Privacy Policy

Fanvibe is founded on the principles of making sports more fun and easier to follow with others. Fanvibe knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the Fanvibe website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy covers Fanvibe’s treatment of personal information that Fanvibe gathers when you are on the Fanvibe website and when you use Fanvibe services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Fanvibe does not own or control, or to individuals that Fanvibe does not employ or manage.

Information Collected by Fanvibe

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website, which is to enable users to follow sports and interact with other fans. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our Fanvibe users:

1. Information You Provide to Us:

   We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our features.

   Registration: In order for you to use Fanvibe services, such as checking-in to a game, you must complete a registration process. As part of this registration process, we require select personal information (including your name and e-mail address).

   User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as your favorite teams. In addition, you may choose to include photos of yourself in your profile.

2. Automatic Information:

   We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Fanvibe and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser or iPhone application. This data can include your IP address, Fanvibe cookie information, and the page you requested. Fanvibe currently uses Google Analytics and Flurry. Fanvibe uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website and mobile applications. Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While Fanvibe will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.

E-mail Communications

Fanvibe is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. Fanvibe may send out e-mails with Fanvibe-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from Fanvibe, which inform you of actions (e.g. friend requests) that have been performed on the site, game scores or game-related information. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please visit the Email section on the Settings page on Fanvibe.com and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.

Cookies

• Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. Fanvibe cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.
• The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of Fanvibe’s coolest features.
• Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies. We currently do not deploy any advertisements or related cookies.

Sharing Your Information

Because Fanvibe enables people to follow sports with other fans, information about the people who use Fanvibe is an integral part of the Fanvibe experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.

• Fanvibe Personnel: Fanvibe personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of Fanvibe business.
• Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if Fanvibe, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
• Protection of Fanvibe and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Fanvibe, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
• User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name, may be displayed to other Fanvibe users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on Fanvibe where we allow you to tell other Fanvibe users about yourself and your interests.
• Member Directory: The e-mail address that you submit upon registration will be searchable by other Fanvibe users who know you by your email address, unless you choose to opt out of this feature. This is primarily so that other users can find you to establish friendship through Fanvibe. You can also search to see which of your Facebook friends are on Fanvibe.
• Social sharing of data: Fanvibe allows other users to browse games you have checked-in to and shouts you have posted. This information is made available publicly via your User Profile, via the API (fanvibedev.posterous.com), or within the permalink URL of the game on which you performed the action. Fanvibe may choose to post this data on other site features.
• Friends' Activity: Much like other online social networks, Fanvibe allows non-friends to browse your friends' activity
• API: Fanvibe will allow third parties access to all Fanvibe aggregate data (information we collect on an individualized basis, but subsequently use in aggregate form, so that no individual is identifiable) that is already publicly available through the Fanvibe website. We may use aggregate data for a variety of purposes, including for research or analysis, website administration, advertising, and promotional purposes. We may share aggregated information with various affiliated and unaffiliated entities. Fanvibe will keep private any passwords.
• With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Keeping Information Secure

• Your Fanvibe account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
• Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information

• As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our website, such as posting new links.
• By visiting your User Profile, you can correct, amend, add or delete personal information on our website. When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
• If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us or other Fanvibe users, please visit the Email section of the Settings page on Fanvibe.com and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message.
• However, please note that you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
• As explained earlier, the "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.

Children Under 18 Years of Age

You must be 13 years and older to register to use the Fanvibe website. As a result, Fanvibe does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that Fanvibe has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using Fanvibe or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Fanvibe may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Fanvibe website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit Fanvibe website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of California state law.

Contact Information

If you have concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, including if you believe that Fanvibe may have incorrect information for you or if you would like your personally identifiable information to be removed from our database, you may email us at hi@fanvibe.com. You may also contact us by mail at:

Fanvibe
153 Townsend St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 15, 2010