Security and Privacy

S e c u r i t y & P r i v a c y

Your Privacy
TheMooche.com®, recognizes and respects the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers, registered members ("Members") and users, and has established this Privacy Policy as a result. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:

the personal information we may collect from you when you visit our web site, respond to our emails, or participate in our forums
why we gather information from you,
how we collect it,
how we use it, and
the choices you have regarding our use of personal information you have provided.

This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use, which governs your use of our web site located at www.themooche.com (TheMooche.com® or the "Web Site"). The Web Site is owned by TheMooche.com, Inc. (the "Company"). Note: The Web Site is a general audience site and we do not knowingly collect, maintain or disclose personal information from or about children.
Why do we gather information?
TheMooche.com® gathers personal information to help improve our site and to better serve the users.
What information do we gather?
We collect information through our Web Site when you:

participate in our forums (i.e. submitting OpEds,replying to questions)
engage in other activities, services, products and resources we make accessible to our customers, members or users.

Depending on how you interact with us, we collect some or all of the following types of information:

your user name and email address

We do not use "Cookies"and "Action Tags"

How we use the information we collect
We use information we collect to periodically communicate with users in the form of surveys pertaining to site improvements and service enhancements ONLY!
Please note that any personal information you reveal or post on one our public forums, such as a message board, chat room, discussion group, folder, survey, contest, sweepstakes, user review and rate forum, and all User Submissions, are not protected by this Privacy Policy and may be collected, shared and used by us or with third parties, including to contact you. Information you give out or post on our public forums you disclose at your own risk.

Consent to Transfer and Submission
TheMooche.com® is operated in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the Web Site or otherwise providing us with information, you hereby consent to this transfer. Links to Other Web Sites TheMooche.com® wants you to be aware that when you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to affiliated or third-party web sites, you will be subject to the privacy policies and terms of use of those web sites, not ours. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user terms whenever using, and prior to providing any personal information to, any other web site.
Security and Passwords
Portions of the Web Site (such as our Member registration and Address Book) may require registration and log-in processes in which you will select a user ID and password (collectively, the "Password"). Passwords provided to you by us are the confidential property of the Company and may be used by you solely for your individual use of the Web Site (and otherwise as specified by us). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any Password and for all activities that occur using your Password, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Password or accounts.
How to Limit the Use of Personal Information
We want to communicate with you only to the extent you want to hear from us. If you prefer not to have personal information collected from you via the Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone shared with third parties, or to set your preferences concerning promotional communications, please follow the directions below.
From Third Parties
We do not share email addresses you provide with third parties without your consent. In addition, if you prefer that other personal information provided by you not be shared with third parties, please let us know by emailing us @ www.themooche.com
From TheMooche.com
If you also prefer that we not use the personal information you have provided to contact you for our own marketing and promotional purposes, please indicate in your email or letter that you wish your instructions to apply to "TheMooche.com". These instructions, however, do not apply to non-promotional messages from us.
Your Consent and Changes to this Policy
Subject to the above provisions, by using our Web Site, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time as new features or services are added, suggestions from our customers are incorporated or other changes are made. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on our Web Site at least 30 days prior to their effective date - unless we believe changes must take effect sooner to comply with law or to protect the Company or our customers, users, Members, recipients, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors, Merchants, Associates and Affiliates, in which case the changes will be effective upon posting or as otherwise specified. The date on which the current Privacy Policy and overall Terms of Use took effect is listed at the top of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (see "Last Updated" at the top of each). In addition, if you would like notice of changes to the Privacy Policy or Terms of Use prior to their taking effect (or upon taking effect, if effective immediately), email us at www.themooche.com and give us and address to which you would like notice sent. By using TheMooche.com®, after such changes take effect, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by the revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part.
Your Comments
TheMooche.com® welcomes feedback concerning this Privacy Policy. Please send your comments and questions to www.themooche.com

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