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PRIVACY POLICY
MediaRing Ltd/Inc.
MediaRing Ltd/MediaRing.com Inc. (hereinafter
referred to as "MediaRing") acknowledges the importance of
protecting the privacy of personal information provided by
our users, and is deeply committed to privacy protection.
This Privacy Policy describes our information collection and
use practices and the privacy of information we receive from
you. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes
on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the
web site so that you may be aware of the change. Your continued
use of our services will signify your consent to our use of
your information. If you do not agree, you can contact us
to discuss the policy, stop use or deregister.
MediaRing does not target services to individuals
less than age 13. Individuals less than 13 years of age are
not eligible to register or initiate our services. Please
register after you have reached age 13.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
- Personally Identifiable Information.
Registration Information. In order
to provide service to you, MediaRing collects your name,
address (including postal code/zip code for Canada and
the US), email address, and age. If you choose not to
register or provide such personal information, you can
still visit most of MediaRing's web site. However, you
will not have access to areas that require personal identification
and will not be able to initiate our services.
Demographic Information. MediaRing
collects demographic information from you such as gender,
occupation, and your areas of interest. This information
helps us tailor material to your interests.
The registration information and certain
demographic information is personally identifiable information
("PII"). We never sell or rent PII to third parties. We
do not disclose your PII to third persons, except (1)
your IP address always accompanies your email or telephone
call, (2) as required by law, valid subpoena, or to comply
with law or enforce a legal right, (3) subject to obligations
of strict confidentiality, such as when we outsource certain
services, as discussed below, or (4) if you expressly
authorize us to disclose your PII.
We use PII to provide you with (1) information
about MediaRing products, services, and updates, and (2)
other information that may be of interest to you. If you
would like to stop receiving any or all of this information,
you may do so at any time by going to the Your
Profile page.
Credit Card Information. If you
purchase a MediaRing prepaid account and pay using a credit
card, we collect your credit card information, which is
used for processing payments only and not for any other
purpose.
Third Party Information. If you
originate a telephone call or send an email message to
a third party, you give us the third party's contact information,
such as telephone number or email address. We complete
the call but do not retain that person's information to
contact them later to solicit them to join our service
or for other purposes. MediaRing has a program where we
solicit the names and addresses of people who may be interested
in our services. We use the information received under
that program to send potential users email invitations
to join our service.
- Aggregate Information
MediaRing collects aggregate information
about use of our web site, using surveys, cookies, and
data-mining technologies. We track such information as
the number of visitors, duration of visits, how our site
is navigated, and the kinds of browsers that visit our
site. Information on web site usage is anonymous information
rather than PII.
We also collect information on use of
our services. While you are making a call, we track the
duration of the call and keep records of that. We also
keep information on where a call originates and where
it terminates.
We use aggregate information to understand
our business better so we can upgrade our infrastructure
in accordance with user needs.
- Profiles
One of the ways we pay for the services
we provide is by serving advertisements while you use
our services. We use all of the information available
to us to create profiles of our user base. Some of the
information helps create a profile of an individual user,
while other information helps create a profile of our
users in aggregate. We may provide this aggregate profile
information (not PII) to advertisers. For example, we
may inform advertisers that we have a certain number of
registered users who have an interest in a topic and are
interested in receiving information about the topic. This
helps to tailor information from advertisers to your interests
as one means of paying for the services we provide to
you at no charge.
WHO COLLECTS INFORMATION?
MediaRing collects registration information
and demographic information from you, as described above.
MediaRing also collects aggregate information.
At times we outsource services from third
parties, who may collect information or provide services on
our behalf. For example, MediaRing works with third parties
to serve advertisements on our sites, but does not disclose
your PII to them. MediaRing has little or no control over
the privacy policies of those companies, and so makes no representations
or warranties as to their use of any information they collect.
To find out how these parties manage privacy of information
in serving advertisements on our sites, please go to:
- latitude 90: http://www.l90.com/external_site/privacy_policy.html
Similarly, the companies whose advertisements
appear on your monitor from our servers cannot identify you
unless you provide personal information to them after you
have clicked on their ad. It is always a good idea to check
the privacy policy of any web site before providing your PII
to it.
MediaRing also works with a small number
of third parties so that MediaRing can provide you with email
advertisements tailored to your needs and interests. If we
disclose any PII to these third parties, the disclosure is
always subject to obligations of strict confidentiality, meaning
that the third party is not allowed to provide your PII to
anyone else or use your PII for any other purpose. These third
parties only provide advertisers with profile or aggregate
information, not PII of our registered users.
Cookies. Our web site sets "cookies"
to help deliver content specific to your interests, to customize
our web site for you, and to save your password and member
name so that you don't have to enter it each time you visit.
Cookies are text files that are stored on your personal computer
and that allow web sites to identify you. Cookies help us
target advertising and other information to your interests
and prevent duplication of ads served to your browser.
UPDATING YOUR DETAILS/CANCELING MEMBERSHIP
If you want to change any of the information
that you have provided to us, such as your email address or
name, or if you wish to cancel your registration, you may
do so at the Your
Profile page. Alternatively, you may also send a letter
to "Customer Service Department" in the US, UK or Singapore
or an email to help@mediaring.com.
We periodically correct PII that our users indicate is incorrect
and unsubscribe users who have cancelled their membership.
SECURITY OF THE INTERNET
Public Forums. Our site may contain,
from time to time, public forums available to users. Please
remember that any information you disclose in these areas
becomes public information. You should take appropriate measures
to protect your personally identifiable information.
Co-Branded Sites. We sometimes enter
arrangements with third parties whereby we provide our services
on their web sites. In many such cases, users will register
for our service as well as that of the co-branded site. We
use your PII and other general information in compliance with
our Privacy Policy. Our co-branding partners have their own
privacy policy, which you should review since we do not have
control over their privacy policies.
Links to Other Web Sites. Our site
may contain, from time to time, links to other web sites.
Please note that MediaRing is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of such web sites or of any third
party. You should review the privacy policies of such web
sites when you visit them.
General. The internet is not a secure
medium, so be aware that communications over it are subject
to third-party interception and eavesdropping.
YOUR CONSENT
By submitting your information, you consent
to the use of that information and other information we collect
as set out in this Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy,
we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices
on other parts of the web site so that you may become aware
of the information we collect and how we use it. Your continued
use of our services will signify your consent to the changes
and to our use of your information.
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