Brand-Yourself.com Privacy Principles
The goal of Brand-Yourself.com is to provide individuals with the ability to post information concerning themselves. We will attempt to provide direction concerning the type of media to be posted however we do not personally take responsibility for any content that a user may post. Information that is posted must abide by the Terms of Use. We will take reasonable measures to ensure that personal information is kept private. All information is posted at the users risk.
The Information We Collect
When you visit Brand-Yourself.com you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and contact information provided at signup.
When you register with Brand-Yourself.com, you provide us willingly with certain personal information.
When you enter Brand-Yourself.com, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all Brand-Yourself.com visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use Brand-Yourself.com, you may set up your personal profile.
You post content on the Site at your own risk. Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on Brand-Yourself.com is a violation of the Brand-Yourself.com Terms of Service and should be reported.
Brand-Yourself.com may also gather information about you from other sources. By using Brand-Yourself.com, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Children Under Age 13
Brand-Yourself.com does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for Brand-Yourself.com No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on Brand-Yourself.com. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.
Children Between the Ages of 13 and 18
We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.
Use of Information Obtained by Brand-Yourself.com
When you register with Brand-Yourself.com, you create your own website. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by Brand-Yourself.com that we think you may find valuable.
Brand-Yourself.com may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service.
We may use information about you that we collect from other sources.
Sharing Your Information with Third Parties
Brand-Yourself.com is about displaying information to others through a website. You choose the information you provide on the web knowing that it can be found by others. We do not encourage individuals to put up their personal information as this can potentially be dangerous.
We occasionally provide demonstration accounts that allow non-users a glimpse into the Brand-Yourself.com world. Such accounts have only limited capabilities (e.g., messaging is disabled) and passwords are changed regularly to limit possible misuse. We may not let you choose to share information with marketers or electronic commerce providers through sponsored groups or other on-site offers. If the ownership of all or substantially all of the Brand-Yourself.com business, or individual business units owned by Brand-Yourself.com, Inc., were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the service can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.
All sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information on your website this information may become publicly available.
Links
Brand-Yourself.com may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. Users should be aware when leaving our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Brand-Yourself.com.
Third Party Advertising
Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on Brand-Yourself.com unless you choose to share it with them.
This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Brand-Yourself.com and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.
Changing or Removing Information
Access and control over personal information on Brand-Yourself.com is available.
Security
Brand-Yourself.com takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or your password), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions
Your use of Brand-Yourself.com, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@brand-yourself.com.
