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Effective
September 3rd 2011
Collection of information and use by MyDosti.com
MyDosti.com collects information submitted by a user/member such as name, email
address, and age to authenticate users/members and to send notifications to
those users relating to the MyDosti.com service. MyDosti.com also collects
other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender,
age, education and occupation in order to assist users/members in finding and
connecting with each other.
MyDosti.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP
address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users
and visitors to the website. 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.
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are
displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction within the
MyDosti.com community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting
new friends to join.
MyDosti also uses email addresses to add users to members’ invite lists, and to send
notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding
friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people
within a user's personal network. Users within MyDosti.com can communicate with
each other through the MyDosti.com service, without disclosing their email
addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To
facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service,
MyDosti.com allows users to search for other members using first name, last name
and email address.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news
regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive emails of this type by
changing their "notification" settings to "Do not send me notification emails"
in the user "Profile Settings".
From time to time, MyDosti.com or an affiliate may sponsor a contest, promotion
or sweepstakes event. 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 affiliates that you have explicitly requested to receive information
from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the
personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Invitations and other communications to non-members
MyDosti members can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation
emails via our automated invitation system. MyDosti.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 MyDosti.com does not sell these email addresses or use them
to send any other communications besides invitations, invitation reminders (up
to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from MyDosti.com may
contact MyDosti.com to request the removal of their information from our
database.
Use of cookies
MyDosti.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
Web 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 - each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to
learn how to change your cookie preferences. However, you must enable cookies
from MyDosti.com in order to use most functions on the site Please note that
MyDosti allows 3rd 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 Privacy Policy of MyDosti.
Correcting/Updating or removing information
MyDosti.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any
time by logging into their account and accessing features such as "Edit Profile".
Links
MyDosti.com contains links to other websites. MyDosti.com is not responsible for
the privacy policies and/or practices on other websites. When linking to another
site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that website. Our privacy
policy only governs information collected on MyDosti.com.
Blogs, Groups, Bulletin boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Blogs,
Bulletin Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that information
can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send
you unsolicited communications.
Security
MyDosti.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords.
MyDosti.com takes extreme precautions to ensure that member account information
is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that
is stored within our databasee. We restrict access to member information to
those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our
customer service 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 For any additional information about the security
measures we use on MyDosti.com, please contact us by email at
privacy@mydosti.com.
Commitment to children's privacy
Protecting young children's privacy is very important. For that reason, MyDosti.com
does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or
non-personally-identifiable information on the MyDosti Sites from individuals
under 14 years of age. No part of our website is directed to persons under
14. If you are under 14 years of age, then please do not use or access the
MyDosti Sites at any time or in any manner. If MyDosti learns that personally
identifiable information of individuals' under 14 years of age has been
collected on the MyDosti Sites without verified parental consent, then MyDosti
will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
Special note to international users
Although the MyDosti Sites are primarily hosted in the United States though they are
intended for and directed to users globally. If you are a user accessing the
MyDosti Sites from Europe, Asia, Africa or any other regions with laws or
regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that
differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued
use of the MyDosti Sites, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice,
and our Terms of Use, you are willfully giving your consent to that transfer.
Third party advertising
Ads appearing on this Website may be delivered to users by MyDosti.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
MyDosti.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Sharing and disclosure of information MyDosti.com collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, MyDosti will not
disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that
disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to
a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by MyDosti.com,
whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the
MyDosti.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect
the safety of members of the public and users of the service. MyDosti 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 MyDosti or
substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more
information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our Privacy Policy If we make changes,
we will post them on our website 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 policies
when he or she 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.
Contacting the Website
If you have any Questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us at:
privacy@mydosti.com (PO Box 364 Centreville VA 20122).