About Ushout.com

Ushout.com is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends. Ushout members can view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends on the service, share photos, post journals 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. Ushout members can change their profile information at any time.

Information Collection and Use by Ushout.com

Ushout.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 Ushout.com service. Ushout.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.

Ushout.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. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes

User Profile information including members' pictures and names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Ushout.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join Ushout, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, Ushout.com allows users to search for other members using first and last name, email address, and departments and/or companies where users may have attended or worked.We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service.

From time to time, Ushout.com or a partner may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on ushout.com. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.

Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members

Ushout members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system.

Use of Cookies

Ushout.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. 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 Ushout.com in order to use most functions on the site Please note that Ushout allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Ushout Privacy Policy.

Links
Ushout.com contains links to sites. Ushout.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 Ushout.com.

Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals, WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information

Ushout.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit Profile.

Third Party Advertising

Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by Ushout.com or one of our Web advertising partners. 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 Ushout.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Security
Ushout.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords Ushout.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. 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 Ushout.com Collects

Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Ushout 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 Ushout.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Ushout.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. Ushout 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 Ushout or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on this Website and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on this Website. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it