Adscoo privacy
The following Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Adscoo Adnetwork (as defined below). The Adscoo Adnetwork improves your online experience by offering you access to a variety of features, offerings and content including, the Adscoo Adnetwork instant messaging software for desktop and mobile, the Adscoo Adnetwork Web site, the Adscoo Adnetwork Toolbar, development tools and any other Adscoo Adnetwork application, plug-in, service, software, component, functionality, program provided by Adscoo Adnetwork (collectively the "Adscoo Adnetwork" or "Services"). Your ongoing use of the Adscoo Adnetwork signifies your consent to the information practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy. If you object to any provision of this Privacy Policy please do not proceed with registration and please do not use the Adscoo Adnetwork.
Collection of your Adscoo Adnetwork Information
Adscoo Adnetwork may collect certain information about you when you interact with the Adscoo Adnetwork. Depending on how you use the Adscoo Adnetwork, your “Adscoo Adnetwork Information” may include:- Registration-related information (such as name, home or work addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, birth date or gender);
- Information made available by you in Public Areas (as defined below);
- Information about your visits to the various Adscoo Adnetwork, and your responses to the offerings and advertisements presented on these Adscoo Adnetwork;
- Information about the searches you perform through the Adscoo Adnetwork and how you use the results of those searches;
- Information about the Adscoo Adnetwork, offerings and features that you use, including, without limitation, how frequently you use them
- Transaction-related information;
- Customer service information about you as an Adscoo Adnetwork user or subscriber;
- Data regarding your location for the purpose of enabling location based services
- Information about mobile devices used to access Adscoo Adnetwork including UDID (Unique Device Identifier)
- Certain technical information gathered or received when you use the Adscoo Adnetwork, including, without limitation, browser type, operating system, connectivity, IP address, geographic location, and ISP
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If you are using Adscoo Adnetwork Mobile Adscoo Adnetwork may collect and store the address book (names and phone numbers only) on your mobile phone. Adscoo Adnetwork will use such address book solely for the following purposes:
- To identify if anyone on your address book is using Adscoo Adnetwork and to inform you of such use by such user
- To inform you when someone in your address book registers to Adscoo Adnetwork
- To integrate such users into your Adscoo Adnetwork contact list and enable you to communicate with those contacts in your address book that have registered to Adscoo Adnetwork.
In addition, many software versions provided by Adscoo Adnetwork ("Software") are configured to automatically report back information relating to computer errors arising in connection with use of the Software, without notice to you. Information on your Software configuration settings may be included. This data is sent to Adscoo Adnetwork to help us diagnose performance issues with, and improve, the Software.
Your Adscoo Adnetwork Information may be supplemented with additional information from other companies.
How Your Adscoo Adnetwork Information is Used
Your Adscoo Adnetwork Information is used to:- Operate and improve the Software, Web sites, services and offerings available through the Adscoo Adnetwork;
- Provide to you personalized content, services and advertisements;
- Fulfill your requests for products, programs, and services;
- Communicate with you and respond to your inquiries;
- Conduct research about your use of the Adscoo Adnetwork; and
- Send you materials regarding Adscoo Adnetwork products, programs, or services that may be of interest to you, including any new services, products or value added services.
Adscoo Adnetwork may also use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies in combination with your Adscoo Adnetwork information to enhance and personalize your experience on the Adscoo Adnetwork, including, without limitation, to operate and improve offerings through the Adscoo Adnetwork; to help authenticate you when you use the Adscoo Adnetwork; to remember your preferences and registration information;; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of Adscoo Adnetwork offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining which Network e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and advertisements provided to you through the Adscoo Adnetwork.
A cookie is a small text file transferred to your computer that records information about your preferences and use of services. Such cookies may also include cookies which help Adscoo Adnetwork to identify your location while others may assist Adscoo Adnetwork in remembering certain settings that you have chosen. Web beacons are small pieces of code placed on Web pages that can be used, among other things, to count the users who visit that Web page, or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a user viewing that page. You can control cookies through your browser's settings. If you reject all cookies, however, you may not be able to take advantage of many of the Adscoo Adnetwork offerings.
