Privacy Policy

Effective August 17, 2009:

We greatly value your privacy and are committed to respecting the privacy rights of all users of www.takepart.com, its mobile version and any of its sub-domains (collectively, the “Site”) and the services, products and networks found at or related to the Site (collectively, the “Service”). The Site and Service are owned and operated by TakePart, LLC (“we” or “TakePart”). This Privacy Policy details how TakePart treats the personal information it collects and receives. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies or websites that TakePart does not own or control or is not affiliated with or to people it does not employ or manage.

TakePart cares deeply about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@takepart.com.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to TakePart’s Terms of Use found at www.takepart.com/terms-of-use. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, please do not provide TakePart with any information and do not use the Site or Service.

Overview

This Privacy Policy sets forth TakePart’s privacy practices including:

• * The collection of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) through the Site, which may include, among other things, name, date of birth, email address or other contact information
• * The intended use of Personal Information collected
• * Choices available to users regarding being contacted by TakePart, data collection and the use of Personal Information
• * Measures taken to protect the loss or misuse of Personal Information

Information Collection and Use by TakePart

In general, you may visit the Site and view content on the Site without revealing any Personal Information or other individual user information (other than cookies as described below). If you want to upload content, join a group or otherwise actively participate in the Service and the Site, you will need to become a registered user of the Site.

To become a registered user of the Site, TakePart will need to collect your email address and date of birth and may collect other Personal Information. You will also need to select a user name and password. TakePart collects such Personal Information to authenticate you as a user and to be able send notifications you. TakePart may also collect other profile data including but not limited to, personal interests, gender, education, location, mobile phone number, and occupation to help in serving content recommendations.

In connection with certain portions of the Site and Services, TakePart allows users to set up unique personal profiles that can be linked together through groups, friends and other organizations. Each registered user can change his/her profile information at any time. Selected user names are used when communicating with users or posting content to the Site. A user’s email address is not shared or displayed in connection with the Site unless authorized by such registered user. Users can communicate on the Site and with each other through the Site, without disclosing their email addresses.

TakePart may also log non-personally-identifiable information from users of the Site, including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data and browser type. This data is used to manage the Site, track usage and improve the Service. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes. TakePart may aggregate this non-personally-identifiable information, such as the number of users that clicked on a particular link and may share such aggregated information with third-parties to provide more relevant content, services and advertisements to users. Such information will not identify you individually.

Sharing and Disclosure of Information TakePart Collects

Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, TakePart will not rent, sell or otherwise disclose your Personal Information to any third party, other than TakePart’s parent, subsidiaries and contractors unless you have consented to such disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, TakePart may disclose Personal Information if TakePart believes that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by TakePart whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce TakePart’s Terms of Use or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of users or the public. TakePart reserves the right to transfer Personal Information in connection with a merger or to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of TakePart or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.

In addition, from time to time we contract with other companies, such as website developers, to provide certain services in connection with the Site and Service. In some instances, these contractors may have access to Personal Information. These contractors are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information and to use it only for purposes of carrying out the business of the Site. These contractors are prohibited from using Personal Information for their own marketing purposes or from sharing this information with anyone other than TakePart.

TakePart or a sponsor or alliance may sponsor a campaign, action such as a petition, promotion, sweepstake or contest on the Site. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. TakePart may transfer Personal Information to certain sponsors, alliances or other third-parties from whom you have explicitly requested to receive information. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the Personal Information and whose privacy policy will apply.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

TakePart is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect or solicit or intend to collect any Personal Information from anyone under 13 years of age. The Site targets an audience that is over the age of 18 and some content may not be appropriate for all ages. Parental supervision is recommended. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register on the Site or send any Personal Information about yourself. In the event that TakePart learns that it has collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, TakePart will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you are the parent or guardian of child under 13 and believe that he/she has disclosed Personal Information to TakePart, please contact TakePart at privacy@takepart.com. Upon request, the parent or guardian of a child under 13 may review and request the deletion of such child’s Personal Information as well as refuse to permit the further collection or use of such Personal Information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@takepart.com.

