informational messages repeatedly, and
to store your session identifier so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Website.
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE COOKIES PLACED ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU SHOULD SET YOUR BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN OF THE SERVICES AND CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. IF YOU REFUSE COOKIES, YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.

You can learn more about how to delete or control cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.

c. Ad Serving. ProBoards uses third-parties including Datonics for advertising and analytics for pages that we host. These third-parties may place cookies on Your machine, use web beacons, gather IP addresses and log data to collect traffic and activity data in order to deliver relevant metrics, content, and advertising. Notwithstanding anything else in this policy, we or a data provider we have engaged may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser to enable you to receive customized ads or content. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information. The cookies may reflect de-identified demographic or other data linked to data you voluntarily have submitted to us, e.g., your email address, that we may share with a data provider solely in hashed, non-human readable form. Some ad networks that are a part of the Network Advertising Initiative provide an easy way to opt out of behavioral targeting by utilizing the NAI Opt Out page. You can also visit AboutAds.info for more information and to opt-out.

d. Personal Information. In order for You to use certain of the Website services, You will be asked to provide ProBoards certain information that personally identifies You ("Personal Information"). Personal Information includes, without limitation: (1) "Contact Data" (such as Your e-mail address, website URLs, and instant messaging screen names); and (2) "Demographic Data" (such as Your date of birth and gender). In each case, You will be asked to provide Personal Information; the Website will not gather it surreptitiously. ProBoards may supplement the Personal Information You provide with additional Personal Information gathered from public sources or from third-parties (e.g., consumer reporting agencies) who may lawfully provide such information to ProBoards.

You are under no obligation to provide Personal Information, with the caveat that Your refusal to do so may prevent You from using certain of the Services.

e. Information You Make Public. By registering with the Website, You are required to create a personal profile, which may include Personal Information. Personal Information contained in personal profiles is available and accessible to all visitors of the Website. The Website contains features that permit You to upload, post, transmit, display, perform or distribute content, information or other, including Your Personal Information. Any information that You choose to disclose by means of such features becomes public information over which ProBoards is unable to exercise control. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose Your Personal Information by means of such features, and You agree to assume all responsibility for doing so.

3. INFORMATION USE AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES

a. Traffic Data and Information Gathered Using Cookies

ProBoards analyzes Traffic Data and information gathered using Cookies to help ProBoards better understand who is using the Website and how they are using it. By identifying patterns and trends in usage, ProBoards is able to better design the Website to improve Your experience, and to serve You more relevant and interesting content and advertisements. From time to time, ProBoards may release Traffic Data and information gathered using Cookies in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website. ProBoards does not attempt to link information gathered using Cookies to Personal Information.

b. Personal Information

i. Generally. ProBoards uses Your Contact Data to send You information about ProBoards and ProBoards' products and services, and to contact You when necessary in connection with the Services. ProBoards uses Your Demographic Data to customize and tailor Your experience on the Website. As with Traffic Data and information gathered using Cookies, from time to time ProBoards may release Demographic Data in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website. In addition, ProBoards shares Demographic Data with its advertisers and marketing partners so that such third-parties may provide You with advertisements tailored to Your interests.

ii. Disclosure Practices.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, and under the following circumstances, ProBoards will keep Your Personal Information private, and will not share it with third parties.

Disclosure in Connection with Services. ProBoards discloses Personal Information to those who help it provide services, including those who perform technical, administrative and data processing tasks such as, but not limited to, ad serving, hosting, billing, fulfillment, and data storage and security.
Opt-in Consent for Third Party Offers. Upon registration, and from time to time thereafter, ProBoards may provide You with an opportunity to co-register for, or otherwise receive, offers, goods or services directly from advertisers and companies other than ProBoards ("Third Party Offers"). If You co-register for or opt-in to receive a Third Party Offer, ProBoards will share your Personal Information with such third party. The proprietors of the Third Party Offers may have their own terms of service, privacy policies, unsubscribe provisions, or other policies and they may ask You to agree to the same. ProBoards is not responsible for the policies or practices of the proprietors of any Third Party Offers You opt-in to receive. You are under no obligation to co-register for or opt-in to receive any Third Party Offer.
By Law or to Protect Rights. ProBoards discloses Personal Information when required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order, or when ProBoards believes in its sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of ProBoards, third-parties or the public at large.
Business Transfers; Bankruptcy. ProBoards reserves the right to transfer all Personal Information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of ProBoards' assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personal Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if You are given notice of that new privacy policy and an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it. Personal Information submitted or collected after a transfer, however, may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by ProBoards' successor organization.
License to User Content. By using the Website, You grant the ProBoards Parties the right to publish Your Personal Information in connection with the ProBoards Parties' exercise of their license in and to Your User Content. You further waive any claims arising from the ProBoards Parties' exercise of that right. For additional information, see Terms of Service Section 15, regarding User Content.
4. CONSENT TO RECEIVE EMAIL FROM PROBOARDS

By registering with the Website, you thereby consent to receive periodic email communications regarding the Services, new product offers, promotions and other matters.

5. CONSENT TO RECEIVE EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS FROM MEMBERS

By registering with the Website, your thereby consent to receive electronic communications, including email and personal messages from other Website members.

6. SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

ProBoards has implemented and maintains reasonable security procedures and practices to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction or disclosure of Your Personal Information.

7. USER ABILITY TO ACCESS, UPDATE, AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

ProBoards wants Your Personal Information to be complete and accurate. By using the Website, You represent and warrant that all information You provide on any registration form or otherwise in connection with Your use of the Website and Services will be complete and accurate, and that You will update that information as necessary to maintain its completeness and accuracy. To confirm the completeness and accuracy of, or make changes to, Your Personal Information, please visit your account profile.

8. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

ProBoards neither owns nor controls Third-Party Websites. Accordingly, Third-Party Websites are under no obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy. Before visiting or providing Personal Information to a Third-Party Website, You should inform Yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of that Third-Party Website, and should take those steps necessary to, in Your discretion, protect Your privacy.

9. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

From time to time, ProBoards may conduct contests, giveaways and other promotions (collectively, "Promotional Activities"). Any information submitted in connection with Promotional Activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. From time to time, ProBoards may also ask You to participate in surveys designed to help ProBoards improve the Websites or Services. Any Personal Information provided to ProBoards in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey, and will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in aggregated form.

10. UPDATES AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

Although most changes are likely to be minor, ProBoards reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, update, change or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such update, change or modification on this page. Any such addition, update, change or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Website. Each time You use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time You use the Website You should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the end) and review any changes since the last time You used the Website. Unless ProBoards obtains Your express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after the effective date of such revised Privacy Policy, and not to information collected under any earlier Privacy Policy.