EFFECTIVE JULY 13, 2007
Information collection and use of whereIstand.com
whereIstand.com collects user submitted information such as name and email address to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the whereIstand.com service. whereIstand.com also collects information concerning users’ opinions when they take a stand on issues. By using or accessing whereIstand.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
whereIstand.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site. This data is used for various purposes, including but not limited to, managing the Website, tracking usage, and improving the Website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members.
whereIstand.com does not collect financial information from its Users.
Use of Cookies
whereIstand.com uses cookies to uniquely identify an authenticated user account. Third-party advertisers that present advertisements on some of the pages on whereIstand.com may set cookies to recognize your computer each time you view a Web page containing an online advertisement. Advertisers’ use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Privacy Policy of whereIstand.com.
Security
whereIstand.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. whereIstand.com takes precautions to ensure that member account information is kept private. At no time will whereIstand.com request your password or other personal information via e-mail. 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 whereIstand.com, please contact us a privacy@whereIstand.com.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, whereIstand.com 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 whereIstand.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the whereIstand.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. whereIstand.com 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 whereIstand.com or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile, blog, or when posting comments, photos, videos, or other items, this information may become publicly available.
Changing or Removing Information
Access and control over most personal information on whereIstand.com is readily available through the profile editing tools under Settings. whereIstand.com users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Removed personal information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to members of whereIstand.com. Further, you understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of content and other material posted by you may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your content.
Where you make use of the community features on whereIstand.com by posting comments or other public content, (e.g., proposing or revising an issue and posting evidence) you generally cannot remove such material. Because this content is relied upon, and in most cases verified by, our user community it cannot be altered or removed.
Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions
Your use of whereIstand.com, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions, limitation on damages, and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
Contacting whereIstand.com
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@whereIstand.com. You may also contact us by mail at whereIstand.com, Inc. Attn: Privacy, 580 Broadway, Suite 904, New York, NY 10012.