Privacy Policy

WhereWomenConnect.com respects the privacy of all of its users and is committed to protecting such privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy explains WhereWomenConnect.com's treatment of your personally identifiable information collected in connection with your activities on or related to this website and all services made available on this website (collectively, unless noted otherwise, the "Services").


We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully and to check back periodically as this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to this website and the practices of WhereWomenConnect.com, and no other website or company.


INFORMATION COLLECTED


In the course of operating this website or providing Services, we may collect two types of information about our users: Personal Information and Non-Personal Information.


"Personal Information" is personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, email address, birth date and gender. Personal Information is collected by us when you choose to provide it to us when registering for a Service. In addition, if you choose to contact any of our customer service representatives, we may keep a record of that correspondence so that we may fully address the subject matter.


"Non-Personal Information" is information of an anonymous nature, such as your Internet Protocol Address (IP Address), the domain you may have used to access this website, the type and version of browser or operating system you may be using, and the website you may have come from and visit next. Aggregate information, such as demographic statistics of our users (e.g. average age or geographical allocation of our users), number of visitors and average time spent on this website, is also considered Non-Personal Information.


Non-Personal Information is collected or derived by us in the course of operating this website. For example, our Web servers may automatically collect Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser or stored on a Cookie (as defined herein). Non-Personal Information is used by WhereWomenConnect.com as described in this Privacy Policy.


USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


Personal Information may be used by us for the following purposes:


a. Providing you with the Services and information you have requested from us, including your use of this website. We may from time to time use your Personal Information to contact you about changes, enhancements or similar notices related to Services;


b. If you indicated that you were interested in receiving offers or information from WhereWomenConnect.com, we may send you email materials and other mailings about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. If at any time you would like to end your subscription to any such email materials, follow the directions posted at the bottom of the email material; and


b. If you indicated that you were interested in receiving offers or information from WhereWomenConnect.com, we may send you email materials and other mailings about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. If at any time you would like to end your subscription to any such email materials, follow the directions posted at the bottom of the email material; and


DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


We will not sell or rent your Personal Information to anyone.


We will only disclose your Personal Information to third parties as required by law, including by an order of any court, institution or body with jurisdiction or authority to compel the production of information, or in order to protect or defend a legal interest.


LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND ADVERTISEMENTS


WhereWomenConnect.com may contain links to other websites and services. While we try to link only to sites and services that share our high standards and respect for privacy, please understand that we are not responsible for the content of, or the privacy practices employed by, other companies or websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to WhereWomenConnect.com.


SECURITY


The security of your Personal Information is important to us. WhereWomenConnect.com takes technical, contractual, administrative, and physical security steps to protect Personal Information that you provide to us.


You can help protect the security of your Personal Information as well. For instance, never give out your password, since this is what is used to access your account or registration information. Also remember to log out of your account and close your browser window when you finish using this website or surfing the Web, so that other people using the same computer won't have access to your information.


CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


WhereWomenConnect.com may from time to time change this Privacy Policy as new Services are added or old ones changed. Changes will be effective when notice of such change is posted on this website.


ACCESSING AND CHANGING ACCOUNT / REGISTRATION INFORMATION


WhereWomenConnect.com provides you with the means to access, update, edit or delete any account or registration information you may have provided to us at any time on your own by going to the appropriate page in the account or registration section of the relevant Service, and changing or deleting such information as desired.


If you are unsure whether we have a record containing any of your Personal Information and would like to confirm whether or not we do, please contact us.


QUESTIONS


If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or WhereWomenConnect.com’s privacy practices that were not answered here, please contact us.


USE OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION


Non-Personal Information is collected or derived by us in the course of operating this website. For example, our Web servers may automatically collect Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser or stored on a Cookie when you choose to visit this website.


In addition to WhereWomenConnect.com’s practices related to IP Addresses or Cookies, Non-Personal Information is used generally by us to monitor and improve the operation of this website, to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our users, to measure user demographics and interests regarding specific Services, to describe our services to third parties such as prospective business partners and advertisers and to analyze how and where best to use our resources. No Personal Information will be disclosed during these activities.


WhereWomenConnect.com may also use Non-Personal Information to inform our sponsors and advertisers as to the performance of a particular sponsorship (such as a contest) or advertisement. In such case we may disclose to those third-party sponsors and advertisers the overall aggregate demographics available regarding, for example who participated in a contest or who saw and "clicked" on an advertisement. No Personal Information will be disclosed to these sponsors and advertisers as part of this process; only information in an anonymous, aggregate form will be disclosed.


IP ADDRESSES


An IP Address is the unique number which is assigned to every direct Internet access point. Many IP Addresses can generally be associated with certain Internet service providers or large organizations. IP Addresses do not contain any Personal Information. When you, through your browser, request a web page or similar Internet information from another computer on the Internet, your browser automatically provides that computer with an IP address to which it will send the requested information.


WhereWomenConnect.com and IP Addresses:


a. Whenever you request a WhereWomenConnect.com web page or certain other similar WhereWomenConnect.com content, your browser automatically provides our computers with your IP Address, to which our computers will send the requested information. Each such request is logged by our computers with information including the IP Address of the computer that requested the page and is stored by our computers as needed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy;


b. WhereWomenConnect.com may use your IP Address to display more appropriate and relevant content and advertising, such as content and advertising based on your geographic area. Aggregate information derived from IP Addresses may be reported by WhereWomenConnect.com to its advertisers and partners;


c. WhereWomenConnect.com may use your IP Address to facilitate the diagnoses and remedy of a technical problem reported by you or our technical team.


COOKIES


A “Cookie” is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred (through your browser) from a web site to the hard drive of your computer. The Cookie identifies your browser and will NOT let a web site know any personal information about you, such as your name and address. Since Cookies are only text files, they cannot run on your computer, search your computer for other information or transmit any information to anyone.


WhereWomenConnect.com may use Cookies to:


a. Monitor website usage and improve the operation and performance of this website and to make our Services easier and more convenient to use. For example, Cookies help us remember who you are through your browser settings so that we can offer and provide more personalized services (e.g. language preference). Cookies also allow us to save passwords and preferences for you so that you will not have to re-enter them the next time you visit this website;


b. Measure aggregate user traffic and demographic statistics related to this website, Services and advertisements (e.g. number of users, average time spent, average age and similar statistics). This information helps us to better understand when to update, change or offer new services and provides us with details as to the performance of third party advertisements and content. This information may be reported, in aggregate form only, to our current and prospective sponsors, advertisers and business partners. No Personal Information will be disclosed in such reports; and


c. Displaying advertisements. WhereWomenConnect.com and third party advertising providers used by WhereWomenConnect.com may use Cookies when serving advertisements.


Cookies are used on many major web sites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept Cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you have received a Cookie, or to refuse to accept Cookies. You should understand that while WhereWomenConnect.com does not require you to use Cookies, certain Services will not function properly if you set your browser to not accept Cookies.