Privacy Policy
Buddy-Icons.info is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. The following statement outlines our privacy policy.
At Buddy-Icons.info, we do not require that our users provide us with information to use our site. If you choose gain additional functionality and access we require that our users provide a certaint amount of personal infromation, such as a valid email address.
Information You Provide Us
Personally Identifiable Information
In order to attain a Buddy-Icons.info membership to gain additional functionality, we'll ask you to provide the following information; your email address, a password, and an username chosen by you.
Without your specific permission, Buddy-Icons.info will NOT disclose, sell or exchange your personally identifiable information to or with anyone, except when we believe it is absolutely necessary to disclose. The following reasons would force Buddy-Icons.info to disclose personal identifiable information:
- Comply with the law or legal process
- Protect or defend the rights or property of Buddy-Icons.info or others
- Enforce this Agreement
- Respond to claims that the contents of any communications violate the rights of others
- Change in ownership of Buddy-Icons.info
Automatic Information
Aggregated User Information That Does Not Identify Any User Individually:
In order to measure overall demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the Buddy-Icons.info domain and to analyze how and where to use our resources, we perform statistical analysis of the collective characteristics and behavior of our members and visitors.
We also use the aggregate data collected to inform our sponsors the number of people who have seen and 'clicked' on their advertisement. In addition, at times we may compile and disclose aggregate information about its users for promotional or other purposes. For example, we might want to disclose that a certain percentage of our users are located within a particular geographic area.
Cookies
A 'cookie' is an element of data which a service or site, when visited by a user, sends to that user's browser which, in turn, may store that element on the user's hard drive or memory. Buddy-Icons.info uses cookies in the following ways to better serve our users
- Provide user preferences for registered users on our site.
- Help determine how long users view particular content
- Which particular content (e.g., advertising) users view
- Which content or sites users link to
- Which Buddy-Icons.info services members and visitors use
Choices Available
Cookies: Any user may block or delete our cookies from his or her hard drive. However, by disabling cookies, certain site features and functionality may no longer work properly, or at all.
'Opt-in' Emails: Users may 'opt-in' to receive site notifications, newsletters or other information via email. Users may remove themselves from such services at their discretion. Any email sent to an 'opt-in' list will include directions for how a user may remove him or herself from the list, or a URL where the user may find such directions.
Standard procedure to unsubscribe from email notifications is to reply to email with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in subject.
Profile Display: In some cases, users' personal information may be publicly available through a user's profile display. In such cases, users have the option to opt out of publicly displaying their real names and other personal information. In cases where site profiles allow users to display optional information publicly, such entry and display is at the user's discretion.
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