Smoopa Privacy Policy

At Smoopa we recognize that privacy is important. This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products, services and websites offered by Smoopa, Inc. (the "Smoopa Services"). Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service ("TOS").


We may gather and process information through methods including using cookies on a computer, subjecting the information to statistical or other analysis and using or handling information in any way, including, but not limited to collecting, storing, evaluating, modifying, deleting, using, combining, disclosing and transferring information within our organization or among our affiliates within the United States or internationally.


INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

Our primary goals in collecting personally identifiable information are to provide you with the Smoopa Services, to administer your membership, and to enable users to enjoy and easily navigate the Smoopa Services.


Information Collected Upon Registration.

When you register with Smoopa, you provide some personally identifiable information to us, such as your name, email address, password, and zip code, and any other information or data that you provide to the Smoopa Services. Personally identifiable information that we may also collect in order to provide the Smoopa Services may include your IP address, cookie information, software and hardware attributes, the page you request, and other information provided by your computer and browser.


Use of Contact Information.

In addition, we may use your contact information to market to you, and provide you with information about, our products and services, including but not limited to our Smoopa Services. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such information or communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications.


Log Data.

When you visit the Smoopa Services, our servers automatically record information that your computer or other device sends ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, device type or the domain from which you are visiting, the pages you visit, the search terms you use, and any advertisements on which you click. We use Log Data to monitor the use of the Smoopa Services, and for the technical administration of the Smoopa Services.


Cookies.

When you visit Smoopa, we send one or more cookies – a small file containing a string of characters – to your computer or other device that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, including for storing user preferences, improving search results and ad selection, and tracking user trends. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Smoopa features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.


Third Party Cookies.

The use of cookies by third parties is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Smoopa's cookies.


INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

Smoopa may sell, share, rent or trade with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who purchased a particular item, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement. Such information does not identify you individually. We do not sell, share, rent or trade your personally identifiable information with third parties other than as disclosed within this privacy policy.


Service Providers.

We may engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us, including, without limitation, hosting and maintenance, customer relationship, database storage and management, and direct marketing campaigns. We will share your personally identifiable information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to binding contractual obligations requiring such third parties to maintain the privacy and security of your data.


Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement.

Smoopa cooperates with government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. 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, to protect the property and rights of Smoopa or a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to comply with the law.


Business Transfers.

Smoopa may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including your personally identifiable information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if the new entity's planned processing of your information differs materially from that set forth in this Privacy Policy.


CHANGING OR DELETEING INFORMATION

If you are a registered user of the Smoopa Services, you may access and update or correct the information you provided to us through our website. If you would like us to remove your records from our system, please contact us at support@smoopa.com and we will attempt to accommodate your request if we do not have any legal obligation to retain the record.


SECURITY 

Smoopa is very concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. 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. We employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access.


LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Smoopa Services contain links to other websites. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personally identifiable information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.


OUR POLICY TOWARDS CHILDREN

The Smoopa Services are not directed to persons under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with personally identifiable information without their consent, please contact us. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal identifiable Information, we will delete such information from our files immediately.


CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Privacy Policy changes). Each version of this Privacy Policy will be identified at the bottom of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.


CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@smoopa.com or at

Privacy Matters

c/o Smoopa Inc.

27 Appleton St.

Boston, MA 02116


Last updated February 24, 2011 (view archived version)