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uniquehomeideas.blogspot.com
(the Site) provides articles, a photo and video hosting/blogging service to you
(the “Service(s)”), subject to the following Privacy Policy, which may be
updated from time to time without notice to you. Your use of the Service
constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy and creates a binding legal
agreement, so read them carefully. This Privacy Policy applies only to information
that you provide to us through the Site, and when you access, download,
purchase or use any information, services, products or content appearing on the
Site. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you
of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. You
should consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Any reference to
us, our, we or similar words shall refer to this Site and its affiliates
thereto.
THE
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
It is our
policy to respect the privacy of the people who use the Services (each a
“User,” collectively the “Users”). Therefore, we will not disclose to any
unauthorized third party a User’s name or contact information. We will also not
monitor, edit or disclose the contents of a User’s information unless required
to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us;
Protect and defend our rights or property;
Act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Users or the
public;
To prevent or stop any activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of
being, illegal, unethical, inappropriate or legally actionable; or
Fix or debug problems with our servers/software/service.
When you
register to become a member of the Site and in the course of using the Site,
you may voluntarily submit personally identifiable information that can be used
to contact or identify you and administer your account (”Personal
Information”). Personal information may include, but is not limited to, your
name, phone number and e-mail address. The Site may also collect Personal
Information from you if you choose to opt-in to participate in sweepstakes,
surveys, contests or competitions. When you register with the Site, you create
your own profile and privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as
your name, e-mail and photo, are displayed to people you have specified in your
privacy settings. Profile information you submit to the Site, and make public
via your privacy settings, will also be available to other users via searching
our Site, and may be available to third party search engines. This is primarily
so your friends can find you and the content you create and store on the Site.
We recommend that you guard your anonymity and sensitive information and that
you not use your real name as your screen or user name to the extent that
allows others to identify you.
As you use the Site, our servers automatically record information that the
browser sends whenever it points to a Site or online service (”Log Data”). Log
Data may include, but is not limited to, your computer’s Internet Protocol
address, browser type, the web page you were visiting before you came to one of
the Site and information you search for on a Site.
HOW WE
USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal
Information is used for the following purposes: (i) to provide and improve our
services, features and content; (ii) to administer your use of our services and
your account; (iii) to enable users to enjoy and easily navigate the Site; (iv)
to better understand your needs and interests; (v) to fulfill requests you may
make; (vi) to personalize your experience; (vii) to provide service
announcements; and (viii) to provide you with further information and offers
from us or third parties that we believe you may find useful or interesting,
including newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information
on related services. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to
receive such communications, please follow the unsubscribe instructions
provided in any of the communications. Further, you may easily adjust your
privacy and e-mail settings via your account settings at any time.
PRIVACY
POLICY AND CONSUMER EDUCATION
Children’s
Privacy
We do not
direct the Site to persons under 13 years of age, and requires Users to be 13
years or older. Accordingly, we do not knowingly collect or maintain on the
Site personally identifying or other information from persons under 13 years of
age. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided
us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact
info@uniquehomeideas.blogspot.com, titled Privacy. If we become aware that a
child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such
information from our files.
We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask a parent or guardian for
permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the
Internet.
Consumer
Education Related to Social Networking
Creating
a safe social networking environment is important to us. While we do not target
or knowingly allow users under 18 to use the Service, interested persons may
visit the following links created by the Federal Trade Commission to learn more
about social networking safety tips:
http://onguardonline.gov/socialnetworking.html
[link]
http://onguardonline.gov/socialnetworking_youth.html [link]
OTHER
INFORMATION/LOGGING AND COOKIES
Like many
websites, we use “cookies” to collect information. A cookie is a small data
file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes.
We use “persistent cookies” to save your username and login password for future
logins to the Site. We use “session ID cookies” to enable certain features of
our service, to better understand how you interact with the Site and to monitor
web traffic routing on the Site and aggregate usage of the Site. You can
instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to
prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not
accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Site or
all functionality of the services.
We also
use the services of a third-party advertising companies and advertising
networks to serve ads to you on our behalf when you visit the Site. These
companies may use “non-identifying information” (which will not including your
name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this
Site and other websites 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, please visit Network Advertising Initiative
(networkadvertising.org) and read their article regarding Opt Out of Behavioral
Advertising.
INFORMATION
SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
Members/Authors.
In addition to your username, any comments or submissions that you post to the
Site will be publicly available. You post and share your Personal Information
and content on the Site at your own risk. While we go to great lengths to
create a safe and enjoyable experience on the Site, we cannot control the
actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your content and/or
profile information. In addition, we cannot anticipate other users’ ability to
circumvent privacy settings. You understand that, even after removal of your
Personal Information and content from the Site, copies of your information may
remain viewable in cached or archived Web pages or on the local computers of
users who may have downloaded or stored your information.
Even with all the appropriate precautions we take to protect your information,
we recommend you refrain from sending private information or Personal
Information by e-mail, chat, or other messaging services.
Aggregate
Information and Non-Identifying Information.
We may share aggregated information that includes non-identifying information
and Log Data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling,
and to deliver targeted advertising about other products and services.
Service
Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate the our
services, to provide the services on our behalf, to perform services related to
administration of the Site (including, without limitation, maintenance, hosting
and database management services, web analytics and administration). These
third parties have access to your non-identifying personal information or log
data (cookies) only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not
to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
CHANGING
OR DELETING YOUR INFORMATION
All
members/authors may review, update, correct or delete the Personal Information
in their registration profile by logging into their account and changing the
“user preferences” associated with their account. If you completely delete all
such information, your account may be deactivated. We may retain an archived
copy of your records as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
SECURITY
We are
concerned with safeguarding your information. We employ a variety of
industry-standard measures designed to protect your information from
unauthorized access.
INTERNATIONAL
TRANSFER
Your
“non-identifying” personal information may be transferred to – and maintained
on – computers located outside of your state, province, country or other
governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as
those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and
choose to provide information to us, please be advised that we transfer
Personal Information to the United States and process it there. Your consent to
this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents
your agreement to that transfer.
LINKS TO
OTHER SITES
The Site
contains links to other websites. If you choose to visit an advertiser by
“clicking on” a banner ad or other type of advertisement, or click on another
third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. The fact that
we link to a website or present a banner ad or other type of advertisement is
not an endorsement, authorization or representation that we are affiliated with
that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information
security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third party
websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on
your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. Other
websites and services follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of
the personal information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the
privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.
VIOLATIONS
AND COMMENTS
Please
report any violations of the TOS to info@uniquehomeideas.blogspot.com, titled :
Abuse; or make any comments to abuse@uniquehomeideas.blogspot.com