PRIVACY POLICY

1. Information that Zeega Collects

1.1. Usage Data
As with most services, Zeega may collect certain information when you use the Services, even when you are not logged in. Zeega collects this information when you access the Services, including when you set up accounts, upload information, or browse, read, or download information from the Services. This information may include, but is not limited to, your IP address, URL request, browser type, and the date and time of a request. Zeega may use cookies or other automated mechanisms to collect this information and may collect this information on an aggregate or individual basis. Cookies are small text files that the Services can send to your browser for storage on your computer. They make use of the Services easier by saving your status and preferences and refreshing them every time you use the Services. For instance, to facilitate registration and login functions, Zeega may use cookies to recognize when you return to the Services so that you do not have to resubmit your logon credentials. In order to clear this logon information, for example if using a public terminal, you should log out of your account. While many browsers allow you to change your settings in order to refuse cookies or to be alerted when cookies are being sent, Zeega recommends that you leave cookies enabled, as disabling cookies will prevent you from logging into your account and interfere with some functionality of the Services.

1.2. Personally Identifiable Information

In order to access certain parts of the Services, Zeega may require you to provide personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, in order to create a personal profile and access certain parts of the Services. Zeega uses this information to manage your account, communicate with you, and provide the Services to you. 1.3. User Content that You Post to the Services
You may also post or link to User Content to the Services at your discretion. User Content that you post or provide through the Services is publicly available and can be viewed by other Users and may appear in search results on third-party search engines. Zeega recommends that you do not post or link to any personally identifiable information, such as your address, social security number or other personal information, as that information will be publicly displayed and may be seen by other Users.

2. How Zeega Uses the Information It Collects

Zeega uses the information that it collects to deliver and improve the Services, administer mailing lists and online communities, and other activities related to the provision of the Services. Zeega may publish or make certain information collected through the Services publicly available, but will not make your email or other personally identifiable information public without your consent. Zeega may retain all data and content collected through the Services for restorative, archival, or research purposes. Editing or deleting your User Content will alter the public availability of the User Content, but may not permanently delete the content from the Services.

3. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

Zeega may share the information it collects with its Third-Party Service providers or partners for research purposes or as necessary to provide or improve the Services. In the event that Zeega is required by law to disclose any information related to your account, Zeega will use reasonable efforts to provide you with notice of the request by email, unless Zeega is prohibited by law from doing so.

4. Miscellaneous

4.1. Children’s Privacy
The Services are intended for adults. Zeega will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If Zeega discovers it has collected personally identifying information from a child under the age of 13, Zeega will delete this information from its records as soon as possible. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child under age 13 who you believe has submitted personal information to the Services, please contact Zeega immediately at privacy@zeega.org.

4.2. Security
Zeega has taken efforts to put security measures in place to protect information and data that is collected through the Services. However, Zeega cannot guarantee or warrant that any information collected through the Services will remain confidential, and many functions of the Services are intended to make information and content publicly available. You are responsible for setting and maintaining the security of your password. Zeega may not keep a copy of your password, so please safeguard the password associated with your account and do not share your password with third parties.

4.3. Third-Party Services
Certain functions of the Services may allow link you to or provide you access to Third-Party Services. As further discussed in the Terms of Use, Zeega is not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. You are responsible for reading the privacy policies of any Third-Party Services you choose to access, visit or link to through your use of the Services.

Questions?
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact Zeega privacy[at]zeega.org.

Last modified on July 18, 2012.