GEEKMEMORE PRIVACY POLICY, WAIVER AND GENERAL RELEASE
GEEKMEMORE ("the Company," "we," or “us”) considers the protection of personal privacy to be one of our priorities. This privacy policy, waiver and general release ("Policy") gives you specific information on how we protect your privacy, how we treat personal and financial information, and the choices you have. By agreeing to the terms of this Policy, you agree that we have the right to use any content you may have entered on the GEEKMEMORE.com website (“Website”) for data collection, blind pool sampling of activity, to communicate with you, or any lawful purpose, including any commercial purpose. Your contact information, including your phone number, email address, and mailing address, will be used to communicate with you or send you information about our services. While other Members of the Website will have the opportunity to communicate with you via the Website, your other contact information will not be shared with them unless you voluntarily choose to do so. Your financial information, if applicable, including your credit card details, will be kept confidential and will only be used to bill you and will be stored on our Website, at your election, for future transactions. If you do not provide us with this information, you may not have full access to the services offered by us or our Website.
Once you become a Member of the Website, you will create a personal profile with certain information that will be available to both the public and other Members. The information available to the public may include your nickname, the county and state you are from, your birthday, and your photo. You hereby waive any right to the appearance of your photo on the Website and intellectual property rights you may have to any photos provided to us, and you release us from any liability in connection therewith. You agree that we may use your photo or your testimonials in the public domain in connection with the Website.
Certain information from your personal profile will be shared with other Members of the Website including your personal preferences for a prospective partner or other information you may wish to share about your interests or occupation.
If you elect and if we provide such service, you may elect to increase the visibility of your personal profile by electing to have your photo and other information about you featured on third-party social networking sites. If you make such an election, you waive any rights to the use of the photo you provided to us, the clarity or quality of such photo once posted on any third-party website, and any other rights you may have to your likeness in the photo.
If you refer another individual to our Website, we will have the right to contact that individual once by email until such time as he or she elects to become a Member.
We protect against threats and unauthorized access of personal and financial information. We will not share your confidential information with third parties who do not provide support for the Website or who are not connected with processing a transaction involving our services, unless such disclosure is necessary, or you have elected to disclose such information. Also, you will have the option to receive promotional materials from third-party vendors who will contact you by email, solely at your election.
When you visit the Website, we automatically track information, including but not limited to, IP address, domain server, type of computer and browser which is helpful to us for sampling activity and to improve your experience on our Website. We also store your username or password for your convenience, and we track other general information such as demographics.
This Policy applies to our Website and other services owned or provided by us. In connection with effectively providing our services, we gather personal information and financial information from Members of the Website. From time to time, we may add new websites, programs, services, or provide links to other third-party websites. This Policy applies only to sites owned and services provided by us, not to any third parties including our vendors and suppliers or any links to third-party websites.
As a condition to participation in the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Policy and the use of your identity for lawful purposes. Additional terms and conditions which govern your participation in the Website are governed by the GEEKMEMORE terms and conditions (“T&Cs”).
By using or accessing the Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Policy.
The Policy is accessible through the Website from a link entitled "Privacy Policy" at the bottom of the GEEKMEMORE.com home page. You acknowledge that this Policy may change over time. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to revise this Policy at any time. If we decide to change our Policy, we will post the revised policy on the Website. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Website. As we may make changes at any time without notifying you, we suggest that you periodically consult this Policy. Please note that our rights to use your personally identifiable information will be based on the privacy policy in effect at the time the information is collected. Your continued use of the GEEKMEMORE Services constitutes your agreement to all such terms and conditions of the Policy and revised versions of such Policy.
In the event that your credit card information is lost or stolen, if you have provided such information, or someone may have used your password without permission, you must notify us immediately.
Information Collection and Use
We may gather data that indicates your activity in connection with the Website. We may also share your email address with third-party services if you so choose.
Below are more details about the personal information we may gather from you and how we may use it.
Your Information.
When you become a Member on the Website, we will ask you for certain minimum required information. You will have your own username and password.
Use of Cookies.
When you enter the Website, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on your computer tied to information about your use. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in and to store password information. Any third-party advertisers on our Website may also use cookies to track your information.
Financial Information (if applicable).
We will only use financial information, including your credit card details, to complete a transaction for payment. Such information shall be sent for processing via an encrypted portal and shall only be shared with those third parties necessary to complete the transaction. We may, at your election, securely store your credit card details on the Website for your future transactions.
Sharing Non-Personal Information or General Feedback.
In addition to credit card processing companies, we may share information that is not confidential.
Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GEEKMEMORE, its agents, management and employees, agents and affiliates from any claims in connection with invasion of privacy, libel, harassment or breach of confidentiality or IP assignment agreements or any other claims in connection with the content input or shared on the Website. You agree that we are not in any way liable for the content shared by you or other Members of the Website.
Future Business Transactions.
By submitting your personal information to us, you agree that in the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of its assets, or the sale of the Website or an individual website owned by us, we may transfer your information to a third party as a part of such merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale, or other future business transaction.
Legal Authorities.
We may also disclose confidential information to legal authorities in cases when we reasonably believe that it is necessary to identify someone who may be violating our policies or any other terms of use, or who may be a threat to us or third-party rights, property, or personal safety. We may disclose confidential information to comply with valid legal process such as a duly issued search warrant, subpoena or court order.
Information Storage and Security
We take appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your confidential information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. No computer system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard. However, we are committed to providing reasonable and appropriate security controls to protect our website and all confidential information against foreseeable hazards.
Notwithstanding these security measures, please be aware that when you submit confidential information to our website, the information may travel over many systems that are not under our control. We take the protection of user data seriously and to that end take reasonable safeguards to prevent interception of any confidential information.
Accessing, Correcting and Updating Your Information
You have the ability to review, change and correct the personally identifiable information you provide us. As a Member, you can access, correct or update your account or other personal information. You may also request that we remove from our databases the information you provided when you registered with us by contacting us via the Website. When you register or access our Website, you may opt out of receiving future email communications from us.
Modifications to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be amended by us at any time without notice, and such modifications will be available for your review under the “Privacy Policy” link on the Website.
Your Acceptance by Electronic Signature
You hereby agree to the use of electronic communication and signature in order to provide confidential and personal information to us, to receive notices or add content to the Website, and to receive electronic delivery of notices, policies and records of transactions initiated or completed through our Website. Furthermore, you hereby waive any rights or requirements under any laws or regulations in any jurisdiction which require an original (non-electronic) signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, to the extent permitted under applicable mandatory law.