Linkberry's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using Linkberry, located at www.linkberry.com and its directly associated domains (collectively, "Linkberry" or "Website")
By using or accessing Linkberry, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
This privacy statement covers the site www.linkberry.com and its directly associated domains.

When you visit Linkberry you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.
When you register with Linkberry, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, schools attended and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.

When you enter Linkberry, we may collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all Linkberry visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use cookies to confirm that users are logged in and to automatically log users in, if they’d agreed so, to make it easier for you to login when you come back to Linkberry. You can sign out or remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use Linkberry, you may set up your personal start page to include links to almost anything you wish. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service, offer personalized features, and track data. We also collect this information so that we can show other members of Linkberry what is being linked to as part of the “What’s Popular” feature. The “What’s Popular” feature lists all links from you and other Linkberry members that is viewable by you and other members.

You post User Content (as defined in the Linkberry Terms of Service) on the Site at your own risk. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. 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.
Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on Linkberry is a violation of the Linkberry Terms of Service and should be reported to info@linkberry.com.

Linkberry may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the Linkberry service through the operation of the service in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.
By using Linkberry, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.

Linkberry does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for Linkberry or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on Linkberry. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@Linkberry.com.

We recommend that minors over the age of 13 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

When you register with Linkberry, you create your own account and start page. Your account information is not avaialble to see by other members, but your start page links are viewable anonymously as part of the “What’s Popular” feature. The “What’s Popular” feature lists all links from you and other Linkberry members that is viewable by you and other members. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by Linkberry that we think you may find valuable.

Start page links are used by Linkberry primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others to view without association with your account information.
Linkberry may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service.
Linkberry reserves the right to send you notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.

We do not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission. We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you. For example:

• Your links on your start page are shown to other members, without your account affiliation, as part of the “What’s Popular” feature – the “What’s Popular” feature aggregates information provided by members and allows you and other members to see what other people are linking to and also allows you and them to add such links to your pages.
• We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as to host the service at a co-location facility for servers, to send out email updates about Linkberry, to remove repetitive information from our user lists, to process payments for products or services, to offer an online job application process, or to provide search results or links (including sponsored links). In connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities.
• 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 Linkberry service or using the Linkberry name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
• We may let you choose to share information with marketers or electronic commerce providers through sponsored groups or other on-site offers.
• We may offer stores or provide services jointly with other companies on Linkberry, and we may share customer information with that company in connection with your use of that store or service.
• If the ownership of all or substantially all of the Linkberry business, or individual business units owned by Linkberry, were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the service can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

When you use Linkberry, certain information you post, such as links or other information, may be shared with other users in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms Of Service. All such posting of information is done at your own risk.

Linkberry may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Linkberry.

Advertisements that appear on Linkberry are sometimes delivered (or "served") directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons" (also known as "1x1 gifs") to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. Linkberry does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on Linkberry unless you choose to share it with them.

This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Linkberry and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.

Access and control over most personal information on Linkberry is readily available through the editing tools found on your start page and on your account page. Linkberry users may modify or delete any of their information at any time by logging into their account.

Linkberry takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your start page is protected by a userID and password that you select and your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. If you have any questions about the security of Linkberry Web Site, please contact us at info@linkberry.com

Your use of Linkberry, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Service and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, or by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@linkberry.com. You may also contact us by mail at 1134 Crane St, Menlo Park, CA 94025.