NeighborLight Privacy Agreement
Effective February 1, 2009
About
NeighborLight
NeighborLight is an online service
that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles and post
text, news, events, photographs, and other content to communicate with
other users. 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. NeighborLight members can change their
profile information at any time and can control how other members and
the service communicates with them.
NeighborLight cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@NeighborLight.com.
Information Collection
and Use by NeighborLight
NeighborLight collects user submitted information such as name, email
address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to
those users relating to the NeighborLight service. NeighborLight 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.
NeighborLight 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 and MAC addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes at NeighborLight’s sole discretion.
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the NeighborLight community. 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 clicking on the unsubscribe links in these emails.
From time to time, NeighborLight or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on NeighborLight. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Use of Cookies
NeighborLight 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 NeighborLight.comm
in order to use most functions on the site. Please note that NeighborLight
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 NeighborLight
Privacy Policy.
Links
NeighborLight contains links to sites. NeighborLight 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 NeighborLight.com.
Chat Rooms, Journals
and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you
voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards,
Classifieds 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
NeighborLight users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account and accessing features on
the Profile page.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site
may be delivered to users by NeighborLight 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 NeighborLight and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
NeighborLight member accounts are secured by member-created passwords.
NeighborLight 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 For any additional information about the security measures
we use on NeighborLight.com, please contact us at support@NeighborLight.com
Sharing and Disclosure
of Information NeighborLight Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, NeighborLight
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 NeighborLight, whether or not a response is required by applicable
law; (2) to enforce the NeighborLight 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. NeighborLight 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 NeighborLight 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.
Contacting the Web
Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us
at: privacy@NeighborLight.com
(1620 Sudbury Road, STE 1; Concord, MA 01742)