PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: August 30, 2011

Runaroo, Corp. (“Runaroo”, “we” or “us”) is an online service provider that provides a set of services and technology applications that enable users to create their own Websites utilizing our technology platform (the “Runaroo Platform”). Runaroo is not involved in the management of Websites on the Runaroo Platform and is not involved in the decisions relating to the focus of Websites or the Content uploaded or published to Websites using the Runaroo Platform. These are your Websites and, as a Website Creator, you are responsible for managing them in all respects (including the actions, conduct, and Content of Your Members) in compliance with the Runaroo Terms of Service. We value your privacy, and we want to help make your experience on the Runaroo Platform as satisfying and safe as possible. We have established this Privacy Policy to explain how Personal Information (as defined below) is collected on the Runaroo Platform, and how that Personal Information is used and disclosed. “Personal Information” is information that allows a person to directly identify an individual, such as name or email address, and information that we combine directly with such identifying information. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Runaroo Terms of Service. Any capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Runaroo Terms of Service. By using the Runaroo Platform, you expressly consent to the information handling practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. HOW THE RUNAROO PLATFORM OPERATES

The Runaroo Platform enables Users to create or join Websites. This Privacy Policy refers to Websites created on the Runaroo Platform as “Websites” and refers to Users who create Websites as “Website Creators.” Users who join a Website are “Members” of that Website. Website Creators are also considered Members of the Website they create.

2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

In order to create a Website using the Runaroo Platform, Website Creators must register for account credentials. When you register for account credentials, Runaroo collects certain Personal Information, including your name, email address, and a password that you select. In addition, Website Creators may be asked to provide their credit card or other payment information and telephone number (for customer support purposes). Runaroo or its third party payment providers use this Personal Information related to your billing information solely to administer your services on the Runaroo Platform and to process your transactions including your purchase of Runaroo Product Plans, Support Services, and upgrades.

Website Creators might use the Runaroo Platform to collect, use, and retain all information, including Personal Information and Network Data, that is disclosed and uploaded by Members in connection with their use of Websites. “Website Data” means all data collected from a Website or Member and includes registration information, profile data, answers to Website profile questions, all Content and other information contributed by Members, and statistical information and analytics relating to usage and interactions within the Website. When a User signs up to become a member of a Website, he or she is providing Personal Information to that Website’s Website Creator and such Website Creator and its designated administrators will have access to all Personal Information and Website Data associated with any such Website. In addition, Website Creators will have the ability to reset Member passwords in the event that a Member loses or can’t remember it.

Website Creators might also collect additional types of Personal Information. For each Website you use, you should check with the Website Creator regarding its policies governing its collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information. 

3. PASSIVE DATA COLLECTION

Like most web-based services, Runaroo automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser when you use the Runaroo Platform. We may use a variety of methods, including clear GIFs (also known as “web beacons”), and “cookies” to collect this information. The information that we collect with these automated methods may include, for example, your IP address, Runaroo cookie information, a unique device or user ID, browser type, system type, the content and pages that you access on the Runaroo Platform, and the “referring URL” (i.e., the page from which you navigated to the Runaroo Platform).

We also use cookies on the Runaroo Platform to recognize your account credentials (e.g., for sign in purposes), and to store references to your account credentials and session validators on your hard drive. We also include clear GIFs in some of our email messages in order to learn whether the messages are delivered and opened.

We use passively-collected information to administer, operate, and improve the Runaroo Platform and our other services and systems, and to provide services and information that are tailored to you. If any information gathered through passive means by Runaroo is combined with Personal Information, we treat the combined information as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. Otherwise, Runaroo uses information collected by passive means in aggregated or other non-personally identifiable forms.

Please be aware that other third parties, including advertising servers, advertising networks, or web analytic services (such as Google Analytics) may set cookies or use other means of passively collecting information about your use of their services on the Runaroo Platform. We do not have access to, or control over, these cookies or other means of passive data collection. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third parties. We cannot control the activities of such third parties.

