PRIVACY POLICY [As of September 18 2010] AfricansConnect is a social bridge where people can connect with friends and families around the world while expanding interactions through networking, discussions, blogging, groups, events and social apps. Like any other website that offers a service where you register and provide information about yourself or your opinions, it is wise to pay attention to your personal information. At AfricansConnect we understand this, and have established this Privacy Policy to explain how information is collected on our social network, and how this information is used. Members Must be 13 years of age or older. All persons under 13 are prohibited from creating an account on AfricansConnect. How Does AfricansConnect Protect Children's Privacy? The safety and privacy of children is extremely important to us. So, our registration process is designed to restrict children under the age of 13 from becoming members on AfricansConnect. If we receive information suggesting that a user who has registered with AfricansConnect is under the age of 13, we require the user to provide evidence confirming that the user is at least 13 years old. If the user fails to provide such information within 48 hours, we immediately terminate the user's account and void all personally identifiable information displaying on the site and collected from such user. User Information Collected by Tagged All users begin using our services by registering on AfricansConnect.com official site. When registering, users provide personally identifiable information, which includes their first and last name, email address, which school they attend, a user-chosen password, and date of birth, and other personal information. During registration, users also complete short survey questions that provide information that is helpful for us to understand the demographics and consumer behavior of our users, such you’re your personality type, favorite color, sport, food, activity or TV shows, etc. To complete the registration process, AfricansConnect sends a validation email message to each user, with a URL link back to our website. This URL contains an alphanumeric identifier and a user-specific numeric pass code that allows us to confirm the user's identity. All personal information collected by AfricansConnect.com in connection with your use of our website, including, without limitation, your name, location, email address, pictures, friend connections, messages, comments, login information, IP addresses and other data, will be stored by Tagged indefinitely in a safe and secure manner. Cookies and Passive Data Collection AfricansConnect.com logs standard user information and non-identifiable data for all users, including a user's IP address, operating system, and page views. When users visit particular pages within our site, a User ID may be placed in the URL, allowing customized features for the user. Users should be aware that other websites visited before entering AfricansConnect.com might place personally identifiable information within a user's URL during a visit to their website, and AfricansConnect has no control over such websites. Accordingly, some of this information may be logged by a subsequent website that collects URL information. In addition to the standard log information, AfricansConnect uses a variety of technologies to create a more personalized experience for its users. Cookies are small data files sent by websites to a user's browser and hard drive that identify the computer to the website. We use cookies to allow enhanced features, such as allowing registered users to bypass typing their passwords before entering the website. We may also use cookies to enable customizable content for users, as they become available. Profile Information AfricansConnect allows Members to provide certain information to their profile entries that is accessible to other users. We use this profile information for the purposes of providing our services to you, such as to analyze demographics, to better personalize our various offerings for users, or to enable other users to find your profile. All information, including any personally identifiable information, which is disclosed by users in his or her public profile and blog entries are available for others to see. We advise anyone to be cautious when posting any direct contact information in either their profile or blog, such as your email addresses, URLs, instant messenger IDs, phone numbers, full names, or addresses. We also caution you not to share sensitive information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, and driver's license numbers) with other users whom you do not know or place such information in your profile. Security AfricansConnect uses industry standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Although we make good faith efforts to store the information collected by AfricansConnect website in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security. Further, while we make every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information. Updating or Removing User Information As a registered user, you may, at any time, choose to correct or update the information you have submitted to us. This may be done by the following method: 1. Log in to your account on AfricansConnect.com. 2. Click the button that says "Edit My Profile” under your profile picture. 3. Change or edit any of the information there, and then click the button at the bottom that says "Save". No Spam Policy We at AfricansConnect.com are opposed to spam. Our No Spam Policy and Terms of Service prohibit all users from engaging in any activity involving spam on our service. Violations of these policies may result in immediate termination of service and legal action against any spammer. AfricansConnect's Terms of Service expressly prohibit users from uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise making available junk mail, commercial advertisements, or other form of commercial solicitation on our social website or through AfricansConnect's services. Any violation of our policies, by sending unsolicited email advertisements to or through our website is a violation of our policies and certain federal, state, and international laws across the globe. Such violations may subject the sender and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties. Our goal at AfricansConnect.com is to connect all Africans through social activities and advanced technology. This is a great measure that will help developing nations catch up to the developed ones faster through the social bridge we have laid out. This is where Africans connect!