YouPostDeals,Inc.("YouPostDeals") recognizes that its customers,
visitors, users, and others who use www.youpostdeals.com
or other web Site owned or operated by YouPostDeals site (collectively or
individually "Users") value their privacy. This Privacy Notice details
important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information
collected on the YouPostDeals site. YouPostDeals provides this Privacy Notice
to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using
the YouPostDeals site.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the YouPostDeals
Terms of Use. Your use of the YouPostDeals site and any personal
information you provide on the YouPostDeals site remains subject to the terms
of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of
Use.
Please note that any news, deal, video, image, or other content posted at the
direction of Users onto the YouPostDeals site becomes published content and is
not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy
Notice.
The Information YouPostDeals Collects
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User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable
information (such as your email address and password) to YouPostDeals when
choosing to participate in various activities on the YouPostDeals site such as
uploading pictures, posting and updating deals, voting with the help of Bumps
and Dumps, emailing to friends, adding deals to Wishlist etc.
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Cookies Information: When you visit the YouPostDeals Site, we may send
one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric
characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser.
YouPostDeals uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent
cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by
your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be
removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is
temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web
browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
However, some features of the YouPostDeals site may not function properly if
the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
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Log File Information: When you use the YouPostDeals Site, our servers
automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever
you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your
web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language,
referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names,
landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time
spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more
cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
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Clear GIFs Information: When you use the YouPostDeals Site, we may employ
"clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage
patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable
manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to
our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
The Way YouPostDeals Uses Information
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If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the YouPostDeals
Site, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, your record
and send confirmation email with the Login details to respective Users.
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Any deal information or picture that you voluntarily disclose online becomes
publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your screen name
(not your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload picture or
post any deal through the YouPostDeals site and other Users can contact you
through messages and comments. Any deals that you submit to the YouPostDeals
site may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and
may be viewed by the general public.
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We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to
send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of
a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or
opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for
non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major
YouPostDeals site changes or for customer service purposes).
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We use both your personally identifiable information and certain
non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data,
cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the
quality and design of the YouPostDeals Site and to create new features,
promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing
User preferences and trends.
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We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember
information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the
next time you visit the YouPostDeals Site; (b) provide custom, personalized
content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing
campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors,
pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in
promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When YouPostDeals Discloses Information
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We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable
information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or
persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We
require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with
our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such
information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
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We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email
address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing
use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for
which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
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We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User
usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks,
etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage
patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or
functionality on the YouPostDeals Site.
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We may release personally identifiable information and/or
non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the
good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and
federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order,
subpoena, or search warrant.
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YouPostDeals also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable
information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that YouPostDeals
believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our
Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and
defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist
government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of our
web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of
YouPostDeals, our Users or others.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information
through the YouPostDeals Site, in which case YouPostDeals may not be able to
provide certain services to you. You may update or
change your password at any time by visiting your
My Account page. Please note that media files uploaded by Users to the
YouPostDeals Site cannot be removed and remain subject to our
Terms of Use .
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as
requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you
profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Please contact YouPostDeals with any questions or comments about this Privacy
Notice, your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out
choices using this Contact Us.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Site
YouPostDeals allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad
networks, to serve advertisements within the YouPostDeals site. These
third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly
YouPostDeals allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad
networks to serve advertisements within the YouPostDeals site. These
third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your
browser, the advertisements and links that appear on the YouPostDeals site.
They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use
other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the
effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising
content you see.
YouPostDeals does not provide any personally identifiable information to these
third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or except as
part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to
opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser asks YouPostDeals
to show an advertisement to a certain audience (for example, men ages 18-34) or
audience segment (for example, men ages 18-24 who have viewed certain channels
of content) and you respond to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server
may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to
reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding your use of the
YouPostDeals site, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any
personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad
servers or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their
practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices.
YouPostDeals's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the
activities of, such other advertisers or web site.
Our Commitment To Data Security
YouPostDeals uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical
safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information.
We can not, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to YouPostDeals and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission of information,YouPostDeals makes commercially reasonable efforts
to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a
guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or
destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial
safeguards.
If YouPostDeals learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to
notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective
steps.YouPostDeals may post a notice on the YouPostDeals site , if a
security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right
to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written
notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving
electronic notice) you should notify us using this
Contact us form.
Our Commitment To Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that
reason, YouPostDeals does not knowingly collect or maintain personally
identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on the
YouPostDeals site from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our
website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then
please do not use or access the YouPostDeals site at any time or in any manner.
If YouPostDeals learns that personally identifiable information of person
less than 13 years of age has been collected on the YouPostDeals site
without verified parental consent, then YouPostDeals will take the appropriate
steps to delete this information.
Special Note to International Users
The YouPostDeals site is hosted in the United States and are intended for and
directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the
YouPostDeals site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws
or regulations governing personal data collection, use and disclosure, that
differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued
use of the YouPostDeals site, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy
Notice, and our Terms of Use, you
are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent
to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, or Bankruptcy
In the event that YouPostDeals is acquired by or merged with a third party
entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or
assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger,
acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles
affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your
personal information is treated, transferred or used.
Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by
the "effective date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any
changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner
described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal
information you provided. Your continued use of the YouPostDeals site
constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on
our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to
us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions
with respect to such information.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice was last modified June 15, 2007.
Contact Information:
Please contact YouPostDeals with any questions or comments about this Privacy
Notice using this Contact us form.
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