Privacy Policy
We believe:
- You should control your personal information at all times and what you would like to share with this site or our partners, brand sponsors and other users.
- It it easy for you to unsubscribe from this site if you are unsatisfied with the service we’re providing you.
- Please be careful with whom you choose to share information. This is your responsibility.
Now all the legal fine print…
Our enterprise. (“The Enterprise” or “we”) operates this site. This Privacy Policy describes this site’s use and sharing of personally identifiable information (“PII”— your full name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, or credit card number) that Members voluntarily provide to Modyo when they register (also known as “Registration PII”). The Term “User” refers to a Visitor or a Member. This Privacy Policy applies to the services offered by this site, including any branded site (“the Website”), the messaging service, and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by this site in connection with the Website (collectively, the “Site Services”). The Site Services are hosted in the United States. The Website is a general audience site open to all public.
From time to time this site may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect industry initiatives or changes in the law, our PII collection and use practices, the features of the Site Services, or technology, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting on this Website. Your continued use of the Services after posting a revised Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. If this web site materially changes its practices regarding collection or use of your PII, your PII will continue to be governed by the Policy under which it was collected unless you have been provided notice of, and have not objected to, the change.
COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF PII AND NON-PII ON this web site.
General. When this web site collects PII from you it is because you are voluntarily submitting Registration PII to us in order to register as a Member of this site. This web site may also collect PII from you if you choose to interact in Services or activities like contests, networks, and surveys, because you want us to furnish you with products, services, newsletters, or information, or in connection with content or suggestions you submit to this web site for review.
In addition, our enterprise collects other non-PII including IP address, aggregate user data, and browser type. This data is used to manage and improve the Site Services, track usage, and for security purposes. WEb Site Members may also choose to provide or store non-PII information in their profiles, including but not limited to date of birth, interests, hobbies, lifestyle choices, networks with whom they are affiliated (schools, companies), videos and/or pictures, private messages, bulletins or personal statements (collectively “Profile Information”). The Profile Information in a Member’s profile is provided at his or her sole discretion.
Web Site Members can change their Registration PII and Profile Information at any time and can control how Visitors, other Members and Modyo communicate with them by controlling their account settings, available within the “Edit Profile” portion of their profile.
Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information that the enterprise places on your computer. The enterprise uses cookies to identify your Internet browser, store Users’ preferences, and determine whether you have installed the enabling software needed to access certain material for the Site Services. Data in cookies may be read to authenticate user sessions or provide services.Third party advertisements displayed on the web site may also contain cookies set by Internet advertising companies or advertisers (known as “third party cookies”). Modyo does not control these third party cookies and Users of the Site Services should check the privacy policy of the Internet advertising company or advertiser to see whether and how it uses cookies. A pixel tag is a tiny image inserted in a webpage and used to record the number and types of views for that page. The Enterprise may allow third party pixel tags to be present on the web site for purposes of advertising, providing services or data and statistics collection.
You can program your computer to warn you each time a cookie is being sent, block third party cookies or block all cookies. However, by blocking all cookies you may not have access to certain features on the web site.
NOTICE: THE ENTERPRISE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH NOTICE ABOUT ITS PII COLLECTION PRACTICES
When you voluntarily provide PII to US, we will make sure you are informed about who is collecting the information, how and why the information is being collected and the types of uses the enterprise will make of the information to the extent it is being used in a manner that differs from what is allowed pursuant to this Privacy Policy. At the time you provide your PII, the Enterprise will notify you of your options regarding our use of your PII (See “Choice” below). Except as described in this Privacy Policy, the Enterprise will not share your PII with third parties unless you have given the Enterprise permission to do so (See “Use” below).
The web site may be linked to Internet sites operated by other companies. The web site may also carry advertisements from other companies. The Enterprise is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or other services operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with the Site Services or for the privacy practices of third party Internet advertising companies. Once you leave this web site via such a link, access a third party application (such as widgets) or click on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser site to determine, among other things, how they will handle any PII they collect from you. The Site Services may also be linked to sites operated by companies affiliated with our enterprise. Users who visit those Affiliated Company sites should still refer to their separate privacy policies and practices, which may differ in some respects from this Privacy Policy.
