Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 1, 2007
About CreateBlog.com
CreateBlog.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends. CreateBlog 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. CreateBlog members can change their profile information at any time and can control how other members and the service communicates with them.
Information Collection and Use by Createblog.com
CreateBlog.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 CreateBlog.com service. CreateBlog.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.
CreateBlog.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 CreateBlog.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join CreateBlog, 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 CreateBlog.com with each other through the CreateBlog.com service, without disclosing their email addresses.
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".
CreateBlog members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. Createblog.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 CreateBlog.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 CreateBlog.com may contact CreateBlog.com to request the removal of their information from our database.
Use of Cookies
CreateBlog.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 CreateBlog.com in order to use most functions on the site Please note that CreateBlog 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 CreateBlog Privacy Policy.
Links
CreateBlog.com contains links to sites. CreateBlog.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 CreateBlog.com.
Chat Rooms, Blogs and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Blogs and 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
CreateBlog.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 My Account.
Email Choice/Opt-out
At this time CreateBlog.com does not have an opt-out system. In the future, 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".
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by Createblog.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 CreateBlog.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
CreateBlog.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords CreateBlog.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.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information CreateBlog.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, CreateBlog 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 CreateBlog.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the CreateBlog.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. CreateBlog 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 CreateBlog or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your CreateBlog account or by placing a prominent notice on our site. Please note that your continued use of the CreateBlog.com service after the date of any changes to this policy (which will appear as the "Effective" date listed on the policy) will constitute your acceptance and agreement to be bound by those changes. You should visit this page on a regular basis to view any changes to this privacy policy.
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 AT createblog DOT com.