Information collected about you
- Xoobio collects personally identifiable information ("PII") about you that you specifically and voluntarily provide. PII includes information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name or e-mail address. Although you are required to register as a member of Xoobio in order to use selected features on the site, many areas of Xoobio can be accessed without providing any PII.
- Xoobio automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie, and the page you request. Xoobio uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
- Generally, Xoobio does not share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies without your consent except to provide products or services you've requested and in the following circumstances:
- Xoobio may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas, warrants, court orders or legal process or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
- It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities, including without limitation, fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the Xoobio Terms of Use, or as otherwise permitted or required by law. We will transfer information about you if Xoobio is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Xoobio will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the Web Site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Xoobio may share aggregated demographic information with business partners. No personally identifiable information will ever be used without your permission (i.e. we will ask you for a quote or testimonial)
- Xoobio displays targeted advertisements based on personal information that is exhibited in people's profiles. When you register with us, your personal information and other data will be stored and processed in the United States and this information may be subject to the laws of these jurisidictions.
- When you post a message, your Xoobio username that you are posting under is visible to other users.
- If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
IP Addresses
IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page.
IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:
- To diagnose or service technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
- To tailor advertising based on geographic area or other information derived from your IP address. Aggregate information derived from IP addresses may also be reported to advertisers.
- To estimate the total number of users visiting Xoobio from specific geographical regions.
- To make sure that people are not voting for themselves or friends during contests or promotions.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that
is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a
cookie is set.
If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Xoobio products or services that require
you to "sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the Xoobio service.
Xoobio uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
- Access your information when you "sign in".
- Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Xoobio services.
- Display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on Xoobio.
- Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
- Conduct research to improve Xoobio's content and services.
- Xoobio lets other companies (such as Google), that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other entities' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other entities do not have access to Xoobio cookies.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Xoobio may update this policy at any time for any reason. If there are any significant changes
to how we handle personal information we will send a notice to the primary email address
specified in your Xoobio account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, the practices of Xoobio, or your
dealings on our web site, please contact us.