Kikwi Privacy Policy

What This Privacy Policy Covers

  • This privacy policy pertains to the use of the Kikwi web site at http://www.Kikwi.com/
  • This privacy policy covershow Kikwi treats personal information that Kikwi collects and receives.Personal information is information about you that is personallyidentifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number.
  • Children under 13 are not permitted to use the Kikwi service, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for children's use of the site.

Information Collection and How it is used

General Information

  • Kikwi collects personalinformation when you register with Kikwi to use Kikwi services or to postcontent on Kikwi.
  • When you register we may askfor your email address and certain optional information such as your name,birth date, birth place, gender, biographical information,ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/MSN user name, and personal interests.
  • Kikwi automatically receivesand records information on our server logs from your browser, includingyour IP address, cookie, and the page you request.
  • Kikwi uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.

IP Addresses
IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in our user registration databases when you register with Kikwi.
IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:

  • To diagnose or servicetechnology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associatedwith the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
  • To tailor advertising basedon geographic area or other information derived from your IP address.Aggregate information derived from IP addresses may also be reported toadvertisers.
  • To estimate the total numberof users visiting Kikwi from specific geographical regions.
  • To make sure that people arenot voting for themselves or friends during contests or promotions.

Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.

  • You can configure yourbrowser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when acookie is set.
  • If you reject all cookies,you will not be able to use Kikwi products or services that require you to"sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of theKikwi service.
  • Kikwi uses its own cookiesfor a number of purposes, including to:
    • Access your information when you "sign in".
    • Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Kikwi's services.
    • Display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on Kikwi.
    • Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
    • Conduct research to improve Kikwi's content and services.
  • Kikwi lets other companies(such as Google) that show advertisements on some of our pages set andaccess their cookies on your computer. Other entities' use of theircookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one.Advertisers or other entities do not have access to Kikwi's cookies.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

  • When you post a message, yourKikwi ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users.
  • If you post personalinformation online that is accessible to the public, you may receiveunsolicited messages from other parties in return.
  • Kikwi may be required todisclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances,such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the KikwiTerms of Service.
  • Kikwi may share demographicinformation with business partners. No personally identifiable informationwill ever be used without your permission (i.e. we will ask you for aquote or testimonial)
  • Kikwi does not rent, sell, orshare personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliatedcompanies except to provide products or services you've requested or whenwe have your permission.
  • It may be necessary to shareinformation in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regardingillegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potentialthreats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Kikwi's termsof use, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We will transfer informationabout you if Kikwi is acquired by or merged with another company. In thisevent, Kikwi will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice onthe Kikwi web site before information about you is transferred and becomessubject to a different privacy policy.
  • Kikwi displays targetedadvertisements based on personal information that is exhibited in people'sprofiles.

Editing and Deleting Account Information

  • You can change your KikwiAccount Information, at any time.
  • We may send you certaincommunications relating to the Kikwi service, such as serviceannouncements and administrative messages, that are considered part ofyour Kikwi account.
  • You can delete your Kikwiaccount at any time from your account page; however, please note that youridentification, billing and contact information may remain in Kikwi'srecords for some period.
  • We limit access to personalinformation about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to comeinto contact with that information to provide products or services to youor in order to do their jobs.
  • Your Kikwi AccountInformation is password-protected.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Kikwi may update this policy at any time for any reason.

Questions

If you have questions or suggestions you can contact us at:
Kikwi
1516 Howard Ave
Burlingame CA 94010