The Enterprise may use cookies and similar tools to customize the content and advertising you receive based on the Profile Information you have provided. Profile Information you provide in structured profile fields or questions (multiple choice questions like “Sex,” “Age” and “Country”) (“Structured Profile Information”), information you add to open-ended profile fields and questions (questions like “About Me,” “Interests” and “Movies”) (“Non-Structured Profile Information”) and other non-PII about you may also be used to customize the online ads or “Skins” you encounter to those we believe are aligned with your interests. Third party applications (such as widgets) created by third party developers may also be available on the web site. Third party applications are small bits of software, often with interactivity, that can be installed into Members’ profiles or shared with other Users. However, Modyo does not control the third party developers, and cannot dictate their actions. When a Member engages with a third party application, that Member is interacting with the third party developer, not with this site. The Enterprise encourages Members not to provide PII to the third party’s application unless the Member knows the party with whom it is interacting.
CHOICE: THE ENTERPRISE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH CHOICES ABOUT THE USE OF YOUR PII Except as described in this Privacy Policy, THE ENTERPRISE will get your permission before we use the PII you provide to us in a way that is inconsistent with the purpose for which it was submitted or share your PII with third parties that are not affiliated with this web site.
USE: THE ENTERPRISE’S USE OF PII will only use the PII you provide under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If the Enterprise obtains PII from a third party, such as a business partner, our use of that information is also governed by this Privacy Policy.
In order to locate other Members that you may already know in the physical world, this web site allows Users to search for Members using Registration PII (i.e., full name or email address). The Enterprise also allows Users to browse for certain Profile Information in order to help connect with Members (i.e., schools and/or companies where Users may have attended or worked). The Enterprise may also enable Members to publicly display some Registration PII as an element of their Profile Information if they choose to do so via a profile setting under “Profile.” Search engines may index the portion of a Member’s profile (including the Profile Information it contains) that is publicly displayed.
If you have consented to receive promotional materials (e.g., newsletters) or notifications from this web site, The Enteprise may periodically use your email address to send you such materials related to the Site Services, as applicable. If you want to stop receiving such materials from this web site, you can change your profile settings under “Profile,” or follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
The Enterprise employees, agents and contractors must have a business reason to obtain access to your PII. The Enterprise may share your PII with those who help us manage or provide Site Services’ information activities, or with outside contractors, agents or sponsors who help us with the administration, judging and prize fulfillment aspects of networks, promotions and contests. These outside contractors, agents or sponsors may temporarily store some information on their servers, but they may only use your PII to provide our web site with a specific service and not for any other purpose. The Enterprise may also provide your PII to a third party in those instances where you have chosen to receive certain information and have been notified that the fulfillment of such a request requires the sharing of your PII. The Enterprise also may share your PII with Affiliated Companies if it has a business reason to do so.
As described in “Notice” above, the Entprise may customize the advertising and marketing messages you receive on the Website, or may work with outside companies to do so. Your non-PII and/or Profile Information may be shared with these companies so this customization can be accomplished. The Enterprise prohibits these companies from sharing your non-PII and/or Profile Information with any third party or from using it for any other purpose. Anonymous click stream, number of page views calculated by pixel tags, and aggregated demographic information may also be shared with the web site’s advertisers and business partners.
There may be instances when the web site may access or disclose PII, Profile Information or non-PII without providing you a choice in order to: (i) protect or defend the legal rights or property of the Enterprise our Affiliated Companies or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements); (ii) protect the safety and security of Users of the Site Services or members of the public including acting in urgent circumstances; (iii) protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or (iv) comply with the law or legal process. In addition, if the Enterprise sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of all or a material part of its assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or transfer of all or a material part of its business, the Enterprise may transfer your PII to the party or parties involved in the transaction as part of that transaction.
When a Member who is located in the European Union chooses to post Profile Information that will be publicly disclosed, that Member is responsible for ensuring that such information conforms to all local data protection laws. The Enterprise is not responsible under the EU local data protection laws for Member-posted information.
ACCESS, REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE: HOW TO ACCESS, CORRECT OR CHANGE YOUR PREFERENCES REGARDING YOUR PII AND HOW TO CONTACT THE ENTERPRISE ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS Whenever possible, The Members may review the Registration PII we maintain about them in our records. We will take reasonable steps to correct any PII a Member informs us is incorrect. If you are a Member, you can view and change your Registration PII, Member preferences and Profile Information by logging into your account and accessing features such as “Edit Profile” and “Account Settings.”
If you ask the Enterprise to stop using your PII, the Enteprise will honor that request while retaining any record of your PII that is necessary to comply with applicable federal, state or local law.