Unless otherwise defined in this Policy, terms used in this Policy
have the same meanings as in our Astromatrix Terms of Service, accessible
at https://astromatrix.org/home/terms/.
As used in this Policy, the terms “using” and “processing” information
include using cookies on a computer, subjecting the information to
statistical or other analysis and using or handling information in any
way, including, but not limited to collecting, storing, evaluating,
modifying, deleting, using, combining, disclosing and transferring
information within our organization or among our affiliates within the
United States or internationally.
Astromatrix, Org is the corporate name for Astromatrix. In this
Policy, we will refer to Astromatrix, Org as “Astromatrix”, “our”, “us” or
“we.”
We take your privacy seriously. We are providing this Policy to
inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use
and disclosure of information on our Service. We also want to inform
you about your choices regarding information. If you have any questions
or concerns, please let us know (see “How to contact us” section
below).
Note that this Policy may be modified from time to time in our
sole discretion, so check back frequently. We will notify you of any
changes to the Policy by posting a new Policy and updating the “last
modified” date at the top of this page.
1. How we collect information
We collect information in three basic ways:
- We collect information that you voluntarily provide to
become a registered User of our Service, and when you use certain
aspects of our Service (e.g., entering an email address on a form to
send an email from your Astromatrix account).
- We collect information when you register to join Astromatrix
by logging into an account that you already have with certain
third-party social networking sites (“SNS”) (including, but not limited
to, Facebook and Twitter) via our Service. For example, our Service
allows you to create an account and login to the Service using your
Facebook account credentials through Facebook Connect. If you are not
currently registered as a User on the Service and you click on “Sign in
Using Facebook,” you will first be asked to enter your Facebook
credentials and then be given the option to register and join Astromatrix.
- When you browse or use our Service, technological tools
including “Log Data” and “Cookies” collect certain information, as
explained in the following section.
2. What information we collect and how we use it
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Personal Information. When you register
with us through the Service to become a registered User of Astromatrix, we
will ask you for certain information about you that can be used to
contact or identify you (“Personal Information”). Personal Information
may include, but is not limited to, your name, gender, profile photo,
free-form biography, location/hometown, website and email address. If
you decide to create your User account by logging into a SNS via the
Service, you are using the Personal Information you have already
provided to the SNS (such as your “real” name, email address and other
information you make publicly available via the SNS) to create your User
account on our Service; the information we collect may depend on the
privacy settings you have with the SNS, so please consult the SNS’s
privacy and data practices. For example, by using Facebook Connect, you
are allowing Astromatrix to access the Personal Information in your
Facebook account pursuant to the Facebook Terms of Use regarding your
use of the Service via Facebook.
We use your Personal Information (in some cases, in
conjunction with your “Non-Identifying Information,” see below) to
provide the Service to you. For example:
- Account registration. We create your User account for your use of the Service based upon the Personal Information you provide.
- Communications. We use your
Personal Information to contact you with Astromatrix newsletters,
marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of
interest to you. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to
receive such communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe
instructions provided in any of the communications or update your
“preferences” information in your account settings. (See “Your choices
regarding information,” below.)
- Customer service. We use your Personal Information to respond to your questions and/or inquiries.
- Finding friends. You also have the
option to import your personal contacts (including email addresses of
friend lists via SNS) to the Service so that you can find your friends
on the Service, and your friends can find you on the Service.
- Emailing via a Astromatrix Account.
As part of the Service, Astromatrix Users may communicate with other
registered and non-registered Users through use of their Astromatrix
accounts. Where Users have selected the option of adding one or more
email addresses to an online form, the message they create in the
corresponding template will be sent from Astromatrix to those email
addresses on their behalf.
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Non-Identifying Information.
