Privacy Policy
The LittleFeet Company, LLC Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last revised on August 8th, 2010.
The LittleFeet Company, owners and operators of the kiimby™ (“Keep It In My Backyard”) web site and service found at http://www.kiimby.com, created the kiimby site and service to make it simple and fun for users to better connect and support the local businesses and non-profits they care about, and share with their friends and others with similar interests. We give you control of your information because you may not want to share your information with everyone. You choose what information you provide, including contact and personal information, interests, micro-donations generated at local businesses and supported non-profits. You control the sharing of that information by using the privacy settings on the Site.
This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand what information you may provide, how we use and share the information and how we will not use or share information, and your choices when using the kiimby site and service, located at www.kiimby.com (the "Site"). We will not use or share your information with anyone, except as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions about the Privacy Policy or would like to suggest improvements, please contact us at privacy@kiimby.com or Privacy Department, The LittleFeet Company, PO Box 4266, Austin, TX 78765.
We operate under the principle that you should have control over your information including how it is shared with others. To learn more about our privacy practices, read on!
Information You Provide
While using the Site, you may provide use with anonymous information, personal information and additional materials.
You provide us with anonymous information such as your IP address, areas of the Site you have visited, time and date, and whether or not you clicked on links. We use technologies such as cookies to collect this information. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user's computer. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. Session cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. We also use persistent cookies that store other information to make it easier for you to login when you come back to the Site. You can configure your browser to block cookies; however, if you do, the Site may not function properly or at all. If you choose to click on a link to any outside website, anonymous information may be provided to that website.
You may provide us personal information if you register at the Site, like your username, password, first and last names, email address, and mailing address. You may provide additional personal information for your profile.
You may also post information, opinions, text, sounds, photographs, audio, video, images, graphics, and other content or materials of any nature (collectively, "Materials") to the Site. You have control of who sees this Material through your use of the privacy setting available through the Site. If you choose, the Materials will be viewable by other users.
Use of the Information We Collect
You are in control of sharing personal information that you provide to the Site, including by using the privacy settings. If you choose to post Materials directly to public portions of the Site such as activity feeds, forums, communities, or message boards, obviously those Materials may be available to other users. The LittleFeet Company may use personal information you elect to provide to us in order to provide products and/or services to you and, if you elect, other users and for administration, maintenance and development of the Site.
Your personally identifiable information will not be sold to advertisers or spammers.
If you provide your email address at the Site, we may use your email address to contact you and notify you of any Site news. You can choose which types of email you receive from us by changing your account settings at the Site. Generally, you cannot opt-out of receiving certain communications such as service-related announcements and administrative messages, except by terminating your account.
The LittleFeet Company may use anonymous information collected to improve the quality of the Site. This information may help us to diagnose problems, maintain security, and provide services users want. The LittleFeet Company may determine user demographics, interests, and behavior and may share such anonymous information with others. For example, we may provide demographic or usage information to a local business and/or non-profit organization, so they may see how many users are from a specific geographic area or industry.
Spreading the Word
In order to spread the word and promote local businesses and non-profits you care about you may elect to opt-in and take advantage of one of our optional promotion services. If you choose to opt-in, we will use the email addresses in your address book to send a one-time email to those email addresses with information about the Site. If you prefer, you may opt to provide a friend's email address, and we will send that friend a one-time email inviting the friend to visit the Site. We may use the email information to track the success of these email services. Anyone we send an email to through one of these features may contact us at privacy@kiimby.com to request that we remove their information from our database.
Sharing of Information
We share your personally identifiable information in three cases: (1) with your permission, (2) as required by law, and (3) change of ownership, each as more fully described in the paragraphs below.
You may opt-in to allow third parties, such as nonprofits, to receive the information you provide by checking the appropriate box when you are providing information. If you tell us to share your information with a third party, the third party's use of that information will be governed by their privacy policy, not ours.
We may be required to disclose user information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the kiimby service or using the kiimby and/or The LittleFeet Company name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
If the ownership of all or substantially all of The LittleFeet Company's business, or substantial portions of the business owned by The LittleFeet Company, were to change, your information may be transferred to the new owner so the new owner can continue providing services to you. In any such case, your information would remain subject to the protections provided in our Privacy Policy.
Please remember that anyone who has access to your username and password may be able to access your personal information; therefore, we encourage you to keep your password secret to prevent any unwanted access.
Corrections/Updates
You can also edit your personal information to ensure that it is correct and up-to-date.
Child Protection
The LittleFeet Company does not offer the Site to, or knowingly collect or solicit information from, anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, do not provide us with any information. Any information we receive from people we believe to be under 13 will be purged from our database.
Links to Other Websites
The Site may contain links to other websites, including local businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations. The LittleFeet Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites that may be linked to the Site.
Agreement
If you choose to use the Site, your use is subject to the current Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (which is incorporated into and subject to the The LittleFeet Company Terms of Use) and you consent to our limited use of information as outlined in our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do make changes, we will post any changes on the Site and will indicate the date the changes were made at the top of our Privacy Policy. Non-material changes are effective upon posting. Material changes are effective 15 days after posting. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information in our possession.
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