Friendship Zone’s New Privacy Policy
There are seven parts contained within this policy, where you can go straight to that part by clicking on the links below.
1. Introduction
2. The information collected on Friendship Zone
3. How the information is used and shared on Friendship Zone
4. Reviewing, editing and deleting your Profile
5. Security and Confidentiality
6. Modifications in Privacy Policy
7. Cancelling your account on Friendship Zone
1. Introduction
Welcome to Friendship Zone, a community social networking site dedicated to promoting friendship and charitable causes to help people to achieve their dreams.
Your privacy policy is taken extremely seriously by Friendship Zone and its employees.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, or if you have any complaints about our policy or practices, please let us know by using either of these contact details. Contact us by post at: Friendship Zone, 11 Derngate, Northampton, NN1 1TY. You can also contact us by emailing at info@friendship-zone.com, or using the ‘Contact Us’ page.
This privacy policy applies solely to the information collected by Friendship Zone. Friendship Zone may contain links to other websites. Friendship Zone is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites as it does not own nor have control over them. These sites have their own privacy policies, so therefore it is advisable to check and read each and every site before continuing.
Personally identifiable information about you as a Friendship Zone member, which includes data from your online communications, may be accessed or used in response to legal procedure; or when Friendship Zone believes that the service is being used in a criminal manner; when we have a good faith belief that there poses a threat concerning the safety of you or another user; or when needed either to protect the rights or property of Friendship Zone and its associates.
Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use Friendship Zone, where we will delete the personal information if it comes to our attention that it is from a person who is under the age of 13. If you become aware that this has occurred, please contact us via the Contact Us page, where we will delete the user.
2. The information collected on Friendship Zone
Information about yourself
When you register with Friendship Zone, you provide us with certain identifiable information such as your name, email address, gender, user id and your avatar picture which are needed to aid in the setting up of your profile. In terms of your personal information, we collect your name, date of birth, telephone number and address whereby, you have the option of clicking on the link to go straight to the privacy settings page to make changes on the preferred privacy levels, or you can deal with it after you have finished creating your account. You can choose to add additional information for example your interests, hobbies, about me, as well as other items such as photos, videos and music. Friendship Zone recommends that you exercise discretion in deciding what information you disclose on the internet.
Friendship Zone's advertising and promotions partners have no access to your name or personal details which are stored by Friendship Zone, even if you access or view a targeted advertisement.
Information received automatically
When you sign in to Friendship Zone, Friendship Zone receives and collects information which is passed on automatically from the user’s computer. This information comprises of your browser type and IP address. 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. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Friendship Zone. You can remove or block this cookie using the internet settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenient feature.
3. How the information is used and shared on Friendship Zone
This section explains how the privacy settings operate, and how your information is used and what will be shared on Friendship Zone according to the preferences you set. It is advisable to check and change the privacy settings as appropriate before sharing private information.
Name and Profile Picture
We will use your name so that you are identifiable on our database along with other Friendship Zone users. This is primarily so that other users can recognise, find and add you, which is why your name and profile picture does not have privacy settings. If, however, you are not comfortable with sharing your profile picture then you should consider deleting it or not add one.
Contact information
Your contact information comprises of your email address; address and phone numbers where you have the option of choosing how you wish to share these information or you can even not add these information if you wish not to make it public. Your email address though is required during the registration process as we will use your email address to contact you occasionally and may also use it for security reasons to confirm if you are a genuine user. You do have the option of not sharing your email address with anyone.
Personal information
This includes your interests, hobbies, about me page, education, employment, present location and hometown. If you choose to add them then you can control who can view it. We recommend that you keep these information open to everyone so that it will assist with the initial process of finding a friend.
Gender and Age
During the registration process, we also require you to provide to us your gender and your date of birth so that it can be proved that you are 13 or over. As your gender and date of birth are both crucial for us to know you cannot delete them however, in the privacy settings page, you can select to hide your age.
Information open to ‘Everyone’
Information such as name; gender; avatar picture; user ID; receive messages; receive friend invites; find me on Friendship Zone using the search tab; Forum; comments made on Running-Line; Good Stories and Requests For Support are open for everyone to view, where you do not have the option of changing these.
Young persons
In order to protect youngsters aged thirteen (13) years or over, Friendship Zone has ensured additional safety precautions and protections are in place if vulnerable children feel insecure at any time during their time on Friendship Zone’s website, or simply they just want to learn more about such matters. Thus, the website contains a link to the CEOP’s (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) main website which can be found at the bottom of Friendship Zone’s web-page. There, they can get more information on various topics and/or report abuse. Alternatively, at the bottom of the page is a ‘contact’ link to send a message to Friendship Zone, where the administration team will take suitable actions there on.