In order to provide you with certain services, and except as specified below, Adscoo Adnetwork may share with third parties certain information that is not personally identifiable. Any personal identifiable information may be shared with third parties when:
- We have your prior consent to disclose such information;
- We need to disclose such information to fulfill a transaction you have requested;
- (i) We are required to disclose such information to authorized officers of the court in order to comply with valid legal process or (ii) to act in other circumstances in which Adscoo Adnetwork believes the Adscoo Adnetwork is being used illegally or in the commission of a crime or (iii) when we have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the safety of you or another person; or (iv) when necessary either to protect the rights or property of Adscoo Adnetwork or its users (v) or to enforce and/or investigate terms of service violations. In such cases the contents of your online communications, as well as other information about you as an Adscoo Adnetwork user (e.g. IP address), may be disclosed
- We need to send such information to a third party contractor, company, partner or affiliated company which works with Adscoo Adnetwork in helping us operate the Adscoo Adnetwork and provide our services to you. In such circumstances we will only provide these companies with the information they need to deliver the service;
- As otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy.
Please be aware that any information you may have published in a public area (Public Area) may be accessible to Adscoo Adnetwork or third parties and used by Adscoo Adnetwork or such third parties. Therefore carefully consider whether you wish such information to be accessible. Public area’s may include your user profile (depending on the level of your privacy settings) any blogs, message boards, forums or similar services made available through the Adscoo Adnetwork. Additionally any information you choose to provide on a "Co-Branded" page or through a "Co-Branded" service will be handled by either party and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the third party privacy policy. A "Co-Branded" page or service is a page or service which bears both the Adscoo Adnetwork and third party names, branding, graphics or anything else which makes it clear you are viewing a Co-Branded service, including if the service is “Provided by” or “Powered by” a third party. Please make sure to read both the partner's and Adscoo Adnetwork's privacy policies before entering or providing information to a Co-Branded page or service.
In the event that ownership of the Adscoo Adnetwork was to change as a result of a merger, acquisition or transfer to another company, your Adscoo Adnetwork information may be transferred.
Furthermore, when a user registers to the Adscoo Adnetwork such user will be searchable through the Adscoo Adnetwork public directories. Adscoo Adnetwork users may search the Adscoo Adnetwork directories for other users based on the information provided by such users, including, name, Adscoo Adnetwork#, phone number etc. and add such users to their contact list. Once a user has added you to their contact list they may view your online/offline presence unless otherwise selected via your security and privacy settings. Please note that if you’ve registered through a mobile device using your phone number then any other Adscoo Adnetwork user that has your phone number in their address book may be able to view your online presence regardless of your security and privacy settings.
Advertising and Added Value Services
Adscoo Adnetwork may display various types of advertising to you throughout the Adscoo Adnetwork and may provide you with certain added value services to enhance your Web browsing experience(i.e. a comparison shopping feature). Certain advertising and added value services displayed may be based, among other things, on certain keywords you’ve entered, search queries, interests added to your profile (or other locations within the Adscoo Adnetwork Service), or the content of a Website that you are viewing. For example, when visiting a sports Website Adscoo Adnetwork may present you with ads related to sports gear or when viewing a camera on a certain ecommerce site Adscoo Adnetwork may present with you alternative prices from other web sites. If you do not want to receive advertisements or added value services relevant to the content you may be viewing then you may opt out of the applicable service as follows:Advertising on the Adscoo Adnetwork Toolbar: Click the arrow on the Adscoo Adnetwork button in your toolbar and then click on ‘Options’. Then uncheck ‘Activate Adscoo Adnetwork Offers’.
In addition Adscoo Adnetwork and its advertisers may use ad network providers and other service providers, to help present customized content and advertisements on the Adscoo Adnetwork and other Web sites. These providers may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies on your computer to help present, better target, and measure the effectiveness of their content and advertisements, using data gathered over time and across their networks of Web pages to determine or predict the characteristics and preferences of their audience. The Adscoo Adnetwork may share certain non-personally identifiable information about you as an Adscoo Adnetwork user (such as age or zip code) with certain ad network and service providers, to help them deliver more relevant content and advertisements through their networks.
Our Commitment to Security
Adscoo Adnetwork has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your Adscoo Adnetwork Information, but cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy (for example, as a result of unauthorized acts by third parties that violate applicable law or the policies of the Adscoo Adnetwork and its affiliated providers).General Internet Hazards
You should be aware that receiving files from third parties, via any application (e.g. Adscoo Adnetwork, email, etc.) may be harmful. Before receiving any files from any user, and even if the account from which the file transfer notice is sent looks familiar to you, it is strongly recommended that you verify that the person sending you these files is indeed the person you think he is, for example by asking him for some kind of information known only to the two of you. Please make sure not to receive files from users you do not trust, from users you are not sure they are whom they say they are or whenever you are not sure you want to receive the files.You should be aware that communications over the Internet are not secure unless they have been encrypted. Adscoo Adnetwork does not encrypt your communications. In addition, your communications may be routed through different countries - that is the nature of the Internet. Adscoo Adnetwork cannot accept any responsibility for any unauthorized access or loss of Data.