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This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 5, 2007.
NoteShuffle.com is an online service that allows users to buy and sell college lecture
notes. The NoteShuffle.com service ("NoteShuffle.com" or "the Service") is owned
and operated by NoteShuffle.com, LLC, and its corporate affiliates (collectively,
"us", "we" or "the Company"). By using the
www.noteshuffle.com
web site (the "Web site") you signify that you have read, understand and agree to
be bound by this Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy").
NoteShuffle.com's Privacy Policy (and any revisions thereto) is designed to help
you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share,
and help you make informed decisions when using the Web site. This Privacy Policy
shall govern all information collected from or posted at NoteShuffle.com, and the
use of the personal information you decide to share. We reserve the right, at our
sole discretion, to change, modify, add or delete portions this Privacy Policy at
any time without further notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to this
Privacy Policy on the Web site and will indicate at the top of the page the Privacy
Policy's effective date. Your continued use of the Service or the Web site after
any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy. If you do
not agree to be bound by these or any revisions thereto, please do not use or access
the Service or the Web site. It is your responsibility to regularly review this
Privacy Policy.
NoteShuffle.com cares deeply about online privacy and the privacy of our Members.
If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@noteshuffle.com.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
When you register as a member of NoteShuffle.com to buy or sell lecture notes, we
request or may request that you provide personal information, including your name,
address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, birth date, social
security number, billing information, university, graduation year, major, and any
other information from which your identity is discernible. We may also collect demographic
information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, preferences, gender,
and interests. Sometimes we collect or may collect a combination of the two types
of information.
We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of the Web site
and the Service, such as what areas you visit and what services you use. Moreover,
there is information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be
collected by us. This information can include without limitation your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses, but is
not linked to your personal information. This data is used to manage the Web site,
track usage and improve the Web site services.
SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission.
We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where
we believe such sharing is: 1) Reasonably necessary to offer the Service; 2) Legally
required; or 3) Permitted by you. For example:
- 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 to host the Service at a co-location facility for servers, to send out email
updates about NoteShuffle.com, to remove repetitive information from our user lists,
to process payments for products or services, or to provide search results or links
(including sponsored links). In connection with these offerings and business operations,
our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a
limited time in connection with these business activities. Where we utilize third
parties for the processing of any personal information, we implement reasonable
contractual and technical protections limiting the use of that information to the
NoteShuffle.com specified purposes.
- We may be required to disclose Member information pursuant to lawful requests, such
as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal
information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law
enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally,
we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply
with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal
activity perpetrated through the Service or using the NoteShuffle.com name, or to
prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies,
lawyers, agents or government agencies.
- We let you choose to share information with marketers or electronic commerce providers
through sponsored groups or other on-site offers.
- We may offer products or provide services jointly with other companies on NoteShuffle.com.
You can tell when another company is involved in any product or service provided
on NoteShuffle.com, and we may share user information with that company in connection
with your use of that product or service.
- If the ownership of all or substantially all of the NoteShuffle.com business, or
individual business units owned by NoteShuffle.com, LLC, LLC, were to change, your
user information may be transferred to the new owner so the Service can continue
operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain
subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.
CHATROOMS, WEBLOGS, MESSAGE BOARDS, CLASSIFIEDS AND PUBLIC FORUMS
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to any chatrooms,
weblogs, message boards, or any other public forums, that information can be accessed
by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13
NoteShuffle.com does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from
anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are
under 13, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your
name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 is allowed
to provide any personal information to or on NoteShuffle.com. In the event that
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 or about a child under 13, please contact us at support@noteshuffle.com.
USE OF COOKIES
NoteShuffle.com uses "cookies" to help create a better and, for our registered users,
a more personalized experience. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's
computers tied to information about the user. Cookies can only track information
provided to the site itself. They are not "spyware" but only store information you
have provided in personally identifiable form, or some of your NoteShuffle.com activities.
This information includes your user name and password, to avoid your having to retype
it every time you return to the Web site. Cookie information is stored on your computer,
not ours. Your browser and other security applications can be set to prompt you
when a website is setting a cookie or to reject all cookies. Unless you accept our
cookies, you will not be able to use our website effectively, and many site sections
and applications will not function properly or at all. Please note that NoteShuffle.com
allows third 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 NoteShuffle.com Privacy Policy.
THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
Advertisements that appear on NoteShuffle.com are sometimes delivered (or "served")
directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP
address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies
to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons"
(also known as "1x1 gifs") to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize
advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your
computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness
of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile
information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements
and determine which advertisements are clicked. NoteShuffle.com does not have access
to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers.
Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on NoteShuffle.com
unless you choose to share it with them. This privacy policy covers the use of cookies
by NoteShuffle.com and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies
by any of its advertisers.
SECURITY
NoteShuffle.com user accounts are secured by user-created passwords. Although no
communications over the Internet are 100% secure, NoteShuffle.com takes precautions
to insure that user account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures
to protect user information that is stored within our database, and we restrict
access to user 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 user account information. Unauthorized
entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the
security of user information at any time. For any additional information about the
security measures we use on NoteShuffle.com, please contact us at support@noteshuffle.com.
CONTROL OF YOUR PASSWORD
You are responsible for all actions taken with your login information and password.
Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your NoteShuffle.com password or
login information to any third parties. If you choose to share this information
with third parties, you are responsible for all actions taken with your login information
and password and therefore should review each third party's privacy policy. If you
lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personally
identifiable information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on
your behalf. Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you
should immediately change your password.
LINKS
NoteShuffle.com contains links to other web sites. We of course are not responsible
for the privacy policies and/or practices on other web sites. When linking to another
web site we encourage our users to read the privacy policy stated on each and every
web site. This Privacy Policy only governs information collected on NoteShuffle.com.
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 the Web 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. Users are bound by any minor changes to the policy when she
or he uses the Web site after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are
going to use a user's 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.
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