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Effective August 26, 2005:
About e-tekltd.com e-tekltd.com
is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal
profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends.
e-tekltd 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. e-tekltd members can change
their profile information at any time and can control how other members
and the service communicates with them.
e-tekltd.com cares deeply about online privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@e-teksolutions.co.uk.
Information Collection and Use by e-tekltd.com e-tekltd.com
collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and
age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users
relating to the e-tekltd.com service. e-tekltd.com 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. e-tekltd.com
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 e-tekltd.com social networking community. Email addresses are
used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join e-tekltd, 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 e-tekltd.com with each other through the e-tekltd.com
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, e-tekltd.com
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, e-tekltd.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or
contest on e-tekltd.com. 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 e-tekltd
members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. e-tekltd.com 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 e-tekltd.com 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 e-tekltd.com may contact
e-tekltd.com to request the removal of their information from our
database.
e-tekltd
members may also store email addresses of people they know in their
internal e-tekltd address book and may also choose to send invitations
and other communications to those addresses. You
may prevent e-tekltd.com email invitations and other messages from being
sent to any email address you control by sending a single email with
the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@e-teksolutions.co.uk Please note that the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies e-tekltd.com
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
e-tekltd.com in order to use most functions on the site Please note that
e-tekltd 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 e-tekltd Privacy Policy.
Links e-tekltd.com
contains links to sites. e-tekltd.com 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 e-tekltd.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 e-tekltd.com
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
e-tekltd.com newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me
e-tekltd newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All
notification emails and e-tekltd.com 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 e-tekltd.com 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 e-tekltd.com
and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security e-tekltd.com
member accounts are secured by member-created passwords e-tekltd.com
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 e-tekltd.com, please contact us a privacy@e-teksolutions.co.uk
Sharing and Disclosure of Information e-tekltd.com Collects Except
as otherwise described in this privacy statement, e-tekltd 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 e-tekltd.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable
law; (2) to enforce the e-tekltd.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. e-tekltd 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 e-tekltd 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@e-teksolutions.co.uk (...................) |