We value our relationship with you and your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how and why we handle information collected through helloaboutme.com, associated sites, forums, channels and any other app we provide (collectively, our "Site"). This Privacy Policy is part of ourTerms of Use.
While we do not encourage our Members to upload any Regulated Data or Submission that contains the personal information of other people, there may be circumstances in which we are either unaware that a Submission contains personal information or the Member has complied with our Terms of Use in uploading the personal information of others in such a Submission. If you are a Member, please pay special attention to whether you are uploading a Submission with personal information to the OPEN or the PRIVATE side of our Site. IF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU IS IN A SUBMISSION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT US AS PROVIDED BELOW.
When you visit helloaboutme.com, you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use, please do not use our Site. Except as specifically described, this policy does not apply to data contained within your Submissions.
We collect information about you directly from you and from third-parties, as well as automatically through your use of helloaboutme.com.
We use your information for customer service purposes, including to provide services to you; to provide you with technical support, or other similar purposes; and to establish and update your customer account.
We share your information with our company affiliates and service providers. We may also share your information in the following ways:
When you submit your payment information, you are authorizing Stripe, our third-party payment processor, to collect, retain, use and disclose the information you provide as part of that process as well as the information Stripe collects from you using cookies or other similar means. Stripe agrees to use that information in accordance with its Privacy Policy located at https://stripe.com/us/privacy .
We and our service providers use cookies and other mechanisms to track information about your use and access of our Site. We or our service providers may combine this information with other information we collect about you, including personal information.
Cookies. We or our service providers may use cookies to track visitor activity on our Site. We or our service providers may use cookies to track Member and visitor activities on our Site, such as the web pages you view and time you spend on our Site. Visitors to our Site who disable cookies may not be able to browse certain areas of our Site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Note that if you get a new computer, install a new browser, erase or otherwise alter your browser's cookie file (including upgrading your browser) you may also clear out any opt-out cookie.
Clear GIFs, Pixel Tags and Other Technologies. Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in functionality to cookies, which are embedded invisibly on web pages. We or our service providers may use clear GIFs (also known as web beacons, web bugs, pixel tags, or action tags, among other names), in connection with our Site to perform functions like tracking the activities of visitors to our Site, helping us manage content, and compiling statistics about usage of and visits to our Site. We or our service providers may also use clear GIFs in emails to help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded.
Embedded Scripts. We use embedded scripts, which is code designed to collect information about how visitors interact with a website, such as the website which linked them to our Site.
Third-Party Analytics. We use service providers, such as Google Analytics and MixPanel, among others, to evaluate the access and use of our Site. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate our Site. We use these tools to help us improve our services, performance and Member experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform their services. To review how Google Analytics collects and processes data, see Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google.
Do Not Track. Our Site do not respond to Do Not Track signals, but we do not track your activities once you leave one of our Site. You may disable certain tracking as discussed in this section (e.g., by disabling cookies).
If you are located anywhere outside of the United States, please be aware that information we collect about you, including personal information, will be transferred to, processed and stored in the United States. U.S. governmental agencies, courts, or law enforcement may be able to access or obtain your personal information (for example, in response to a court order) or personal information contained in your Submissions to a private side of our Site. By accessing or using helloaboutme.com, you consent to the transfer, processing, and storage of your information, including personal information, in the United States.
Our Site is for general audiences and is not targeted to children. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children younger than the age of 13. If you learn that your minor child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us.
We have taken steps to help protect the information we collect about you and the data sets that you post to the private side of our Site. However, no data security measures can guarantee security. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any information we have collected about you or the Submissions or data that you post to our Site, and your access or use of helloaboutme.com indicates that you understand and accept this risk. You should take steps to protect your account by, among other things, choosing a strong password that nobody else knows or can easily guess and keeping your log-in and password information private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any activity on your account via unauthorized password activity.