Privacy Policy
TuneFeed is powered by Faces.com, a web service provided by Faces.com and its Affiliates that
allows you to interact with your entire network of friends, meet new friends, and
explore their worlds (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy
is incorporated into the Faces.com Terms of Use,
which together with our Member Code of Conduct
and Terms of Sale, constitute the entire “Agreement”
between you and Faces.com.
Table of Contents
Last updated: 01 October, 2007
Faces.com is a Service that allows you to build and communicate with your network
of friends and colleagues in very powerful ways, via messaging and information sharing.
The site is designed to allow members to view each others' profiles, communicate
with old friends and meet new friends on the site, share photos, post journals and
comments, display classified advertisements and describe their interests. Faces.com
is also designed to facilitate communication, information sharing and introductions
among people in the same network (i.e. your "1st level" contacts such as friends,
family members, work colleagues, etc. as well as the extended group of people you
are connected to through these 1st level contacts).
To allow such interaction Faces.com encourages you to disclose certain personal
information to fully utilize its messaging services. Privacy and the sharing of
this information is always a delicate issue, however Faces.com cares deeply about
the privacy of members’ information and we make it our highest priority to protect
the privacy of our members. So that you can have confidence in Faces.com and so
that you have an understanding of how Faces.com uses information collected on the
website we have drafted this privacy document. It outlines the types of information
Faces.com collects and how that information is utilized within the site.
Faces.com will adhere to this policy when dealing with any information collected
within the Faces.com website. The information will only be used to provide you with
an enriched and finely personalized experience within the site. No personal
information collected from our members will ever be sold or leased to any third
party without the proper consent.
Any questions regarding this privacy policy should be sent via Faces.com’s Contact
page (http://www.faces.com/Edit/Common/ContactUs.aspx).
What information we collect and what
it is used for
Registration
You need to provide an email address that can be verified, a "screen name" and a
password during the registration phase of your membership. We’ll also suggest you
provide certain personal information, such as: first and last name, home country
and zip/postal code, birth date and gender. Screen names are used to provide a unique
account with which you can access Faces.com and to create the web address (URL)
for your home page: http://screenname.Faces.com. So accordingly, your screen name
will be visible to anyone who visits your Faces.com home page.
Your e-mail address is used to identify you in our system, to contact you regarding
your activities on the Website (including, but not limited to, confirmation e-mails
or important news affecting your relationship with Faces.com, as well as to gather
feedback via surveys to enable us to improve our site according to your needs).
We also use your email address to forward messages to you from other Faces.com members.
Your first name, gender, zip/postal code, city, state and country may be viewable
by other Faces.com members. (For U.S. addresses the city and state are derived from
the zip code.) Faces.com provides you with mechanisms to control whether other registered
Faces.com members can view your last name, e-mail address and age on your personal
profile page, and you can limit access to specific groups of members (see Your Profile
Page section below). Note that even if you restrict who can see your last name,
your direct contacts can always see it, and people who already know your last name
can find you in searches by searching for your first and last name.
Faces.com will never share your personal information with any non-registered
user of our site nor any third party company or person without your explicit consent.
Note also that we require prospective members to confirm the e-mail address provided
at registration, this prevents someone from registering with another person's e-mail
address. People that do not know you or not part of your social group do not have
access to your email address.
Contacts' Information
Building and interacting with your network of friends is a key facet of the Faces.com
experience. When inviting another person to register for our site and join your
network of friends, we will ask you to provide that person's e-mail address or Instant
Messenger ID, and the nature of your relationship (e.g., brother, friend, co-worker,
etc.) with that person.
We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit
the site. We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time
email and tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact
us at http://www.Faces.com/ContactUs.aspx
to request that we remove this information from our database.
We also use this information to group your friends within your network and allow
you to control information/content visibility by relationship category (i.e. you
may post an update to your photo album and only want your family to be able to see
the photos, this feature is fully customizable.)
Your Profile and the Myfaces Page
So that other members can find you using the search function your profile page must
contain information about you, other users may then invite you into their network.
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed
to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Faces.com social networking
community, the closer another user is to you in the social network the more information
they can access about you – remember that you control the amount of information
displayed . If you choose to upload a photo of yourself, it may also be viewable
by all Faces.com members.
