About BeenUp2.com
BeenUp2.com is a website and service that allows Members to create unique personal profiles that include photos, videos, and journals in order to keep their friends and family up to date with what they are doing. 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. BeenUp2 members can change their profile information at any time and can control some aspects of how other members and the service communicates with them.
Information Collection and Use by BeenUp2.com
BeenUp2.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and location to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the BeenUp2.com service. BeenUp2.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.
BeenUp2.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. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes. User Profile information including members' pictures and names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the BeenUp2.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join BeenUp2, 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 BeenUp2.com with each other through the BeenUp2.com service, without disclosing their email addresses. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, BeenUp2.com allows users to search for other members using name and email address.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by changing their notification settings.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
BeenUp2 members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. BeenUp2.com stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations BeenUp2.com does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations.
Use of Cookies
BeenUp2.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from BeenUp2.com in order to use most functions on the site Please note that BeenUp2 allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the BeenUp2 Privacy Policy.
Links
BeenUp2.com contains links to sites. BeenUp2.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 BeenUp2.com.
Public Information
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, Weblogs, Comments 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.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
BeenUp2.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Manage Photos, Manage Videos, Edit Account, etc.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting the appopriate settings in their account.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by BeenUp2.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 BeenUp2.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
BeenUp2.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords BeenUp2.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.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information BeenUp2.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, BeenUp2 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 BeenUp2.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the BeenUp2.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. BeenUp2 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 BeenUp2 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.