Privacy Policy
URoomSurf Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy (hereinafter "Privacy Policy", "Policy", or "Agreement") sets forth the policies and practices with respect to information or data that is received or gathered regarding members, visitors and users of http://www.URoomSurf.com its directly associated domains (hereinafter the "Site").
CAREFULLY READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY BECAUSE BY YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND ITS SERVICES YOU WILL BE EXPRESSLY SIGNIFYING THAT YOU AGREE TO THIS POLICY AND THAT YOU ASSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE USE OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU SUPPLY OR THAT IS COLLECTED ABOUT YOU AS DETAILED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY YOU SHOULD NOT USE THIS SITE OR ITS SERVICES.
1. HOW WE COLLECT MEMBER, VISITOR OR USER INFORMATION
The information we collect can be placed into two categories:
- Information collected as a result of you navigating through the Site.
- Personal information you voluntarily supply when you create a profile, send a message to a third-party through the Site, post a comment or display any other kind of content, or subscribe, order, complete a survey, register for an online survey, enter a contest or apply for a promotional product.
First we will describe the type of information collected as a result of you navigating through the Site.
If you visit this Site, we may collect and store in our databases, one or more of the following types of information ("Data"): your Internet Protocol (IP) address; the name of the domain name from which you access the Internet; the IP address of the Website from which you linked to the Site or our network of sites; browser data; email address data; and the date and time you access our Site and its functions.
When a visitor, member, subscriber, or other Site user requests web pages from the Site's server, clicks on banners or other links or otherwise uses or views the Site's services, products or other functions, we or our agents may automatically collect some information ("Data") about the visitor, member, subscriber or user. This information may include the IP address from which the Site is being accessed, the pages or links that were requested, the special preferences or requests of the user and cookie information received from the computer of the visitor, member, subscriber or user.
While the collection of Data described above could be thought of as passive, the second way we collect information is more active.
For example, we may ask you to provide personal information. Whether or not you provide this personal information is completely optional. This "Optional Information" may include your name, username, e-mail address, physical address (or part of it such as your zip code), telephone number, gender, marital status, occupation, education, any special interests or affiliations (including religious affiliations), the school you plan to attend or are currently attending, and any other information that may be relevant to your use of the Site and its Services.
Depending on the school, some users may be prompted to pay a membership fee to access all the features on the Site. Neither the Site nor its operators will have access to sensitive information such as credit card numbers. URoomSurf uses PayPal as its transactional agent. After a user pays for membership, the Site and its operators may receive information such as the name of the payee, address of the payee, phone number of the payee, and e-mail address of the payee – as necessary for the prompt resolution of any errors related to financial transactions with the Site.
When a subscriber, member or user of this Site sends any personal communication or correspondence, by any means, to the Site, the Company or any employees, agents or representatives of Company or Site, or to other Site users we may collect and use any and all such information and all other Data regarding that communication.
2. COOKIES
Cookies are one of the tools that we use to passively collect Data.
Internet cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide personalized features and marketing. Cookies are used for authenticating, tracking and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences or shopping cart contents. Most Internet browsers allow the option to enable or disable cookies. You may disable cookies, but this may make portions of this Site unusable. Cookies are simple pieces of data unable to perform any operation by themselves. They are neither spyware nor viruses, despite the detection of cookies from certain sites by many anti-spyware products.
This Site uses cookies to make the browsing experience of our members and users more efficient and convenient. Our system will use cookies to remember your web preferences, and to assist us in tracking and targeting the interests, preferences and desires of our Site users to present the most appropriate messages, offers and other communications to our users, and to generally enhance their experience at our Site.
Any and all information about Site visitors, members, subscribers or users collected by the Company, the Site or any agents or affiliates of Company or Site, through the use of cookies or other similar means may be included in our database and used in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
We want to inform you that third parties such as affiliates and advertisers use cookies on or in association with our Site. We often have no access or control over these cookies. We may also allow third party service providers to deliver special offers or services to Site users and to control the use of their cookies on your computer. We urge you to consult the privacy policies of any third party that you encounter on this Site.
3. HOW WE USE AND SHARE DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use two types of information described above in a variety of functions. In addition to using cookies, Data and Optional Information in the ways described above, we use this information to measure the number of visitors to the Site, to measure how traffic is generated and where it comes from; to track the success of our affiliate program and its individual affiliates (with whom this information may be shared); to track the receipt and success of customer newsletters, promotional programs, special offers and advertisements; and to generate and provide our marketing partners, affiliates, licensees, purchasers and successors in interest with accurate statistics on the performance of the Site. We also use cookies, Data and Optional Information to track customer preferences and to adapt our products and services to those preferences.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and to ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to protect the information we collect online. We may also use "Optional Information" to verify identity, and protect against fraud.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
You post User Content (as defined in the URoomSurf Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
The Site may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by URoomSurf that we think you may find valuable. You may also receive communications from URoomSurf via our newsletter. You may opt-out of receiving communications from URoomSurf at any time.
We will never sell or distribute your personal information to advertisers.
URoomSurf may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service, such as when new users join the network, or when new matches are found.
URoomSurf will display new users, and new matches on the home page from time to time. We will never display your name or e-mail address in this section of the home page.
We may disclose information if we are required to do so by law or, if we, in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Web sites; or (4) protect the personal safety or property of our users to the public.
4. CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may update and/or edit your profile by clicking here (add a link to the area of your site that allows users to update their personal information). Should you require assistance please call us at the phone number listed on the contact page.
When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.
5. THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites 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.
6. UPDATES AND REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY
This Site reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to revise, amend, modify or revoke this Privacy Policy at any time and in any manner. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon the posting of any revision on the Site.
7. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS POLICY
This Privacy Policy will become effective on January 30, 2010.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on URoomSurf is a violation of the URoomSurf Terms of Service.
By using URoomSurf, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.