ProxToMe, Inc. ("ProxToMe" or "us") protects the
privacy of all of its customers, visitors, users, and others (collectively "Users" or
individually a "User") who visit www.ProxToMe.com (the
"ProxToMe Website") or use its mobile application (the “ProxToMe
Mobile App”, together with the ProxToMe Website,
the “ProxToMe Platforms”).
ProxToMe employs reasonable security measures consistent with standard industry
practice for information collected through the ProxToMe Platforms. We believe, but make
no representation or warranty, that we have adequate security measures in place in our physical
facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information we collect on our
website. We also use internal protections to limit access to Users’ personal information to only
those employees who need the information to perform a specific job.
This Privacy Policy details important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information
collected on the ProxToMe Platforms. ProxToMe provides this Privacy
Policy to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using the
ProxToMe Platforms.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the ProxToMe Terms of Use.
Your use of the ProxToMe Platforms and any personal information you provide on the
ProxToMe Platforms remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of
Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of Users onto the
ProxToMe
Platforms becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to
this Privacy Policy.
User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable information (which shall include
all information on your Facebook account, such as your name and e-mail address) to
ProxToMe when choosing to participate in various activities on the
ProxToMe Platforms such as transmitting content, updating User profiles or subscribing
to newsletters or other mailing lists (including submission of your Facebook account login with access
to your basic information, e-mail, profile information, and posting on your behalf to your Facebook
account).
Geo-Location Information: Some computers (including a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, or other
consumer electronic device) allow applications to access real-time location-based information (for
example, GPS). If permitted by a User to collect such information, ProxToMe Mobile App
will collect such information from your mobile device at any time while you download or use the
ProxToMe
Mobile App. Some photos and videos you share via the ProxToMe Mobile App may also
contain recorded location information. If you do not want to store location data in your photos or
videos, please consult the documentation for your camera to turn off that feature. Also, an Internet
Protocol (“IP”) address can sometimes be used to approximate the location of a particular
device.
Cookies Information: When you visit the ProxToMe Platforms, we may send one or more
cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer that
uniquely identifies your browser. ProxToMe uses both session cookies and persistent
cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by
your browser on subsequent visits to the ProxToMe Website. Persistent cookies can be
removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears
after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a
cookie is being sent. However, some features of the ProxToMe Platforms may not function
properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Log File Information: When you use the ProxToMe Platforms, our servers automatically
record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs
may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser
type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names,
landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages,
the date and time of your request, one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser, device
name, device address, device OS, device OS version, and device model.
Clear GIFs Information: When you use the ProxToMe Platforms, we may employ “clear
GIFs” (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users
anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in
HTML-based emails sent to our Users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
If you submit personally identifiable information (which shall include all information on your Facebook
account, such as your name and e-mail address) to us through the ProxToMe Platforms, we
will use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and
functionality of the ProxToMe Platforms.
Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose via the information on your Facebook
account that is synced to ProxToMe and displayed on your User profile, as well as any
profile picture uploaded to ProxToMe, becomes publicly available and can be collected
and used by others. Your account name will be displayed to other Users when you send messages through
the ProxToMe Platforms and any User can contact you through the
ProxToMe Platforms if you are nearby (generally within 80 meters) or off-range (for
sharing with Users saved as a “Favorite”).
We may use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or
marketing messages without your consent, but we will not share your email address or other personally
identifiable information with our partners and other third parties without your consent. We may,
however, use your email address or other personally identifiable information without your further
consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major
ProxToMe Platforms changes or for customer service purposes).
ProxToMe has a general policy of not disclosing your personal information to third
parties unless you have consented to such sharing. However, we may share the personal information about
you that you provide to us with trusted companies we have hired or partnered with to provide services
for us, such as sending out our newsletters, fulfilling orders you submit, collecting and processing
information or payments on our behalf, or other actions otherwise necessary to provide the ProxToMe
Platforms to you. These companies are contractually bound to use personal information that we share with
them only to perform the services we have hired or partnered with them to provide. Among the companies
whose services we employ may be companies that help us deliver online advertisements such as banner ads.
These companies may collect and use information you provide to us to better understand the offers,
promotions, and types of advertising that are most appealing to our customers.
