Effective August 01, 2007:
About GoVettes.com
GoVettes.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends, as well as offering communication meduims such as, but not limited to, forums, chats, and internet phone. GoVettes members can view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends on the service, share photos, post journals and comments, and describe their interests. To enrich our members' experience, we request and display some personal information to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify each other and expand their network of friends. GoVettes members can change their profile information at any time.
GoVettes.com cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please Email us at Legal@govettes.com
Information Collection and Use by GoVettes.com
GoVettes.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the GoVettes.com service. GoVettes.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.
GoVettes.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site. This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the GoVettes.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join GoVettes, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network Users within a personal network communicate on GoVettes.com with each other through the GoVettes.com service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, GoVettes.com allows users to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where users may have attended or worked.
Links
GoVettes.com contains links to sites. GoVettes.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on GoVettes.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by GoVettes.com or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by GoVettes.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
GoVettes.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords GoVettes.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time For any additional information about the security measures we use on GoVettes.com, please Contact Us.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information GoVettes.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, GoVettes will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by GoVettes.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the GoVettes.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. GoVettes reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of GoVettes or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at: Legal@GoVettes.com (8391 Wunderlich, #207, Houston, Texas 77069)