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Free The Fan Privacy Policy

Free The Fan provides an online application that helps people share video opinions and debate topics while connecting with other fans in a powerful social networks. To accomplish this, registered users of the Free The Fan software and/or website ("Users") may create shared information. Users may also send email invitation requests to other Users. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. Please consult the Site regularly for any changes. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, each such other User is a "Friend" and is defined as someone you have sent a request to or explicitly invited to share information with you. To fulfill the purpose of our website, we need to display a limited amount of personal information so that Users are able to evaluate the videos and comments given, and the possible reviews, ratings, or opinions expressed therein.

Information We Collect:

By using the Free The Fan software and/or website you explicitly agree to permit the collection and use of your personal information by Free The Fan as outlined below in this Privacy Policy. Free The Fan collects User submitted account information such as name and email address to identify you and send you notifications related to your use of the Free The Fan software. Free The Fan also collects User submitted location information such as city, state or zip code, and User submitted headlines, videos, comments and ratings. All such User submitted data is collected and stored at Free The Fan's or its agent's facilities for possible aggregation, sale and/or provision to third parties. If such aggregated data is sold, no personally identifying information about any User, such as name or email, will be supplied to the third party. Additionally, some information we collect is not explicitly submitted by the User. For instance, we log your browser-type related information, IP address, requested and referring URLs and timestamp. This information helps us diagnose problems with our servers, administer support, and otherwise provide the highest possible level of service to you.

Links To Other Sites:

Free The Fan may contain links to other websites either generated by Users or by the site's Administrators. We may also use third-party advertising companies to serve or track advertisements on our Site and other websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you choose to visit an advertiser by "clicking on" a banner ad or other type of advertisement, you will be directed to that third party's website. The fact that we link to a website or present a banner ad or other type of advertisement is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. Free The Fan does not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. This Privacy Policy addresses the use and disclosure of information that we collect from you through this Site. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. Free The Fan encourages you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.

How We Use Your Information:

Information such as your username, age and city may be shown to your Friends or other Users primarily in conjunction with information you have contributed to build your user profile which is designated public to be viewed by other Users and visitors to the site. Your username and email address may be used when you send an email notification to another User or person, such as an invitation, when sharing a video, or when forwarding a request. Free The Fan may also use your email address to send you updates or news regarding our site and your account.

Transfer of Information:

Other than as specified in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information unless we believe we are required to do so by law or have a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) enforce the Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (a) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (b) respond to user support requests, or (c) protect the rights or property of Free The Fan, its Users or the public. User's personal information collected by Free The Fan may be stored and processed in the United States or in any other country in which Free The Fan or its agents maintain facilities. By using Free The Fan's software and/or website, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Free The Fan reserves the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Free The Fan, such as an acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, Free The Fan will notify you before information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Like most websites, Free The Fan requires cookies to function properly. Cookies are small data files that are sent to and reside on a User's computer and identify you as a unique User. This identification helps us better understand our user base, refine our software and website and simplify our User's experiences. We believe our cookies improve the quality of our services, however, you can reset your browser so that it refuses all cookies, or notifies you when a cookie is being sent.

Controlling Your Personal Information:

As a Free The Fan User, you can modify your personal information at any time by accessing the "My Account" section of the website. You can terminate your account at any time by emailing admin@freethefan.com. We typically deactivate accounts within five (5) business days of such requests. You should be aware, however, that residual copies of your personal information may remain stored on our systems even after the deletion of the information or the termination of your account.

Providing additional personal information including preferences and any other information about you in a public manner as associated with your user profile, in or associated with videos or digital media clips, is voluntary and should correlate with the degree of interaction you want to have with others. Your videos or digital media clips may be included on the websites of Free The Fan's affiliates, distribution partners or third-party service providers as described further in our Terms of Use. If you do not want your videos or digital media clips shared with such entities please do not become a registered User of Free The Fan.

Phishing:

Free The Fan does not and will not, at any time, request your credit card information, your username, login password, or national identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication.

Security:

Your Free The Fan account is password-protected. We take reasonable precautions to protect our Users' information, use industry standard measures to protect information that is stored within our database and limit the access to your information to those employees who need access to perform their job function.

Our Policy Toward Children:

This Site is not directed to persons under 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without their consent, he or she should contact us at admin@freethefan.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our files.

Emails and Opt-out:

Registered users cannot currently opt-out of peer-initiated email. The only Free The Fan email sent to Unregistered Users is peer-initiated.

Contacting Our Web Site:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, please contact us at: admin@freethefan.com

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