Sitesearch is founded on the principals of having its users discover new information that they find interesting and relevant on the Internet while also having the ability to create user generated content and then sharing with one another. Sitesearch understands the importance of your personal information and how it is used and shared, and because of this we take your privacy very seriously. Please take your time to read the following in order to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the Sitesearch website, you will be accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy covers Sitesearch's treatment of personal information that Sitesearch collects when you, the user are on the Sitesearch website and when you choose to use Sitesearch services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Sitesearch does not own or control, or to individuals that Sitesearch does not employ or manage.
Information Collected by Sitesearch
Here at Sitesearch we only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our web site, which is to enable users to find, share and create relevant information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our Sitesearch users:- Information You Provide to Us: Any information you may enter on our web site or information that is willingly provided to us in any way, whether it is sent or received will be stored. As a user of our service you have the ability to choose what you want to share with us but keep in mind that it may affect your ability to use some of the features within Sitesearch.
- Registration: The initial step to setting up an account using Sitesearch services is the registration process. Our registration form requires some basic personal information, such as your full name, city, state and most important, your e-mail address.
- User Profile: We want our users to be part of a collective community within Sitesearch. In order to achieve this goal, we want you, the user to express yourself beyond the information given at registration. We encourage you to create a user bio, add your favorite URLs, instant messaging, and instant message IDs. You also have the ability to add photos of yourself and your friends in your profile. You also have the ability within your User Profile to control the amount of information you choose to display.
- Registration: The initial step to setting up an account using Sitesearch services is the registration process. Our registration form requires some basic personal information, such as your full name, city, state and most important, your e-mail address.
- Automatic Information:
- Whenever you interact within our web site, we receive and store information. During this interaction, various "traffic data" is logged on Sitesearch's servers and its authorized agent's servers, this may include information regarding IP address, Sitesearch cookie information, and the page requested. This "traffic data" then helps Sitesearch analyze any trends, diagnose server problems, and administer the web site.
- This information tracking, can obtain the total amount a page has been viewed within Sitesearch including User Profile pages.
- Within the Internet industry there are many companies that will offer programs for the user to visit anonymously. However, at Sitesearch be cannot provide a personalized web experience if we are not recognizing our users, but we do want you to know that these types of programs exist.
- Whenever you interact within our web site, we receive and store information. During this interaction, various "traffic data" is logged on Sitesearch's servers and its authorized agent's servers, this may include information regarding IP address, Sitesearch cookie information, and the page requested. This "traffic data" then helps Sitesearch analyze any trends, diagnose server problems, and administer the web site.
E-mail Communications
In this world of the information in which we all live, Sitesearch cannot stress enough how important our users privacy is and we assure you that will never compromise that by giving your e-mail address to a third party without your permission (this further explained under "Sharing Your Information" below). With this said, Sitesearch restricts the right to send e-mails with Sitesearch-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. We also restrict the right to send our users' notification e-mails from Sitesearch, which inform you of possible actions such as friend requests (e.g. friend requests) that have taken place on the site. However, if you decide not to take advantage of these e-mails, you can contact us at the following e-mail webmaster@sitesearch.com. You will though, continue to receive e-mails regarding specific user requests like forgotten user passwords and legal notices.Cookies
- Cookies are known in the Internet world as alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred through a computer's hard drive to a Web browser in order to enable a system that will recognize your particular browser and that documents how and when pages in our web site are visited how many people view them. No personal information is collected with Sitesearch's cookies, nor do we combine any information obtained through cookies containing personal information in order to extract information such as e-mail addresses, screen names, and who you are.
- Within your browsers "help" portion you can reference how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, or to notify you when you receive a new cookie and even how to fully disable cookies. At Sitesearch, we recommend allowing cookie's because it will enable you to use all of our features.
- However, we have no control over, or access to the cookies used by our business partners, such as our advertiser's that use cookies within our web site.
Sharing Your Information
Information about our users is an integral part of the Sitesearch experience because Sitesearch provides a place on the Internet for people to discover, share, and create relevant information for each other. It is important to know that Sitesearch cares for its users and will not rent or sell its users personal information to anyone and will only share information as described below.- Sitesearch Personnel: Only authorized Sitesearch personnel, consultants and/or contractors will be allowed access to user information for the purpose of our ordinary and normal business practices.
- Business Transfers: In the effect that Sitesearch were to be acquired, bought or sold assets, it is important to know that in these types of business transactions, user information is a business asset that would be transferred during these types of proceedings.
- Protection of Sitesearch and Others: In the event that we need to release personal information of our users it will fall under the following reasons: in order to protect the rights, property or safety of Sitesearch, our employees, our users, and others; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and/or other policies; or to comply with the law. This may also include the exchange of information with other companies and/or organizations for the protection of fraud and credit risk reduction.
- User Profile information: Any information that is collected from our users during initial registration and additional site visits may be displayed by Sitesearch's users in the User Profile. This may include but is not limited to: full name, location, interests, etc. You, as the user have the ability to control what information is displayed in your User Profile by visiting the Privacy Statement section of the User Profile.
- Member Directory: In order to establish relationships with other Sitesearch users you will have the ability to search users via e-mail. In effect, your e-mail address will then be searchable by others, unless you choose to opt-out of this feature by visiting the Privacy Settings section under User Profile. The e-mail address provided during registration will be the e-mail others can search you by.
- Social sharing of data: Sitesearch grants users the ability to browse stories that have been posted on our site. This is made available to you by your User Profile, or within the URL of a story you have accessed. Sitesearch may at any point in time choose to place this data on another feature within the site.
- Friends' Activity: Sitesearch is an online social network and will allow non-friends to review your friends' activity on the site.
- API: Sitesearch will maintain the privacy of it's' users password and blog settings however, Sitesearch will grant access to third parties in order to access all Sitesearch data that is publicly available through Sitesearch.
- Syndication: Sitesearch allows RSS syndication in regards to all of the site's public content.
- With Your Consent: Sitesearch will in no way share your information with others, except for the above mentioned actions and in the event your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose other than what it was originally intended, you will be able to opt-out in order to prevent the sharing of this information.
Keeping Information Secure
- Although your Sitesearch account is protected by a password for security and privacy purposes make sure you protect your account from unauthorized users by logging off once your session is completed when using a shared computer.
- In order to ensure the privacy of our users, Sitesearch only grants employees access to our users personal information for specific job functions, such as in the case of customer service. Our privacy and security practices change with new technologies and out employees are constantly informed regarding these changes.
Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information
- We allow our users to opt-out of specific functions in order to create a User Profile of their choice but be aware that this may limit the usage of functions within Sitesearch for example, disabling the user from posting a URL link or creating user generated content.
- As a user you have the ability to change, update, amend, edit and alter your personal information through your User Profile at any time. Sitesearch will keep the integrity of your privacy but will also keep a copy of the original content on our files.
- If you should choose to leave us you may request a deletion of your Sitesearch account by e-mailing us at webmaster@sitesearch.com.
- If you prefer to not receive any e-mail from Sitesearch or our users, you can contact us at webmaster@sitesearch.com.
- If you choose the above-mentioned option, you will still receive e-mails concerning the system such as forgotten user passwords and legal notices.
- You may also choose to not have people search for you via the Member Directory service, if this is the case please notify us at webmaster@sitesearch.com.
- Sitesearch realizes that not all of our users choose to accept new cookies and that your toolbar will allow you, the user to choose your preference. Should you choose to not accept cookies you may not be able to access all of the great features Sitesearch provides.