uFollowit™ Privacy Policy
As of February 29, 2008
TVirtual North America, LLC (“TVirtual” or “we”) maintains the website located at www.ufollowit.com (the “Site”). We recognize that privacy is important. This Privacy Policy applies to all of the sites and services offered by TVirtual North America, LLC. By visiting the Site or any site owned and operated by TVirtual, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect and How We Use It.
In order to provide our full range of services, we may collect the following types of information:
Information you provide - When you sign up for a uFollowit™ account or other uFollowit™ service or promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, a phone number, email address, and an account password). We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other uFollowit™ services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience, to display relevant advertising, for product research and development, and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information.
Cookies - When you visit the Site, we may send cookies that identify your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service. If you do not want cookies to be set, you can usually set your browser to prevent this, or to give you the option of setting it. If you choose not to have a cookie saved, please be aware that some features or services on the Site may not work.
Log information - When you use the Site, our servers automatically record information given by browsers and phone systems, such as browser types, phone numbers, IP addresses, linking paths, etc. We may use this information in order to provide you with a better experience, to display relevant advertising, for product research and development, and to improve the quality of our services.
User-created uFollowits and other communications - When you create a [delivery notification utilizing the uFollowit™ service] (a “uFollowit™”) either by phone, email, sms, instant messaging or otherwise, we may retain that data in order to offer our service, display relevant advertising, process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
Information from third parties and affiliated sites - We may offer some services in connection with other web sites or third parties. To the extent that we receive data from these third parties, we treat that data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These third-party sites may have different privacy practices than TVirtual, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by TVirtual North America, LLC. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. The Site may allow you to interact with other services, including [uFollowitLinks, the uFollowit™ API], as well as email. We do not control how sites you choose to use with the Site use data you provide. We strongly encourage you to read their privacy policies.
2. How We Process Information.
We process personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. We may process personal information to provide our own services. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.
3. Choices for Personal Information.
You may decline to submit personal information to the Site, in which case we may not be able to provide you with certain services offered on the Site.
4. Sharing of Information.
We only share personal information with third-parties in the following limited circumstances:
- We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any personally identifiable information.
- We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
- We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Use and Terms of Service and investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of TVirtual, its customers or the public as required or permitted by law.
- If we become involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice of this.
- We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement. Such information does not identify you individually.
Please contact us at TVirtual North America, LLC, 1101 Capital of Texas Highway South, Building K, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78746 for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
5. Information Security.
We take certain security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.
We restrict access to personal information to TVirtual employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
To the extent you choose to use downloaded software or services, we cannot be responsible for your protection of that data.
6. Accessing and Updating Personal Information.
We make good faith efforts to provide you with access to personal information you provide in connection with the services on the Site and allow you to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes.
7. Enforcement.
We regularly review our compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our treatment of personal information to us at TVirtual North America, LLC, 1101 Capital of Texas Highway South, Building K, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78746. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between TVirtual and an individual.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any changes on the Site and may, but are under no obligation to, notify you of such changes by the e-mail address you have provided to us. Each version of this Privacy Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date.
If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us any time at TVirtual North America, LLC, 1101 Capital of Texas Highway South, Building K, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78746.