Use of Information Obtained by Friendship Zone
The following information will be used so that Friendship Zone’s service operates smoothly and also enhances your experience there:
We will put on view your personal information in accordance with your privacy setting preferences. Your name will be used so that you are identifiable on the website and also to personalise your experience there. Your email address will be used for a number of reasons; a weekly activity report based on Friendship Zone’s website will be sent to you; it will be used for security reasons to verify your email account so that you can activate it and lastly; we will send you notifications regarding any friends invite or private messages received. We will also use it to contact you if a need arises. Mobile phone numbers will only be needed for premium features of the website. If you wish to provide us with your mobile phone number during registration, then we will share it with third parties as a marketing tool.
4. Reviewing, editing and deleting your Profile
Your privacy settings and personal information in your account can be reviewed, edited and deleted at any time or you can contact us for assistance using the Contact Us page; whereby requests of this nature will be completed within 20 days.
5. Security and Confidentiality
We have no control over illegal and/or unforeseen activity of other users that may allow them to get around the privacy settings on Friendship Zone.
The strength of the security of your personal profile depends in part on your protection of your account password. Your account password should not be disclosed to unauthorised people.
The access to your personal information is limited only to authorised employees recruited to carry out the jobs in connection with the Friendship Zone service.
If you experience any breach of data security or have any questions about the security of our website, then please contact us using the Contact Us page.
6. Modifications in Privacy Policy
We will decide to modify our Privacy Policy from time to time to improve the security and quality of our website. In these instances, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, put a notice on our homepage, and other places we deem appropriate either by email or by notifying you here so that you are aware of what information are collected, how it's used, and to what extent we disclose it.
Please review this privacy statement frequently, as we reserve the right to modify this at any time.
If for any reason the changes are unacceptable to you, you should stop using Friendship Zone's service. Your continued use of Friendship Zone's service after the posting of our notice or email of the change in our privacy policy will constitute your binding acceptance of the modification.
7. Cancelling your account on Friendship Zone
You have the option to cancel your account at any time if you no longer wish to be a member on Friendship Zone. You can sign in to the site and click on the User tab found at the top of the page, followed by Edit Profile, then Delete Account.
This Privacy Policy was last revised on February 18, 2011.
Friendship Zone’s New Privacy Policy
There are seven parts contained within this policy, where you can go straight to that part by clicking on the links below.
1. Introduction
2. The information collected on Friendship Zone
3. How the information is used and shared on Friendship Zone
4. Reviewing, editing and deleting your Profile
5. Security and Confidentiality
6. Modifications in Privacy Policy
7. Cancelling your account on Friendship Zone
1. Introduction
Welcome to Friendship Zone, a community social networking site dedicated to promoting friendship and charitable causes to help people to achieve their dreams.
Your privacy policy is taken extremely seriously by Friendship Zone and its employees.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, or if you have any complaints about our policy or practices, please let us know by using either of these contact details. Contact us by post at: Friendship Zone, 11 Derngate, Northampton, NN1 1TY. You can also contact us by emailing at info@friendship-zone.com, or using the ‘Contact Us’ page.
This privacy policy applies solely to the information collected by Friendship Zone. Friendship Zone may contain links to other websites. Friendship Zone is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites as it does not own nor have control over them. These sites have their own privacy policies, so therefore it is advisable to check and read each and every site before continuing.
Personally identifiable information about you as a Friendship Zone member, which includes data from your online communications, may be accessed or used in response to legal procedure; or when Friendship Zone believes that the service is being used in a criminal manner; when we have a good faith belief that there poses a threat concerning the safety of you or another user; or when needed either to protect the rights or property of Friendship Zone and its associates.
Children under the age of 13 are not eligible to use Friendship Zone, where we will delete the personal information if it comes to our attention that it is from a person who is under the age of 13. If you become aware that this has occurred, please contact us via the Contact Us page, where we will delete the user.
2. The information collected on Friendship Zone
Information about yourself
When you register with Friendship Zone, you provide us with certain identifiable information such as your name, email address, gender, user id and your avatar picture which are needed to aid in the setting up of your profile. In terms of your personal information, we collect your name, date of birth, telephone number and address whereby, you have the option of clicking on the link to go straight to the privacy settings page to make changes on the preferred privacy levels, or you can deal with it after you have finished creating your account. You can choose to add additional information for example your interests, hobbies, about me, as well as other items such as photos, videos and music. Friendship Zone recommends that you exercise discretion in deciding what information you disclose on the internet.
