Privacy Policy

Date of last revision: April 14th, 2010

1. Introduction

Scope. This privacy policy covers all of VoxBloc. It does not, however, apply to entities that VoxBloc does not own or control, such as VoxBloc-enhanced applications and websites. By using or accessing VoxBloc, you agree to our privacy practices.

No information from children under age 13. If you are under age 13, please do not attempt to register for VoxBloc or provide any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under age 13, please contact us info@voxbloc.com

Parental participation. We strongly recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet and we encourage parents to teach their children about safe internet use practices.

2. Information We Receive

Information you provide to us:

Personal information. When you sign up for VoxBloc you may provide us with your name, email, gender, and birth date. During the registration process we may give you the opportunity to provide additional profile information, such as where you went to school and where you work, and to add a picture of yourself, to help your friends connect with you. In some cases we may ask for additional information for security reasons or to provide specific services to you. Once you register you can visit your profile at any time to add or remove personal information about yourself. You can add basic information about yourself, such as information about your hometown, family, relationships, and your political and religious views. You can also add other information about yourself including your activities, interests, contact information, as well as more information about your education and job history.

Content. One of the primary reasons people use VoxBloc is to share content with others. share a link, write a note, or send someone a message. If you do not want us to store metadata associated with content you share on VoxBloc (such as photos), please remove the metadata before uploading the content.

Transactional Information. We may retain the details of transactions or payments you make on VoxBloc.

Friend Information. We may offer contact importer tools to help you upload your friends' addresses so that you can find your friends on VoxBloc, and invite your contacts who do not have VoxBloc accounts to join. We may store this content for a reasonable period of time. If you give us your password to retrieve those contacts, we will not store your password after you have uploaded your contacts’ information.

Location Information. When you share your location with others or add a location to something you post, we treat that like any other content you post. If we offer a service that supports this type of location sharing we may present you with an opt-in choice of whether you want to participate.

Information we collect when you interact with VoxBloc:

Site activity information. We keep track of the actions you take on VoxBloc, such as adding a friend, sharing content with your social networks, joining a group or an event, creating a photo album, sending a gift, sharing a link, video, or other content, indicating you "like" a piece of content, attending an event, or authorizing an application. In some cases you are also taking an action when you provide information or content to us. For example, if you share a video, in addition to storing the actual content you uploaded, we might log the fact you shared it.

Access Device and Browser Information. When you access VoxBloc from a computer, mobile phone, or other device, we may collect information from that device about your browser type, location, and IP address, as well as the pages you visit.

Cookie Information. We use "cookies" (small pieces of data we store for an extended period of time on your computer, mobile phone, or other device) to make VoxBloc easier to use, to make our advertising better, and to protect both you and VoxBloc. For example, we use them to store your login ID to make it easier for you to login whenever you come back to VoxBloc. We also use them to confirm that you are logged into VoxBloc, and to know when you are interacting with VoxBloc Platform applications and websites, our widgets and Share buttons, and our advertisements. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases that may impact your ability to use VoxBloc.

Information we receive from third parties:

Information from other websites. We may institute programs with advertising partners and other websites in which they share information with us:

Information from other users. We may collect information about you from other VoxBloc users, such as when a friend shares content with you, provides friend details, shares a video with you, or indicates a relationship with you.

3. Information You Share With Third Parties

We take steps to ensure that others use information that you share on VoxBloc in a manner consistent with our ethics, but we cannot guarantee that they will follow our rules. Read the following section to learn more about how you can protect yourself when you share information with third parties.

You should always review the policies of third party applications and websites to make sure you are comfortable with the ways in which they use information you share with them. We do not guarantee that they will follow our rules.

Exporting Information. You (and those you make your information available to) may use tools like RSS feeds, mobile phone address books, or copy and paste functions, to capture and export information from VoxBloc, including your information and information about you.

Advertisements. Sometimes the advertisers who present ads on VoxBloc use technological methods to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. You may use your browser cookie settings to limit or prevent the placement of cookies by advertising networks.

Links. When you click on links on VoxBloc you may leave our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, and we encourage you to read their privacy statements.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to try to provide a safe, efficient, and customized experience. Here are some of the details on how we do that:

To manage the service. We use the information we collect to provide our services and features to you, to measure and improve those services and features, and to provide you with customer support. We use the information to prevent potentially illegal activities. By interacting VoxBloc in any way, shape or form, you certify that you are over the age of 13, and that if you are a minor you have been advised to consult with a guardian about using our site and how to remain safe and protected. We also use a variety of technological systems to detect and address anomalous activity and screen content to prevent abuse such as spam. These efforts may on occasion result in a temporary or permanent suspension or termination of some functions for some users.

