Privacy Policy
About FriendsinPlaces.com
FriendsinPlaces.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles and post details of their upcoming travel plans. FriendsinPlaces members can view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends on the service, post photos, 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. FriendsinPlaces members can change their profile information at any time.
FriendsinPlaces.com cares deeply about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at info@FriendsinPlaces.com.
Information Collection and Use by FriendsinPlaces.com
FriendsinPlaces.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 FriendsinPlaces.com service. FriendsinPlaces.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to personal interests, location and gender, in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.
User Profile information, including members' pictures and the names they choose, is displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the FriendsinPlaces.com social networking community. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, FriendsinPlaces.com allows users to search for other members using their username, location, group type, interests and travel plans.
Contact between users is initially managed by the FriendsinPlaces.com system. Until both users have confirmed that they are happy to proceed with the contact, they will not be given access to each other’s email addresses. Once consent has been given on both sides, each party’s email address is revealed to the other, at which point contact continues through their private email accounts, over which FriendsinPlaces has no control.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service.
From time to time, FriendsinPlaces.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on FriendsinPlaces.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.
Use of Cookies
FriendsinPlaces.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 customise 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 FriendsinPlaces.com in order to use most functions
on the site. Please note that FriendsinPlaces allows third 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 FriendsinPlaces
Privacy Policy.
Links
FriendsinPlaces.com may contain links to other websites. FriendsinPlaces.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 FriendsinPlaces.com.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by FriendsinPlaces.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 FriendsinPlaces.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
FriendsinPlaces.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. FriendsinPlaces.com takes precautions to ensure 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. Unauthorised 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 FriendsinPlaces.com, please contact us at info@FriendsinPlaces.com.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information FriendsinPlaces.com collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, FriendsinPlaces will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary:
I.to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by FriendsinPlaces.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law;
II.to enforce the FriendsinPlaces.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or
III.to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service.
FriendsinPlaces 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 FriendsinPlaces 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: info@FriendsinPlaces.com.