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BuzzSoc Privacy Policy

Effective date: 01/Nov/2011

BuzzSoc takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.
This policy describes how we collect, use, share, and protect information about you, as well as the choices you may make about how we use this information.
We are committed to protecting the information you share with us, and we will not use your information in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement without your permission.
This Privacy Policy includes and incorporates the BuzzSoc Terms and Conditions of Use.

What information do we collect?

We collect information about you in various ways, including when you register as a BuzzSoc member, fill out our surveys, participate in a BuzzSoc campaign, and visit our website. When you register as a BuzzSoc member, complete a survey, or participate in a campaign, we collect the following information from you, in part, to notify BuzzSoc members about new campaigns, and specific campaign directives:

Name, address, phone number, and e-mail address;
Date of birth and gender;
Other information about you and your family, including marital status, employment status, occupation;
Demographic information; and
Contact information for friends you suggest to us to contact (we will only use this information to send the message you request).

When you visit our website or open one of our HTML emails, we may automatically collect information about you using tracking technology, including Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”), a unique device or user ID, system type, the content and pages that you access on the BuzzSoc site or the dates and times that you visit the site. BuzzSoc may use cookies and similar technology (as described below) to collect information for the purpose of customizing the content you receive.

We also may collect information from third party websites with whom we connect. As an example, if you connect to our site via Facebook, Facebook provides us with certain information from your Facebook account, which may include, without limitation, your Facebook User ID, the amount of activity (i.e., comments, likes) that may occur in response to posts, certain demographic information and other information to the extent that you elect to make it publicly available on Facebook.

The information we collect from third party websites will be used to continue to allow you to connect to such third party sites while on our site and to show our clients the volume of activity around their marketing campaign.

We may also obtain information about you from other sources, including affiliates, data aggregators, and public databases. All of the information we collect may be combined to create a more detailed picture of you, which allows us to better understand the products and services you might be interested in.

How do we use this information? Will we share this information with outside parties?

BuzzSoc may use and share the information we collect about you:

To register you as a BuzzSoc member, enrol you in campaigns or other programs at your request, communicate with you about campaigns, and to send products to you.
To communicate with our clients about the results of the campaigns in which you participate by selecting their product/s, and help clients develop advertising tailored to your interests.
To analyse the use of our products and services.
With our trusted partners (affiliates, clients or other third parties) who work on behalf of or with BuzzSoc :
With our subsidiaries and affiliates some of whom help us provide the services mentioned above. For example BuzzSoc works with Rimits, an affiliate, to customise the site and content you see, improve our services, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients. We also may share your information with any company who may purchase BuzzSoc or substantially all of our assets in the future.
To enforce the incorporated Terms and Conditions of use, to comply with legal obligations, and otherwise manage our business.
BuzzSoc will only use and share your information as described in this policy.
BuzzSoc may also share aggregated information that cannot be used to identify you with our clients and business partners.

Submitted Content

You and other users may post Submitted Content (as defined in the BuzzSoc Terms of Use) on the BuzzSoc site or other third party sites and view the Submitted Content of others. By agreeing to be a BuzzSoc member you have agreed to allow others to view such Submitted Content and any subsequent activity resulting there from and agree that any Submitted Content posted by you is at your own risk. You should also understand that any information you disclose in your Submitted Content, along with your screen name or ID, or any image or photo, becomes public and may be used by BuzzSoc and its clients for online and offline promotional or commercial uses in any and all media. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information that you choose to include in such Submitted Content. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of Submitted Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your Submitted Content.

Invitations

If you choose to tell someone about our website through tools provided on the site, we will ask you for information needed to send the invitation, such as that person’s email address. We will send the invitee an email or instant message in your name inviting him or her to visit the site, and may send follow-on reminders. BuzzSoc stores this information to send invitations and reminders, to register a third party connection if your invitation is accepted, to allow you to see invitations you have sent, and to track the success of our referral program. Your invitee may contact us through the form on our help page to request that we remove this information from our database.

E-mail Address and Postal Address

In order to use our website as a BuzzSoc member, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name, e-mail address, and postal address), and information needed for shipping campaign materials. This information is used to notify the user about new campaigns, specific campaign directives and changes in point offerings. We request your postal address for shipping purposes. If we have trouble processing any item to be shipped to you, this contact information may be utilised for contact purposes.

