Privacy Policy
This privacy statement discloses the information gathering process and the privacy and dissemination practices for the MyFriendsConnection.com Web site. MyFriendsConnection.com has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to protect your personal privacy.
MyFriendsConnection does not sell or rent your email address and personal identification to third parties.
Information Collection
Registration
In order to use this Web site, a user must be 13 years old and first complete the registration form.
During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as
their name and email address). We use this information to provide custom features
which the user has expressed interest (such as notifications of new messages
or custom weekly updates). Registration also requires the user to give demographic
information (such as date of birth, gender, ethnicity and location), and unique
identifiers (such as, username and password). This information is used to provide
a more personalized experience on our site and for search purposes connected
with the functionality of the Website only. Unique identifiers (such as password)
are collected from Web site visitors to verify the user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s identity, and for
use as account numbers in our record system.
Information Use
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s computer tied to the information
about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable
information while on our site. We use both session ID cookies and persistent
cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie
simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s
hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed
by following browser help file directions. Our site uses session ID cookies
so that you do not have to enter your username and password on every web page
in the member\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s only area. Cookies are widely used on most major Web sites.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit
pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use.
Communications from the Site
First Time Registration
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Updates and Notifications
Our members may also choose to receive notifications to their email informing
them of updates such as new messages or new friends. In addition members will
receive a weekly update which is customized for them containing stats and updates.
Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive
these types of communications.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement.
For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might
send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications.
However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and
in regards to issues relating to their account usually via email.
Add/Invite Friends
Our users are encouraged to invite their friends to join our site. We ask them
for the friend\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s name and email address. MyFriendsConnection.com will automatically
send the friend an email inviting them to visit the site. The friend may receive
up to four emails inviting them to join with five day intervals. MyFriendsConnection.com
stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this email and tracking
the status of their signup under the Pending Invitations page.
Public Profile
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose information online
- in the case of our Web site, when completing your profile - that information
can be collected and used by others. In short, we suggest that you do not post
your contact information such as your email, phone number, and postal address
or online handles from instant messaging services. This will ensure that you
do not receive unsolicited messages from other parties.
Children
Protecting the privacy of the young is especially important to MyFriendsConnection.com.
For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Web site from
those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our Web site is intended
for use by those under 13.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s personal information changes (such as name, email, or location),
or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update
or delete/deactivate user\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s membership account and information. This can usually
be done at the My Account page.
Information Storage and Security
This Web site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information under our control. Information collected is stored
in a secured database on our web hosting server. Your information is kept our
web hosting server as long as you are a member of our site.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.