Your Privacy & Security

While  RealPeopleNearby.com does not generally require that you provide us with personally identifiable information in order to visit and use the  RealPeopleNearby.com websites, please note that in order to enjoy certain features, it may be necessary for you to provide this information. If you choose not to provide it for those features, you may not be able to use them.

Collection of Information: Cookies; Personal Information

For each visitor to a  RealPeopleNearby.com website,  RealPeopleNearby.com's web server may automatically recognize and store information, such as the visitor's IP address/domain name combination and any referring websites. We use this information to understand visitor traffic patterns through our websites for purposes such as enhancing their usability. Your computer provides this information automatically each time you log on, unless you've activated blocking technology available in some browsers.

When you visit  RealPeopleNearby.com or advertisements appearing thereon, or use one or more of the  RealPeopleNearby.com website services, we may use an industry-wide technology called "cookies" which stores certain information on your computer and which will allow us to customize your experience to better match your interests and preferences, or to simply facilitate your signing in to use the services. Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase cookies, we may not be able to restore any preferences or customization settings you previously specified, and our ability to personalize your online experience would be limited. Please refer to your browser instructions or "help" screen to learn more about these functions.

Additionally,  RealPeopleNearby.com may ask you to provide "personal information," meaning individually identifiable information such as your e-mail address, name, mailing address, telephone number, credit card number, or persistent identifier (such as a customer number held in a cookie) which is associated with individually identifiable information, to enable you to fill out a registration, or to order products and services using this website.  RealPeopleNearby.com may combine the information you provide on our website with other information we may collect from you offline so that we can more effectively tailor our website, services, and offerings to you. If you provide RealPeopleNearby.com with personal information, you shall have the right, on reasonable prior notice, to inspect, change, amend, or delete such information. Instructions on how to update personal information will be given at the point of data collection.

 RealPeopleNearby.com will not contact you to provide information about products, services, promotions, contests, or other activities or offerings that may be of interest to you, unless you have specifically opted in to recieve email that is not directly related to your account on  RealPeopleNearby.com. You can instruct us whether or not you wish to be contacted by checking or removing the check from the box indicating your preference as applicable on the registration form and under the "My Settings" link, or by other means (such as an e-mail request).

Unless it is for the purposes you have requested or agreed to,  RealPeopleNearby.com will never share the personal information you provide on the  RealPeopleNearby.com websites with any other parties, except (a) with your consent; (b) as may be required by law or court order; (c) to persons or companies with whom  RealPeopleNearby.com contracts to carry out the internal operations of the website or our business; or (d) under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety or property of our users, the public, or ourselves.  RealPeopleNearby.com will never sell your email address or other personal information you provide to any third party without your consent.

Additionally and only with your explicit consent,  RealPeopleNearby.com will share your personal information with (i) other affiliated companies, and (ii) specific third parties that have an established business relationship with  RealPeopleNearby.com, and who will contact you about the products, services, or other offerings that you specifically expressed an interest in. Please consult the respective privacy policies of each of these companies for further clarification as to their own privacy policy.  RealPeopleNearby.com will always obtain your consent at the place where the information is collected by an "opt-in" method, or by other means (such as an e-mail request). If you consent to receiving communications from any of these affiliated companies or third parties, you will need to communicate with them directly if you later decide that you no longer wish to receive their communications.

Use and Disclosure of Anonymous Aggregated Information

 RealPeopleNearby.com may also collect, aggregate, and maintain anonymous or statistical information about the subscribers to our website services. This data can then be used to tailor  RealPeopleNearby.com's website content and advertising to deliver a better experience for our visitors. In addition,  RealPeopleNearby.com may also share such aggregate non personal information about our visitors with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties; for example, to inform them about the percentage of male/female visitors or percentage of visitors within a particular age range.

Security

 RealPeopleNearby.com cannot guarantee that unauthorized access to your personal information will never occur. By using this Site you acknowledge that there is a possibility that third parties may attempt to access your personal information through, the use of viruses, worms or other forms of malicious program code.  RealPeopleNearby.com will make efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintaining the security of your personal information and in preventing unauthorized access to it, including the use of appropriate technology and internal procedures.

Notice To/Regarding Children Under the Age of 18

If you are under 18 years of age, you should have the permission of your parent or guardian to use  RealPeopleNearby.com. If  RealPeopleNearby.com learns that you are under 18 years of age,  RealPeopleNearby.com will not maintain or use any personally identifiable information about you without the verifiable consent of your parent or guardian, except as allowed by law. 

By providing any personal information to the  RealPeopleNearby.com websites, all users, including without limitation users in the member states of the European Union, fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in the United States of America.

Policy Governs Use; Changes to Privacy Policy

The terms of this policy will govern the use and any information collected while it is in place.  RealPeopleNearby.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time, so please re-visit this page as often as you wish. Changes to this privacy policy are effective at the time they are posted to this Site.

Questions

If you have any questions or comments about our personal information practices or about this privacy statement, please feel free to contact us.