We also collect other information that you provide as part of
registration, the operation, and personalization of your boards on
Astromatrix that cannot reasonably be used to identify or contact you
(e.g., without limitation, age and individual preferences)
(“Non-Identifying Information”). Certain Non-Identifying Information
would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were
combined with other identifiers (for example, combining your zip code
with your street address) in a way that enables you to be personally
identified or contacted. But the same pieces of information are
considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or
combined only with other Non-Identifying Information (for example, your
viewing preferences)
We may combine your Personal Information with
Non-Identifying Information and aggregate it with information collected
from other Astromatrix Users to attempt to provide you with a better
experience, to improve the quality and value of the Service and to
analyze and understand how our Service is used. We may also use the
combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically,
for instance to deliver a product to you according to your preferences
or restrictions.
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Mobile Software. Our Mobile Software
allows Users to access and use the Service from their mobile devices.
From the Mobile Software, you also have the option to identify the
location of User Content that you wish to upload to our Service. In
addition, in the event that our Mobile Software crashes on your mobile
device, we will receive information about your mobile device model,
software version and device carrier, which allows us to identify and fix
bugs and otherwise improve the performance of our Mobile Software.
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Log Data. When you visit the Service,
whether as a registered User or a non-registered User just browsing, our
servers automatically record information that your browser sends
whenever you visit a website (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include
information such as the browser type or the webpage you were visiting
before you came to our Service, pages of our Service that you visit, the
time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Service,
access times and dates, and other statistics. We use this information to
monitor and analyze use of the Service and the Service’s technical
administration, to increase our Service’s functionality and
user-friendliness, and to better tailor our Service to our visitors’
needs. For example, some of this information is collected so that when
you visit the Service again, it will recognize you and the information
could then be used to serve advertisements and other information
appropriate to your interests. We also use this information to verify
that visitors to the Service meet the criteria required to process their
requests.
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Cookies. Like many
online services, Astromatrix uses “cookies” on our Service to collect
information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your
computer or mobile device’s hard disk. We use cookies for two purposes.
First, we utilize “persistent” cookies to save your login information
for future logins to the Service. Second, we utilize “session ID”
cookies to enable certain features of the Service, to better understand
how you interact with the Service and to monitor aggregate usage by
Astromatrix Users and web traffic routing on the Service. Unlike
persistent cookies, session cookies are deleted from your computer when
you log off from the Service and then close your browser.
You can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to
stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from
the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may
not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of
the Service. (See “Your choices regarding information,” below.)
3. Sharing of your information
- Astromatrix Users. When you register through
the Service and submit Personal Information to create a profile or
visual collection, other Astromatrix Users will see your name. If you
choose to provide additional Personal Information in your profile,
Astromatrix Users will see such additional Personal Information,
including, but not limited to, your photo, location, website and
biography. Providing additional Personal Information is voluntary and
should correlate with the degree of interaction you want to have with
Astromatrix Users. We recommend that you guard and refrain from
disclosing any information you consider sensitive and confidential.
- Aggregate Information and Non-Identifying Information.
We may share aggregated information that does not include Personal
Information and we may otherwise disclose Non-Identifying Information
and Log Data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic
profiling and other purposes. Any aggregated information shared in these
contexts will not contain your Personal Information.
- Service Providers. We may employ third
party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide
the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services (e.g.,
maintenance services, database management, web analytics and improvement
of the Service’s features) or to assist us in analyzing how our Service
are used. These third parties have access to your Personal Information
only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to
disclose or use it for any other purpose.
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Social Networking Sites. We may share the
information in your Astromatrix account (including your Personal
Information) with the SNSs that you have linked to your Astromatrix
account. These third parties have access to your Personal Information
only for this purpose (unless the SNS has received your Personal
Information independently of the Service) and not for other purposes.
- Facebook Connect and Twitter. We
allow Users to link their Facebook and Twitter accounts to our Service.
Users can then post recent activity on our Service back to their
Facebook and Twitter accounts. You will be prompted to decide whether
or not your activity on the Service will be shared and disclosed on your
Facebook/Twitter service. You can disable the foregoing feature at any
time by logging into your profile and selecting the option to disable
Facebook Connect and/or Twitter. Further, you may be able to edit your
privacy settings for the content that you post which appears on
Facebook/Twitter by making selections in your “Edit Profile” settings
via the Service.
- Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement.
Astromatrix cooperates with government and law enforcement officials and
private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We can disclose any
information about you to government or law enforcement officials or
private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or
appropriate to respond to claims and legal process including, but not
limited to, subpoenas, to protect the property and rights of Astromatrix
or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or
to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of
being, illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity.
- Business Transfers. Astromatrix may sell,
divest, transfer, assign, share or otherwise engage in a transaction
that involves, some or all of our assets, including any or all of the
information described in this Policy, in the course of a corporate
divestiture, merger, acquisition, joint venture, bankruptcy,
dissolution, reorganization, or any other similar transaction or
proceeding.
4. Your choices regarding information
You have several choices regarding the use of information on our Service:
- Email Communications. If you decide at any
time that you no longer wish to receive email communications from us,
please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the
communications or update your “preferences” information in your account
settings
- Cookies. If you decide at any time that
you no longer wish to accept cookies from our Service for any of the
purposes described above, then you can instruct your browser, by
changing its settings, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before
accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. Consult your browser’s
technical information. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may
not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of
the Service. If you have any questions about how to disable or modify
cookies, please let us know at the contact information provided below.
- De-Linking SNS. If you decide at any time
that you no longer wish to have your SNS account (e.g., Facebook or
Twitter) linked to your Astromatrix account, then you may de-link the SNS
account in the “preferences” section in your account settings.
- Changing or Deleting Your Information. All
Users may review, update, correct or delete the Personal Information in
their User account (including any imported contacts) by contacting us
or by editing their profile via the Service. If you completely delete
all of your Personal Information, then your User account may become
deactivated. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your
request. We may retain an archived copy of your records as required by
law or for legitimate business purposes. (For more information on how
to control your User Content on the Astromatrix Service, including
information regarding the use and storage of your User Content, please
see the “Sharing Your Content” section in our Terms of Service.)
5. Links to other sites and services
Our Service contains links to other third-party websites and
online services. If you choose to visit another website or online
service by clicking on a link, you will be directed to that third
party’s website or online service. The fact that we may link to a
website or online service is not an endorsement, authorization or
representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an
endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or
practices. We do not exercise control over third party websites and
online services, and these third parties may place their own cookies or
other files on your computer and collect data or solicit Personal
Information and Non-Identifying Information from you. Other sites and
online services follow different rules regarding the collection, use
and/or disclosure of Personal Information and Non-Identifying
Information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements
of the other websites or online services you visit before providing any
information or using such websites or services.
6. How we store and protect information
- Information Security. We care about the
security of your information. We use commercially reasonable safeguards
to preserve the integrity and security of information collected and
maintained through the Service. However, we cannot ensure or warrant
the security of any information you provide to us or guarantee that
information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or
destroyed by unauthorized persons.
- Phishing. Identity theft and the practice
currently known as “phishing” are of great concern to Astromatrix.
Safeguarding information to help protect you from identity theft is a
top priority. We do not request your credit card information, login
information, or national identification numbers in a non-secure or
unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. For more information
about phishing, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s website.
- Breach Notification. We will make any
legally required disclosures of any breach of the security,
confidentiality, or integrity of stored “personal data” (as defined in
applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via
email or conspicuous posting on this Service in the most expedient time
possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as consistent with (i)
the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary
to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable
integrity of the data system.
- International Transfer . Your information
may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside
of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction
where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your
jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to
provide information to us, Astromatrix transfers Personal Information to
the United States and processes it there. Your consent to this Privacy
Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your
agreement to that transfer.
7. Our policy towards children’s information
This Service is not directed to children under 13. We do not
knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children
under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child
has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or
she should contact us at feedback@astromatrix.org.
If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal
Information, we will delete such information from our files.
8. How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Policy or any of the
practices described herein, please contact us at +1 510 402-5465, or send us an email at feedback@astromatrix.org.