Friendship Zone's advertising and promotions partners have no access to your name or personal details which are stored by Friendship Zone, even if you access or view a targeted advertisement.
Information received automatically
When you sign in to Friendship Zone, Friendship Zone receives and collects information which is passed on automatically from the user’s computer. This information comprises of your browser type and IP address. 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. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Friendship Zone. You can remove or block this cookie using the internet settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenient feature.
3. How the information is used and shared on Friendship Zone
This section explains how the privacy settings operate, and how your information is used and what will be shared on Friendship Zone according to the preferences you set. It is advisable to check and change the privacy settings as appropriate before sharing private information.
Name and Profile Picture
We will use your name so that you are identifiable on our database along with other Friendship Zone users. This is primarily so that other users can recognise, find and add you, which is why your name and profile picture does not have privacy settings. If, however, you are not comfortable with sharing your profile picture then you should consider deleting it or not add one.
Contact information
Your contact information comprises of your email address; address and phone numbers where you have the option of choosing how you wish to share these information or you can even not add these information if you wish not to make it public. Your email address though is required during the registration process as we will use your email address to contact you occasionally and may also use it for security reasons to confirm if you are a genuine user. You do have the option of not sharing your email address with anyone.
Personal information
This includes your interests, hobbies, about me page, education, employment, present location and hometown. If you choose to add them then you can control who can view it. We recommend that you keep these information open to everyone so that it will assist with the initial process of finding a friend.
Gender and Age
During the registration process, we also require you to provide to us your gender and your date of birth so that it can be proved that you are 13 or over. As your gender and date of birth are both crucial for us to know you cannot delete them however, in the privacy settings page, you can select to hide your age.
Information open to ‘Everyone’
Information such as name; gender; avatar picture; user ID; receive messages; receive friend invites; find me on Friendship Zone using the search tab; Forum; comments made on Running-Line; Good Stories and Requests For Support are open for everyone to view, where you do not have the option of changing these.
Young persons
In order to protect youngsters aged thirteen (13) years or over, Friendship Zone has ensured additional safety precautions and protections are in place if vulnerable children feel insecure at any time during their time on Friendship Zone’s website, or simply they just want to learn more about such matters. Thus, the website contains a link to the CEOP’s (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) main website which can be found at the bottom of Friendship Zone’s web-page. There, they can get more information on various topics and/or report abuse. Alternatively, at the bottom of the page is a ‘contact’ link to send a message to Friendship Zone, where the administration team will take suitable actions there on.
Use of Information Obtained by Friendship Zone
The following information will be used so that Friendship Zone’s service operates smoothly and also enhances your experience there:
We will put on view your personal information in accordance with your privacy setting preferences. Your name will be used so that you are identifiable on the website and also to personalise your experience there. Your email address will be used for a number of reasons; a weekly activity report based on Friendship Zone’s website will be sent to you; it will be used for security reasons to verify your email account so that you can activate it and lastly; we will send you notifications regarding any friends invite or private messages received. We will also use it to contact you if a need arises. Mobile phone numbers will only be needed for premium features of the website. If you wish to provide us with your mobile phone number during registration, then we will share it with third parties as a marketing tool.
4. Reviewing, editing and deleting your Profile
Your privacy settings and personal information in your account can be reviewed, edited and deleted at any time or you can contact us for assistance using the Contact Us page; whereby requests of this nature will be completed within 20 days.
5. Security and Confidentiality
We have no control over illegal and/or unforeseen activity of other users that may allow them to get around the privacy settings on Friendship Zone.
The strength of the security of your personal profile depends in part on your protection of your account password. Your account password should not be disclosed to unauthorised people.
The access to your personal information is limited only to authorised employees recruited to carry out the jobs in connection with the Friendship Zone service.
If you experience any breach of data security or have any questions about the security of our website, then please contact us using the Contact Us page.
6. Modifications in Privacy Policy
We will decide to modify our Privacy Policy from time to time to improve the security and quality of our website. In these instances, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, put a notice on our homepage, and other places we deem appropriate either by email or by notifying you here so that you are aware of what information are collected, how it's used, and to what extent we disclose it.
Please review this privacy statement frequently, as we reserve the right to modify this at any time.
If for any reason the changes are unacceptable to you, you should stop using Friendship Zone's service. Your continued use of Friendship Zone's service after the posting of our notice or email of the change in our privacy policy will constitute your binding acceptance of the modification.
7. Cancelling your account on Friendship Zone
You have the option to cancel your account at any time if you no longer wish to be a member on Friendship Zone. You can sign in to the site and click on the User tab found at the top of the page, followed by Edit Profile, then Delete Account.
This Privacy Policy was last revised on February 18, 2011.
