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YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Effective Date: This Privacy Policy is effective and was last updated as of January 11, 2010

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Welcome to the IPPIO, LLC website located at www.ippio.com (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy describes:
  • how and why we collect certain information from you via the Website;
  • how we use and with whom we share such information;
  • how you can access and update such information; and
  • the choices you can make about how we collect, use and share your information.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our information collection and use practices, please contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below.

Information We Collect

Personal Information

In order to register for a Website Account, you must provide the following information:

  • your name
  • your e-mail address (which must be a functioning address)
  • a username and password that will be associated with your Website Account.
Ippio is also a social networking website, so you have the option - but are not required -- to complete a user profile, which may be visible to other Ippio members. Your user profile may include information about:
  • location (hometown, city, zip and country);
  • additional personal information (first and last name, photo, birthday gender, relationship status, “ about me ” , and personal website); and
  • “random information” (occupation, companies, schools, interests, hobbies, favorite movies, shows music and books).,

We refer to these categories of information you voluntarily provide to Ippio as Personal Information in this Privacy Policy.

Non-Personal Information
We also collect aggregate, non-personally identifiable information about you and your use of the Website by using “cookies,” web beacons, local shared objects, or other types of tracking technology

How We Collect Information About You

We may collect Personal Information and Non-Personal Information about you in any one or more of the following ways:
  • Registration for a Website Account / User Profile

    In order to post content and use certain other features and areas of our Website, you will need to create an account with our Website (“Account”). During registration, you are required to provide your name and a functioning email address and to create a User ID and password.

    During the registration process and thereafter as a member, we give you the opportunity to provide additional profile information, such as where you live, go to school, work, your activities or interests, and the option to add a picture of yourself.

  • Public Communications Features

    From time to time you may be able to participate in certain activities on the Website which give you the opportunity to communicate or share information not just with IPPIO but with other users of the Website, such as:

    • posting reviews and user opinions;
    • participating in user forms; and
    • accessing and using chat rooms and bulletin boards.
    • Participating in poles and surveys
    (collectively, “Public Communications Features”).

  • Website Interactions

    We keep track of the actions you take on the Website, such as posting a video review or commenting on a review posted by another Website user. In some cases you are also taking an action when you provide information or content to us. For example, if you share a video review, in addition to storing the actual content you uploaded, we might log the fact you shared it.

  • Cookies and Automated Information Collection

    We use a technology referred to as “cookies” (or other similar technology), which are pieces of data on your computer tied to information about you which recognize you as a return user of the Website and help to provide a more personalized experience. Like most standard website servers, we collect certain types of technical Non-Personal Information, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet service providers (ISPs), and the number of clicks. We may also use web beacons, which allow us to know if a certain page was visited, an email was opened, or if ad banners on our website and other sites were effective.



How We Use Information Collected from You

We may use Personal Information and Non-Personal Information collected from you in any one or more of the following ways:
  • How We Use Your Personal Information
    The Personal Information we collect may be used by IPPIO as follows:
    • to register and service your Account;
    • for our internal records, tracking and business purposes;
    • in order to contact you to respond to your questions or requests or to provide you with technical support;
    • to provide you with information regarding changes to the Website which may affect your Account, your use of the Website, and/or the products and services available through the Website;
    • to customize advertising that may be visible to you on the Website; and
    • to inform you of any product or promotional offers we, our affiliates or our Marketing Partners may have

      Please note that we may share your Personal Information with third parties, as described below in “Sharing of Your Information”.

  • How We Use Your Non-Personal Information
    Non-Personal Information collected from you is used for various purposes, such as:
    • to improve our products and services;
    • to customize the user experience of the Website;
    • to administer the Website;
    • to analyze trends, track user movement and gather statistical information for aggregate use; and to customize advertising that may be visible to you on the Website.

      Please note that we may share Non-Personal Information collected from you (whether via our “cookies” or as voluntarily submitted by you through the Website) with third parties, as described below in “Sharing of Your Information”.

Sharing of Your Information

We will not share your Personal Information with third parties other than as provided in this Privacy Policy. We may share your Personal Information with third parties in one or more of the following ways:
  • Affiliates
    We may share your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information with our parent company, any subsidiaries, or other companies or entities under common control with IPPIO, in which case we will require such parties to honor this Privacy Policy with respect to such shared information
  • Third Party Marketing Partners
    We may share certain Personal Information and Non-Personal Information that we have collected from you with third parties who may offer you products or services of interest (“Marketing Partners”). By submitting your Personal Information when creating an Account or through other locations on the Website, you give your consent to receive communications from and for us to share your Personal Information with our Marketing Partners. If you would rather us not share your Personal Information with our Marketing Partners, you may opt out of such sharing as described under the “Your Sharing Options” section below.
  • Public Communications Features
    Be aware that when you volunteer information or create a public profile when using our Public Communications Features, certain aspects of your Personal Information will be made public (i.e., be visible on the World Wide Web), including your username and any Personal Information or images you include in your uploads or posts.

    IPPIO does not review, censor, or control the content of these Public Communications Features. Consequently, IPPIO has no liability or responsibility for information made available through these Public Communications Features and you will be liable to IPPIO for any liability that we incur as a result of any information you submit through the Public Communications Features. You should read our Terms of Service for more information about your obligation to post responsibly. www.ippio.com/terms

  • Third Party Service Providers
    We may contract with third party companies to perform services on our behalf, including marketing assistance, e-mail delivery, hosting services, customer service, and data analysis. We require any third party service providers to maintain the confidentiality of the information disclosed to them and are not permitted to use your Personal Information for any purpose other than to provide services to IPPIO.
  • Safety, Security and Compliance with Law
    We may disclose any information, including Personal Information, we deem necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to enforce our rights or to protect the safety and security of our Website or other users.
  • Business Transitions
    In the event IPPIO undergoes a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, we may transfer your Personal Information to the successor organization in such transaction. If material changes to IPPIO’s privacy practices will occur as a result of the business transition, IPPIO will attempt to notify you via email and will post a notice on the Website alerting you to the business transition prior to transferring your Personal Information.


How to Access and Update Your Information

You can access and update the information that you have provided to IPPIO as follows:
  • You may contact us at privacy@ippio.com and request to review, amend or delete your Personal Information collected by us, and/or request us to cease collecting Personal Information from you in the future.
  • If you have created an Account, you may review and make changes to certain of your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information by logging into your Account and updating your Account profile.


Your Sharing Options

Marketing Communications
If you do not want to receive special offers, marketing communications, advertisements, newsletters or other promotional communications (“Marketing Communications”) from:
  • IPPIO;
  • our Affiliates; and/or
  • our Marketing Partners
or you wish to prevent IPPIO from sharing your Personal Information with any Marketing Partners in the future, IPPIO provides you with several ways for you to “opt-out” or withdraw your consent.
  1. You may opt-out of future Marketing Communications received from IPPIO, our Affiliates or our Marketing Partners by following the steps described in each such Marketing Communication.
  2. For Marketing Communications received from IPPIO or our Affiliates, you may also send e-mails to [privacy@ippio.com] with a request to cease receipt of some or all future Marketing Communications.

Please note that once we receive your request, it make take an additional period of time for such opt-out to become effective. If IPPIO has shared your Personal Information with any such third parties prior to its receipt of your request, IPPIO may not have the ability to prevent such third parties from continuing to use and disclose your Personal Information, including for the purpose of sending Marketing Communications to you, and you will be required to contact such third parties directly to prevent their further use and disclosure of your Personal Information.

Also note that if you opt-out of our Marketing Communications we may still email or communicate with you from time to time if we need to provide you with information or request information from you with respect to a transaction initiated by you, or for other legitimatenon-marketing reasons.

Online Advertising
We are an advertising-supported website, in part, so it is not possible to visit our Website without being exposed to advertising. However, you may also opt-out of customized online advertising. Some of our Marketing Partners who display advertising on the Website participate in ad networks, and may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. We do not permit our ad serving partners to collect personal information about you on our Website. Rather, we provide them Non-Personal Information about you such as the types of reviews you have posted or the products and services you have searched for. Our partners may use this information, as well as information they have collected when you are on other sites within their network, to help select which ads to display.

You may use your browser cookie settings to limit or prevent the placement of cookies by advertising networks. You can also learn more about ad network business practices and the privacy policies of our Marketing Partners by navigating to the applicable sections of their websites. The information includes how to opt-out of participating in ad networks in this manner.

Our Policies Concerning Children

This Website is not intended for children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from such children. Children under the age of 13 should not use our Website or our online services at any time. In the event that we learn that we have inadvertently gathered Personal Information from children under the age of 13, we will use reasonable efforts to erase such information from our records.

Privacy Policies Of Linked Sites And Advertisers

Our Website may contain links to other sites, as well as advertisements from companies with their own sites. These other sites may not have privacy policies, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. If you have any questions about how these other sites use your information, you should contact them directly.

Security of Your Information

IPPIO implements reasonable security measures to protect the security of your Personal Information both online and offline, and we are committed to the protection of customer information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information to those employees we reasonably believe need such information do their jobs.

Your Account information is protected by the password you use to access your online account. It is important that you protect and maintain the security of your Account and that you immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Account. If you forget your password, you may email us at privacy@ippio.com to request a new password upon our verification of other information we maintain about you.

However, while we take reasonable precautions against possible security breaches of the Website and our customer databases and records, no website or Internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. We urge you to take steps to keep your Personal Information safe (including your Account password), and log out of your Account after use.



Changes to Our Privacy Policy

If we decide to make material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will attempt to notify you and other users of the Website by sending a notice to the primary email address provided to us and/or by placing a notice on our Website. You should periodically check the Website for such notices.

Your California Privacy Rights

This Privacy Policy describes when and how we share information for marketing purposes. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of the Website, including residents of California. You can prevent future disclosures of your Personal Information to our affiliates and Marketing Partners, at no charge, by exercising your opt-out rights as described in the “Your Sharing Options” section above.

Because we provide you with the ability to exercise such opt-out rights, we have thereby complied with the California Civil Code Section 1798.83, and we therefore are not obligated to provide the names and addresses of third parties that have received Personal Information from us for their marketing purposes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please send an email to: privacy@ippio.com

IPPIO
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Suite 200
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NV. 89052

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