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About Hyphon.com
Hyphon.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique
personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends.
Hyphon members can view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends
and meet new friends on the service, share photos, post journals and comments,
and describe their interests. To enrich our members' experience, we request
and display some personal information to other members and visitors, which
allows our users to identify each other and expand their network of friends.
Hyphon members can change their profile information at any time and can
control how other members and the service communicates with them.
Hyphon.com cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions
concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@hyphon.com.
Information Collection and Use by Hyphon.com
Hyphon.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address,
and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users
relating to the Hyphon.com service. Hyphon.com also collects other profile
data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education
and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with
each other.
Hyphon.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including
IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type,
from users and visitors to the site This data is used to manage the website,
track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable
information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant
services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded
for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names
are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the
Hyphon.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the
purposes of inviting new friends to join Hyphon, to add users to members'
friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. With
the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and notifications,
a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's
personal network Users within a personal network communicate on Hyphon.com
with each other through the Hyphon.com service, without disclosing their
email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other
members. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances
on the service, Hyphon.com allows users to search for other members using
first and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where
users may have attended or worked.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter
or news regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of
this type by changing their "notification" setting to "Do
not send me notification emails" in the user "Account Settings"
From time to time, Hyphon.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion,
sweepstake or contest on Hyphon.com. Users may be asked to provide personal
information including name, email address or home address or to answer
questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information
to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information
from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the
personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
Hyphon members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. Hyphon.com stores the email
addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to
the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send
reminders of the invitations Hyphon.com does not sell these email addresses
or use them to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation
reminders (up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations
from Hyphon.com may contact Hyphon.com to request the removal of their
information from our database.
Hyphon members may also store email addresses of people they know in
their internal Hyphon address book and may also choose to send invitations
and other communications to those addresses.
You may prevent Hyphon.com email invitations and other messages from
being sent to any email address you control by sending a single email
with the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@hyphon.com Please note that
the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
Hyphon.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session
information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly
offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising,
and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information.
We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable
information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure
your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when
a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help"
menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences --
however, you must enable cookies from Hyphon.com in order to use most
functions on the site Please note that Hyphon allows 3rd party advertisers
that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access
their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject
to their own privacy policies, not the Hyphon Privacy Policy.
Links
Hyphon.com contains links to sites. Hyphon.com is not responsible
for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking
to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site.
Our privacy policy only governs information collected on Hyphon.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds
and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information
to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public
Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in
turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
Hyphon.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such
as Edit Profile and Account Info.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose
not to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user profile
'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive Hyphon.com newsletters
may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me Hyphon newsletters' in
the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and Hyphon.com
newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those
communications in the future.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by Hyphon.com
or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may
set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer
each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers
may compile information about where you, or others who are using your
computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked
on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements
that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement
covers the use of cookies by Hyphon.com and does not cover the use of
cookies by any advertisers.
Security
Hyphon.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords Hyphon.com
takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private.
We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored
within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those
employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our
customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot
guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry
or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise
the security of member information at any time For any additional information
about the security measures we use on Hyphon.com, please contact us a
privacy@hyphon.com
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Hyphon.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Hyphon will
not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe
that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or
to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received
by Hyphon.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law;
(2) to enforce the Hyphon.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our
rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users
of the service. Hyphon reserves the right to transfer personal information
to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as
a result of the sale of Hyphon or substantially all of its assets to
that successor in interest For more information see the "Changes
in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make
changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the
changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor
changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes
have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable
information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time
of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30
days.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at:
privacy@hyphon.com
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