Privacy Policy

 

CreativeCitizen.com collects and databases user submitted information such as name, email address, home addresses, utility uses, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the CreativeCitizen.com service. CreativeCitizen.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.

 

CreativeCitizen.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including but not limited to 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. Any and all information collected on the site may be made available to 3rd parties in an effort to enhance the users experience.

User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the CreativeCitizen.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join Creative Citizen, to add users to members' friends networks, and to send notifications related to the service. A user's email address is not shared or displayed to others without a user's permission in their profile settings. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, CreativeCitizen.com allows users to search for other members using first and last name.

We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. Occasionally, CreativeCitizen.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on CreativeCitizen.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 or other affiliates.

Creative Citizen members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. CreativeCitizen.com stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations. Creative Citizen members may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal Creative Citizen address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.

CreativeCitizen.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 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. Please note that Creative Citizen™ allows third 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 Creative Citizen™ Privacy Policy.

CreativeCitizen.com contains links to sites. CreativeCitizen.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 CreativeCitizen.com.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to pages, Creative Solutions, Campaigns, Message Boards or any other Public Forums that the information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

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

Ads appearing on this site may be delivered to users by CreativeCitizen.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 CreativeCitizen.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

CreativeCitizen.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. CreativeCitizen.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. 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.

Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Creative Citizen™ may disclose personal information to any third party specifically if we determine that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by CreativeCitizen.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the CreativeCitizen.com Privacy Policy or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. Creative Citizen 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 Creative Citizen™ or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.

From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy. If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A user is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.

 

CreativeCitizen.com cares deeply about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at info@CreativeCitizen.com.