Privacy Policy
PSYCHE Principles
This policy is effective as of February 1, 2010.
We built PSYCHE to make it easy to share information with people around the world. We understand you may not want everyone in the world to have the information you share on PSYCHE; that is why we give you control of your information. You choose what information you put in your account, including contact and personal information, pictures, interests and others.
Safe Use of PSYCHE
PSYCHE's Privacy Policy 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 PSYCHE and its directly associated domains (collectively, "PSYCHE" or "Website").
By using or accessing PSYCHE, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The Information We Collect
When you visit PSYCHE you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.
When you register with PSYCHE, you provide us with certain personal information or preference information that you provide to us.
When you enter PSYCHE, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all PSYCHE 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 PSYCHE, you may set up your personal profile, form relationships, 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. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent. 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 content on the Site at your own risk. Although we set privacy measures that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and 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.
PSYCHE may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the PSYCHE service through the operation of the service in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.
Under age
We recommend that minors ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.
Use of Information Obtained by PSYCHE
When you register with PSYCHE, you create your own profile. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the networks. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by PSYCHE that we think you may find valuable.
Profile information is used by PSYCHE primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others.
Account information you submit to PSYCHE will be available to users of PSYCHE. Your name, network names, and profile picture thumbnail will be available in search results across the PSYCHE network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third party search engines. This is primarily so people can find you and interact with you.
PSYCHE may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service.
PSYCHE may use information in your profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We believe this benefits you as you can know more about the world around you.
We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and Internet sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, PSYCHE Platform developers and other users of PSYCHE, to supplement your profile.
Links
PSYCHE 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 PSYCHE.
Security
PSYCHE takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information.
Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions
Your use of PSYCHE, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use. 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 material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material 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.
