Last modified: October 28, 2008:
Thank you for visiting http://www.Seayoo.com ("Seayoo" or "we"). Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used including Seayoo's use and sharing of personally identifiable information that Members voluntarily provide to Seayoo when they register (also known as "Registration PII") or otherwise share with us (collectively, "PII"). The Term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. This Privacy Policy applies to the services offered by Seayoo, including any Seayoo-branded URL (the "Seayoo Website"), the Seayoo instant messaging service and other features (for example, pictures).
The Seayoo Website is a general audience site and does not directed to children under the age of 13, We do not provide memberships to persons under age 13. If you are under the age of 13, you may not create an account on the Seayoo Website and you are not eligible to use our Services. Except as may be required by law, We will not knowingly collect, maintain, or disclose any personal information from children under the age of 13.
If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, please let your parent or guardian know about this Policy and get his or her permission before you give us any of your personally identifiable information. Don't post your real name on the Website or message board, and never tell anyone online anything private about yourself or your family, including your phone number and address. Use screen names at all times. Your screen name should not identify you, and should not include your first name or last name.
For users in Holland: Door het accepteren van deze voorwaarden bevestig je tevens dat jouw kennis en begrip van het Engels voldoende is om de voorwaarden zoals hier beschreven te kunnen begrijpen. You represent and warrant that you are at least 16 years old. If it comes to Seayoo's attention through reliable means that a User is a child under 16 years of age, Seayoo will cancel that User's account.
In addition, to the extent that the country from which you access the Seayoo Website imposes additional obligations or restrictions on the users who are minors, or otherwise, you are subject to those obligations or restrictions.
Information for Parents/Guardians
We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to become familiar with the types of content available on the Internet, including our online Services and games. Parents and guardians should regularly oversee their children's use of e-mail and other online communications and transactional features. Control tools are available from online services and software manufacturers that can help provide a safe online environment for kids.
If you are a parent or guardian who has discovered that your child has submitted his or her personal information without your permission or consent, We will take reasonable steps to remove that information from our database at your request. To request removal of your child's information, please send us an e-mail (to the address below) and be sure to include in your message the same user name, password, and email address that your child submitted. If your child has used your credit card on our web sites without your permission, contact us immediately at admin@seayoo.com.
From time to time Seayoo may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect industry initiatives or changes in the law, our PII collection and use practices, the features of the Seayoo Services, or technology, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting by Seayoo on the Seayoo Website. Your continued use of the Seayoo Services after Seayoo posts 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 Seayoo 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 SEAYOO
General. When Seayoo collects PII from you it is because you are voluntarily submitting Registration PII to us in order to register as a Member of Seayoo. Seayoo may also collect PII from you if you choose to participate in Seayoo Services activities like contests.
In addition, Seayoo collects other non-PII including IP address, aggregate user data, and browser type. This data is used to manage and improve the Seayoo Services, track usage, and for security purposes.
Seayoo 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, groups 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.
Seayoo Members can change their Registration PII and Profile Information at any time and can control how Visitors, other Members and Seayoo communicate with them by controlling their account settings, available within the "Edit Profile" portion of their Seayoo profile.
Cookies. Cookies are small bits of information that Seayoo places on your computer. Seayoo uses cookies to identify your Internet browser, store Users' preferences. Data in cookies may be read to authenticate user sessions or provide services.
Third party advertisements displayed on Seayoo Services may also contain cookies set by Internet advertising companies or advertisers (known as "third party cookies"). Seayoo does not control these third party cookies and users of the Seayoo Services should check the privacy policy of the Internet advertising company or advertiser to see whether and how it uses cookies. See the "Notice" section below for more information on customized advertising on Seayoo. A pixel tag is a tiny image inserted in a webpage and used to record the number and types of views for that page. Seayoo may allow third party pixel tags to be present on Seayoo Services 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 Seayoo Services.
NOTICE: SEAYOO WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH NOTICE ABOUT ITS PII COLLECTION PRACTICES
When you voluntarily provide PII to Seayoo, 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 Seayoo 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, Seayoo will notify you of your options regarding our use of your PII (See "Choice" below). Except as described in this Privacy Policy, Seayoo will not share your PII with third parties unless you have given Seayoo permission to do so (See "Use" below).
Seayoo Services may be linked to Internet sites operated by other companies. Seayoo Services may also carry advertisements from other companies. Seayoo is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or other services operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with the Seayoo Services or for the privacy practices of third party Internet advertising companies. Once you leave Seayoo Services 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.
Seayoo Services may also be linked to sites operated by companies affiliated with Seayoo ("Affiliated Companies"). Although all Affiliated Companies adhere to privacy principles, 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.