To contact you. We may contact you with service-related announcements from time to time.

To serve personalized advertising to you. We allow advertisers to choose the characteristics of users who will see their advertisements and we may use any personally identifiable attributes we have collected (including information you may have decided not to show to other users, such as your birth year or other sensitive personal information or preferences) to select the appropriate audience for those advertisements.

To serve social ads. We occasionally pair advertisements we serve with relevant information we have about you and your friends to make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends.

To supplement your profile. We may use information about you that we collect from other VoxBloc users to supplement your profile, such as when you are mentioned in a status update.

To make Suggestions. We use your profile information, the addresses you import through our contact importers, and other relevant information, to help you connect with your friends, including making suggestions to you and other users that you connect with on VoxBloc.

Downloadable Software. Certain downloadable software applications and applets that we offer transmit data to us. We may not make a formal disclosure if we believe our collection of and use of the information is the obvious purpose of the application, such as the fact that we receive photos when you use a photo uploader. If we believe it is not obvious that we are collecting or using such information, we will make a disclosure to you the first time you provide the information to us so that you can decide whether you want to use that feature.

Memorializing Accounts. If we are notified that a user is deceased, we may memorialize the user's account. In such cases we restrict profile access to confirmed friends, and allow friends and family to write on the user's Wall in remembrance. We may close an account if we receive a formal request from the user's next of kin or other proper legal request to do so.

5. How We Share Information

VoxBloc is about sharing information with others - friends and people in your networks - We share your information with third parties when we believe the sharing is permitted by you, reasonably necessary to offer our services, or when legally required to do so. For example:

When you make a payment. When you enter into transactions with others or make payments on VoxBloc, we will only share transaction information with those third parties necessary to complete the transaction and will require those third parties to agree to respect the privacy of your information.

When you invite a friend to join. When you ask us to invite a friend to join VoxBloc, we will send your friend a message on your behalf using your name. We may also send reminders to them in your name.

When you choose to share your information with marketers. You may choose to share information with marketers or electronic commerce providers that are not associated with VoxBloc through on-site offers.

To help your friends find you. By default, we make certain information you have posted to your profile available in search results on VoxBloc to help your friends find you.

To give search engines access to publicly available information. We generally do not limit limit search engines' access to our site.

To help improve or promote our service. Sometimes we share aggregated information with third parties to help improve or promote our service.

To provide you with services. We may provide information to service providers that help us bring you the services we offer. For example, we may use third parties to help host our website, send out email updates about VoxBloc, remove repetitive information from our user lists, process payments, or provide search results or links (including sponsored links). These service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time, but when this occurs we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections to limit their use of that information to helping us provide the service.

To advertise our services. We may ask advertisers outside of VoxBloc to display ads promoting our services. We may ask them to deliver those ads based on the presence of a cookie, but in doing so will not share any other information with the advertiser.

To offer joint services. We may provide services jointly with other companies. If you use these services, we may share your information to facilitate that service.

To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. We may disclose information pursuant to subpoenas, court orders, or other requests (including criminal and civil matters) if we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law. This may include respecting requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law under the local laws in that jurisdiction, apply to users from that jurisdiction, and are consistent with generally accepted international standards. We may also share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activity, to prevent imminent bodily harm, or to protect ourselves and you. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, courts or other government entities.

Transfer in the Event of Sale or Change of Control. If the ownership of all or substantially all of our business changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner so that the service can continue to operate.

Deactivating or deleting your account. If you want to stop using your account you may deactivate it or delete it. In this case we give no guaranty that the information contained in your account will be retrievable, including amount of virtual currency held, goods you have purchased, or any other information related to your profile.

Limitations on removal. Even after you remove information from your profile or delete your account, copies of that information may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent it has been shared with others or it was copied or stored by other users. Additionally, we may retain certain information to prevent identity theft and other misconduct even if deletion has been requested.

Backup copies. Removed and deleted information may persist in backup copies.

Risks inherent in sharing information. We cannot control the actions of other users with whom you share your information. We cannot guarantee that only authorized persons will view your information. We cannot ensure that information you share on VoxBloc will not become publicly available. We are not responsible for third party circumvention of any security measures on VoxBloc. You can reduce these risks by using common sense security practices such as choosing a strong password, using different passwords for different services, and using up to date antivirus software.

Report Violations. You should report any security violations to us at info@voxbloc.com

6. Other Terms

Changes. We may change this Privacy Policy at any time of our choosing. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Consent to Collection and Processing Worldwide. By using VoxBloc, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States and worldwide.