4. THIRD PARTY ADVERTISERS

We may allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, such as Google AdSense, to serve advertisements within Websites on the Runaroo Platform. These third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements that appear within a Website on the Runaroo Platform and they automatically receive your IP Address and other log file information when this happens. Such third-party companies may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize their advertising content. Certain third-party companies, such as Google, may also use these cookies to serve ads to you based on your visit to these Websites and other sites on the Internet.

We do not provide your Personal Information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent. However, please note that if an advertiser asks us to show an advertisement to a certain audience or audience segment and you respond to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience that they were trying to reach.

Additionally, if any Google AdSense advertisements are used by Runaroo or Website Creators, you may opt out of Google’s use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

We reserve the right to add or remove third-party ad networks and ad servers in our discretion. We may not at all times list such updated ad network or ad server partners in this Privacy Policy.

5. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THIRD-PARTY SOURCES

We may also obtain information, including Personal Information, from third-party sources. This includes certain Personal Information that may be provided to us through the installation and use of Runaroo Applications on third party web sites. If we directly combine information from other third parties with Personal Information that we collect on the Runaroo Platform, we will treat the combined information as “Personal Information” and handle it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

6. HOW RUNAROO USES PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use Personal Information to operate, provide, improve, and maintain the Runaroo Platform, and our other services and systems, and to develop new products and services; to prevent abusive and fraudulent use of the Runaroo Platform and our other services and systems; to personalize and display advertisements (via our own advertising engine or server) and other content on the Runaroo Platform; to send you administrative messages, and information about Websites, content, and Runaroo services in which we believe you may be interested; and for other administrative and internal business purposes.

7. WHEN RUNAROO DISCLOSES PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not sell or rent email addresses and other Personal Information. We do not share Personal Information with third parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy. Please be aware, however, that any information that you voluntarily choose to display on any publicly available portion of the Runaroo Platform, or on any Website, becomes publicly available and may be collected and used by us or others without restriction.

• Runaroo Service Providers
We may provide Personal Information to third parties for their use in performing internal business functions (e.g., payment processing, maintenance, security, data analysis, email transmission, or data hosting) on our behalf.
• Website Creators
The Website Creator and the designated administrators of that Website have access to all Website Data that is collected on a particular Website and are required to comply with applicable laws (e.g., CAN-SPAM) and not to use or disclose Personal Information in a manner that violates this Privacy Policy.
• Runaroo Affiliates
Although we currently do not have a parent company or any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that is under common control with us (collectively, “affiliates”), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Information with our affiliates, in which case we will seek to require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
• Legal Requirements
We may disclose Personal Information if we have a good faith belief that doing so is required by a subpoena or other judicial or administrative order or otherwise required by law. Additionally, we may disclose Personal Information where we, in good faith, deem it appropriate or necessary to prevent violation of the Runaroo Terms of Service, or our other agreements; take precautions against liability; protect the rights, property, or safety of Runaroo, any individual, or the general public; maintain and protect the security and integrity of our services or infrastructure; protect ourselves and our services from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; or assist government enforcement agencies.

8. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP

In the event of a change in ownership, or a merger with, acquisition by, or sale of assets to, another entity, we reserve the right to transfer all of your Personal Information, including email addresses, to that entity. We will use reasonable efforts to notify registered users of such a transfer (by a posting on our home page, or by email to a Member’s email address that was provided to us, as chosen by us in our discretion).

9. SECURITY

We use industry standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of Personal Information under our control. Although we make good faith efforts to maintain the security of such Personal Information, we cannot guarantee that it will remain free from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or alteration. Further, while we work hard to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent “hackers” or other unauthorized persons from illegally accessing or obtaining this information. We do not assume any liability to third parties whose information you include in your address book, contact list or any similar items, or which you post or transmit in any Content on a Website. To help maintain the security of your account credentials, please keep your password secure. If Website Creators submit certain sensitive data to Runaroo, such as your payment information, we encrypt that data using SSL encryption.

If we learn of a security breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using the Runaroo Platform or providing Personal Information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Runaroo Platform. If a security systems breach occurs, we may post a notice on our homepage, or elsewhere on the Runaroo Platform and may send email to you at the email address you have provided to us.

