About ThirdBird
ThirdBird takes privacy very seriously. If you have questions concerning this privacy policy, please contact us concerning Information Collection and Use by ThirdBird.com or 3Brd.com
ThirdBird.com collects user submitted information such as names, email address and year of birth in order to authenticate users and send notifications to those users relating to the .com service. ThirdBird.com also collects other profile data including but not limited to: mailing address, city, state, and country of residence, citizenship, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with other members.
ThirdBird.com also collects information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data and browser type, from users and visitors to the site 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, monitoring, and ThirdBird' services ease of use purposes.
User Profile information including members' first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the ThirdBird.com social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join ThirdBird and to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's community. Users can contact others via ThirdBird.com using the ‘contact member' page without disclosing their email addresses. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, ThirdBird.com allows users to search for other members using first and last name, email address and colleges and universities or companies where users may have attended or worked.
ThirdBird.com may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding service.
ThirdBird.com or LiveFlock a parent company will sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on ThirdBird.com. Users may be asked to provide personal information including names, email addresses or home addresses or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive such information. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Use of Cookies
ThirdBird.com uses cookies to store information about users. These cookies are NOT physically stored in the user's computers; rather they are stored in the memory so long the web browser is open. Also, these cookies are meant to diminish any repetitive login screens. Users may want to configure their browsers 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 ThirdBird.com in order to use most functions on the site. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not ThirdBird.com Privacy Policy.
Links
ThirdBird.com will contain links to different sites. ThirdBird.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site users should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on ThirdBird.com.
Bulletin Boards, ads, and Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to ads and the forums page. Only ThirdBird.com users are allowed to view this information. It can in turn be used by those people to send unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
ThirdBird.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 Your Profile" and "Account Information". Users who want to delete their profile from ThirdBird are asked to send an email to delete@ThirdBird.com from the email they used to sign up.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting "Do not send me notification emails" in the user profile "Account Settings". Users who do not wish to receive ThirdBird.com newsletters may choose not to by selecting "Do not send me ThirdBird newsletters" in the email sent to you by ThirdBird. All notification emails and ThirdBird.com newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by ThirdBird.com or one of our advertising partners. Our web advertising partners may set cookies, which 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 ThirdBird.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
ThirdBird.com member accounts are secured by user-created passwords. ThirdBird.com takes precautions to ensure that member account information is kept private. ThirdBird use security measures to protect member information stored in our database and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel 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 ThirdBird.com, please contact us. ThirdBird.com uses a secure hosting company where user’s information is stored. ThirdBird has no control over the hosting company's servers should these latter ones come under attack. For security reasons, we cannot provide the name of the hosting company information.
Disclosure of Information
Users who do not wish to receive ThirdBird.com newsletters may choose not to by selecting "Don’t send newsletter" the email sent by ThirdBird. All notification emails and ThirdBird.com newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, ThirdBird.com 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 ThirdBird.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; 2) to enforce the ThirdBird.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or 3) to protect the safety of users of the public and users of the service. ThirdBird.com reserves the right to transfer personal information to a aquirer in interest that the aquirer acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of ThirdBird or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest. For more information see the below.
We reserve full rights to change our privacy policy, If we make changes, we will apply them on our site to make users aware of the changes, users will always be aware of collection of information, its use and its disclosure. Our user will be bounded by changes to the policy when he or she uses our site after propagation of changes. Propagation in some cases may take up to 14 business days.