Privacy Policy
At Connecting2Familes, we respect the privacy of our users and the importance of the information they entrust to us. We summarize below the basic information policies and practices in place on our website. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully when using our website or services or transacting business with us. By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please e-mail us at CustomerCare@Connecting2Families.com or click the many “Contact Us” links located throughout the site.
Information We Collect and How It's Used
Questionnaires and Profiles
Connecting2Families collects a wide variety of information which is used in order to find connections which offer the highest possible chance of a successful long-term friendship. Except as explicitly provided herein, none of the information collected by Connecting2Families as part of the intake questionnaire used by the connection engine or family profile is made accessible to the public, other users of the site or anyone not employed by Connecting2Families directly. This information is held strictly confidential and can be deleted at the user's request. Information collected during the intake questionnaire or family profile which may be shared with other users of Connecting2Families will be displayed in a strictly anonymous manner with no personally identifying details, and will only be shown to potential connection candidates. Non-subscribing visitors to Connecting2Families are not allowed access to this information in any way.
By using Connecting2Families.com, you agree to allow us to anonymously use the information from you and your experiences through Connecting2Families.com to continue our research into successful connections and ultimate relationships. This research maybe used to improve the overall effectiveness of your and other user experiences while using our service. Regardless of our research efforts and methods, all of your responses will be kept anonymous, and no personal identifying information will ever be published.
Information Supplied by You at Registration or Purchase, if any
Connecting2Families offers a free registration-based service to users seeking friendships, as well as offering products related to successful relationships and personal or family growth for retail sale. To process subscriptions and/or product purchases, we may require your name, billing address, phone number, email address, shipping address and credit card information. Information gathered during product purchases is used primarily to process your order or as otherwise described herein. In general, you will receive one email notification that you have placed an order, and another email notification that your order has been filled. Email contact Information provided by you is also used primarily to notify you of potential connections identified by Connecting2Families based on your connection and family profile. Once you begin Connecting2Families's registration process, we may also occasionally send you newsletters and email you notifications of special events or product offerings at Connecting2Families. If you have started, but not completed, the registration process, we may also send you email messages encouraging you to complete the process and become a register user. All of the email messages we send you may contain code that enables our database to track your usage of the emails, including whether the email was opened and/or what links (if any) were clicked. If you would rather not receive emails about new products, promotions or other noteworthy news, please see the section below labeled "Choice/Opt-out".
Connecting2Families fully complies with the requirements of the federal CAN-SPAM Act. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. Some of this information (i.e., customer demographic information) may be shared with advertisers on an aggregate, non personally identifiable basis. Advertisements, promotions and offers from third-party advertisers may be provided to you while you are visiting the Connecting2Families web site. If you choose to accept any such offers, Connecting2Families may provide your information, including billing information, to the advertiser. Additionally, by accepting any such offers, Connecting2Families may provide your information to the advertiser by pre-populating the offer registration forms. Your information will not be transferred until you actually accept the offer. You may opt-out of the offer at any time up until this point. Please refer to the third-party advertisers own privacy policy (provided on the offer pages) if you have any questions regarding how your information is used. Please be aware that these offers may be presented on pages framed by the Connecting2Families website. We do this to provide a seamless experience. Although these offer pages have the look and feel of our website, you will be submitting your information directly to the third-party advertiser.
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets and, depending on the transaction, your personally identifiable information may be one of the transferred assets. In the event that we are acquired by another company, your personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the acquiring party.
Information Supplied by Your Browser
Connecting2Families also logs IP addresses for systems administration purposes. IP addresses are logged to track a user's session. This gives Connecting2Families an idea of which parts of our site users are visiting. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user's session will be tracked, but the user will be anonymous. Additionally, our site uses cookies to keep track of some types of information while you are visiting or using Connecting2Families. Cookies are very small files placed on your computer, so that when you return to Connecting2Families we can identify you. Cookies are needed for the Connecting2Families site to operate properly. If your browser is set to reject all cookies, the site will not function properly.
Third-Party Advertising
We may use third-party advertising agencies to serve ads on behalf of Connecting2Families or third-party advertisers (e.g., retailers of goods or services). These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process served on us; (2) protect and defend our rights or property; (3) act in an emergency to protect someone's safety or (4) as expressly provided herein.
Age Restrictions
Connecting2Families will not create connections for anyone under the age of18. All adults and family members are welcome to explore the site, complete the family profile and obtain a list of potential connections. As per the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, any information we receive from people we believe to be minors will be purged from our database.
Public Forums
Connecting2Families makes message boards available to its users and visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personally identifying information.
Refer a Friend or Family
Connecting2Families encourages you to refer a friend or family to our service. In this section you are able to invite other friends or families to visit and ultimately register as a new user. Your invitation will come through and e-mail that you generate on the site and will invite this individual to join the site. This email will also include a quick and easy way for them to remove their information from our database, if they desire. We ask that you do not abuse this feature by entering names and addresses of those who would not be interested in Connecting2Families.
Security
Connecting2Families has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information stored in our database. Although we will exercise reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your computer and our servers, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet and we accept no liability for any unintentional disclosure.
Policies and Remedies
Links to Other Sites
Connecting2Families is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites that may be linked to this site or of any third party advertisers.
Choice/Opt-Out
Connecting2Families users may use the following options for removing their information from our database if they do not wish to receive future communications. Send email to customercare@Connecting2Families.com with the word "Remove" in the subject field.
Corrections/Updates
Connecting2Families provides users the following options for changing and modifying information previously submitted.
1. Users may change their profile or other information by going to "My Account" or select the “Edit” within the Family Room;
2. You can send email to customercare@Connecting2Families.com.
Contacting the Website
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with the Connecting2Families website, you can contact us by sending an email to customercare@Connecting2Families.com
www.Connecting2Families.com
Acceptance of Privacy Statement
Your use of our website, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this privacy statement and the Terms and Conditions of Service. BY USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement page and any other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, or by other means, such as email, at our discretion.
Your continued use of any portion of our website following posting of the updated privacy statement will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
Effective Date
This privacy policy was last revised on 09/1/2009. |
