Privacy Policy

Profile Information submitted by Members to Vicigo

Vicigo is an online social networking community that connects people through networks of friends for communicating, sharing and making new friends. To accomplish this, each Vicigo Member creates his or her own profile, which contains the personal information that the Member chooses to include. This personal information includes such things as:

• First name or first and last names of the Member (depending on the options selected by the Member),

• Gender, age, martial status and other, similar personal information,

• Occupation,

• Schools attended or companies with whom the Member is associated,

• Location (e.g., city and state), and

• Photos, videos or other shared content uploaded by the Member to his or her profile,to the extent that it includes personal information.

Other Information submitted by Members to Vicigo

Vicigo also collects Member-submitted account information such as name and email address to identify Members, send notifications related to the use of the Vicigo service and conduct market research and marketing for Vicigo's internal use only. You should also be aware that Members may reveal other personal information while communicating on other areas of the Vicigo website, e.g., while posting information on Vicigo. This information, in turn, might be viewed by other Members or visitors to the Vicigo website who are not Members.

Information Not Directly Submitted by Members or Other Website Users to Vicigo

Finally, we also collect some information from Members, as well as from other visitors to the Vicigo website, that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered from all Members and visitors to the website.

Use of Information Obtained by Vicigo

Sharing by Members of Profile Information

The personal information of a Member contained in his or her profile will be shown to those people whom the Member chooses. Each Member has three options when choosing the level of sharing of his or her profile. They are: • "Friends" which consists only of that Member's friends, • "Friends of Friends" which consists of that Member's friends, as well as the extended group of people who are friends of that Member's friends, and • "Anyone" which is all visitors to the Vicigo website, whether or not they are Vicigo members. Except when inviting or adding friends or as otherwise expressly set forth herein, a Member's email address will never be shared with or displayed to any other person. Members and their friends, and other Members within their personal networks (depending on the level of sharing a Member has chosen) communicate on Vicigo with each other through the Vicigo service, without disclosing email addresses.

Vicigo's Use of Members' Information

We use information relating to each Member's server information, IP address, and browser-type.

Sharing of the Information this Site Gathers/Tracks

Except as explained herein, or where you are expressly informed otherwise, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information unless required by law or for the protection of your Membership. However, Vicigo may share profile information and aggregate usage information in a non-personally identifiable manner with advertisers and other third parties in order to present to Members and other users of the Vicigo website more targeted advertising, products and services; provided that, in such situations, we will never disclose information that would personally identify you. As set forth above, Vicigo may (i) use your email address to conduct market research for Vicigo's internal use only; and/or (ii) use your email address to market Vicigo to you (e.g., new features and applications, announcements, opportunities of interest). Vicigo may contract with a third party to conduct such research and marketing; provided that such third party will be fully bound by an obligation of confidentiality to Vicigo and may not use any personally-identifiable information provided by Vicigo other than as expressly instructed by Vicigo and in strict compliance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Links

The Vicigo Website contains links to other websites. This includes links that are placed there by Vicigo (such as in advertisements), as well as by other Vicigo Members. Please be aware that Vicigo is not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We encourage all Members and other users of the Vicigo website to be aware of when they leave our website, and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by Vicigo through the Vicigo website.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on the Vicigo website. However, we do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from any Member or other user of the Vicigo website which they did not intentionally submit to us other than as stated in this Privacy Policy. We use both "session ID cookies" and "persistent cookies." We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Note also that Members may optionally use a cookie to remember their email in order to automatically log in to our website. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browsers's "help" file; however, please note that, if you reject cookies or disable cookies in your web browser, you may not be able to use the Vicigo website.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy

If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our web site so Members and other users of the Vicigo website are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we are going to use Members' or other users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify those Members and users via email or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Invite a Friend

If a Member elects to use our "Invite" feature to invite a friend to become a Member of the Vicigo service, we ask them for that friend's email address. Vicigo will automatically send the friend an email inviting them to join the site. Vicigo stores this email address for the purpose of: (i) automatically adding the respondent to the “friends list” of the Member sending the invitation; (ii) sending reminders of the invitation and (iii) sending emails on recent updates by the Member on Vicigo to the Member's invited friend. Vicigo will never sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. Any person who receives an invitation may contact vicigo to request the removal of this information from our database.

Security

The Vicigo account of every Member is password-protected. Vicigo takes every precaution to protect the information of the Members, as well as information collected from other users of the Vicigo website. We use industry standard measures to protect all information that is stored on our servers and within our database. We limit the access to this information to those employees who need access to perform their job function such as our customer service personnel. If you have any questions about the security at our website, please contact us.

Email Choice/Opt-out

Members who no longer wish to receive our weekly email updates or other email notifications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable email or by logging-in and changing their settings in the "Account Settings" section of the Vicigo website. You can access this page by clicking on the "Settings" link on the top right of your Vicigo homepage.

Contacting Vicigo

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, Vicigo's privacy practices, or your dealings with Vicigo, please contact us.