Account

Once you become a member of BuzzSoc, you will receive an account, accessible by password of your choosing. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify BuzzSoc of any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security known to you.

Cookies & Web Beacons

Our Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data that is placed on your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to personalise your experience on the BuzzSoc website and monitor how our site is used. Usage of a cookie is not linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once you end your session, the cookie simply terminates unless otherwise designated by you. We use cookies on our site so that you can move from page to page while staying logged into your account. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site, and we will set each link to contain the user’s unique id number for your current session. You can set your browser to accept or reject cookies and to disable other tracking technology.

Third Party Cookies

Our privacy statement does not cover the use of cookies by others including our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company and service providers. We do not have access or control over these cookies.

Log Files

We do track certain information such as type of browser and log on time for our own use. We use this information only to track where our users may be coming from and what type of software they are using. We keep this information so we can continuously improve our users’ online experience and improve the BuzzSoc website. None of this information can be traced back to any specific person.

Data Security, Storage, & Transfers

Security

We work to protect your information. We have appropriate technical, administrative and physical procedures in place to protect personal information from loss, misuse, or alteration. For example, we use Secure Socket Layers (SSL) software to encrypt your information when it is being transmitted to us. Access to data is limited through the use of internal firewalls and strictly enforced. While we use both passwords and user-names to protect information online, we also protect users’ information off-line. All of our users’ information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personal information. When we share your information with third party service providers as described above, we only provide those third parties with the information necessary to perform their service and we require that they protect your information and not use it for any other purpose. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you’re online.

Special Offers & E-mail

We send new members a welcoming e-mail to verify their user-name. Established members will occasionally receive e-mails containing information regarding new campaigns, updates, and directives from BuzzSoc if they have opted-in. “Opted-in” means the user has approved certain e-mails to be sent to them from BuzzSoc.

Other Sites

Our website may include links to websites operated by other companies. We may also run campaigns or provide offers from other companies. BuzzSoc is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or other services operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with our services or for the privacy practices of any third party. Once you leave our website via such a link, access a third party application (such as widgets) or click on a third party offer, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser site to determine, among other things, how they will handle any personal information they collect from you.

Correction/Updating Personally identifiable information

You may change certain personal or profile information at any time. The fastest way to change your information is to log-in to your account and simply click on “My Profile”. If you wish to change your personal information, cancel your account, or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services, you may contact us at privacy@buzzsoc.com

Communication from BuzzSoc

Under rare circumstances BuzzSoc may need to contact specific or all users in order to make an important announcement about the BuzzSoc site or service changes. Members are not able to unsubscribe, or “opt-in/opt-out” of these announcements because they may contain very important information regarding their accounts. Before these measures are taken, however, BuzzSoc will post information regarding changes directly on the website. BuzzSoc reserves the right to contact users to correct account errors or to supply important information BuzzSoc deems relevant.

If you opt-in to receiving communications by mobile messaging or e-mail, you may stop receiving promotional messages by message or e-mail by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the message.

Age/Residency Requirements

You must be at least 16 years old, be a United Kingdom resident (exc. Northern Ireland), and have a valid e-mail address to register to be a BuzzSoc member. If you are under 18, you hereby certify that you have obtained approval from your parent or guardian. Participation is open to individuals only (no corporations or other legal entities). Each individual who enrols is responsible for any information provided and for updating any such information to ensure its accuracy. Receipt of inaccurate or misleading information will adversely affect the ability of BuzzSoc to effectively run the campaigns and provide services to BuzzSoc members and its clients. In this regard, BuzzSoc reserves the right to terminate a BuzzSoc member account if misleading or intentionally incorrect personally identifiable information is provided.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes to the privacy statement here and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by email or by means of a notice on our home page.

Termination

If your service as a BuzzSoc member terminates with or without cause, you may contact us to ask us to delete your personally identifiable information and we will only retain a record of your personal identifiable information that is necessary to comply with applicable federal, state or local law.

Reporting

Any improper collection or misuse of information in violation of this privacy policy or BuzzSoc Terms of Use should be reported by e-mail to report@buzzsoc.com

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding BuzzSoc’s privacy policy or practices, you can contact us at:

privacy@buzzsoc.com