At all times you will control which other information appears on your Profile
page, although your last name is always visible by your 1st level friends,
people outside your 1st level group will not see anything other than your first
name, friends of friends will also see your last name initial [for example: your
first level friends will know you as Jack Flash, the friends of your friends will
know you as Jack F. and anyone else outside that group will know you as just Jack]
Profile information may include the following: occupation, parts of your home address,
phone numbers, e-mail address(es), Instant Messenger IDs, personal interests and
anything else you choose to share.
Through the Profile page, you control the information displayed in your profile
and, as a result, determine who can find you in searches for specific profile information
(although anyone who knows your last name can search for it and find it, even if
you restrict access to it). Providing profile information is optional; however it
enables Faces.com members to better identify each other and more effectively connect
and interact with their network.
We may use some of this information to provide you with a customized or personalized
view of the Site which will cater for your interests, Faces.com will only share
anonymous and aggregated demographic information with advertisers. (i.e. without
telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons we may do this is to
increase the likelihood that our advertisers' goods and services will appeal to
Faces.com's users, so that we may target specific ads at specific demographic groups.
Subject to the rest of this privacy policy, our sharing of demographic information
with advertisers is anonymous (i.e. we do not tell advertisers which particular
Faces.com users are members of which demographic groups, although if you respond
to an advertisement it may indicate to an advertiser which demographic group you
belong to].
Your Group of Friends
Creating groups of friends is another important part of the Faces.com experience;
you can invite friends who share similar interests to join your group. When you
create a group, we may ask you to provide information to identify the group, such
as a group name, a unique abbreviation and a brief description of the group. As
a group member, you can restrict members of the group from contacting you or seeing
information and content you've uploaded to the Faces.com Service.
If you use a bulletin board or chat room on this site, you should be aware that
any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected,
or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited
messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you
choose to submit in these forums.
Cookies, Tracking and Site Operation
Faces.com uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. Cookies are an essential
part of this Service. A cookie is a tiny data file that resides on your computer
and allows Faces.com to recognize you as a member when you return to our site using
the same computer and web browser. It also allows you to remain logged in to the
Faces.com website. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies,
you will not be able to use our website. Cookies also help us understand how members
use Faces.com, which allows us to continually improve the Service. Like the information
you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to
customize your experience on the web site.
One type of cookie, known as a "persistent" cookie, is set when you log in to your
Faces.com account if you check the "remember me" box. The next time you visit the
Faces.com web site, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing
member so you will not need to log in before using the Service. In order to change
your e-mail address or password, however, you will need to re-enter your password
even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log
out of the Faces.com site you will need to re-enter your password the next time
you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a "session"
cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the Faces.com site. Session cookies
expire after a short time (usually 20 minutes) or when you close your web browser.
Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the Faces.com
web site we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the
site to which you are going when you leave Faces.com. We also receive the Internet
protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the
World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are
using, as well as the name of your ISP. This information may be used to analyse
overall trends to help us improve the Faces.com Service, but is not linked to personally
identifiable information in any way.
In addition, you understand and agree that Faces.com will use aggregated data collected
from you and other users for statistical and analytical reporting purposes.
Persons Under the Age of Sixteen
Persons under the age of sixteen (16 ) are not permitted to join the Faces.com
website. In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act (COPPA), we will not knowingly provide access to Faces.com to persons under
the age of sixteen (16 ). If Faces.com later learns that a member is under the age
of sixteen (16 ) we will take appropriate steps to remove the member's information
from the database and restrict the individual from future access to the Faces.com
Service. Faces.com believes that the supervision of children under the age of sixteen
(16 ) is the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and ultimately accepts no
responsibility if a person under the age of sixteen (16) joins Faces.com.
Faces.com has no knowledge of anyone under the age of sixteen (16) using our website.
Sharing and disclosure of information
Third Party Companies and Organizations
Faces.com will not sell, lease or give your personal information to third parties
without your explicit consent, unless required by law. We may share your information
with third parties under the following explicit circumstances:
- if sharing your information is necessary to execute a specific request by you. In
these specific cases third parties will not retain, share or store any personally
identifiable information except to provide the specific services requested by you,
and are bound by strict confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such
information;
- if sharing your information is required by law or is necessary to respond to a subpoena,
warrant or court order, or to protect the rights of Faces.com or its members; or
- if you give us explicit permission to share your information for any reason not
stated in this privacy policy.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required
by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or
to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our
Web site.
