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Effective November 1, 2006
About Tribal Shout
Tribal Shout is a web-based service that allows visitors and members to receive
podcasts and other digital content on their telephones. Tribal Shout members control, and can change
at any time, their personal information that is available to others.
Tribal Shout cares deeply about online privacy If you
have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please contact us.
Information Collection and Use by Tribal
Shout
Tribal Shout collects user submitted information such as name, email address,
and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating
to the Tribal Shout service. Tribal
Shout may also collect 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.
Tribal Shout also logs non-personally-identifiable
information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and
browser type, from users and visitors to the site. Such data are 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 information, including members' pictures and
first names, are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in
the Tribal Shout social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of
inviting new friends to join Tribal Shout, to add users to members' networks,
and to send notifications related to the service. 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 Tribal Shout with each other through
the Tribal Shout Service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed
to other members. To facilitate
searching and finding interesting content on the service, Tribal Shout allows
users to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and
other standard search strategies.
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, Tribal Shout or a partner may
sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on Tribal Shout. 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
Tribal Shout members can invite other people to join the service by sending
invitation emails via our automated invitation system. Tribal Shout 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. Tribal Shout 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 Tribal Shout
may contact Tribal Shout to request the removal of their information from our
database.
Tribal Shout members may also store email addresses
of people they know in their internal Tribal Shout address book and may also
choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You may prevent Tribal Shout email invitations and other
messages from being sent to any email address you control by sending a single
email with the subject "BLOCK" via this form. Please note that the email
must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
Tribal Shout 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 Tribal Shout in order to use most functions on the site. Please note that Tribal Shout 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 Tribal Shout Privacy Policy.
Links
Tribal Shout contains links to sites. Tribal Shout 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 Tribal Shout.
Public Postings
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information on Tribal
Shout 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
Tribal Shout 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 communications from Tribal Shout may choose not to by selecting
'Do not send me updates or notifications'' in the user profile 'Account Settings'.
All update and notification emails include
the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Third Party Advertising
Advertisements appearing on our site may be delivered to users by Tribal Shout
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 Tribal Shout and does not cover the use of cookies by any
advertisers.
Security
Tribal Shout member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Tribal Shout 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 Tribal Shout,
please contact us.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Tribal
Shout Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, we 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 Tribal Shout, whether or not
a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Tribal Shout 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. Tribal Shout 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 Tribal Shout 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(s) 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 site
for thirty 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.
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