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FlowMingle Privacy Policy

Updated: February 2, 2009

Introduction

FlowMingle is firmly committed to the protection of your privacy.

FlowMingle.com (the "Web Site") has provided this Privacy Policy to assist you in understanding how we use personal information collected at this Web Site and to assist you in making informed decisions when using the Web Site. Please read this Privacy Policy before using the Web Site or submitting any personal information. By using the Web Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

The information we collect

We may collect personal information that can identify you such as your name and email address and other information that does not identify you.

  • Information you provide.

    We may collect and store any personal information you enter on our website or provide to us in some other manner. This includes identifying information, such as your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number, and, if you transact business with us, financial information such as your payment method (valid credit card number, type, expiration date or other financial information). We also may request information about your interests and activities, your gender and age, and other demographic information such as your hometown, your gender or your username.

  • Information from other sources.

    We may also periodically obtain both personal and non-personal information about you from business partners, contractors and other third parties and add it to our account information or other information we have collected. Examples of information that we may receive include: updated address information, purchase history, and additional demographic information.

  • Information about others.

    We may also collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us, such as their name, address and email address. If you use our website to send others (friends, relatives, colleagues, etc.) a product as a gift, we may store your personal information, and the personal information of each such recipient in order to process those requests or facilitate future activities.

Web Site use information:

  • Information collected automatically

    We automatically collect information from your browser when you visit our website. This information includes your IP address, your browser type and language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us (see “Cookies” below), and the referring website address.

  • Cookies

    When you visit our website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies, to facilitate access to our site and to personalize your online experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, please note that you may not be able to sign in or use some of the interactive features offered on our website.

  • Other Technologies

    We may use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons and other similar technologies, to track your use of our site. We also may include web beacons in advertisements or promotional or other e-mail messages or to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services we offer our website visitors to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, programming or other activities.

  • Information collected by third-parties

    We may allow third-parties, including our authorized service providers, advertising companies, and ad networks, to display advertisements on our site. These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements. Our website does not provide any personal information to these third parties. This information allows them to deliver targeted advertisements and gauge their effectiveness.

How we use the information we collect

In General. We may use information that we collect about you to:

  • deliver the products and services that you have requested;
  • manage your account and provide you with customer support;
  • perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, services or content offered by others;
  • communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about products or services that may be of interest to you either from us or other third parties;
  • develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our site and other sites;
  • verify your eligibility and deliver prizes in connection with contests and sweepstakes;
  • enforce our terms and conditions;
  • manage our business; and
  • perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

Financial information

We may use financial information or payment method to process payment for any purchases made on our website, enroll you in the discount, rebate, and other programs in which you elect to participate, to protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions, and otherwise as needed to manage our business.

Sharing your information with Third Parties

We want you to understand when and with whom we may share personal or other information we have collected about you or your activities on our web site or while using our services.

We may share demographic information with third parties, including companies with which we have a relationship. For example and without limitation:

We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as directing and displaying specific advertisements on the Web Site. In connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use in connection with these business activities.

We may be required to disclose customer information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law or to protect our interests or property. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.

In connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.

We may share with, or disclose or sell to, third parties aggregated information which does not reference individually identifiable users.

Any third parties to whom we may disclose personal information may have their own privacy policies which describe how they use and disclose personal information. Those policies will govern use, handling and disclosure of your personal information once we have shared it with those third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. If you want to learn more about their privacy practices, we encourage you to visit the websites of those third parties. These entities or their servers may be located either inside or outside the United States.

We will not sell contact information to third parties.

Security

We have extensive security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal identifiable information. We will exercise reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your computer and our servers, but given that no information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet and hence accept no liability for any unintentional disclosure.

Links

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites that may be linked to this site. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to this Web Site.

Age Restrictions

FlowMingle is a Web Site only for those 18 years of age and up. No minors (under the age of 18) are permitted to use this site. We ask that no minors submit any personal information to us. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, any information we may receive from users we believe to be under the age of 13 will be purged from our database.

Acceptance

By using the Web Site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you use the Web Site to make sure that you understand how any personal information we collect will be used. USE OF THIS WEB SITE SIGNIFIES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT AND THE PRIVACY POLICY.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with FlowMingle.com, you can contact us by email at:

contact@flowmingle.com