10. CHILDREN

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) protects the online privacy of children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from anyone under the age of 13, unless or except as permitted by law. Any person who provides Personal Information through the Runaroo Platform represents to us that he or she is 13 years of age or older. If we learn that Personal Information has been collected from a user under 13 years of age on or through the Runaroo Platform, then we will take the appropriate steps to cause this information to be deleted.

If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 who has become a Member, please contact Runaroo at privacyinfo [at] runaroo [dot] com to have that child’s account terminated and information deleted.

11. YOUR CHOICES

You may, at any time, update, correct, or delete certain categories of Personal Information that you have provided to us by signing in to your Website and updating the Personal Information.

Members may also, at any time, elect to leave a Website and delete their content on such Website by going to Settings, and selecting Delete My Account. A Member may also request the deletion of any additional account information held by Runaroo relating to such Member by contacting us at privacyinfo [at] runaroo [dot] com. If a Member leaves a Website that has a privacy policy that is in addition to this one (known as a “Website-specific privacy policy”), the Website Creator may still maintain Personal Information that has been provided to that Website Creator and be able to use that Personal Information in accordance with the Website-specific privacy policy. Please check the applicable Website-specific privacy policy, if any, for more information.
Additionally, any User may end its use of the Runaroo Platform at any time and for no reason and request deactivation of their account by contacting us at privacyinfo [at] runaroo [dot] com. Website Creators may delete their Website, including all Content and Website Data therein, by contacting us at privacyinfo [at] runaroo [dot] com.
We will respond to any request made under this Section as soon as reasonably possible, but in any case, no later than 30 days following your request.

Additionally, even if you update or remove Personal Information that you have provided to us, your Personal Information may be retained in our backup files and archives for a reasonable period of time for legal purposes.

12. PRIVACY SETTINGS

Members or Website Creators have their own individual privacy settings for certain categories of information, such as profile information, and content that you post. To adjust individual settings, sign-in and click on “Settings” in the right hand column. This will take you to a “Account Settings” page, where you’ll find a “Privacy Settings” tab. Certain portions of your basic profile page (such as your name and profile photo), will always be visible to people.

13. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS AND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL

We may send you administrative messages, and updates regarding your account, the Runaroo Platform, and our services, by email.

The Runaroo Terms of Service prohibit Users from engaging in any activity involving the sending of email in violation of applicable law, including CAN-SPAM and other laws regulating unsolicited commercial email. Violations of these policies may result in immediate termination of service and legal action against any senders or initiators of such messages.

14. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

The Runaroo Platform, and Networks, may contain links to websites and services provided by third parties. Any Personal Information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s policies governing privacy and security. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third-party sites or services. We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with Personal Information.

Website Creators can enable “Social Sign-In,” which allows Members to use their account credentials from certain third-party services (such as Facebook) to sign in or sign up for a Website. As part of the sign-up process, the third party service will transmit certain information used to complete the new Member’s profile page, including name, email address and, where available, profile photo, birthdate, gender and location. Any of the transmitted profile information, except for email address, can be updated or changed during sign up. The email address can be changed after sign up.

Website Creators can allow Members to share content via Facebook, Twitter, DailyMile and Share links. Members can share content or post status updates to their Facebook, Twitter, or DailyMile accounts directly from a Website.

From time to time and with your prior consent, we may seek and post a testimonial (along with your name) regarding your experiences with the Runaroo Platform. If you want your testimonial removed, please contact us any time by contacting us at privacyinfo [at] runaroo [dot] com.

15. INTERNATIONAL USERS

The Runaroo Platform is hosted in the United States. If you use the Runaroo Platform from the European Union, or any other region with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States. The United States does not have the same data protection laws as the European Union and other regions. By providing Personal Information under this Privacy Policy, you consent to the use of Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the transfer of your Personal Information to the United States.

16. CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. If we do, we will update the “effective date” at the top of the Privacy Policy. If we make an update to this Privacy Policy that is materially less restrictive in our use or disclosure of Personal Information that we collected prior to the update, we will provide you with prior notice of the pending update and seek your consent by posting notice on Runaroo.com or by contacting you using the email address in your Runaroo Profile. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about our collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information on the Runaroo Platform. Your continued use of the Runaroo Platform constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

17. CONTACTING US

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at privacyinfo [at] runaroo [dot] com.