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Gizmoz cares deeply about your privacy. Gizmoz endeavors to provide you a safe and secure environment. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, as a Gizmoz user, what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit www.gizmoz.com (together with all other websites operated by Gizmoz Inc. or its affiliates, the "Site") or when you use our Gizmoz services and how we may use that information. Please note that this policy applies only to www.gizmoz.com and the Gizmoz services, and not to other companies' or organizations' websites to which we link, or to third party websites or mobile applications from which you may have received Gizmoz technology, content or services. BY USING THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO "GIZMOZ TALKING HEADZ", YOU HEREBY AGREE AND ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Information Collection and Use by GizmozInformation Automatically CollectedWe are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information ("Personally Identifiable Information") you share with us. "Personally Identifiable Information" means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, personal profile, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information. In general, our site automatically gathers certain information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to the Site, IP address, browser type, referring/existing pages and URL's, domain names, pages viewed and the date and time of your request and other such information that uniquely identify your browser. We only use such data in the aggregate. This aggregate data helps us, among other things, determine how much our users use parts of the Site in order that we may improve it. For example, Gizmoz uses "cookies" to understand how and when pages in our Site are visited, and by how many people. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to identify users as they use the Site. Most web browsers allow the user to deny or accept cookies. However, please note that cookies may be necessary to provide you with certain features (e.g. customized delivery of information) available on our Site. We also may provide broad aggregate demographic data and related usage information, including but not limited to information that you voluntarily provide to us through responses to surveys or questionnaires ("Aggregate Information"), to our business partners, advertisers and other third parties. Aggregate Information might include collective profiles of our users, their behavior on the Site and their activities and preferences. This Aggregate Information does not contain any Personally Identifiable Information that can identify an individual user. Finally, the Site, its advertisers and ad servers may also use cookies, as well as "web beacons" or "clear gifs," to determine on an anonymous basis which advertisements and promotions users have seen and how users responded to them, but we do not use these technologies to collect Personally Identifiable Information unless you give us permission to do so. Personally Identifiable Information You Choose To ProvideIn order to provide you with certain services given under the Site, including but not limited to "Gizmoz Talking Headz" and Gizmoz technology, you must create an account and provide us with username, email address and birthdate. We may request you in the future to provide us with additional Personally Identifiable Information. We use your Personally Identifiable Information for the following purposes: (i) for the purposes specified when it was collected, (ii) to provide that service to you, (iii) to respond to your inquiries, (iv) to identify and authenticate your access to Gizmoz's services that you are authorized to access, and (v) to send you notifications relating to the Site and its services. We do not rent or sell your Personally Identifiable Information but if you post online Personally Identifiable Information in any place that is viewable by the general public, you may receive unsolicited messages. We may choose to make certain offers or services available to our users from third parties. If we do, during the registration process and at certain points thereafter in connection with specific offers we may ask you whether your Personally Identifiable Information may be sent to third parties who have products, services and opportunities which may be useful to you. If you give your permission to allow third parties to contact you, your Personally Identifiable Information may be shared with data aggregators, marketers, and other organizations. We may also use your email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding additional products and services which you might be interested. If you decide you no longer wish to receive emails from us, please contact us. and we will be sure your name is removed from our mailing list. We may transfer your Personally Identifiable Information within Gizmoz or to Gizmoz's third-party service providers, but only to provide services on the Site or to you, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. By using the Site including "Gizmoz Talking Headz" you consent to our sharing Personally Identifiable Information with clearing companies, retailers, audio and video service providers in connection with delivering Gizmoz services. ChoiceYou may choose whether or not to provide Personally Identifiable Information to us. The notices we will provide where we collect Personally Identifiable Information on the Site should help you to make this choice. If you choose not to provide the Personally Identifiable Information we request, you can still visit most of the Site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services that involve our interaction with you. DisclosureWe reserve the right to disclose Personally Identifiable Information or any other information as we reasonably believe is necessary to: (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, subpoena or governmental request, (ii) establish or exercise legal rights or defend a claim, (iii) enforce the Site's Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations, or to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of Gizmoz, its users or the public. Children's PrivacyWe are committed to protect the safety and privacy of children using our services, and encourage you to participate in your child's experience with our Gizmoz talking headz product and service. The Site is not structured to attract children under the age of 13. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect Personally Identifiable Information from anyone we know to be under 13 years of age. In the Event of Merger, Sale, or BankruptcyIn the event that Gizmoz 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 (including Personally Identifiable Information) 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 Personally Identifiable Information is treated, transferred, or used. Linked SitesLinks on this website to other websites are provided as a convenience to you. Such linked sites, including sites from which Gizmoz content or technology may be available, are outside our control and responsibility and are not covered by this policy. If you use any such linked sites, you should consult the privacy policies posted on those websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of websites and services of which the Site are a part (e.g., the "Gizmoz Talking Headz" is part of the total services offered by your cellular service provider). If you provide any information to such third parties different rules regarding the collection and use of your Personal Identifiable Information may apply. We strongly recommend you to review such third party's privacy policy before providing any data to them. Changes to this Privacy PolicyWe reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove our privacy policy from time to time by updating the Privacy Policy on our Site. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes. Contact InformationIf you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or in case you wish to review the Personally Identifiable Information collected by us on you, you should contact us. While we cannot guarantee privacy perfection, we will address any issue to the best of our abilities as soon as possible . Your California Privacy RightsAs stated in our Privacy Policy, we do not share Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosure -- typically by opting in to receive information from a third party. If you do ask us to share your information with a third party for its marketing purposes, we will only share information in connection with that specific promotion. To prevent disclosure of your Personally Identifiable Information for use in direct marketing by a third party, do not opt in to such use when you provide Personally Identifiable Information on the Site. Please note that whenever you opt in to receive future communications from a third party, your information will be subject to the third party's privacy policy. If you later decide that you do not want that third party to use your information, you will need to contact the third party directly, as we have no control over how third parties use information. You should always review the privacy policy of any party that collects your information to determine how that entity will handle your information. California customers may contact us to request further information about our compliance with this law. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through this form. Last modified: May 11, 2008 |