Ti.Ki Privacy Statement

This document was last updated on 8/5/2008.

Acknowledgment and acceptance of terms

ti.ki (We) values your privacy. We encourage you to read the information below to learn more about our privacy policy before you use ti.ki. Your experience on ti.ki is governed by the terms and conditions below.

This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing ti.ki, you acknowledge and fully understand ti.ki's Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.

Your Information

When you register with ti.ki site, and at anytime after that, you can access your account settings page. Account settings page allows you to review your personal information, and make changes to it. You can also contact us to request closure of your account. We may be required to retain certain data attributed to you as it may be required by law, or for protection of other users from potential fraud or abuse, and also for routine legal business objectives such as aggregated data analysis of non-personally-identifiable data.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

ti.ki collects certain information from and about its users in three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.

1. Web Server Logs.

When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:

• Your Internet protocol address.

• The kind of browser or computer you use.

• Number of links you click within the site.

• State or country from which you accessed the site.

• Date and time of your visit.

• Name of your Internet service provider.

• Web page you linked to our site from.

• Pages you viewed on the site.

b. Use of Cookies

ti.ki may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.

ti.ki reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into ti.ki a site that relies on third-party cookies).

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our Website.

3. Personal Information Users

Visitors to our website can register to receive personal and customized services. When you register, we will request some personal information such as name, address, email, telephone number, location or other relevant information. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide locally relevant suggestions that can help you hold more successful activities.

We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including:

• To fulfill your service requests for services.

• To protect ourselves from liability,

• To respond to legal process or comply with law, or

• In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.

Use of Web Beacons or GIF files

ti.ki web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons – sometimes also called single-pixel gifs – that allow ti.ki to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. ti.ki may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.

Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site. ti.ki prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal information.

Information Usage

You should assume that ti.ki site is accessible to search engines, and what you post on ti.ki site, or content you create on ti.ki site is searchable by search engines or otherwise accessible to general public. Even when you change your information, it is possible that third party search engines may have already accessed and cached that information. We do not control those search engines.

Any information that ti.ki collects from the site, such as statistical access or usage patterns is sole property of ti.ki, used at out sole discretion. Such usage includes disclosure of non-personally identifiable data to third parties for such purposes as we deem appropriate.

Communications

ti.ki may send you email, SMS, or telephone messages based on various criteria. As an example we may send you updates about an event that you are organizing. ti.ki may also send you other messages such as promotions, or requests for participation in research surveys.

You may control the rate and types of communication on the Account Settings page of ti.ki site. ti.ki may continue to send you administrative or account related messages about your account even after you have opted.

Message or invitations that you initiate from ti.ki site (for example when you create an activity and invite other attendees) may contain your name and email address. Your contact information may also be shared if you have disclosed it to the recipient through action on our Site.

In order to invite others to attend your activities, you need to enter at least their email address. ti.ki will use this information to send your message and any other exchange that you may have with the given user(s).

Security Processes
ti.ki has taken certain security measure to protect user information that is personally identifiable. Only authorized personnel have access to user's personally identifiable information. Notwithstanding the above, ti.ki does not guarantee that such personally identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons.

Participating Merchant Policies

Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online merchants and others who participate in ti.ki services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.

Some third party links, or offerings, may be offered as a combined service offering with a third party partner designed to improve the services offered to you. You are free to use or decline such service offerings. However, if you choose to use any combined service, you acknowledge that ti.ki is allowed to and will send your personally identifiable data to the third party partner, and you agree to the privacy policies of the partner.

Abuse

ti.ki is intended to be a safe and pleasant environment for all of our users. We shall remove speech of any form, text, pictures, video, audio, slides, or other material, which we find, at our sole discretion, offensive, abusive, libelous, slanderous, hateful, spiteful, illegal, obscene, pornographic, inflammatory, or unrelated or damaging to the interests of ti.ki and its user community at large.

Notwithstanding the above, ti.ki does not control the material posted by users and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such materials. By using ti.ki you understand and agree that you may be exposed to materials that may be offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will ti.ki be liable in any way for any materials posted by any user or third party, including, but not limited to, liability for any errors or omissions in any materials or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any materials posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the services.

We encourage you to flag content you find abusive for evaluation by our staff.

Content and Material You Post

You agree that, if you post any materials through ti.ki service, you automatically grant to ti.ki, and its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-revocable license in and to the materials, to use, distribute, display, modify, publish, adapt, redistribute, sublicense and reproduce such materials to other users of ti.ki services and to third parties with whom ti.ki has a relationship. You also grant ti.ki the right to authorize the downloading and printing in whole or in part of any materials that you post to ti.ki.

You acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right (but have no obligation) to evaluate the materials before allowing them to be posted on or through the ti.ki service or otherwise stored in connection with ti.ki service. We may do one or all of the following, at our sole discretion: (i) monitor the submission of materials; (ii) alter, remove, or refuse to post or allow to be posted or stored any materials; and/or (iii) disclose any materials or any communication through the Services, and the circumstances surrounding the transmission thereof, to (a) any third party in order to operate the Services, (b) comply with applicable laws, (c) respond to governmental inquiries or requests, (d) comply with valid legal process, (e) protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of ti.ki, the users or the public, (f) permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain, and/or (g) enforce ti.ki's terms of use.

Under no circumstances will we, or our employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives or affiliates, be liable for (1) any loss or damage caused by your reliance on materials in any way, including, but not limited to, for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in any materials, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any materials posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via ti.ki service (2) the opinions expressed in reviews and user ratings reflect solely the opinions of the individuals who submitted such opinions, and may not reflect our opinions.

In addition, we have no control over, and shall have no liability for, any damages resulting from, the use (including without limitation republication) or misuse by any third party of information voluntarily made public through any part of the Services. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Children and Minors

ti.ki does not unknowingly solicit or collect information from children under the age of 13. By using ti.ki you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 13 years old you must immediately discontinue any use of the service or access to the site. If you believe we might have collected information about anyone under the age of 13, please contact us at privacy@ti.ki.
If we learn that we have collected information from anyone under the age of 13, we will remove that information.

Legal Disclaimer

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required to do so by law. We will disclose personal information when we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company, to protect ourselves or any other person, to exercise our legal rights, or to defend against legal claims.

Security

In effort to secure your personal information, access to your data on ti.ki is password-protected. In addition, we use encryption in the transmission of your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, and we use firewalls to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

ti.ki may update this Privacy Policy from time to time or at any time without notice to you. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on this site and/or send you an email. We will, at our sole discretion, determine what changes constitute "significant" changes.
Unless stated otherwise, our updated Privacy Policy shall apply to all information that we have about you and your account.

Contact information

If you have any questions or concerns about the ti.ki's Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@ti.ki.