Privacy Policy
CheerfulNoise.com recognizes the potential sensitivity of confidential information that may be placed on the Web site and is firmly committed to protecting your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site.
Overview
None of the personal, private information that is uploaded or entered on the CheerfulNoise.com Web site by Members is distributed to others (except in rare cases involving reported violations of our use policies or legal statutes.) We do collect some data, always with your knowledge and consent, which is used to personalize your Cheerful Noise Web site for your convenience and for the benefit of your Connection Group.
In no case is the personal information about individual members sold or otherwise shared with advertisers, sponsors, partners or other third parties. And under no circumstances is this information collected or distributed in any form without your prior knowledge and consent.
Special Privacy Policy concerning children 17 and younger:
CheerfulNoise.com believes that the Internet is an important tool in connecting and strengthening families, but also recognizes that children need help and protection while using this tool. In that light, and in compliance with the letter and spirit of laws designed to protect children and encourage parental responsibility for children using the Internet, we have adopted this special policy concerning children 17 or under.
- We require children 17 or under to obtain parental approval before using the CheerfulNoise.com Web site. During the sign up process to become a Member of CheerfulNoise.com, each potential member will be required to certify that he or she is over the age of 17.
- Parents and site administrators should remember that CheerfulNoise.com private sites are indeed private, and the user provided content in the site feature areas on them is not controlled by us. Parents, site administrators and other Members of CheerfulNoise.com should be sensitive to the degree that young people participate and assure that content provided is submitted and used only in an appropriate manner.
The specifics of our Privacy Policy are best described in the answers to the following Frequently Asked Questions:
Frequently Asked Questions
Who will be able to view my private Web site?
How Does CheerfulNoise.com use my personal information?
Will CheerfulNoise.com disclose any of my personal information?
Will CheerfulNoise.com use my information for direct mailings?
May I refuse to provide personal information to CheerfulNoise.com or to accept advertising?
What else should I know about my privacy?
May I delete or deactivate my account and what happens to my personal information if I do?
May I change personal information entered at CheerfulNoise.com?
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Answers
Who will be able to view my personal CheerfulNoise.com Web site?
Only those with a valid username and password have access to your personal Cheerful Noise Web site. Each Member is responsible to protect his or her username and password. CheerfulNoise.com may provide "guest areas" so guests can view certain information without a username and password.
How Does CheerfulNoise.com use my personal information?
Our goal is to help you succeed as you use the information and resources we provide you. In order to fully participate as a Member, and to be paid for your referrals and sales, we need to gather information.
CheerfulNoise.com will also use registration and profile information to advise you of new postings to the site, to let you know about new features or other offers of interest from CheerfulNoise.com, or to address customer service needs and requests.
In the future, in order to make the site more relevant to you we may also direct advertising from our sponsors according to the interests of our users. For example, if you indicate an interest in scrapbooking in your member profile, you may see an ad from “Close To Your Heart” while your sister, who likes to run, might see a “Nike” ad.
In distributing advertiser or sponsor messages, the advertiser never has access to individual account information. CheerfulNoise.com does not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us. Advertisers simply give us an ad and tell us the type of audience they want to reach (for example, women over 40 years old, or 18-35 year olds interested in acting). CheerfulNoise.com then displays the ad only to users who meet those criteria.
Will CheerfulNoise.com disclose any of my personal information?
No. CheerfulNoise.com will not disclose any of your personal information, except with your knowledge and consent as described below, or as may be required by law, or to protect the rights or property of CheerfulNoise.com.
In all cases you control any information you make available.
CheerfulNoise.com does reserve the right to disclose aggregated user statistics, such as "75 percent of our users are female" or "10,000 members indicate an interest in cooking" in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties.
If you click away from CheerfulNoise.com to visit the site of any third party advertiser or sponsor, you may be asked for your credit card or other personal information in order purchase or use products and services offered. These companies have their own privacy and data collection practices. CheerfulNoise.com has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies. You should therefore review their privacy policies carefully if you have concerns about how your information may be used.
Will CheerfulNoise.com use my information for direct mailings?
Only at your option. CheerfulNoise.com can automatically send email messages to advise Members when new information has been posted to the Web site. Participating members may also send email to their Connection Group or selected individuals at their discretion. These options are user selectable.
CheerfulNoise.com may also occasionally send information about special product and service offerings that we feel may be of interest to you. Only CheerfulNoise.com (or agents working on behalf of CheerfulNoise.com under strict confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings. If you do not want to receive such mailings, you may opt out at any time by deselecting that option in your user preferences.
May I refuse to provide personal information to CheerfulNoise.com or to accept advertising?
Yes on both counts. However, if you decide to become a Member, and you’d like to be paid, you must provide the necessary information. Because, in the future, CheerfulNoise.com site may include advertiser support, you may not "turn off" the advertising that appears on Web site pages, but you may opt to be excluded from any email advertising.
What else should I know about my privacy?
The following are a few key issues:
Member Profiles: Demographic and personality profile data may be collected at our site at the users option. This information may include age and gender plus hobbies, interests, and other personal preferences that can be viewed by other Members who have access to the site. Some of this statistical demographic information may also be used on an aggregate basis to attract advertisers and to deliver offers and information to specific members, or to "customize" a visitor’s experience. In no case is this information given to a third party. CheerfulNoise.com controls the distribution of all information at the site.
Contests and Promotions: CheerfulNoise.com may occasionally run contests or other special promotions on our site in which we ask members or visitors for contact information (like an email address) or demographic information (like a zip code, age, or income level). We use this data to send users promotional material about our company or our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary and may be shared with other companies for promotional purposes, but only with your prior permission and under the terms and conditions specified when you take part in the promotion. At any time, users may opt-out of receiving future mailings of this kind, or simply decline to take part in the promotions.
Opt-Out: Our site provides users the ability to opt-out of receiving direct advertising communications from our partners and sponsors. We always reserve the right to contact members about service or payment issues, new features to improve the service, etc.
May I delete or deactivate my Membership and what happens to my personal information if I do?
Yes you may. CheerfulNoise.com gives users the following options for removing their information from our database or to no longer receive our service. Members may request their personal data be deleted by contacting help@CheerfulNoise.com.
Once information is deleted it is erased from the CheerfulNoise.com servers and cannot be restored unless you have a backup.
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Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
CheerfulNoise.com Support Services:
info@cheerfulnoise.com