Zaang Inc. (the "Company") respects your personal privacy and is committed to adhering to federal and state privacy laws and industry guidelines in order to protect you and your identity. This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") describes how we handle the personal information that you provide to us on this site (the "Web Site"). This Privacy Policy applies only to the Web Site, not to any other Company, affiliate or third-party sites that may be accessible from here.
Please be sure to read this Privacy Policy before using, submitting, or uploading information and material to the Web Site. By using or accessing the Web Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. The Company reserves the right to occasionally update this Privacy Policy. At such time, the Company will also revise the "last updated" date at the beginning of the Privacy Policy. We recommend that you periodically review this Privacy Policy, and especially before you provide any personally identifiable information.
After reading this Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into and is a part of the Web Site's Terms of Use, you will know:
Like many other Web sites, we actively collect information from our visitors both by asking specific questions on the Web Site and by permitting you to communicate directly with us via email. Some of the information that you submit during the registration process or while accessing the Company's services may be personally identifiable (that is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your name, business name, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc.). Also, if the Company offers its goods or services for sale through the Web Site, and you place an order for such goods or services, you may be required to provide personally identifiable information and financial information, such as credit card or PayPal account information.
When you visit the Web Site, we will not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it to us voluntarily. However, to access certain portions of the Web Site, you will be required to provide such information. If you choose to register with the Web Site, during the registration process you will be asked for personal information, most of which is required in order to complete the registration. We will inform you which information is optional. Further, we may ask you for personally identifiable information for use in password verification (e.g., mother's maiden name). If you opt not to register with the Web Site, you still can visit the Web Site, but you may not be able to make a purchase or access the Company's registration-only content. Please also see Section 3 below regarding Demographics, Surveys and Targeted Promotions for further information regarding the Company's information collection practices.
We may provide you with a service that enables you to invite your contacts to visit the Web Site. If you elect to use this service, we will request certain information from you so that we can reach out to your contacts. We will then send each contact an e-mail containing an invitation from you to visit the Web Site. The Company will keep such information so that the Company can send your contact the invitation and any applicable reminders, allow you to see your invitation, establish your connection with your contact if your contact accepts your invitation, and evaluate the Company's invitation service. Your contact can request that we delete his or her information from our database by sending us an e-mail message at privacy@zaang.com.
When you utilize the Web Site, we may collect and retain any and all information related to such usage (including, without limitation, information related to worlds you have marked favorite, other users that you marked favorite, search inquiries you have entered, applications you have added, events you have attended, messages you have sent, and your previous and subsequent profile). We use this information in accordance with this policy. Please note that when you modify your information (e.g., revising your profile or changing affiliations), we may retain both the old and the modified information to use, including to assist you in viewing or reverting back to your previous information.
The Company may also collect information about you from other sources and use such information to supplement your profile and provide you with a more customized experience. Such sources may include, without limitation, periodicals, blogs, other Web Site users, instant messaging services and Web sites.
As you navigate through a Web site, certain information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without you actively providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as navigational data collection. Like most Web site operators, we track IP addresses, use both session and persistent cookies, and assign Internet tags. Our system also automatically gathers information about the areas you visit on this Web Site and collects operational information about the technology you use, such as your browser, type of computer, operating systems, Internet service providers and the domain name of the Web site from which you linked to our Web Site. In addition, when you view the Web Site, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a cookie or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, cookies allow us to tailor the Web Site or an advertisement to better match your interests and preferences. Most Internet browsers enable you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. The Company does not collect personally identifiable information automatically, but we may tie information collected automatically to your previously submitted personally identifiable information. The Web Site pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons-also referred to as single-pixel gifs-that permit the Company to count users who have visited those pages and for other related Web site statistics-(e.g., recording the popularity of certain Web Site content and verifying system and server integrity). Web beacons are not used to access your personal information on the Web Site; they are solely used to compile aggregated statistics concerning the use of the Web Site. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, the time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. We passively collect information to understand what areas of the Web Site are most popular, which areas may require improvement and what technologies are being used by our visitors. This information helps us to update and improve the Web Site and provide you with relevant advertising and links. We also use this information for security purposes, to detect and to block security breaches and to provide you with a safe online environment.
Except as otherwise stated, we may use information collected via this Web Site to improve the content of our Web Site, to customize the Web Site to your preferences, to communicate information to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research purposes, and for any other purpose specified. In addition, we may make full use of all information acquired through this Web Site that is not in personally identifiable form.
If you provide personally identifiable information to this Web Site, we may combine such information with other actively collected information, unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection.
We may disclose personally identifiable information you provide via this Web Site to third parties, but only:
Your contact and financial information (including, without limitation, your billing, shipping and e-mail addresses and credit card number or PayPal account information) will be used for the purposes for which you supplied it to us (e.g., registering with the Web Site, processing orders, etc.), to send you related notices or promotional materials and to respond to your comments or requests for information. If you direct comments to us or you request information from us, we may ask you to verify where you are accessing the website so that we can be assured that the response or information we provide is appropriate for that geographic location. We may also enhance or merge personally identifiable information with data obtained from third parties for the same purposes.
The Company does not otherwise distribute to third parties your personally identifiable information. The Company, however, will have no liability for disclosure of information obtained due to errors in transmission or the unauthorized intervention of third parties.
