Information collected by Picrooma is limited to personal information that is relevant to the purpose of the website. This helps to provide users with a customized and efficient experience. The types of information collected from Picrooma users include:
Information You Provide to Us
1. We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
2. Registration: To use Picrooma services, you must complete a registration form. As part of this registration form, we require select personal information.
3. User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as a bio, favorite URLs, and instant messaging IDs. In addition, you may choose to include photos of yourself in your profile. As indicated below, in the section titled "Sharing Your Information," you can control how your information is displayed and used.
4. Automatic Information:
- We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Picrooma and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Picrooma cookie information, and the page you requested. Picrooma uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends, and administer the website.
- Picrooma may collect and display the total counts that a page has been viewed, including User Profile pages.
- Picrooma collects certain payment and billing information when you register for certain paid Services. This information is stored securely by a third-party payment processor.
- Picrooma may receive information about you from other Service users, from third-party services, and from our business partners.
- While Picrooma will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously.
E-mail Communications
At Picrooma, we value your privacy and will never share your email address with a third party without your explicit consent, as explained in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. We may send you emails containing Picrooma-related news, products, offers, surveys, or promotions. Additionally, you may receive notification emails from Picrooma, which will inform you of actions taken on the site, such as friend requests. If you do not wish to receive emails from us, please visit the Email Preferences section of your User Profile or follow the instructions provided in the unwanted email message. However, please note that you will still receive all system emails, such as those regarding forgotten user passwords, and legal notices, such as updates to our policies.
Sharing Your Information
Because Picrooma enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use Picrooma is an integral part of the Picrooma experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.
- Picrooma Personnel: Picrooma personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of Picrooma business.
- Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if Picrooma, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
- Protection of Picrooma and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Picrooma, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
- User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other Picrooma users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on Picrooma where we allow you to tell other Picrooma users about yourself. You may control what personal information is displayed in your User Profile by visiting the Settings section of your User Profile.
- Followers Activity: Much like other online social networks, Picrooma allows non-followers to browse your followers activity.
- Syndication: Picrooma allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the Picrooma website.
- With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.
Keeping Information Secure
- Your Picrooma account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
- Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.
Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information
- As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our website.
- By visiting your User Profile, you can correct, amend, add or delete personal information on our website.
- If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us or other Picrooma users, please visit the Settings of your User Profile and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message.
- However, please note that you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
Children Under 18 Years of Age
You must be 18 years and older to register to use the Picrooma website. As a result, Picrooma does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that Picrooma has collected information from a child under the age of 17, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 14 and 18 ask and receive their parents permission before using Picrooma or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Picrooma may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Picrooma website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit Picrooma website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes.
