WEBDWELLER’S Privacy Policy of the Site
Last updated: June 22, 2010
Welcome to Webdweller, a personal online service operated by 9198-7412 Quebec Inc. ("Webdweller") which consists of, among other things, the website located at www.webdweller.com (“Site”), software that you have downloaded or are about to download, any software that you have embedded on a web site or are about to embed (“Stamp it!”), any applications created by Webdweller and available through social networking sites (“SNS Apps”), any software running on Webdweller's servers, (“Webdweller’s Software”), content, related documentation, information on the Webdweller domain, and information made available by users to each other through the Webdweller Software (collectively, the “Service”). Your privacy is important to us and, as described in this Privacy Policy, we have designed the Service to protect information about you from unauthorized disclosure to others.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use your personally identifying information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
By using the Service, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as outlined in this Privacy Policy, as such policy may be amended from time to time. We may update the Privacy Policy at anytime by updating this page and may provide notice to its users of such revisions by means of a general notice on the Site. Continued use of the Site after such revisions are posted will signify your agreement to these revised terms. Therefore, you should visit this page periodically to review this Privacy Policy.
You can jump to sections of this Privacy Policy by selecting the links below:
- What We Collect
- Children Under the Age of 13
- How we use your information
- Controlling Your Personal Information
- Transfer of Information
- Others’ Information
- Cookies
- Use of Information
- Additional Questions
- Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
1. What We Collect
Webdweller gives you a number of options regarding what information you will give us:
When you register a profile with Webdweller, your profile including any information (name, date of birth, gender) will be registered with Webdweller. When you identify yourself on a Webdweller site, you may identify yourself using a Webdweller account. When you identify yourself on a Webdweller site, you may identify yourself through a social network account in which Webdweller may receive additional information about your profile.
In each case, we will collect and record the information you have provided. Other than names and email addresses provided at your discretion, we don't generally collect any “Personally Identifying Information” about our users (such as social security number, telephone number, street address, drivers license number, etc.), exception being for billing and payments or reward shipments where we store your billing information such as name, street address, phone number. We may offer you the opportunity to submit other information about yourself (such as gender, age, occupation, interests, zip code, etc.), or we may be able to collect that information from social networking systems on which you have used SNS Apps (in accordance with the terms of use of those systems), which would then also be covered by this Privacy Policy.
In addition to information about yourself, you may choose to share information about yourself in other content ("Content"), such as in our Software Dweller Voice and Stamp it Any action you perform with other participants are considered public, and at your own discretion.
When you use an SNS App on your social network page or use an SNS App on someone else's page, we may record information regarding the use of that SNS App, and we may collect other information that is visible on your social network page in accordance with the relevant terms of use associated with that page.
Note that since most Webdweller Software is served through SNS Apps, it is your responsibility to read and accept their Terms of Use, as well as Privacy Policy prior to continuing.
When you invite new members into your network or send messages through the Service, we collect and maintain on secure servers the information associated with those messages, including email addresses and content.
Webdweller may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Webdweller.
Finally, in order to provide the best possible service and to allow us to make certain internal reports and make recommendations, we collect aggregate information about the use of the Service, including information about users accessing the Webdweller site or using SNS Apps on other sites, such as internet protocol addresses, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, other browser history, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, and the date and time (“Activity Information”).
By using the Service, you consent to our retaining all the above-described information in anonymous form as Webdweller sees fit.
2. Children Under the Age of 13
Webdweller is not intended for children under 13 years of age. Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) and the Quebec Regulations on Advertising to Children (Consumer Protection Act) we will never knowingly gather or use personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13, and we do not allow anyone under the age of 13 to register as a Member.
3. How we use your information
Webdweller allows you to control your relationship with brands and advertisers and lets you opt-out of their offers through your permissions settings.
We do not sell or rent your “Personally Identifiable Information” to any third party. We may, however, use certain information about you that is not personally identifiable.
We use public information collected to determine the kinds of content that you would like to view and to assist any brands and advertisers partners in targeting their exclusive offers and rewards.
We also use your name, email address and other information on our system to notify you of new product releases, service notifications, and to solicit your feedback and input. Those emails will contain links for preference management and where appropriate, unsubscribe links should you decide you do not want to receive further emails.
You understand and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose any information we may have about you and the contents of your account if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to avoid liability, to comply with legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order, or to protect our rights and property, or that of our affiliates or the public. Webdweller is not required to question or contest the validity of any search warrant, subpoena or other similar governmental request that Webdweller receives.
Webdweller may maintain copies of your Content indefinitely, or delete certain Content in whole or in part if Webdweller determines, in its sole discretion, that such Content constitutes an Infringing or Prohibited Posting as defined in our Terms of Use under "Restricted Activities" or for any or no reason.
We also use non-Personally Identifiable Information and certain technical information about your computer and your access of the Service (including your internet protocol address) in order to operate, maintain and manage the Service.
Webdweller may disclose information about you to its partners in order to provide the Service, resolve service problems and correct errors in the Service, to communicate with you about the Service, to provide you with advertising and promotional information in connection with the Service, and to enhance your experience on the Service. However, we do not give our partners an independent right to use or share this information.
Due to our contractual obligations with these third parties and the need to share information to deliver and support the Service, we cannot provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of sharing information (whether Personally Identifiable Information or other information) with these third parties.
Webdweller, certain of its partners, and each of their contractors and employees may view the Content that you transmit to the service to provide the Service and otherwise perform the tasks set forth in this Privacy Policy.
4. Controlling Your Personal Information
Be advised that if you send messages or post material containing personal information, that information may be collected and used by others.
You can terminate your account at any time which will remove your profile and other personal information from view. Webdweller, however, may (but is not obligated to) keep information about you that is on its system following your termination. Please contact Webdweller to terminate your account or for any other questions about your personal information.
5. Transfer of Information
We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Webdweller or the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Webdweller related to the business which collected such information, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, Webdweller will notify users who have provided email addresses when information about those users is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
6. Others’ Information
You may decide to provide us with another person's email address so that person may be invited to join Webdweller or so that we may facilitate your communication with other people through the Service (such as when you upload an address book).
You may also provide us with another person's contact information for purposes of delivering information through SNS Apps. We use this information to contact and, if necessary, remind that person that he or she has been invited to join Webdweller or received content through an SNS App. All invitees are provided with the option not to receive further invitations from Webdweller. We may disclose such information if required to do so in order to comply with legal process, as described above.
7. Cookies
The Service sends "cookies" to your computer when you access the Webdweller site, or otherwise view content through a Webdweller Software, or use an SNS App and the Service uses such cookies as described in here. The Service uses cookies to improve the quality of our service, make recommendations, and make the Service easier to use for our users. A cookie is a small text file recorded on your hard drive that identifies you as a unique user and contains certain information about your particular login session and/or your use of the Service.
8. Use of Information
Webdweller may contain links to other web sites, and content and SNS Apps may be hosted by other web sites. In addition, as described above, most content offered through Webdweller Software or SNS Apps is served or hosted by other sites. These other sites maintain their own policies regarding cookies and the collection and use of personal information. It is up to you to review those policies yourself.
9. Additional Questions
Again, feel free to contact us by sending an email to privacy@webdweller.com if you have further questions about Webdweller or this Privacy Policy, or if you want to receive a previous version of this document.
10. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
The Privacy Policy and its interpretation are subject to the laws that are in force in the province of Quebec and in Canada, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. The courts of the District of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute related to the present Privacy Policy, including its interpretation and its effects.