Effective
February 2009:
About Greencarbonunit.com™
Greencarbonunit.com™
(now referred to as "GCU") is an online community site that allows our members to
set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of
friends, create blogs and for organizations to post resources and information. GCU
members can view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new
friends on the service, share photos, post journals and comments, and describe their
interests. 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 and expand their network of friends. GCU members can change their profile
information at any time and can control how other members and the service communicates
with them.
GCU cares
deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy,
please email us at info@greencarbonunit.com
Information
Collection and Use by GCU
GCU collects
user submitted information such as name, email address, and age to authenticate
users and to send notifications to those users relating to the GCU service. GCU
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.
GCU 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
are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile
information including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people
in order to facilitate user interaction in the GCU social networking community.
Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join GCU, to
add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the
service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and notifications,
a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal
network Users within a personal network communicate on GCU with each other through
the GCU service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are
never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends
and acquaintances on the service, GCU allows users to search for other members using
first and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where users may
have attended or worked.
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 changing their "notification"
setting to "Do not send me notification emails" in the user "Account Settings"
From time
to time, GCU or a partner may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on GCU.
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.
Invitations
and Other Communications to Non-members
GCU members
can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated
invitation system. GCU stores the email addresses that members provide so that the
respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations,
and also to send reminders of the invitations GCU does not sell these email addresses
or use them to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation reminders
(up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from GCU may contact
GCU to request the removal of their information from our database. GCU members may
also store email addresses of people they know in their internal GCU address book
and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
You may
prevent GCU email invitations and other messages from being sent to any email address
you control by sending a single email with the subject "BLOCK" to info@greencarbonunit.com.
Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies
GCU 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 GCU in order to use most functions on the site Please note that
GCU 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 GCU Privacy Policy.
Links
GCU contains
links to sites. GCU 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 GCU.
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
GCU users
may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into
their account and accessing features such as Edit Profile and Account Info.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members
who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting
'Do not send me notification emails' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. Users
who do not wish to receive GCU newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not
send me GCU newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification
emails and GCU newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of
those communications in the future.
Third Party
Advertising
Ads appearing
on this Web site may be delivered to users by GCU 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 GCU and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
GCU member
accounts are secured by member-created passwords GCU 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 GCU, please contact us a info@greencarbonunit.com.
Sharing
and Disclosure of Information GCU Collects
Except as
otherwise described in this privacy statement, GCU 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 GCU, whether or not a response is required by applicable law;
(2) to enforce the GCU 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. GCU 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 GCU 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: info@greencarbonunit.com (1341
N. Delaware Ave., Suite 504, Philadelphia, PA 19125).