Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 1, 2009
This Privacy Policy applies to information WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com collects online through its websites and other domains owned by WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com and other domains owned and operated by us. We refer to these websites as www.WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com and to the other domains as the "WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites." This policy also describes our information practices with regard to information we may have obtained about you from public records, which has recently become available at our Sites.
Changes to this Policy
This Privacy Policy is available on this page for you to read. This Privacy Policy may be updated and modified from time to time to reflect new features, services and options, as well as any other changes with regard to the use of personal information. By using WhereInTheWorldAreYou.com Sites, agree to accept this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policy may change over time. Continued use of the WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Site or other WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com services will signify that you agree to these changes.
About Children
The WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites are not directed to children under the age of 13. The WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites prohibits registration by and will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13.
Information Collection and Use
Below are more details about the information the WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites gather from you and how we use it.
A. User Profiles. WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com does collect and store first names and last names submitted via a form on our site. This data is used strictly for tracking purposes. All other data submitted via our forms, including email, age, gender and zip code, are not collected or stored by WhereInTheWorldAreYou.com, but is passed to third-party sites. All profile data listed on WhereInTheWorldAreYou.com is obtained from third-party vendors.
B. Use of Cookies. On the Internet, a "cookie" is a piece of information (a file) that a website transfers to a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com does not set cookies to a user's computer.
Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. See "Third Party Advertising."
C. Log Files. As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and click stream data.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
We do not link this automatically collected data to personally identifiable information.
D. Other Third Parties. WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com may share non-personal, aggregate, or summary information regarding our users with other third parties not mentioned in this policy. This kind of information does not identify you individually but is often used to provide general demographics or statistics.
E. Legal Authorities. The WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites may also disclose personally identifiable information in cases when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify someone who may be causing injury to WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com's rights or property, other users, or anyone else. The WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites may disclose personally identifiable information of our users to government authorities at our discretion.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website.
Access to Other Sites Through WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com
You may also visit independent websites not operated by WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com that are connected to our network for our users. Such sites are operated by external, third-party service providers. Some of these sites will have their own separate membership processes and privacy policies. The WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites do not control sites that are operated by others and so cannot be responsible for the information practices of these sites. Other sites may set their own cookies, collect data, or solicit personal information. It is always a good idea to check the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use of any site before offering any of your personal information.
Third-Party Advertising
We use ad serving technology and other third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. Third Party Cookies: In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.
Security
The WhereInTheWorldAreYa.com Sites follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. But no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.