If Gay Was Cool Privacy Notice
If Gay Was Cool, Inc. ("If Gay Was Cool") recognizes that its customers,
visitors, users, and others who use www.If
Gay Was Cool.com or other web sites owned or operated by If Gay
Was Cool (the "If Gay Was Cool Sites") (collectively or individually "Users")
value their privacy. This Privacy Notice details important information
regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the If
Gay Was Cool Sites. If Gay Was Cool provides this Privacy Notice to help
you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using the
If Gay Was Cool Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the If
Gay Was Cool Terms of Use. Your use of the If Gay Was Cool
Sites and any personal information you provide on the If Gay Was Cool
Sites remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms
of Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction
of Users onto the If Gay Was Cool Sites becomes published content and is
not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy
Notice.
The Information If Gay Was Cool Collects
- User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable
information (such as your name and email address) to If Gay Was Cool
when choosing to participate in various activities on the If Gay Was
Cool Sites such as uploading videos, posting messages in our forums or
in the video comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes, taking
advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters
or other mailing lists.
- Cookies Information: When you visit the If Gay Was Cool Sites,
we may send one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string
of alphanumeric characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies
your browser. If Gay Was Cool uses both session cookies and persistent
cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent
cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site.
Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help
file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you
close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies
or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of
the If Gay Was Cool Sites may not function properly if the ability to
accept cookies is disabled.
- Log File Information: When you use the If Gay Was Cool Sites,
our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser
sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information
such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type,
browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number
of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of
those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and
time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify
your browser.
- Clear GIFs Information: When you use the If Gay Was Cool Sites,
we may employ "clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track
the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable
manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails
sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
The Way If Gay Was Cool Uses Information
- If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the
If Gay Was Cool Sites, then we use your personal information to operate,
maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the If
Gay Was Cool Sites.
- Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose
online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your
public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected
and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed
to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the If
Gay Was Cool Sites and other Users can contact you through messages and
comments. Any videos that you submit to the If Gay Was Cool Sites may
be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may
be viewed by the general public.
- We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information
to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except
as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the
ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email address
without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes
(such as notifying you of major If Gay Was Cool Site changes or for customer
service purposes).
- We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable
information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses,
browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design
of the If Gay Was Cool Sites and to create new features, promotions,
functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User
preferences and trends.
- We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember
information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit
or the next time you visit the If Gay Was Cool Sites; (b) provide custom,
personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of
our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total
number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions,
and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When If Gay Was Cool Discloses Information
- We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable
information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses
or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf.
We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance
with our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their
use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality
and security measures.
- We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name
or email address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial
or marketing use without your consent or except as part of a specific
program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
- We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous
User usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number
of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding
the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions,
and/or functionality on the If Gay Was Cool Sites.
- We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable
information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such
as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search
warrant.
- If Gay Was Cool also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable
information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that If Gay
Was Cool believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce
our Terms
of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and
defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist
government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity
of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety
of If Gay Was Cool, our Users or others.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information
through the If Gay Was Cool Sites, in which case If Gay Was Cool may not
be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your
personal profile information and email preferences at any time by visiting
your account profile page. Please note that media files uploaded by Users to
the If Gay Was Cool Sites cannot be removed and remain subject to our Terms
of Use.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as
requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you
profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Please contact If Gay Was Cool with any questions or comments about this
Privacy Notice, your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in
or opt-out choices at customerservice@ifgaywascool.com
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
If Gay Was Cool allows other companies, called third-party ad servers
or ad networks, to serve advertisements within the If Gay Was Cool Sites.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly
to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on the If Gay
Was Cool Sites. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens.
They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web
Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize
the advertising content you see.
If Gay Was Cool does not provide any personally identifiable information
to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or
except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have
the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser
asks If Gay Was Cool to show an advertisement to a certain audience (for
example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages 18-24
who have viewed certain channels of content) and you respond to that advertisement,
the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of
the audience they are trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information
regarding your use of the If Gay Was Cool Sites, such as the number of
times you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information),
to determine which ads to deliver to you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party
ad servers or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their
practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices.
If Gay Was Cool's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control
the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Currently, If Gay Was Cool does not have relationships with any third-party
ad servers or ad networks.
Our Commitment To Data Security
If Gay Was Cool uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and
technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal
information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to If Gay Was Cool and you do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your transmission of information, If Gay Was Cool makes
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems.
However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information
may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any
of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If If Gay Was Cool learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt
to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective
steps. If Gay Was Cool may post a notice on the If Gay Was Cool Sites if
a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal
right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free
written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving
electronic notice) you should notify us at customerservice@ifgaywascool.com
Our Commitment To Childrens' Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For
that reason, If Gay Was Cool does not knowingly collect or maintain personally
identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on
the If Gay Was Cool Sites from persons under 13 years of age, and no part
of our website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years
of age, then please do not use or access the If Gay Was Cool Sites at any
time or in any manner. If If Gay Was Cool learns that personally identifiable
information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the
If Gay Was Cool Sites without verified parental consent, then If Gay Was
Cool will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
Special Note to International Users
The If Gay Was Cool Sites are hosted in the United States and are intended
for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing
the If Gay Was Cool Sites from the European Union, Asia, or any other region
with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure,
that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your
continued use of the If Gay Was Cool Sites, which are governed by U.S.
law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms
of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United
States and you consent to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that If Gay Was Cool is acquired by or merged with a third
party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer
or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such
merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely
event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles
affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how
your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected
by the "effective date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of
any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner
described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received the personal
information you provided. Your continued use of the If Gay Was Cool Sites
constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive
on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided
to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such
revisions with respect to such information.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice was last modified March 18, 2007
Contact Information:
Please contact If Gay Was Cool with any questions or comments about this
Privacy Notice at customerservice@ifgaywascool.com.