Invitations and Other Communications to Non-users

Registered users can invite friends to join the Service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. TakePart stores the email addresses that users provide so that the respondents may be added to such user’s friend list and also to send reminders of the invitations. TakePart does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. Recipients of invitations from TakePart may contact TakePart to request the removal of their information from our database.

Use of Cookies and Other Technology Related Information

Cookies are small files containing a string of characters sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. TakePart uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information. These uses include serving content recommendations specific to your interests. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any Personal Information you submit while on the Site, although your password will be link to cookies to so your password does not need to be re-entered when you visit the Site. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, you must enable cookies from TakePart in order to use most functions on the Site.

Third-Party Links and Advertising

The Site may contain links to other third-party websites. TakePart has no control over the information collected from or about you by any third-party after you have left the Site. By clicking on links on the Site to other websites, advertisers and other third-parties, you are leaving the Site. Once you have left the Site, TakePart has no control over the data collection or other activities of any third-party linked to the Site. TakePart is not responsible, and assumes no liabilities, for the privacy policies and/or practices on such other websites. When linking to another site you should read the privacy policy governing that website. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on the Site.

Ads or other promotions appearing on the Site may be delivered to users by TakePart or one of our sponsors or alliances. The sponsors or alliances may use cookies if you click on the ad or enter the promotion. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement or other communication. In this way, these sponsors or alliances can compile information about who saw their advertisements and promotions and determine which ads or promotions are clicked on. This information allows third-parties to deliver targeted advertisements or other information that they believe will be of most interest to you.

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information

Registered users may modify or remove any of their Personal Information at any time by logging into their account and accessing the Account Setting feature.

TakePart and Third-Party Communications

When you become a registered user you will be provided the opportunity to elect or “opt-in” to receiving updates about TakePart, specific issues and campaigns, promotional events, subject matters of interest and other communications (“Communications”) from TakePart and its parent and subsidiaries, including a newsletter from Participant Media, LLC. In addition, TakePart may consider requests from unrelated third-parties to contact you but we will not give any third-party your Personal Information before we have obtained your consent. You may give this consent by “opting-in” to having your information shared with each specific third-party. Users who no longer wish to receive such Communications from TakePart or any third-party may choose to “opt-out” by changing the preferences in their Account Setting. In addition, instructions for unsubscribing from Communications will be included in every email. From time to time and even if you have opted-out of receiving Communications, TakePart will contact you with administrative updates or account information, which may include notices relating to changes in this Privacy Policy or user requirements.

TakePart uses its good faith reasonable efforts to abide by the policies and practices laid out in this Privacy Policy and specifically in this Section on TakePart and Third-Party Communications. There may be instances, however, where we inadvertently and unintentionally fail to comply with these policies and practices. Accordingly, by becoming a registered user of TakePart, you hereby agree to receive Communications from TakePart and its parent, subsidiaries and third-party affiliates.

Security

TakePart user accounts are secured by user-created passwords. TakePart takes precautions to ensure that user account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect user information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to user information to those employees or contractors who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. However, we cannot guarantee the security of user account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, accidental disclosure and other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time.

User Content

When you post User Content (as defined in the Terms of Use) on the Site you do so at your own risk. TakePart cannot control the actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your User Content. You also acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of content are retained by TakePart for legal purposes. This content will not be visible to users of the Site.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to websites, blogs, message boards, chat rooms or any other public forums such information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy

From time to time we may make changes to this Privacy Policy. If we make changes, we will post the new Privacy Policy (with a new effective date) on the Site. All users of the Site are bound by any changes to this Privacy Policy when she/he uses the Site after those changes have been posted. If we are going to use any Personal Information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on the Site for 30 days.

Contacting the Site

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with TakePart, please contact us at:

TakePart

Privacy

335 N. Maple Dr. Suite 245

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

privacy@takepart.com