PatriotCalendar.com is an online service that allows Members to create personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends. PatriotCalendar Members can view each others' profiles, communicate, and meet new friends on the service, share photos, post blogs 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. PatriotCalendar Members may change their profile information at any time and can control how other Members communicate with them.
PatriotCalendar.com is concerned about online privacy If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.
Information Collection and Use by PatriotCalendar.com
PatriotCalendar.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 PatriotCalendar.com service. PatriotCalendar.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, and skillset in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other. PatriotCalendar.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. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes. This non-personally-identifiable information will not be shared with third-parties.
User Profile information including a Member name (screenname), interests, and pictures (if the Member chooses to associate pictures with his or her profile) are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the PatriotCalendar.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join PatriotCalendar 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. Users within a personal network communicate on PatriotCalendar.com with each other through the PatriotCalendar.com service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members.
We may also use a User's email address to send updates and to facilitate subscription services in which a User may choose to participate (i.e. Calendar reminders, newsletter).
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
PatriotCalendar members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. PatriotCalendar.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. PatriotCalendar.com does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations. Recipients of invitations from PatriotCalendar.com may contact PatriotCalendar.com to request the removal of their information from our database.
Use of Cookies
PatriotCalendar.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information for purposes concerning website functionality and performance. 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 PatriotCalendar.com in order to use most functions on the site. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the PatriotCalendar Privacy Policy.
Links
PatriotCalendar.com contains links to external, 3rd-party websites. PatriotCalendar.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 PatriotCalendar.com.
Blogs, Forums, and Comments
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information in Blogs, Forums, and Comments that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications. Our recommendation is not to reveal personally-identifying information in these types of posts.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
PatriotCalendar.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing the Edit Profile feature.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members will not receive email notifications from PatriotCalendar, except under two circumstances:
Correspondence may be generated via email from PatriotCalendar.com during the course of registering and confirming a new membership account or for subsequent communication regarding that account.
Members may receive email correspondence which is automatically generated by PatriotCalendar.com upon subscribing (individually) to various services offered on the website.
Members may, by virtue of subscribing to the features referenced in item 2 above, choose to receive the following types of email correspondence:
* newsletters
* updates to forum topics
* calendar event reminders
* notification of new private messages
Third Party Advertising
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 PatriotCalendar.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
PatriotCalendar.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords PatriotCalendar.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.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information PatriotCalendar.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, PatriotCalendar 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 PatriotCalendar.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the PatriotCalendar.com Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and Users of the service. PatriotCalendar 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 PatriotCalendar or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.
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 Website for 30 days.
