This Privacy Policy describes the types of information collected and the manner in which such information is collected and used by Tapgad (“Tapgad”) in its role as the developer and hosting agent for the member network website (each, a “Partner Website”) of the Tapgad Partner (each, a “Partner”).

The disclosure of personally identifiable information (“PII”) is a sensitive and serious issue, and Tapgad considers it imperative to protect the privacy of Partner Website registrants (“Members”). Therefore, Tapgad will collect and use PII in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and for the sole purpose of enabling you to get the maximum benefit from the Partner Website. Please keep in mind that PII collected from a Member will never be sold or leased to any third party, except as set forth herein, without the prior consent of such Member.

1. Registration
In order to register as a Member of the Partner Website, you must provide certain PII such as your name, street address, phone number, email address, credit card information, username, and password. All such PII which you provide through the Partner Website will be stored on Tapgad’s computers and will be subject to this Privacy Policy. Tapgad owns the servers that process and store PII and any messages, images, profiles, reviews, listings, or any other content (“Content”) that you publish, display, or otherwise transmit directly or indirectly (“Post”) on the Partner Website, in whatever form. Tapgad will endeavor to use reasonable efforts and standard industry practices to keep PII confidential and to protect it from unauthorized use. The security measures employed by Tapgad are described in Section 8 hereof. However, Tapgad may share PII from the registration page with a third party to execute a specific request made by you, as set forth in Section 4 hereof, or, at a Partner’s request, Tapgad may share certain PII from the registration page with such Partner. PII shared with such Partner shall be governed by the Partner Privacy Policy.

2. Your Profile
2.1 You will be asked to create a Member profile page (“Profile Page”) that will enable you to be identified by others as you use the Partner Website (“Profile”). You have the option to customize your Profile so that Members can learn more about you (“Customized Information”). You will also be given an icon to use with your Profile, which may be replaced by selecting from among our icon options or by uploading a picture to use in place of the icon.

2.2 The PII contained in your Profile is visible to anyone visiting your Profile Page, unless you elect to keep this information hidden. In order to block your PII from being visible by specific users you must choose to not display your username and email in the “My Preferences” section of the Partner Website. Your username and icon, however, cannot be blocked generally and will be visible to other users. Even if you restrict who can see some of your PII, Members who already know your first or last name will be able to find your username by utilizing our search option. Any Customized Information you provide as part of your Profile must be edited from the My Preferences section in order to remove it from your Profile. You may block individual Members from viewing your Profile, which will also prevent them from finding your username from a search they conduct by entering your first or last name.

2.3 Your e-mail address is used to identify you in our system as a unique user, to contact you in connection with your activities on the Partner Website (including, but not limited to, confirmation e-mails or important news affecting your relationship with a Partner, as well as to gather feedback via surveys to enable us to improve our site according to your needs), and to forward messages to you from other Members.

3. Third Parties; Advertisers
3 .1 Tapgad will not sell or lease your PII to third parties without your explicit consent, unless required by law. We may share your information with third parties under certain circumstances, including:
a) if sharing your information is necessary to execute a specific request by you (e.g., purchasing services or products via credit card, in which case it would be necessary to share your PII with a credit card processing company). In these specific cases third parties will not retain, share or store any PII except to provide the specific services requested by you, and are bound by strict confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such information;
b) if sharing your PII is required by law or is necessary to respond to a subpoena, warrant or court order, or to protect the rights of Tapgad; and
c) if you give us explicit permission to share your PII for any reason not stated in this Privacy Policy.

3.2 Invitees who are invited by Members to join in Partner-sponsored activities or to purchase products through the Partner Website will be permitted to execute such transactions by using the Partner Website. However, such non-Members will be required to agree to the Terms of Use agreement and will be subject to this Privacy Policy before being permitted to submit PII through the Website in order to execute such transactions. The PII of such Invitees will be considered and treated in the same manner as PII of Members, and shall be subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy agreements of Partner and Tapgad.

3.3 We may use third-party advertising companies to advertise products or services on the Partner Website. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags will be completely anonymous.

3.4 Tapgad may share demographic information with advertisers, potential Partners, or other parties on an anonymous and aggregated basis (i.e., without telling these parties your identity). One of the reasons that Tapgad may do this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers’ goods and services will appeal to Members, so that we may target specific ads at specific demographic groups. Our sharing of demographic group information with advertisers is also anonymous (i.e., we do not tell advertisers which particular Members belong to which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this Privacy Policy.

4. Links
You may occasionally see links on the Partner Website to other websites, either via advertisements or other third-party promotions or links posted by other Members. Tapgad is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites you may visit through a link you found on the Partner Website. If you provide information directly to a party other than Partner, different privacy policies may cover those parties’ use of your information. Please review any company’s privacy policy before disclosing your PII.

5. Cookies and Log Files
The Partner Website may use cookies and web log files to track Member usage on an aggregate and anonymous basis.

6. Children
The Partner Website will not knowingly provide access to the Partner Website to persons under the age of eighteen (18). If Tapgad learns that a Member is under the age of eighteen (18), appropriate steps will be taken to remove the Member’s information from the database and restrict the individual from future access to the Partner Website.

7. Security
Tapgad has implemented security measures to protect member information from loss, misuse and alteration. We use industry-standard practices such as encrypted storage, firewalls and password protection systems to safeguard the confidentiality of your PII. Specifically, passwords are encrypted and hidden from System Administrators, and credit card information is encrypted using industry best practices. Members will be given the option to either store their credit card information in order to expedite future purchases, or to select to re-input such information with each purchase. Each of our employees is aware of our security policies, and your information is only available to those employees who need it to perform their responsibilities.

8. You Have Control Over Your Personal Information
The success of the Partner Website is directly related to your trust in our privacy practices. Although we encourage our Members to share information to get the most benefit from the Partner Website, we also let you control the way certain PII is displayed on the Partner Website. Although we provide powerful tools for you to share information, remember it is always your choice whether or not to share certain information with other Members or the general public.
You can change your PII stored on the Partner Website at any time, whether it be the information supplied at registration (with the exception of your username), as part of your Profile, or anything else. You may change information in the “My Profile” and “My Preferences” areas.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Tapgad may update this Privacy Policy at any time. The latest version of the Privacy Policy will always be available here. Please check this page occasionally to make sure you are aware of any updates. Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be sent to support@tapgad.com