Privacy Policy
Effective
01.02.2007:
About
hhnoise.com
hhnoise.com is an online service that
allows our users to set up unique personal profiles that can be
linked together through networks of friends. hhnoise.com users 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 users' experience, we request
and display some personal information to other users and visitors,
which allows our users to identify each other and expand their
network of friends. hhnoise.com users can change their profile
information at any time and can control how other users and the
service communicates with them.
hhnoise.com
cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions
concerning this privacy policy, please email us at
privacy@hhnoise.com.
Information
Collection and Use by hhnoise.com
hhnoise.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 hhnoise.com service. hhnoise.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.
hhnoise.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
hhnoise.com social networking community. Email addresses are used
for the purposes of inviting new friends to join hhnoise.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 hhnoise.com with each other
through the hhnoise.com service, without disclosing their email
addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other
users. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances
on the service, hhnoise.com allows users to search for other users
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, hhnoise.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion,
sweepstake or contest on hhnoise.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
hhnoise.com
members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. hhnoise.com stores the
email addresses that users 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 hhnoise.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 hhnoise.com may contact
hhnoise.com to request the removal of their information from our
database.
hhnoise.com
- users may also store email addresses of people they know in their
internal hhnoise.com - address book and may also choose to send
invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You
may prevent hhnoise.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@hhnoise.com
Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to
block.
Use
of Cookies
hhnoise.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 hhnoise.com in order to use most functions on
the site Please note that gangstaz.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 hhnoise.com Privacy
Policy.
Links
hhnoise.com contains links to sites. hhnoise.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 hhnoise.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
hhnoise.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
Users 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 hhnoise.com - newsletters may choose not
to by selecting 'Do not send me hhnoise.com - newsletters' in the
user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and
hhnoise.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 hhnoise.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 gangstaz.com and does not
cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
hhnoise.com member accounts are secured by
member-created passwords hhnoise.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
hhnoise.com, please contact us a privacy@hhnoise.com
Sharing
and Disclosure of Information hhnoise.com Collects
Except
as otherwise described in this privacy statement, hhnoise.com 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 hhnoise.com, whether or not a response is
required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the hhnoise.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. hhnoise.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 hhnoise.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: privacy@hhnoise.com
