| StarsOfWWW.com is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent,
non-profit organization whose mission is to enable individuals
and organizations to establish trusting relationships based
on respect for personal identity and information by promoting
the use of fair information practices.
This
privacy statement covers the site http://www.starsofwww.com/
Because this Web site wants to demonstrate
its commitment to our users' privacy,
it has agreed to disclose its information
practices and have its privacy practices
reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.
Effective
February 25, 2005:
About
StarsOfWWW.com
StarsOfWWW.com is an online service that allows our members to
set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together
through networks of friends. StarsOfWWW.com 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. StarsOfWWW.com members can change
their profile information at any time and can control how other
members and the service communicates with them.
StarsOfWWW.com
cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions
concerning this privacy policy, please email us at webmaster@StarsOfWWW.com.
Information
Collection and Use by StarsOfWWW.com
StarsOfWWW.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 StarsOfWWW.com service. StarsOfWWW.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.
StarsOfWWW.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 web site, track usage and improve the web site 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 StarsOfWWW.com social networking community. Email addresses
are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join StarsOfWWW.com,
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 StarsOfWWW.com with
each other through the StarsOfWWW.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, StarsOfWWW.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 "Send Me Notification Letter From StarsOfWWW.com" in the user "Account
Settings"
From time to time, StarsOfWWW.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion,
sweepstake or contest on StarsOfWWW.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
StarsOfWWW.com members can invite friends to join the service by sending
invitation emails via our automated invitation system. StarsOfWWW.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
StarsOfWWW.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 StarsOfWWW.com may contact StarsOfWWW.com to request
the removal of their information from our database.
StarsOfWWW.com
members may also store email addresses of people they know in
their internal StarsOfWWW.com address book and may also choose to send
invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You
may prevent StarsOfWWW.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 webmaster@StarsOfWWW.com
Please note that the email must come from the account you wish
to block. Use
of Cookies
StarsOfWWW.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 StarsOfWWW.com in order to use most functions on the site
Please note that StarsOfWWW.com 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 StarsOfWWW.com Privacy
Policy.
Links
StarsOfWWW.com contains links to sites. StarsOfWWW.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 StarsOfWWW.com.
Chat
Rooms, Journals and Web Logs, Message Boards, Classifieds and
Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information
to Journals, Web Logs, 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
StarsOfWWW.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 'Send Me Notification Letter From StarsOfWWW.com' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do
not wish to receive StarsOfWWW.com newsletters may choose not to
by selecting 'Do not send me StarsOfWWW.com newsletters' in the user
profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and StarsOfWWW.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
StarsOfWWW.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 StarsOfWWW.com
and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
StarsOfWWW.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords
StarsOfWWW.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 StarsOfWWW.com, please contact us a webmaster@StarsOfWWW.com
Sharing
and Disclosure of Information StarsOfWWW.com Collects
Except as described above, StarsOfWWW.com will not disclose personal
information to any third party without a user's explicit permission
unless required by law. StarsOfWWW.com 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 StarsOfWWW.com
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 at: webmaster@StarsOfWWW.com
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