Some of the advertisements that appear on Seayoo Services may also be delivered to you by third party Internet advertising companies. These companies utilize certain technologies to deliver advertisements and marketing messages and to collect non-PII about your visit to or use of Seayoo Services, including information about the ads they display, via a cookie placed on your computer that reads your IP address.
However, Seayoo 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 Seayoo. Seayoo encourages Members not to provide PII to the third party's application unless the Member knows the party with whom it is interacting.
CHOICE: SEAYOO WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH CHOICES ABOUT THE USE OF YOUR PII
Except as described in this Privacy Policy, Seayoo 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 Seayoo.
USE: SEAYOO'S USE OF PII
Seayoo will only use the PII you provide under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If Seayoo 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 Seayoo Members that you may already know in the physical world, Seayoo allows Users to search for Members using Registration PII (i.e., full name or email address). Seayoo also allows Users to browse for certain Profile Information in order to help connect with Members. Seayoo 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 "Edit 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 Seayoo, Seayoo may periodically use your email address to send you such materials related to the Seayoo Services, as applicable. If you want to stop receiving such materials from Seayoo, you can change your profile settings under "Account Settings," or follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
Seayoo employees, agents and contractors must have a business reason to obtain access to your PII. Seayoo may share your PII with those who help us manage or provide Seayoo Services' information activities (for example, message board administration, order fulfillment, statistical analyses, data processing), or with outside contractors, agents or sponsors who help us with the administration, judging and prize fulfillment aspects of contests and promotions.
These outside contractors, agents or sponsors may temporarily store some information on their servers, but they may only use your PII to provide Seayoo with a specific service and not for any other purpose. Seayoo 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. Seayoo also may share your PII with Affiliated Companies if it has a business reason to do so.
As described in "Notice" above, Seayoo may customize the advertising and marketing messages you receive on the Seayoo 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. Seayoo 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 Seayoo's advertisers and business partners.
There may be instances when Seayoo 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 Seayoo, our Affiliated Companies or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements); (ii) protect the safety and security of Users of the Seayoo 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 Seayoo 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, Seayoo 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. Seayoo is not responsible under the EU local data protection laws for Member-posted information.
SECURITY: SEAYOO PROTECTS THE SECURITY OF PII
Seayoo has implemented suitable security policies, rules and technical measures to protect and safeguard the PII under Seayoo's control from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All Seayoo's employees and data processors that have access to, and are associated with the processing of your PII, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your information. Please remember that you play an important part in security as well. Your password should never be shared with anyone and should be changed frequently. Remember that any information you voluntarily disclose on-line in any news or message postings, discussion groups or chat rooms may be collected and used by others without your permission. Despite the security measures, PII or other information which you upload to the Seayoo Website may be corrupted or irretrievable. You understand that Seayoo has no liability for any such loss of information, photos or other data. Whenever you give the Seayoo Website sensitive or confidential information (which may include, in the future, credit card numbers for purchases), Seayoo will take commercially reasonable steps to protect the information by establishing a secure connection with your web browser. At the time that payment is made through the Seayoo Website, Seayoo will employ a security technology to protect the transmission of payment information to the Seayoo Website. Unless otherwise specified herein or on the Seayoo Website where you make a purchase, credit card numbers will be used only for payment processing and are not retained for marketing purposes.
ACCESS/ACCURACY, REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE: HOW TO ACCESS, CORRECT OR CHANGE YOUR PREFERENCES REGARDING YOUR PII AND HOW TO CONTACT SEAYOO ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS
To the extent that you do provide us with PII, Seayoo wishes to maintain accurate PII. Whenever possible, Seayoo 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 "My Account", "My Profile" and "My Location"
If you ask Seayoo to stop using your PII, Seayoo will honor that request while retaining any record of your PII that is necessary to comply with applicable federal, state or local law.
By consenting to this Policy, you confirm that your command and knowledge of English is sufficient to understand the terms and conditions set forth herein.
For persons in European Union countries, as used herein, terms such as "PII" refer to "personal data" as defined by the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ("Directive"). By using the Seayoo Website or Services, you agree that we may transfer your personal information outside the European Union in connection with the purposes stated in this Policy. Your personal data may be transferred outside EU, including to Israel, for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy. You understand that the privacy laws differ by jurisdiction. To the extent that the Seayoo Website collects or retains any of your PII, its use will continue to be governed by the terms of this Policy.
If you would like to communicate with us about this Privacy Policy or Seayoo's collection and use of your PII please contact Seayoo at:
Email:
admin@Seayoo.com