We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information
(such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to
improve the quality and design of the ProxToMe Platforms and to create new features,
promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
We may also collect and group demographic and preferences information, responses to surveys and other
personal or non-personal information that we collect from you into an aggregate, non-personally
identifiable form for disclosure to our existing or potential business partners, affiliates, sponsors or
other third parties. However, please be assured that this aggregate data will in no way personally
identify you or any other visitors to the ProxToMe Platforms.
From time to time, we may collect general, non-personal, statistical information and data analytics
based on your or a third-party’s use of the ProxToMe Platforms, such as how
frequently someone uses the ProxToMe Platforms, how many and what kinds of clicks occur
on hypertexts you may send out in your messages. We collect this information through the use of “cookies”
and other tracking technologies, which are discussed in greater detail above in the section on cookies.
We collect this information in order to determine which areas of the ProxToMe Platforms
are most popular and to enhance the ProxToMe Platforms. As with other aggregated data,
we may disclose such data to our existing or potential business partners, affiliates, sponsors or other
third parties, but this aggregate data will in no way personally identify you or any other visitors to
the ProxToMe Platforms.
We use cookies, clear GIFs, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not
have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the ProxToMe
Platforms; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of
our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed,
etc.; and (e) track any of your entries, submissions, and status in any promotions, sweepstakes, and
contests, as applicable.
We may provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to
businesses or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. In those instances,
we will require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy
policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other
appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other,
third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without your consent or except as part of a
specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, referring / exit
pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in
understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or
functionality on the ProxToMe Platforms.
We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if
required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state
and federal laws (such as U.S. copyright law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search
warrant.
ProxToMe also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or
non-personally-identifiable information that ProxToMe believes, in good faith, is
appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate
and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement
agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the ProxToMe Platforms, and to
protect the rights, property, or personal safety of ProxToMe, our Users or others.
You may, of course, decline to submit your Facebook account information (including access to your
Facebook profile) or other personally identifiable information through the ProxToMe
Platforms, in which case ProxToMe may not be able to provide certain services to you.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity for certain
services and uses in on the ProxToMe Platforms. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your account information and securing the mobile device with which you use to access the
ProxToMe Platforms at all times.
Please contact ProxToMe with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, your
personal information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out choices using this contact form.
ProxToMe does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party
websites without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have
the ability to opt-in or opt-out. ProxToMe's privacy policy does not apply to, and we
cannot control the activities of, such other third-party websites.
ProxToMe uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to
preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant
the security of any information you transmit using ProxToMe and you do so at your own
risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, ProxToMe makes commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a
guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any
of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If ProxToMe learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you
electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. ProxToMe may post a
notice on the ProxToMe Platforms if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you
live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free
written notice of any security breach applicable to your use (or to withdraw your consent from receiving
electronic notice), please should notify us at info@ProxToMe.com.
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason,
ProxToMe does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or
non-personally-identifiable information on the ProxToMe Platforms from persons under 13
years of age, and no part of our services is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of
age, then please do not use or access the ProxToMe Platforms at any time or in any
manner. If ProxToMe learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13
years of age has been collected on the ProxToMe Platforms without verified parental
consent, then ProxToMe will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
From time to time, ProxToMe may share your personal information to third parties who
are not affiliated to ProxToMe for marketing purpose. If you a California resident, the
state's privacy law allows you to opt-out such sharing of your personal information. If you choose to
opt-out, you may contact us at the contact point below. Please reference your request as “California
Disclosure Information.”
[The ProxToMe Platforms are hosted in the United States and is intended for and
directed to Users in the United States]. If you are a User accessing the ProxToMe
Platforms from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal
data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that
through your continued use of the ProxToMe Platforms, which is governed by U.S. law,
this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United
States and you consent to that transfer.
In the event that ProxToMe 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 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 personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the “effective date”
below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal
information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy in effect when we received the personal
information you provided. Your continued use of the ProxToMe Platforms constitutes your
agreement to this Privacy Policy and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of
the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before
implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
This Privacy Policy was last modified on December 15, 2012.
Please contact ProxToMe with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy by sending an email to us at info@ProxToMe.com.