Hichatter Privacy Policy
Hichatter and Hi Chatters S.R.L(collectively
referred to as "Hichatter") are committed to protecting your
privacy. Please read this Hichatter Privacy Statement for all
Hichatter services that you may use. This Hichatter Privacy
Statement applies to data collected by Hichatter through its
Hichatter site(s) and service(s). This Privacy Statement also
contains a section with specific details regarding personal
information collected from children.
When you install Hichatter or signup for an Hichatter username,
you consent to our use and disclosure of your personal
information in the manner described in this Privacy Statement.
This Privacy Statement is incorporated into and subject to the
terms of the Hichatter End User License Agreement ("EULA").
What this Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Statement covers Hichatter's
treatment of personally identifiable information that Hichatter
collects when you are on the Hichatter site, when you use
Hichatter's services, or when you purchase products or services
from Hichatter. This Privacy Statement also covers Hichatter's
treatment of any personally identifiable information that
Hichatter's business partners share with Hichatter.
This Privacy Statement does not apply to the practices of
companies that Hichatter does not own or control, or to people
that Hichatter does not employ or manage, including without
limitation, any Hichatter affiliates or business partners. This
Privacy Statement does not apply to information that is
available to other Hichatter users through your profile or
exposed to other Hichatter users by your use of any Hichatter
services or products.
Notification of Changes
This Privacy Statement may be revised. We will notify you if any
revisions materially change the manner in which we use or
disclose your personally identifiable information from that
stated at the time we collected the information, Any material
changes will be effective only after we provide you by e-mail
with at least 30 days' notice of the amended Privacy Statement.
Such notices will be sent to the last known email address you
have provided to us. We will also post the amended Privacy
Statement at our web site so that you can always review what
information we gather, how we might use that information, and
whether we will disclose it to anyone. Please check the
Hichatter web site at www.Hichatter.com at any time for the most
current version of our Privacy Policy.
Collection and Use of Personal
Information
When you create an Hichatter username, you will
be asked to enter your first and last names, your age and
gender, an e-mail address, your country of residence and (if
applicable) your state of residence, a URL reference, a secret
question, an answer, and password. We may also collect
additional data from you, including demographic information,
preferences, interests, and favorites. In addition, you may
enter additional information in the profile for your nickname,
including a picture in gif or jpg format. Information collected
by Hichatter may be combined with information obtained from
Hichatter or other Hichatter companies.
If you choose to sign up for a paid subscription service (such
as permanent rooms, a different colored nickname etc.), we will
collect additional information, such as your credit card number
and billing address, that is used to create an Hichatter billing
account.
We may collect information about your visit, including the pages
you view, the links you click and other actions taken in
connection with Hichatter sites and services. We also collect
certain standard information that your browser sends to every
website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type,
hardware identification and language, access times, and
referring Web site addresses.
Hi Chatters S.R.L may also obtain
information about you through the monitoring or recording of
your activities while you are using the Hichatter program or
services. You have consented to such monitoring or recording by
agreeing to the provisions of the End User License Agreement
when you installed or used the program. Any personal information
obtained through such monitoring or recording will be treated in
the same manner as all other information referenced in this
Privacy Statement. Such monitoring or recording, however, will
only take place under the circumstances set forth below.
Hichatter S.R.L wants you to
enjoy Hichatter with the minimum of intrusions. Unfortunately,
there are people who use internet chat room services like
Hichatter to harass other users or engage in criminal activity.
Thus, in the course of administering Hichatter, we may visit and
monitor activity in a chat room without the knowledge of the
room owner or room participants in order to determine whether
any rules or polices of Hichatter are being violated, or whether
any illegal activity is taking place. However, we do not
regularly monitor chat rooms. We may monitor a chat room under
the following circumstances:
1. We are requested to do so by a
room owner or room admin; or
2. We have reason to believe that
illegal activity, or activity that violates Hichatter rules and
policies, is taking place in the room.
When we decide to monitor a room, we
will do so only as long as necessary to determine whether any
illegal or improper activity is taking place. We may, but we are
not obligated to, notify the room owner, room admins, or room
participants of our presence in the room.
Use of Personal Information
Hichatter collects and uses your personal information to operate
Hichatter and deliver the services you have requested. These
services may include the display of customized content and
advertising based upon the information we have collected. In
order to provide services, your information may be accessed and
used by Hichatter to provide such services. Any use of such
information within Hichatter will remain subject to the
limitations of this privacy statement.
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