Privacy

Protecting the Privacy of Your Personal Information

Chattertree is dedicated to maintaining and protecting your family’s privacy. By using our service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Policy explains what information we collect and how we use the information so we can continue to provide outstanding service to you. 

What does this Privacy Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy covers Chattertree treatment of personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") that Chattertree gathers when you are accessing Chattertree’ web site and when you use Chattertree products or services. The types of Personal Information collected include your full name, gender, birth date, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and credit card information. Also, this Policy covers Chattertree treatment of any Personal Information that Chattertree’ business partners share with Chattertree. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Chattertree does not own or control, or to individuals that Chattertree does not employ or manage. 

What information does Chattertree collect?

The information we gather from customers enables us to personalize and improve our products and services. We collect the following types of information from our customers. 

When you sign up with Chattertree, you establish a password-protected personal account for uploading, storing, organizing and sharing any content The types of Personal Information collected include your full name, gender, birth date, address, e-mail address,and password.

The password will allow you access to your account; as such, it needs to be as secure as possible. A good password includes seemingly random letters and numbers, and isn’t obvious (such as names of a spouse, child, or pet).

We may occasionally request information from users through surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary. The information requested may include Personal Information, demographic information or attitudinal information. Rest assured, the information collected is only used for purposes of improving user satisfaction with the Chattertree service.

Any contact with our Customer Service team or communication from you, such as emails, may be recorded to help us provide better service.

Chattertree keeps the Personal Information you provide on servers that are protected against intrusion or unauthorized access by firewalls and other technological means. They are located in a physically secure facility, and only Chattertree employees and agents are given access to the information on a need-to-know basis.

If you visit a Chattertree web site, your visit may be logged and reported back to the site owner for traffic reporting purposes.

Children under the age of 13NO portion of our site directly solicits children 13 years old or younger. We make every attempt to comply with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm. 

What does Chattertree do with the information they collect?

Any personally identifiable information you share with Chattertree when registering is maintained and accessible only by Chattertree unless specifically stated otherwise. The following are examples of how Chattertree may use the information it collects: 

Chattertree uses the aggregate data to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our registered users and visitors, to measure user demographics and interests regarding specific areas of Chattertree and to analyze how and where best to use our resources. Without such data, we would not know which parts of Chattertree are the most popular, and we would not be able to change and update the content and services appropriately.

Chattertree, from time to time, may use your information to contact you about changes or enhancements to Products and Services on Chattertree.

Chattertree may be required by law to disclose Personal Information to proper law enforcement authorities, or to other individuals or entities in response to subpoena, court order, or other legal process, even though you might have requested that we don’t share your information. This information may be necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone who may attempt to cause injury to another’s rights or property. In matters involving a danger to personal or public safety, Chattertree may voluntarily provide information to appropriate governmental authorities.

Will Chattertree share any of the Personal Information it receives?

Personal Information about our customers is an integral part of our business. We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information to anyone. We share your Personal Information only with your consent or to business partners and affiliates as described below: 

Agents: We may employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you. Unless we tell you differently, Chattertree’ agents do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information for the above purposes.

Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if Chattertree, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, customer information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Chattertree may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this policy.

Protection of Chattertree and Others: We may release Personal Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with any law; enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Chattertree, our employees, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

How does Chattertree improve our site experience with technology such as Cookies?

Cookies are small data files stored by your web browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies enable you to use our site and services. Chattertree never saves information, such as your password or your credit card number, on cookies. You may modify your browser preference to provide you with choices relating to cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies, you may not be able to access the Chattertree service. 

We may also use other technologies such as clear gifs, pixel tags, and scanning navigational data to collect anonymous information about our users in order to help us deliver better service and user experience. Anonymous information could include the web site you were on before coming to Chattertree, IP addresses, or areas of site being clicked on most frequently.

How can you access, edit or delete your information?

Chattertree provides its registered users the ability to access and edit the personal information in their user profiles. You can access your user profile by following these steps: 

Go directly to http://www.Chattertree.com. You will receive a prompt to log in with your Chattertree ID and password.

Once you have successfully logged in, you will be taken to your home page, which contains a link to your “settings”. Click on that link to view and update your profile. If you see a field that needs to be updated, change the appropriate information.

Make the necessary changes and click the “Settings” button to save your changes.

What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of your information?

Chattertree has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. Only authorized employees have access to the information you provide us. Chattertree has implemented strict rules on employees who have access either to the databases that store user information or to the servers that host our services. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, we take many precautions to prevent such unfortunate occurrences. Any other particularly sensitive information, such as your credit card number is encrypted prior to transmission. 

You are ultimately responsible for the security of your Chattertree ID and password. Please take care when using and storing them. Chattertree recommends that you do not divulge your password to anyone. You should log out of your browser at the end of each computer session to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence, especially if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

How will Chattertree keep you informed?

As a Chattertree member, we will notify you via email about new features, services, promotions. We may also send you information on carefully screened third parties whose products or services may be of interest to you. You may unsubscribe to these notification services through your account profile on the Chattertree website. Simply go to “My Account” from the My Chattertree page or contact our Customer Service team. 

From time to time, we may send you service announcement updates with important information about Chattertree. Service announcements may contain information vital to your account, so members may not unsubscribe from service announcements.

All Products and Services on Chattertree are made available subject to this Privacy Policy. By using the Products and Services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Effective date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of March 1, 2010. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Chattertree may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected. If we make changes in the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our web site. 

How can you contact Chattertree with your comments or questions?

Questions or comments should be emailed to privacy@chattertree.com 