The Company may provide aggregate statistics about customers, sales, online traffic patterns and related information to reputable third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifiable information.
You acknowledge that the Company may rent, sell, or otherwise share any information (other than your personally identifiable information) with third parties for purposes unrelated to this Web Site, including as set forth in Section 3. If you do not want your information to be shared, you should contact us at privacy@zaang.com as described in Section 4.
If you choose to register with the Web Site, then during the registration process and at other points in the Web Site (e.g., voluntary surveys) you will also be asked for demographic and other information. Specifically, you may be asked to answer demographic questions (e.g., "Do you own a home?") and questions regarding your lifestyle and personal preferences (e.g., "Are you a vegetarian?" and "Do you smoke?"). You are not obligated to answer such questions. If you elect to answer such questions, your answers may be shared with third parties and you may be provided with relevant advertising and links based on such answers. The Company believes that the foregoing will improve your interaction with the Web Site, enabling you to access advertising, products and services that are relevant to your interests. The Company will de-identify and/or aggregate such information before sharing it, so that you will not be identified as an individual to such third parties.
We may use all of the information we collect to tailor the Web Site, products and services, including by providing targeted advertising. We believe that this benefits you, as it provides you with access to products, services and ads that are more likely to correspond to your needs and interests. Based upon our analysis of the information we have collected, the Company determines your likely needs and interests, and it endeavors to show you advertising, products and services that match those needs and interests. However, we do not identify you as an individual to the advertiser or third party product/service provider unless you otherwise consent.
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
You may view and modify the personal information you have provided to us by logging in to the Web Site and clicking on the "My Account" link (or other comparable link). If you have forgotten your password, once you have tried to log in and failed, you can click on the "Forgot Password" link (or other comparable link) to reach a page on which you can submit your e-mail address or username. Your password then will be e-mailed to you.
You may also send us an e-mail message at support@zaang.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. Should you elect to have your information deleted, we will also delete your user account. However, we may retain all content and non-personally identifiable data you submitted.
If you do not wish us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties, please tell us at privacy@zaang.com. You also may opt out of having your e-mail address used for promotional purposes by the Company. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product (including, service) purchase, product service experience or other transactions. If you no longer wish to receive information or promotional materials from us by email, you may opt out of receiving these communications. We offer two methods for such optout choices. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. You also may send us an email stating your request addressed to privacy@zaang.com.
You can always choose whether you want to receive e-mail information from us other than the e-mail informing you of the completion of user registration, correction of user data, or change of password. You can do this by logging in to the "My Account" section of the Web Site and editing your email notifications. You can always update and/or correct your personal information or cancel your user account registration.
California Civil Code 1798.83 permits our visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding their disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to privacy@zaang.com or send mail to the surface address identified at the end of this Privacy Policy. Please include your postal address in your request.
We work hard to protect your personal information. We use both technical and procedural methods to maintain the integrity and security of our databases, including the use of firewalls.
However, you should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free. Although we may permit you to restrict access to certain of your information through your privacy settings, we cannot guarantee that such security measures are impenetrable. We are not responsible for any evasion of security measures incorporated into the Web Site. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that content you post on the Web Site will only be accessed by authorized persons, and we cannot guarantee the security of your account information.
When you post or share information (e.g., personal information, photographs, videos and comments) with third parties using the Web Site, such information may be shared with other Web Site users in accordance with your privacy settings. Please remember that all such posting and sharing of information is done at your own risk, that such information may become publicly available, and that the Company cannot control the actions of persons with whom you choose to share your information. Any personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data that you disclose through the communities, forums, message boards, chat rooms, or other public online forums hosted on this Web Site, if any, may be collected and used by others. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your content. We recommend caution when giving out personal information to others in such public online forums.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. If you have access to password-protected features, never share your password with anyone else, notify us promptly if you believe your password security has been breached, and remember to log off of this Web Site before you leave your computer.
This Web Site may contain links to other web sites operated by third parties that may be of interest to you. We cannot control these third party sites, which may collect personal information from you. When you follow a link and leave this Web Site, you do so at your own risk. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policies of the sites you visit when linking from this Web Site. The Company makes no representations or warranties with respect to the availability, ownership, or legality of any such linked sites, or for the content, advertising, products, or other materials available through such sites or resources.
The Web Site is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. Any registration by, use of, or access to the Web Site by anyone under 13 is unauthorized, unlicensed and in violation of these Terms of Use. By using this Web Site, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older.
We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Web Site visitors under 13 years of age, and we will delete accounts held by individuals that we learn are under 13 years of age. We encourage parents and guardians to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and the information they disclose online. If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, a parent or guardian of that child may contact us via e-mail at privacy@zaang.com if they would like this information deleted from our records. We will use reasonable efforts to delete the child's information from our databases. Additionally, parents and guardians of children under 13 years of age can delete their child's account.
If you have submitted personally identifiable information through the Web Site or an interactive advertisement, or if someone else has submitted your personally identifiable information through the Web Site or an interactive advertisement, and you would like to have that information deleted from our marketing databases, please contact us via e-mail at privacy@zaang.com. We will then use reasonable efforts to remove your personally identifiable information from our files. You also may contact us to request the personally identifiable information that the Company has collected about you through the Web Site or interactive advertisements. The Company will use reasonable efforts to supply you with this information and correct any factual inaccuracies in this information.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Web Site, please contact us at:
