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SOCIAL
CIRCLES LLC PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome
to Social Circles, a social activities club for urban professionals,
operated by Social Circles LLC ("Social Circles"). The
Social Circles Privacy Policy may be found below.
PLEASE
NOTE THIS POLICY DISCLOSES THE INFORMATION GATHERING AND DISCLOSURE
PRACTICES OF Social Circles LLC. This statement applies
to all information provided by you: (1) while using any World Wide
Web Sites owned and maintained by Social Circles LLC; (2) while participating
in events and trips produced or sponsored by Social Circles; and/or
(3) for your purchase and/or use of any products and services offered
by Social Circles and its commonly held affiliates.
Your
use of the Social Circles Website and/or aforementioned events,
trips, products and services constitutes your acceptance of the
terms and conditions of the Social Circles Privacy Policy and our
Terms of Use Agreement. You are responsible for reviewing and becoming
familiar with all of these terms.
Social
Circles LLC has created this privacy policy because we value our
members and recognize the importance of information collected from
our members. If you have comments or questions, please e-mail us
at info@socialcirclesprime.com.
PRIVACY
POLICY
SOCIAL
CIRCLES GATHERS OR MAY GATHER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
ONLINE
TRACKING
Our
Website may utilize technologies, including cookies to keep track
of the contents of your shopping basket, to administer our site,
to gather broad demographic information, to deliver content requested
by you or specific to your interests, to customize our Website for
you, and to save your password and member name so that you don't
have to enter it each time you visit.
Members
who do not want to receive cookies can instruct their Web browsers
to refuse them; however, doing so may prevent certain parts of Social Circles’ site from working (e.g., anything that requires login,
including member chat, personals, or message boards). Other organizations
that place advertising on Social Circles sometimes have the ability
to assign a different cookie to you in a process that we do not
control.
ONLINE/OFFLINE
REGISTRATION
Membership
to Social Circles is completely optional. Social Circles’ registration
forms require users to give contact information (e.g., your name,
address and e-mail address) and demographic information (e.g., your
birth date). Information designated is primarily used to send members
information and announcements about their Social Circles’ account
and club participation. At times Social Circles may share names,
mailing and e-mail addresses and demographic information with carefully
selected organizations.
ONLINE/OFFLINE
PURCHASES
When
purchasing products or services from Social Circles, you may be asked
for credit card billing and shipping information. This information
is transmitted using a secure, encrypted form. We ensure encryption
through the use of standard SSL encryption technologies. This credit
card, billing and shipping information is gathered to bill customers
for goods and services purchased and to ship merchandise. Only billing
vendors have access to financial information and only for the purpose
of billing customers. At times Social Circles may refer users to
other Websites to purchase products. User activity on those sites
is covered by the privacy policies on those sites.
ONLINE/OFFLINE
SURVEYS
At
times Social Circles may conduct surveys asking for specific contact
or demographic information. These surveys are always optional. At
times Social Circles may share both the results of, and individual
entries in, surveys with the sponsors of the survey. Results of
surveys may be shared with partners and advertisers.
ONLINE/OFFLINE
CONTESTS
At
times Social Circles may run contests where we ask for contact or
demographic information. These contests are always optional. At
times Social Circles may share both the results of, and individual
entries in, contests with the sponsors of the contests. Results
of contests may be shared with partners and advertisers.
MESSAGE
BOARDS, CHAT ROOMS, POLLS, AND COMMUNITY TOOLS
Social Circles provides many venues for member interaction and community,
which may include message boards, chat rooms, online polls, and
other tools. In some cases use of such tools (e.g., chat rooms and
message boards) may reveal a user's member name or e-mail address
and may permit users to publish certain personal information (e.g.,
Web page links and content ratings) on the Social Circles Website.
In all cases, users affirmatively choose to expose or place this
information in public areas of the Social Circles Website, and thereby
agree that such information may be viewed by or forwarded to anyone.
Users who do not want this information to be publicly available
should not use these optional features on the Social Circles Website.
The result of polls may be shared on the Social Circles Website.
SOCIAL
CIRCLES PROFILES FOR CONNECT ME ADVANTAGE™
Social
Circles requires users to submit personal information for use in
our Connect Me Advantage™ program. This information is stored
offline for the sole purpose of assisting in the creating of groups
of compatible members. We will never publish, share or sell any
information or photos received from a member in conjunction with
the Connect Me Advantage™ program.
MEMBER
FEEDBACK
Social Circles stores feedback members send to us. This feedback is used
to administer and refine Social Circles Website, products and services
and at times may be shared with Social Circles partners.
IP
ADDRESSES/CLEAR GIFS
Social Circles may track individual IP addresses and uses clear GIFs to
help diagnose problems with our service, to administer our site
and to gather broad demographic information. User IP address information
is used only for our internal purposes. Information gathered through
our use of clear GIFs cannot be traced to an individual user and
is used only for our internal purposes.
ADDITIONAL
DISCLOSURE SCENARIOS
Notwithstanding
anything else in this policy, Social Circles may also disclose personal
and aggregate information when required by a valid legal mechanism
such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, or when we deem
it necessary, in our sole discretion, to protect our rights and
the safety of others, or our members, employees, or properties.
Social Circles believes that members' private communications in chat rooms,
e-mail, and instant message-like conversations should generally
remain confidential. Social Circles does not read or disclose private
communications unless ordered to do so through a valid legal mechanism
such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, to protect the
company's rights and property, or during emergencies when we believe
safety is at risk. Please remember that what you write or post in
public areas such as chat rooms and message boards is available
to all Social Circles members, and in many cases other visitors to
the Social Circles Website. Also keep in mind that Social Circles
is not responsible for what other users may do with private communications
you've had with them.
Social Circles reserves the right to share some or all of your personal
information with its parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures
or other companies under common control with Social Circles, in which
case Social Circles will require such entities to honor this privacy
policy. If Social Circles is acquired by another company, that company
will obtain the member information collected by Social Circles and
will assume the rights and obligations set forth in this privacy
policy may be regarding that information.
OFF-SITE
LINKS
Social Circles provides links to other sites. Social Circles is not responsible
for the privacy practices or contents of these other sites.
SYNDICATED
SOCIAL CIRCLES CONTENT
Social Circles may syndicate its content to and distribute its content
through other sites on the Internet. Although you may see the Social Circles logo on these pages, your activity on these sites is governed
by the privacy statement on the site you're visiting.
DELETE/DEACTIVATE
INFORMATION
Social Circles is not responsible for removing information from third-party
lists or databases with whom users have previously authorized us
to share their information.
CONTACTING
US If
you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact us
at info@socialcirclesprime.com. AD
SERVER Social Circles may use reputable third parties to serve some of the advertisements
you see on the pages of the Social Circles Website. We may use clear
GIFs, pixel tags, or other technologies provided by our ad serving
company to help manage our advertising. These clear GIFs allow our
ad serving company to recognize a browser's cookie when the browser
visits the Social Circles Website. This allows us to learn which
banner ads bring users to our site. The information we collect and
share through this technology is not linked to any information that
would allow our ad server to personally identify our users CHANGE
POLICY From
time to time we may revise this privacy notice. If we make a material
change, we will post a notice on the Social Circles Website or notify
you by e-mail. By
using Social Circles Websites, participating in Social Circles events
and trips, and/or purchasing Social Circles products and services,
you assent to the Social Circles Privacy Policy. If you do not agree
to this policy, please do not use this Website, participate in Social Circles’ events and trips, and/or buy Social Circles products
and services. If
you would like to comment on our policy or have questions regarding
its application, please contact us at info@socialcirclesprime.com.
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