Privacy Policy - HelperOfTheBride

HelperOfTheBride Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes HelperOfTheBride's policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. HelperOfTheBride receives your information through our various web sites, services and third-parties ("Services"). When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by HelperOfTheBride in the United States or any other country where HelperOfTheBride operates.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@helperofthebride.com.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, HelpOfTheBride collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. HelpOfTheBride's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how HelpOfTheBride's visitors use its website. From time to time, HelpOfTheBride may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

HelpOfTheBride also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. HelpOfTheBride does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Information Collected Upon Signin: When you sign in to HelperOfTheBride, we use Facebook's service to authenticate you. HelperOfTheBride does not have access to your Facebook password. When you create or reconfigure a HelperOfTheBride account, you provide some personal information, such as your name and email. This information are kept private, and used only in email communications between you and our service. Some of this information, for example, your username, is listed publicly on our Services, including on your bio page and in search results. Some Services, such as search, do not require signin.

Additional Information: You may provide us with additional information to make public, such as your wedding date, your wedding locations, your wedding budget, age, other profile links, identity group, or a picture. We may use your contact information to send you information about our Services or to market to you. You may unsubscribe from these messages by following the instructions contained within the messages or the instructions on our web site. If you email us, we may keep your message, email address and contact information to respond to your request. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional.

Public Information From Third Party Sites: You may provide us with your blog, Twitter, Etsy, or other profile links. We may use these link to collect and display public information including profile information, and updates. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional.

Log Data: Our servers automatically record information ("Log Data") created by your use of the Services. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, and search terms. Other actions, such as interactions with advertisements, may also be included in Log Data.

Links: HelperOfTheBride may keep track of how you interact with links in Updates by redirecting clicks or through other means. We do this to help improve our Services, including advertising, and to be able to share aggregate click statistics such as how many times a particular link was clicked on.

Third Party Services: HelperOfTheBride uses a variety of services hosted by third parties to help provide our Services, such as Facebook, Google Maps, Twitter, Etsy, and hosting our various blogs, and to help us understand the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP request.

Aggregated Statistics

HelpOfTheBride may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, HelpOfTheBride may monitor the most popular bios on the HelperOfTheBride site. HelpOfTheBride may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, HelpOfTheBride does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

HelpOfTheBride discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on HelpOfTheBride's behalf or to provide services available at HelpOfTheBride's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using HelpOfTheBride's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. HelpOfTheBride will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, HelpOfTheBride discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when HelpOfTheBride believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of HelpOfTheBride, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an HelpOfTheBride website and have supplied your email address, HelpOfTheBride may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with HelpOfTheBride and our products. We primarily use our various product bios to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. HelpOfTheBride takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. HelpOfTheBride uses cookies to help HelpOfTheBride identify and track visitors, their usage of HelpOfTheBride website, and their website access preferences. HelpOfTheBride visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using HelpOfTheBride's websites, with the drawback that certain features of HelpOfTheBride's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by HelpOfTheBride and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, HelpOfTheBride may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in HelpOfTheBride's sole discretion. HelpOfTheBride encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a HelperOfTheBride account, you should also check your account for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 18, 2010.


	HelperOfTheBride Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy describes HelperOfTheBride's policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. HelperOfTheBride receives your information through our various web sites, services and third-parties ("Services"). When using any of our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country that you reside in or create information from, your information may be used by HelperOfTheBride in the United States or any other country where HelperOfTheBride operates. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@helperofthebride.com. Website Visitors Like most website operators, HelpOfTheBride collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. HelpOfTheBride's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how HelpOfTheBride's visitors use its website. From time to time, HelpOfTheBride may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. HelpOfTheBride also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. HelpOfTheBride does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below. Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information Information Collected Upon Signin: When you sign in to HelperOfTheBride, we use Facebook's service to authenticate you. HelperOfTheBride does not have access to your Facebook password. When you create or reconfigure a HelperOfTheBride account, you provide some personal information, such as your name and email. This information are kept private, and used only in email communications between you and our service. Some of this information, for example, your username, is listed publicly on our Services, including on your bio page and in search results. Some Services, such as search, do not require signin. Additional Information: You may provide us with additional information to make public, such as your wedding date, your wedding locations, your wedding budget, age, other profile links, identity group, or a picture. We may use your contact information to send you information about our Services or to market to you. You may unsubscribe from these messages by following the instructions contained within the messages or the instructions on our web site. If you email us, we may keep your message, email address and contact information to respond to your request. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional. Public Information From Third Party Sites: You may provide us with your blog, Twitter, Etsy, or other profile links. We may use these link to collect and display public information including profile information, and updates. Providing the additional information described in this section is entirely optional. Log Data: Our servers automatically record information ("Log Data") created by your use of the Services. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, and search terms. Other actions, such as interactions with advertisements, may also be included in Log Data. Links: HelperOfTheBride may keep track of how you interact with links in Updates by redirecting clicks or through other means. We do this to help improve our Services, including advertising, and to be able to share aggregate click statistics such as how many times a particular link was clicked on. Third Party Services: HelperOfTheBride uses a variety of services hosted by third parties to help provide our Services, such as Facebook, Google Maps, Twitter, Etsy, and hosting our various blogs, and to help us understand the use of our Services, such as Google Analytics. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP request. Aggregated Statistics HelpOfTheBride may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, HelpOfTheBride may monitor the most popular bios on the HelperOfTheBride site. HelpOfTheBride may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, HelpOfTheBride does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information HelpOfTheBride discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on HelpOfTheBride's behalf or to provide services available at HelpOfTheBride's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using HelpOfTheBride's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. HelpOfTheBride will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, HelpOfTheBride discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when HelpOfTheBride believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of HelpOfTheBride, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an HelpOfTheBride website and have supplied your email address, HelpOfTheBride may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with HelpOfTheBride and our products. We primarily use our various product bios to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. HelpOfTheBride takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information. Cookies A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. HelpOfTheBride uses cookies to help HelpOfTheBride identify and track visitors, their usage of HelpOfTheBride website, and their website access preferences. HelpOfTheBride visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using HelpOfTheBride's websites, with the drawback that certain features of HelpOfTheBride's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. Ads Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by HelpOfTheBride and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Privacy Policy Changes Although most changes are likely to be minor, HelpOfTheBride may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in HelpOfTheBride's sole discretion. HelpOfTheBride encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a HelperOfTheBride account, you should also check your account for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change. This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 18, 2010.