Venturing-Out cares about your privacy. This privacy policy sets out how Venturing-Out uses and protects any information that you give Venturing-Out when you use this website. By accessing or using our website at www.venturing-out.com you are agreeing to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time, we will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website. Your continued use of the website following the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
The Information We Collect
The following type of information is collected by Venturing-Out when you use our website:
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The personal identifiable information you provide us such as your name, email address, gender, date of birth, state, city and Country is required to set up your personal profile when you become a member of Venturing-Out. This enables us to provide you with the services made available through this website.
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Information automatically collected is your IP address and browser type. We collect information from your browser using “cookies”. A cookie is a small data file stored on the user’s computer to help analyse information about the user, for instance the features you use and to acquire knowledge on how you interact with the Site. This helps us to improve our website and tailor it to customer needs. Both session cookies and persistent cookies are used. Session ID cookies are used to confirm that users are logged in, once the user closes the browser these cookies terminate. A persistent cookie is used to store your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you return to our website. You can remove persistent cookies by using the settings in your browser. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser to decline cookies if you prefer, however, you may not be able to take full advantage of the website if you do so.
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Venturing-Out is hosted in Australia. By using Venturing-Out Services, you are consenting to have your personal identifiable information and related data transferred to and processed in Australia.
Use of Information
We require this information in order to operate the Venturing-Out Service.
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Your name or display name and photo (should you choose to upload) will be publicly available throughout the website, this makes it easier for friends or other members to find you.
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When you register and create your user profile, the information you provide in the “Interests” field will be available in search results across the Venturing-Out website. This enables you to communicate with people who have the same or similar interests as yourself. People who see your name or display name in searches will have access to view your; Interests, places travelled, uploaded photos, blogs, adventure photos and friends. You can add or decline friends at your own discretion.
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To help bring you the services we offer we may provide information to Service Providers, including without limitation, hosting and maintenance and database storage and management. For a limited time our Service Providers may have access to your personal information but only to the extent to provide such services. Reasonable contractual obligations are implemented requiring Service Providers to maintain the privacy and security of your data.
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If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask for your friend’s email address. We will automatically send your friend an email inviting him or her to visit the site. This information is stored and only used for the purpose of sending an email and tracking the success of our referral program.
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Information in your user profile may be used to third parties without identifying you as an individual. For the purpose of advertising and promotions you may receive targeted advertisements, as we believe they may be of a particular interest to you, however, your name or personal contact information does not get disclosed unless you choose to share that information with that third party.
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When posting comments, messages, photos, videos (or any other information) and you choose to share your personal information you do so at your own risk. Please be aware this information will become publicly available.
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In some instances we may use your name and email address to send you notifications that we believe may be of interest to you.
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We may be required to disclose personal identifiable information to lawful requests such as subpoenas or court orders or in compliance with applicable laws. Venturing-Out will comply with requests from law enforcement officials when we believe it is necessary in order to protect our interests or property or to protect the safety and security of our members.
Links
Venturing-Out may contain links to other websites, once you leave our site, we do not have any control for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
Editing your Personal Profile
Modifying, deleting or editing any other information under your personal profile is accessed by logging into your account.
Persons Under Age 16
Venturing-Out is intended for persons 16 years of age or older. Persons under the age of 16 are not eligible to register or submit any personal information to us. Venturing-Out does not knowingly collect personal information from any person who is under the age of 16. If we are aware that we have collected personal data from a person under the age of 16 this information will be deleted as quickly as possible.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access a variety of safeguards are used including technical, administrative and physical controls. Venturing-Out does not guarantee that unauthorised persons will not view your personal information; we are not responsible for other users that may breach or illegally invade any of the privacy settings or security measures contained on the site.
If you have any questions or if you become aware of any breach of data security please contact us via the Contact Us page.
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This policy is effective as of 24 August 2009.
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