Other Faces.com Members
From time to time you may invite a non-member of Faces.com to register with the
site and join your network or group. You also may invite existing Faces.com members
to join a group or become your direct contact. In these cases, Faces.com generates
an e-mail message to your invitee that may list information such as your e-mail
address, your full name and your profile photo (if you have provided one). The rest
of your contact information will only be shared with the person you invite if both
of you have indicated that you would like to establish contact with each other.
In addition, when you visit another Faces.com member's home page, we may share with
that member your Screen name and any photo you may have provided within your profile,
as well as the date and time you visited their page.
Faces.com Advertisers and Agencies
We may use third-party advertising companies to advertise products or services on
our site. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single
pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information
that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags will be completely
anonymous. Further details regarding the privacy of your information after you have
left the Faces.com site in response to any advertising is the responsibility of
the advertiser and as such their privacy policy on their own website should be read
if you are concerned in any way.
External Links and URL’s
All Faces.com pages will be served via our domain name www.Faces.com. If you see
a page that does not have the "properties" Faces.com it may not be a page served
by us. An exception to this is our images that may be served from our distributed
caching service – this group of servers is managed by a third party – no information
is disclosed to this third party about you. They do however automatically detect
the region from which you are logging in from so as to serve images from the server
that is geographically the most efficient. Personal images and information is not
usually cached by any third party caching companies we employ, only Faces.com branding,
buttons, and images are cached. Additionally, you may occasionally see links to
other web sites on Faces.com, either via advertisements or other third-party promotions
or links posted by other Faces.com members.
Faces.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites you may visit
through a link you found on Faces.com. If you provide information directly to a
party other than Faces.com, different privacy policies may cover those parties'
use of your information. Please review any company's privacy policy before disclosing
your personal information.
Email Communication from Faces.com
There are broadly 3 types of email you will receive from Faces.com:
- Recent update notifications which alert you to changes made by your friends. You
can change the frequency of these notifications on the
General Settings page. You can also prevent them from being delivered at
all, however this will impact on your enjoyment of the site since you will not know
when friends have updated their pages.
- Internal Messages which include the following:
- Verify email address messages.
- Print Order Subscription started messages.
- Invitation to join messages (from another Faces.com members).
- “Email this” messages (from Blogs).
- Forgotten password messages.
- “Reminder” emails.
- Internal messages.
- New signup/join (including those by email upload) messages.
- Change username messages.
- Abandoned image cart messages.
- Blog or photo error messages (when Blog post or photo image was emailed to us).
You can change the frequency that some of these are delivered and whether they are
sent at all. To change settings visit the
General Settings page. Obviously some of these need to be sent for you to
access the site, such as password recovery, these will only be sent if you specifically
request them
- Newsletters are sent to you to keep you up to date with what is happening at Faces.com.
They are sent every few weeks. If you wish to prevent newsletters from being delivered
simply visit the General
Settings page.
Security
Faces.com has expended significant time, effort and money to provide you with security
measures to protect member information from loss, misuse and alteration. We use
industry-standard practices such as encrypted storage, firewalls and password protection
systems to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information. Each of our
employees is aware of our security policies, and your information is only available
to those employees who need it to perform their jobs.
Ultimately you have control over your personal
information
The success of Faces.com is directly related to your trust in our privacy practices.
Although we encourage our members to share information to get the most benefit from
the site, we also let you control the way certain personal information is displayed
on the site. Although we provide powerful tools for you to share information, remember
it is always your choice whether or not to share certain information with other
Faces.com members or the general public.
You can change any of your personal information stored on the Faces.com site at
any time, whether it be the information supplied at registration (with the exception
of your user ID), for your profile page or anything else. You may change information
on the Settings and Profile pages. In addition, you may cancel your Faces.com membership
by sending us an e-mail via our Contact Us page. Once we process your request, we
will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our database.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Faces.com may update our privacy policy. The latest version of the privacy policy
will always be available at
http://www.faces.com/Common/Legals/PrivacyPolicy.aspx.
Please check this page occasionally
to make sure you are aware of any updates.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy
statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if
any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any
time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy,
we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact
Faces Support:
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http://www.faces.com/Edit/Common/ContactUs.aspx
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help@faces.com |
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Mailing Address: |
Faces Support
PO Box 779
Paddington 4064
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Physical Address: |
Attn: Faces Support
Faces.com LLC
Lvl 5 National Bank House
255 Adelaide Street
Brisbane 4000
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