| About "inlingua's penpal language exchange" and
the information we collect. 'inlingua's penpal language exchange"
is an online social networking community that supports people
with learning a language and/or making new friends. To accomplish
this, our users create their own profiles which are shown to
other penpals. To fulfill the purpose of this site, some personal
information we ask for is displayed on this site. |
| Information collected/tracked by
inlingua |
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Information submitted to inlingua
inlingua collects user-submitted account information such as
name and email address to identify users and send notifications
related to the use of the service. inlingua also collects user-submitted
profile information such as gender, age, occupation, location,
etc.
Information not Directly Submitted by Users to inlingua
This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable,
such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered
for all users to the site. |
| Use of Information obtained by
inlingua |
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Information users submit
Profile information as well as first name are displayed to people
browsing for penpals, to support the function of the site where
users can meet new people to share their interests. There is
a box which can be activated if a user wants to display his
e-mail address to others when contacting them. We may also use
a user's email address to send weekly updates or news regarding
our site, but the user may choose not to receive email of this
type by accessing their account Info.
Information that users do not submit to us
We use your server, IP address, and browser-type related information
in the general administration of our website. |
| Sharing of the Information this
Site Gathers/Tracks |
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| We do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your
personal information unless required by law or for the protection
of your membership. . |
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| This site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware
that inlingua is not responsible for the privacy practices of
other Web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they
leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and
every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected
by this Web site. |
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| A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer
tied to information about the user. We use both session ID cookies
and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users
close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent
cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive
for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed
by following Internet browser help file directions. Cookies
are used to manage sessions on our site. Users must enable cookies
to use our site. Also, users may optionally use a cookie to
remember their password in order to automatically log in to
our site. We do not and will not use cookies to collect private
information from any user which they did not intentionally submit
to us. |
| Correcting/Updating or Removing
Information |
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| inlingua users may modify or remove any of their personal
information at any time by logging into their account and accessing
the respective features. |
| Changes in Our Privacy Policy |
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| If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on our web site so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if
any, we disclose it. If we are going to use users' personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated
at the time of collection we will notify users via email. |
| Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and
Public Forums |
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| Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal information online - for example on message boards,
through e-mail, or in chat areas - that information can be collected
and used by others. In short, by posting personal information
online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return. |
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| Your inlingua account is password-protected. This web site
takes every precaution to protect our users' information. We
use industry standard measures to protect your information that
is stored within our database. We limit the access to your information
to those employees who need access to perform their job function.
If you have any questions about the security at our website,
please contact us. |
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| If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site,
please contact penpals@inlingua.com. |
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