Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
This site is owned and operated by spuncrossroads*. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. SPUNT's Private Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you post when using spuncrossroads, located at www.spuncrossroads.com and its directly associated domains (collectively "Website").
By using or accessing spuncrossroads, you are accepting terms described in this Private Policy. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that spuncrossroads does not own or control, or to people spuncrossroads does not employ or manage.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Private Policy, please contact us at nancy(at)spuncrossroads.com.
INFORMATION spuncrossroads GATHERS AND TRACKS:
spuncrossroads collects personal information when you register with spuncrossroads, when you use spuncrossroads products or services, when you visit spuncrossroads pages, when you make purchases through spuncrossroads, and when you enter contests or promotions. spuncrossroads may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
When you register with spuncrossroads, we ask for information such as your name, email address, birth date, address, gender, ZIP code, occupation, industry, and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter spuncrossroads, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all spuncrossroads visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser.
When you use spuncrossroads, you may set up your personal profile, send messages, perform searches and queries, form groups, set up events, add applications, and transmit information through various channels. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.
You post User Content (as defined in the spuncrossroads Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. We do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on spuncrossroads is a violation of the spuncrossroads Terms of Service and should be reported to nancy(at)spuncrossroads.com.
If you choose to use our invitation service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for information needed to send the invitation, such as your friend's email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email or instant message inviting him or her to visit the site. spuncrossroads stores this information to send this one-time invitation, to register a friend connection if your invitation is accepted, and to track the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at nancy(at)spuncrossroads.com to request that we remove this information from our database.
spuncrossroads may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the spuncrossroads service through the operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.
By using spuncrossroads, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
CHILDREN UNDER AGE 13
spuncrossroads 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 attempt to register for spuncrossroads or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on spuncrossroads. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, 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 nancy(at)spuncrossroads.com.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
spuncrossroads is about sharing information with others "friends and people in your networks" while providing you with privacy settings that restrict other users from accessing your information. We allow you to choose the information you provide to friends and networks through spuncrossroads. Our network architecture and your privacy settings allow you to make informed choices about who has access to your information. 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. spuncrossroads 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 spuncrossroads or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more information see the "Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions" section below.
In addition, please be aware that when you use spuncrossroads, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos or other information, may be shared with other users in accordance with the privacy settings you select. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk.
LINKS
spuncrossroads may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage all our users that when linking to another site, users should read the privacy policy stated on that site. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by spuncrossroads.
THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
Advertisements that appear on spuncrossroads may be delivered (or "served") directly to users by spuncrossroads or third party advertisers. Third party advertisers 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 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. spuncrossroads 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 spuncrossroads unless you choose to share it with them.
This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by spuncrossroads and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any advertisers.
CHANGING OR REMOVING INFORMATION
Access and control over most personal information on spuncrossroads is readily available through the profile editing tools. spuncrossroads users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to deactivate their spuncrossroads account may do so on the My Account page. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to members of spuncrossroads.
Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals on spuncrossroads, however, (e.g., sending a personal message to another spuncrossroads user) you generally cannot remove such communications.
SECURITY
spuncrossroads.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. spuncrossroads.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. When you enter sensitive information (e.g., credit card number or your password), we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you. 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. In addition, email and instant messaging are not recognized as secure communications, we request that you not send private information to us by email or instant messaging services. If you have questions about the security of spuncrossroads Website, please contact us at nancy(at)spuncrossroads.com.
TERMS OF USE, NOTICES AND REVISIONS
Your use of spuncrossroads, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions, including limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and significant changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and indicate at the top of this page the new policy's effective date. If we make significant changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@spuncrossroads.com. You may also contact us by mail at 1025 South Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans, Louisiana 70125.
* spuncrossroads is a registered trademark, service mark, and trade name of New Orleans Access Television, Inc. (NOA-TV).