PRIVACY POLICY / YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Effective Date: November 17, 2008
This website (the “Website”) is operated by Playphone Inc. (“Playphone,” “we,” or “us”). This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website and not to other websites or services operated by Playphone or its content partners.
1. What information do we collect?
Cookies
Cookies are small text-files stored on your computer that contain information about you, including a unique personal identifier and information about your previous visits to our Website. Cookies help you use the Website more efficiently and allow us to track activity on the site by users. You can elect not to receive cookies from the Website by making the appropriate change in the settings of your web browser. However, disabling cookies in your web browser may prevent you from receiving cookies from all of the websites you access.
Automatic Information
We may automatically collect general information from our users relating to their use of the Website which will be used in aggregate; that is, anonymously. Your computer or the networks we use may automatically provide us with data about your computer, such as your IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring website addresses. Some parts of the Website may use embedded pixel or other technologies to track and facilitate your use of the Site, including the activities in which you participate or the pages you view. This information may be used to tailor the site towards our users needs, or identify marketing and business opportunities and may be shared with our trading partners, affiliated companies or advertisers.
Personal Information
We collect and store personal information voluntarily provided by you, such as your mobile phone number, name, address and email address (“personal information.”). By providing your mobile phone number for the delivery of content, you will be deemed to have given permission for us to store your mobile phone number and to share your phone number with our content partners for their own independent storage and usage.
We have taken steps to ensure that your information remains secure and confidential and cannot be accessed for unauthorized purposes. However, no method of transmitting or storing electronic data is ever completely secure, and we cannot guarantee that such information will never be accessed, used, or released in a manner that is inconsistent with this policy.
2. How do we use data?
We will use information we collect about you:
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for the purposes for which you have provided the personal information, including, for example, to respond to your inquiry or provide material that you have requested, and to facilitate your access to the Website;
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to offer you other Playphone services, such as our newsletter, or services of our partners or other third parties;
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to send you notifications about your accounts or transactions with us or our affiliates and to otherwise provide you with information;
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to analyze our business and your use of the Website, enhance existing features, or develop new features, products, and services; and
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as otherwise described to you at the point of collection.
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We may combine the information that we collect from you on the Website with information that we collect from third parties, including our content partners.
3. With whom do we share data?
We may share the information we collect about you:
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with our content partners, who may store your information and use it to provide their content to you and to communicate with you about their services and special offers;
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with service providers that perform certain functions on our behalf, including processing information that you provide to us on the Website, operating the Website or portions of it, or in connection with other aspects of our business
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to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process, in response to a request for cooperation from law enforcement or another government agency, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or to enforce our user agreement or privacy policy, or to protect our rights or the rights of others;
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in connection with a corporate transaction, including bankruptcy, or as otherwise described to you at the point of collection
4. What if you want to change your mind?
If you want to withdraw consent to our use or storage of your personal information, please send an e-mail to customercare@allpp.com. If you need more information about cookies, what they do, how they work and how you enable/disable them, please look at www.cookiecentral.com.
5. Will these privacy practices change?
Please note that we may modify this Privacy Policy from time-to-time. It is your responsibility to ensure that you regularly review our Privacy Policy, as continued usage of the Website indicates acceptance of such modifications. We will notify you of any material change to our Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the email address you provided to us or by placing a prominent notice on the Website.
6. Your California privacy rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please email us at mobile.natgeo@allpp.com.
7. Who should you contact with questions?
You may email us at mobile.natgeo@allpp.com if you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices.