This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for PocketThis, including: information collection and use, registration, cookies, log files, sharing data, selling data, links, newsletter and partner mailings, surveys and contests, send-to-friend and tell-a-friend, security, supplementation of information, special offers, site and service updates, correcting or updating personal information, choice/opt-out, children, and notification of changes.

If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should contact:
PocketThis
Attn: Privacy Administrator
1922 Webster St.
Oakland, CA 94612
Email: [email protected]

Information Collection and Use
PocketThis collects information from our users at several different points on our website and in our service as described below. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement
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Registration
In order to use the website and service, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration, users are required to give contact information: at present, an email address. Users are also able to give additional contact information, such as phone numbers, to set up mobile devices upon which they can access the service. All required information is used to provide users with services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide location information (such as home and work addresses), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site and service.
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Cookies
A cookie is a small file that your web browser places on your computer's hard drive to store information. Our site uses cookies to provide visitors with a personalized experience. We use two types of cookies on our site. The first kind ensures that once our users log on to the site and service, they don't have to log in a second time while navigating the site. These cookies are deleted from your hard disk at the end of each session. The second kind of cookie is set only at a user's request, and used to save the email and password one uses to log on to the site and service. It remains on your hard drive once you have closed your browser. Once the cookie is in place, we can log you on automatically by accessing this piece of information. Session-based cookies must be turned on in your browser settings to use the site and service. To save your email and password, all cookies must be turned on.

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our website (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
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Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
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Sharing Data
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. Aggregated demographic information is not linked to any information that can identify any individual person.

We partner with various third parties to provide specific services. When users use these services through PocketThis, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for these third parties to provide these services. These parties may not use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

We may use your information and activities within the site to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce the PocketThis Terms of Use. When compelled by law, PocketThis cooperates with all law enforcement inquiries and with third parties reasonably seeking to enforce their intellectual property or other legal rights. Moreover, PocketThis may (and by using the service you authorize PocketThis to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials, as PocketThis, in its sole discretion, believes necessary or appropriate to comply with the law.
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Selling Data
We reserve the right to sell aggregated demographic data to third parties. Aggregated demographic information is not linked to any information that can identify any individual person.
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Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that PocketThis is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site and service.
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Newsletter and Partner Mailings
During registration, we offer users the options of subscribing to our newsletter and receiving partner mailings. If a user wishes to change his subscription preferences, he can do so at any time on the Edit My Account page.
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Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose the information requested. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
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Send-to-Friend and Tell-A-Friend
A user can elect to send items from this website to friends or colleagues via their email addresses or WAP or SMS mobile phone numbers. When a user sends an item to a non-member via PocketThis, PocketThis sends a one-time SMS message, browser message, or email (dependent on the user's device type) to the non-member informing him about the PocketThis service. PocketThis stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time message. The friend may contact PocketThis Technical Support at [email protected] to request the removal of this information from our database.
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Security
PocketThis takes every precaution to protect our users' information. However, we cannot guarantee, and you should not expect, that personally identifiable information or private communications will remain private under all circumstances. For example, third parties ("hackers") may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or stored information. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit to or receive from PocketThis. We also do not assume any responsibility or liability for your own or a third party's use or misuse of information transmitted or received during use of the site or service.

At present, we do not collect sensitive information such as social security or credit card numbers. At the point in the future that we do so, we will encrypt that information, and protect it with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.

We also use commercially reasonable efforts to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they must do to ensure our customers' information is protected.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to [email protected].
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Supplementation of Information
In order for PocketThis to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.

For example, if a user requests driving directions, we share location and destination information with our partners to create location-appropriate directions, as the user has requested. Once the user has notified us that he has finished with the directions, they are not saved upon any PocketThis servers.

Any sharing of information is done at the user's request or in generic demographic forms.
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Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the option not to receive these types of communications. Please see our choice and opt out section below.
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Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
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Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can be done on the Edit My Account page. Users may also email Technical Support at [email protected] to do so.
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Choice/Opt Out
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt out of receiving these communications by replying to the email sent with "unsubscribe" in the subject line or by emailing Technical Support at [email protected]. Additionally, users may change their communications preferences on the Edit My Account page.

Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether or not they should proceed with services that require an outside party.
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Children
The PocketThis service is not available to children under the age of 13. If PocketThis becomes aware that a user under the age of 13 has registered or is attempting to register with PocketThis, PocketThis will notify the user that he is not eligible to become a member. PocketThis will also expunge any personally identifiable information from our records, barring that which is used to block the child from the service.
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Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

It is our policy to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, as they may be modified from time to time. If any portion of this privacy statement conflicts with any applicable law or regulation, the applicable law or regulation will supersede the conflicting part of this privacy statement.
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