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Privacy Policy |
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This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes how Soren LLC ("We", "Us", "Our", the "Company") uses information received about you ("Client", "You", "Your", "they", "their") when you visit websites We operate (collectively, the "Sites") or when you subscribe to, or otherwise use services We provide (collectively, the "Services"). This Policy does not cover any information that we may receive from or about you through channels other than through the use of the Site or Services.
CHILDRENS ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE AND NON-APPLICABILITY STATEMENT
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act applies to the online collection of personal information from children under the age of 13. We do not collect any personal information about children under the age of 13. Children under the age of 13 are not authorized to access or use Our Services without the direct involvement of a parent or legal guardian. Personal information about the parent or legal guardian may be collected in accordance with this privacy Policy. Any personal information about children under the age of 13 that is inadvertently collected will be purged immediately upon discovery of such information. If You have reason to believe that any personal information about children under the age of 13 has been transmitted to Us, immediately send an e-mail to [email protected] reporting this transmittal of information. We will endeavor to purge any such information as soon as possible. If You are a parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of 13 and You have reason to believe that Your child has accessed Our Sites or Services in violation of Our Policies, You should also contact Us at [email protected] so that We may audit Our records in order to remove Your child or protectee’s personal information from Our records.
REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this Policy and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. You should periodically check for any modifications of this Policy by re-visiting this web page and using the “refresh” button on your browser. You should note the date of last revision to this Policy, which appears at the top of this Policy. If the “last modified” date remains unchanged after you have clicked the “refresh” button on your browser, you may presume that no changes have been made since the last reading of the policy. A changed “last modified” dates indicates that this Policy has been updated or edited, and the updated or edited version supersedes any prior versions immediately upon posting.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES
Parts of Our Services may include Our use of third party services (such as billing services) or enable You to utilize third party services (such as email providers or analytics platforms), whether configured Yourself or administered by Us on Your behalf.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES, WHETHER USED BY US, CONFIGURED BY YOU, OR ADMINISTERED BY US ON YOUR BEHALF, MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PRIVACY POLICIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW THEY USE YOUR DATA. YOU AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICES REMAINS SOLELY WITH YOU, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
Visitors and users of our Sites and Services will have multiple manners of interactivity with Us. Depending upon Your level of interaction, We will collect different information about You. The type of information collected is as follows:
Clients - Clients are those users who subscribe to Our paid Services. We may collect their name, their email address, their mailing address, their age, their phone number, and any other necessary billing information.
Subscribers - Subscribers are those users who have visited Our Sites and elected to subscribe to Our newsletters or other communications services. We collect their name, email address, and may additionally collect publicly available information from social forums and other websites.
Posters - Posters are visitors to Our Sites who choose to register to post information in public forums. Minimal information is sought from Posters, and no actual personally identifying information must be submitted in order to become a Poster. Nevertheless, any information entered voluntarily by the Poster should be considered to be public information or information that is publicly available. If you do not wish for information to be made public, you should not enter it into your user profile when registering as a Poster. We may additionally collect publicly available information from social forums and other websites regarding individuals who have registered as Posters.
Browsers - Browsers are visitors to the site who never enter into any active data collection pages. Any information gathered from Browsers is also gathered from Posters and Subscribers. This information is restricted to cookies, IP Addresses and Referral URLs, and other passive information gathering devises (explained below).
Client End-Users - Client end-users are individuals who visit a site owned by one of Our Clients and operated on Our network. Our Clients may use Our Services to collect information regarding such end users which may be stored in Our systems. We do not actively access such information except in so far as it is necessary to perform Our work on behalf of Our Clients.
Individual users may fall into multiple of the above categories. In such a case, they should consider that the information We collect about them may be the aggregate of the different categories to which they belong.
A Message To The End Users Hello, End User! You may be visiting a Site operated by a Client of Soren LLC. However, Soren LLC has no direct relationship with You. If you’d like to make any requests regarding your personal information, please contact the owner of the site you’ve visited or used, as they control your data. They may then submit any such information requests to us, and we’ll respond to them. We retain your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU
Passive Collection – We use cookies to collect information about you in order to enhance your experience on the site. The information collected in our cookies includes, but is not limited to, your user IP address, your Guest IDs, your geographic location and other session data.
Active Collection – we collect information from you when you complete registration forms to sign up for your membership on our Site. Locations for such collection are registration pages, but we reserve the right to add additional information collection portals.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
It is our policy not to use or share the personal information about You in ways unrelated to those described in this Policy without also providing You an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. However, We may disclose personal information about You, or information regarding Your use of the Services or Sites, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, We believe that it is reasonable to do so, including:
- To satisfy any laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental, or legal requests for such information;
- To disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or other user policies;
- To operate Our Services properly;
- To protect ourselves, our Members, and the general public. We specifically reserve the right to disclose any and all information to law enforcement in the event that a crime is committed, is suspected, or if We are compelled to do so by lawful criminal, civil, or administrative process, discovery requests, subpoenas, court orders, writs, or reasonable request of authorities or persons with the reasonable power to obtain such process.
- We will always cooperate with law enforcement authorities, private-party litigants, and others seeking information about our end users to the extent required by applicable law. Examples of such cooperation include lawful criminal, civil, or administrative process, discovery requests, subpoenas, court orders, writs, or reasonable request of authorities or persons with the reasonable power to obtain such process.
TRANSMITTALS FROM US
We may send you periodic announcements including the details of our existing and new programs. You may opt out of these announcements by contacting [email protected] or by clicking the opt-out link at the bottom of these emails. If you opt out of these marketing emails, you may still receive system notices and other information that is specifically related to your account. If you provide your information to us, use the Site, or subscribe to any of our services, you will have created a commercial relationship with us. In having done so, you understand that even unsolicited commercial email sent from us or our affiliates is not SPAM as that term is defined under the law.
PUBLIC FORUMS, MEMBER DIRECTORIES, AND INTERNAL MESSAGING
Public Forums – Any information posted to a Forum should immediately be considered to be public information.
Member Directories – Any information provided in a user profile, member directory, or other related service should be considered to be public information. We do not, can not, and will not act to maintain the privacy of any information that you provide in any such forum or medium.
Internal Messaging – We provide an internal messaging system for use between members of our Site. Any information that you send via this internal messaging system is not secure and is not considered to be private information. You should use caution when sending any personal information over the internal messaging system, and you should not transmit any information that you would not wish to see disclosed to the general public.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY
We take measures, including data encryption, to protect the transmission of all sensitive end-user information. We make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining this information. We take all reasonable measures to prevent such breaches of security, but given the resourcefulness of cyber-criminals we are unable to guarantee that our security is 100% breach-proof. You assume the risk of such breaches to the extent that they occur despite our reasonable security measures.
HOW TO ACCESS OR MODIFY YOUR INFORMATION
We offer our Members the opportunity to access or modify information provided during registration. To access or modify such information, contact our Customer Service Department at [email protected]
WHERE TO DIRECT QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PRIVACY POLICY
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact us at [email protected]