Blurbme is an online application that helps people find local services they can trust by soliciting and aggregating reviews. To accomplish this, our users write reviews about local services that are posted to the Blurbme Site. These reviews can then be accessed and read by other Blurbme users. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, a "user" is defined as someone using the Blurbme Site, and a "friend" is defined as someone you have explicitly invited to share reviews with you. To fulfill the purpose of our site, we need to display a limited amount of personal information, so that users are able to evaluate the trustworthiness of a particular review.
By using Blurbme, you permit the collection and use of your personal information as outlined below in our Privacy Policy. You should visit this page periodically to review any changes to the Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Blurbme collects user submitted account information such as name and email address to identify you and send you notifications related to the use of the service. Blurbme also collects user submitted location information such as country and postal code. Blurbme also collects user submitted reviews, and ratings of local businesses and service providers.
Some information collected is not explicitly submitted by the user; we log your browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp.
2. How We Use Your Information
Information such as your full name, profile photo and any personally identifiable information you have included in your reviews may be shown to friends or other users primarily in conjunction with reviews you have contributed. If a person is a friend they can also see your name or email address in their list of friends. In addition, we may sell your reviews to third parties, in which case your first name and last initial and any personally identifiable information you have included in your reviews may be shown to users of such third party web sites.
Your full name and email address may also be used when you send an email notification to a friend (such as in an invitation, or when sharing a review). We may also use your email address to send you updates or news regarding our site, but you may choose not to receive email of this type by accessing the "Account" tab of the web site and updating your notification settings. Additionally, we use your email address to contact you on behalf of your friends (such as when someone sends you a personal message).
Browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp data help us diagnose problems with our server, administer Blurbme, and otherwise provide the highest possible level of service to you. In addition, we use this information to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to, or clicked on, their advertising banners.
3. Transfer of Information
We may sell your reviews to third parties. Your first name and last initial, profile photo and any personally identifiable information you have included in your reviews may be transferred to such third parties and displayed on their websites in connection with such third parties' publication of your reviews.
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information. Blurbme will disclose information about individual users to governmental or judicial authorities or law enforcement agencies, or to other individuals or entities in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes. Further, Blurbme may share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or suspected fraud, or to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Blurbme, such as an acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, Blurbme will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Blurbme will notify you when information about you may be provided to third parties in ways other than explained above, and you will have the option to prevent such information sharing.
4. Links
Our website may contain links to third party websites to which we have no affiliation. Blurbme does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We suggest you read the privacy polices on these third party websites.
5. Use of Cookies
Like most websites, Blurbme requires cookies to function properly. Cookies are small text files that reside on a user's computer and identify you as a unique user. We use cookies to refine our site and simplify the user experience. For example, the use of cookies allows registered users to enter our site without explicitly typing in their email address and password every time. You should be aware that Blurbme cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or any information advertisers may gather from their use of cookies. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, you should note that cookies may be necessary to provide you certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the Blurbme site.
6. Controlling Your Personal Information
You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose
personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address)
via reviews, messages, forums, postings, or in other areas of the
Blurbme site, that information, along with any substantive information
disclosed in your communication, can be collected and correlated and
used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from
other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control
of Blurbme. Please do not post any personal information on the Blurbme
site or in other areas that you expect to keep private.
As a registered Blurbme user, you can modify your personal information
at any time by accessing the "Account" section of the site.
Also, upon your request, Blurbme will use commercially reasonable
efforts to functionally remove you and your personal information from
the site; however, it may be impossible to remove your entry without
some residual information being retained by Blurbme. Registered users
who wish to close their account should contact info@blurbme.com
7. Security
Your Blurbme account is password-protected. Blurbme
tries very hard to protect our users' information. We use industry
standard measures to protect your information that is stored within
our database. We limit the access to your information to those employees
who need access to perform their job function such as our customer
service personnel. If you have any questions about the security at
our website, please contact us. Although we take appropriate measures
to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot
assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect
will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this
Privacy Policy. You hereby acknowledge that Blurbme is not responsible for any intercepted
information sent via the Internet, and you hereby release us from
any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of intercepted
information in any unauthorized manner.
8. Children
This website is not directed to children, and Blurbme
does not knowingly solicit information from any child under the age
of 13. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information
to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that
child (or a parent or guardian) to inform him or her that we must
have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.
9. Terms and Modifications to this Privacy Statement
By using the website, you signify your
agreement to the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree
with these terms, you should not use the site. Blurbme may modify
this Privacy Policy at any time. If a material change is made to this
Privacy Policy and/or the way we use our users’ personally identifiable
information, then we will post a prominent notice of the nature of
such change on the first page of this Privacy Policy and also on our
home page. You are responsible for reviewing this Privacy Policy periodically
to ensure that you are aware of any changes to it. Your continued
use of the site indicates your assent to any changes to this Privacy
Policy.
10. Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy, the privacy practices of this website, or if you want to exercise
any of the rights that you are given under this Privacy Policy, you
can contact:
