Urchive Privacy Policy
Last modified: October 24, 2008
At Urchive we recognize that privacy is important. This Policy applies to all of the products, services and websites offered by Urchive LLC or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies (collectively, Urchive's "services").
Urchive adheres to the US safe harbor privacy principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered with the U.S. Department of Commerce's safe harbor program.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us via email sent via http://www.urchive.com/public/contactus or by writing to us at Privacy Matters, c/o Urchive LLC, Box 57 Spinnerstown, PA 18968, USA. When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is Urchive's policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between Urchive and an individual.
Urchive adheres to the US safe harbor privacy principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered with the U.S. Department of Commerce's safe harbor program.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us via email sent via http://www.urchive.com/public/contactus or by writing to us at Privacy Matters, c/o Urchive LLC, Box 57 Spinnerstown, PA 18968, USA. When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is Urchive's policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between Urchive and an individual.
Enforcement
Urchive regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or Urchive's treatment of personal information by contacting us
Urchive regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or Urchive's treatment of personal information by contacting us
Information We Collect
Urchive cookies - When you visit Urchive, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as your preferred cities for searches. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Urchive features and services may not function properly or at all if your cookies are disabled.
Log information - When you use Urchive services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
User communications - When you send email or other communication to Urchive, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
Links - Urchive may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our technology, customized content and advertising.
Affiliated sites - We offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Urchive in order to deliver the service. We process such information in accordance with this Policy. However, the affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and may handle your information differently. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by Urchive. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.
How we use your information
Urchive only processes personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the purposes specified above, we may also access and use your personal information for:
* Providing our products and services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;
* Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
* Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
* Developing new services.
Urchive processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Urchive may not be able to provide those services to you.
We offer a number of services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us, such as Urchive Search. However, in order to receive our full range of services, we may ask you to submit and we may collect the following types of information:
Information you provide - When you sign up for an Urchive Account or other Urchive service or promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password). For certain services, such as our Premium, Super-Premium and Merchant programs, we also request credit card or other payment account information. We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other Urchive services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information.Urchive cookies - When you visit Urchive, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as your preferred cities for searches. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Urchive features and services may not function properly or at all if your cookies are disabled.
Log information - When you use Urchive services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
User communications - When you send email or other communication to Urchive, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
Links - Urchive may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our technology, customized content and advertising.
Affiliated sites - We offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Urchive in order to deliver the service. We process such information in accordance with this Policy. However, the affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and may handle your information differently. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by Urchive. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.
How we use your information
Urchive only processes personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the purposes specified above, we may also access and use your personal information for:
* Providing our products and services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;
* Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
* Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
* Developing new services.
Urchive processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Urchive may not be able to provide those services to you.
Choices for personal information
When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.
We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Urchive may not be able to provide those services to you.
When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.
We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Urchive may not be able to provide those services to you.
Information sharing
Urchive only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Urchive in the following limited circumstances: We have your consent.
* We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
* We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and our confidentiality and security measures.
* We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Urchive, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
* If Urchive becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide on-line notice if personal information is to be transferred and become subject to a different privacy policy.
* We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement or anonymous information regarding objects, never revealing the ownership of any object. Such information does not identify you individually.
Please contact us at the address above for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
Urchive only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Urchive in the following limited circumstances: We have your consent.
* We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
* We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and our confidentiality and security measures.
* We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Urchive, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
* If Urchive becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide on-line notice if personal information is to be transferred and become subject to a different privacy policy.
* We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement or anonymous information regarding objects, never revealing the ownership of any object. Such information does not identify you individually.
Please contact us at the address above for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
Information security
We take industry standard security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.
We take industry standard security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.
Data integrity
Urchive processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. From time to time, we review our data collection, storage and processing practices to confirm that we only collect, store and process the personal information reasonably needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to provide accurate information initially and to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.
Urchive processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. From time to time, we review our data collection, storage and processing practices to confirm that we only collect, store and process the personal information reasonably needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to provide accurate information initially and to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.
Payment Information
Urchive.com takes precautions to protect our customers' payment information by encrypting your payment communications with SSL 128-bit encryption.
Urchive.com takes precautions to protect our customers' payment information by encrypting your payment communications with SSL 128-bit encryption.
Accessing and updating personal information
When you use Urchive services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct or delete users' personal information.
When you use Urchive services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct or delete users' personal information.
Changes to this policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep archived prior versions of this Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep archived prior versions of this Privacy Policy.