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TRADEURBAN.COM PRIVACY STATEMENT

Revised and posted as of: November, 2006

TradeUrban.com is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following statement to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of the TradeUrban.com website. The TradeUrban.com website is owned and operated by Essential Ventures LLC.

Summary

Our goal in gathering user information is to improve your experience on our website. We use information to develop content and better the website user experience. TradeUrban.com is committed to your privacy and other than as provided herein or after receiving your specific consent, TradeUrban.com will not share any personal information with any third party at any time, unless required by law.

What this Privacy Policy Covers

This privacy policy covers the website TradeUrban.com. Other TradeUrban.com sites linked to from this website have their own privacy statements which can be viewed on those sites.

Please be aware that TradeUrban.com sponsors, advertisers, co-branded website or website that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you on their website.

The information practices of those parties are not covered by this privacy statement. TradeUrban.com users should also be aware that, when you voluntarily disclose personal information in chat areas, bulletin boards, or classified advertisements that information may be collected by others and may result in unsolicited messages from others.

Gathering of Information

Voluntary Submission

TradeUrban.com does not collect personally identifying information about any individual except when knowingly provided by such individual.

Any information you submit to the TradeUrban.com website will be saved and maybe used by TradeUrban.com.

You always have the option not to provide the information we request.

If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit most of the TradeUrban.com website, but you may be unable to access certain options and services.

When you register or become a member of TradeUrban.com or provide information to TradeUrban.com in any other manner, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information.

Cookies

When you visit some websites, their web-servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Some cookies collect personal information to recognize your computer in the future. TradeUrban.com uses cookies to improve user experience on our website.

Automatically Collected Information

We collect and temporarily store certain technical information about your visit for use in site management and security purposes. This information includes:

  • The Internet domain from which you access our Web site (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from an educational domain);
  • The IP address (a unique number for each computer connected to the Internet) from which you access our Web site;
  • The type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) used to access our site;
  • The operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site;
  • The date and time you access our site;
  • The URLs of the pages you visit;
  • Your username, if it was used to log in to the Web site; and
  • If you visited this TradeUrban.com Web site from another Web site, the URL of the forwarding site.
  • This information is only used to help us make our site more useful for you. With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use.

    Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are retained as required for security and site management purposes only.

    Sharing of Information

    When visiting an are of TradeUrban.com and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with TradeUrban.com as well as business partners and vendors providing hosting and other services for TradeUrban.com.

    If you do not want your information to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer of your information by not using that particular service.

    In addition, any personally identifiable information provided by our users as part of an advertiser promotion online may be provided directly to advertisers.

    Aggregate, Anonymous Information With Advertisers

    TradeUrban.com derives the majority of its revenue from advertising and sharing information is essential to keeping our services affordable to users.

    In order to attract and retain advertisers we use the aggregated, anonymous information that we gather (as well as information from third-party market researchers) to describe our services to partners and to assist our advertisers and sponsors to better understand our audience.

    We do not disclose personally identifying information about our users to these parties.

    In The Event of Sale or Bankruptcy

    The ownership of TradeUrban.com may change at some point in the future. Should that occur, we want this site to be able to maintain a relationship with you. In the event of a sale, merger, public offering, bankruptcy or other change in control of TradeUrban.com LLC and/or TradeUrban.com your information may be shared with the person or business that owns or controls this site. Opting out of receiving information from third parties will not affect our right to transfer your information to a new owner, but your choices will continue to be respected regarding the use of your information.

    As Required By Law

    TradeUrban.com may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on TradeUrban.com or to protect and defend the rights or property of TradeUrban.com.

    Security

    Your information is stored on TradeUrban.com's servers located in the United States. We use procedural and technical safeguards to protect your personal information against loss or theft as well as unauthorized access and disclosure to protect your privacy, including encryption and "firewalls". We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

    Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

    Interaction with Children

    The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) governs information gathering online from or about children under the age of 13. Verifiable consent from a child's parent or guardian is required before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from a child under the age of 13.

    We collect no information about or from children. We provide many on-line tools and services in support of TradeUrban.com’s mission. A child under 13 years old may inadvertently provide personal information to one of these services. If this should happen, the information about the child will be deleted immediately upon discovery.

    Linking Policy

    TradeUrban.com links to many websites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. TradeUrban.com provides these links as a service to our users. When users link to an outside website, they are leaving the TradeUrban.com site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website(s).

    Prohibitions

    TradeUrban.com will not link to any website that exhibits hate, bias or discrimination. Furthermore, TradeUrban.com reserves the right to deny or remove any link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is determined to be in conflict with TradeUrban.com's mission or policies. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

    Disclaimer of Endorsement

    The information posted on the TradeUrban.com website includes hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. TradeUrban.com provides these links and pointers solely for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving the TradeUrban.com site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.

    How to Contact Us

    If you have any questions regarding our privacy statement, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at privacy@TradeUrban.net. We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to every one.

    How Will I Know if the Privacy Policy Is Changed?

    This statement may change from time to time, so please check back periodically. TradeUrban.com will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on the TradeUrban.com website.