We are glad to welcome you to MonkeyJabber. Please read this privacy statement to ensure that we are committed to keeping secure the privacy of our members' details. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@monkeyjabber.com.

Information Collection and Use by MonkeyJabber
MonkeyJabber collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the MonkeyJabber service. MonkeyJabber also collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.

MonkeyJabber also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site. This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes

User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the MonkeyJabber social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join MonkeyJabber, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network Users within a personal network communicate on MonkeyJabber with each other through the MonkeyJabber service, without disclosing their email addresses.

We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by changing their "notification" setting to "Do not notify me " in "My Settings".

Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members
MonkeyJabber can invite friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. MonkeyJabber stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to send reminders of the invitations. MonkeyJabber does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations, invitation reminders (up to three (3) per email address). Recipients of invitations from MonkeyJabber may contact MonkeyJabber to request the removal of their information from our database.

Use of Cookies
MonkeyJabber uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from MonkeyJabber in order to use most functions on the site.

Links
MonkeyJabber contains links to sites. MonkeyJabber is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on MonkeyJabber.

Chat Rooms, Blogs, Message Boards, Events, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Blogs, Events, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
MonkeyJabber users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as My Account and My Settings.

Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting 'Do not notify me' in the user profile 'My Settings'.

Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by MonkeyJabber or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by MonkeyJabber and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Security
MonkeyJabber member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time For any additional information about the security measures we use on MonkeyJabber, please contact us a privacy@monkeyjabber.com

Sharing and Disclosure of Information MonkeyJabber Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, MonkeyJabber will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by MonkeyJabber, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the MonkeyJabber Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. MonkeyJabber reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of MonkeyJabber or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.

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, please contact us at: privacy@monkeyjabber.com