buddyBridge Privacy Policy

Last Updated on 7/9/2003 

buddyBridge does not send Spam or sell email addresses. 

 


About buddyBridge and the Information We Collect 

buddyBridge is an online social networking community that connects people through 
networks of friends or mutual interest groups for making new friends. To accomplish 
this, our users create their own profiles which are shown to the people in their 
personal network. A personal network consists of a user’s friends as well as the 
extended group of people that a user is connected to via chains of mutual friends. 
To fulfill the purpose of this site, some personal information we ask for is 
displayed to people within these personal networks. 

Information Collected/Tracked by buddyBridge 

Information submitted to buddyBridge 
buddyBridge collects user-submitted account information such as name and email 
address to identify users and send notifications related to the use of the 
service. buddyBridge also collects user-submitted profile information such 
as gender, age, occupation, location, etc. 

Information not Directly Submitted by Users to buddyBridge 

This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable, such as 
browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all users to 
the site. 


Use of Information Obtained by buddyBridge 

Information users submit to buddyBridge 
Profile information as well as first name and photos are displayed to people 
in a user's personal network, to support the function of the site as social 
networking community where users can meet new people through their friends. 
Email address and full name are used when a user invites a friend via email 
to join the service, when a user requests to add another user to their friend 
list, and when we send notifications to a user related to their use of the 
service. Except when inviting or adding friends, a user's email address is 
not shared or displayed with people within a user's personal network. 
Users within a personal network communicate on buddyBridge with each other 
through the buddyBridge service, without disclosing email addresses. We may 
also use a user's email address to send weekly updates or news regarding our 
site, but the user may choose not to receive email of this type by accessing 
their Account Info. 

Information that users do not submit to us 

We use your server, IP address, and browser-type related information in the 
general administration of our website. 


Sharing of the Information this Site Gathers/Tracks 

Except where you are expressly informed otherwise, we do not sell, rent, share, 
trade or give away any of your personal information unless required by law or 
for the protection of your membership. 

Links 

This site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that buddyBridge 
is not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites. We encourage 
our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements 
of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. 
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. 

Use of Cookies 

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information 
about the user. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the 
session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. 
A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an 
extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet 
browser help file directions. Cookies are used to manage sessions on our site. 
Users must enable cookies to use our site. Also, users may optionally use a 
cookie to remember their password in order to automatically log in to our site. 
We do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from any user 
which they did not intentionally submit to us. 

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information 

buddyBridge users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any 
time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit Profile 
and Account Info. 

Changes in Our Privacy Policy 

If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our web site so 
our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and 
under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we are going to use users' 
personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the 
time of collection we will notify users via email. 

Invite 

If a user elects to use our Invite feature to invite a friend to our site, we 
ask them for the friend's email address. buddyBridge will automatically send the 
friend an email inviting them to join the site. buddyBridge stores this email 
address for the purpose of automatically adding the respondant to the friends 
list of the user sending the invitation, and also to send reminders of the 
invitation. buddyBridge does not sell these email addresses or use them to 
send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. 
The friend may contact buddyBridge to request the removal of this information 
from our database. 

Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and Public Forums 

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information 
online - for example on message boards, through e-mail, or in chat areas - that 
information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal 
information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages 
from other parties in return. 

Security 

Your buddyBridge account is password-protected. This web site takes every precaution 
to protect our users' information. We use industry standard measures to protect your 
information that is stored within our database. We limit the access to your 
information to those employees who need access to perform their job function 
such as our customer service personnel. If you have any questions about the 
security at our website, please contact us. 

Email Choice/Opt-out 

Users who no longer wish to receive our weekly updates or news may opt-out of 
receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the 
email or by logging-in and changing their settings in the Preferences section 
of the site. 

Third Party Advertising 

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by our Web advertising 
partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. Doing this allows the ad 
network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. 
In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who 
are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are 
clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements 
that they believe will be of most interest to you. buddyBridge does not have access 
to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third-party ad servers or 
ad networks
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by buddyBridge and does not cover 
the use of cookies by any advertisers. 


Contacting the Web Site 

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, 
or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us.