Privacy Policy

Overview

When you login to Top7 (directly, or using an application such as our Facebook application, Facebook connect or our iPhone application) we will use the information provided to us to build your profile on the Top7 site. This profile will be visible to other Top7 users and will display the name, photo, location, age which you have provided us, or which has been provided to us via Facebook with your consent. You may delete, edit or change this information at anytime, by logging in to your account on Top7.com.

If you provide us with your e-mail address we will treat it with care. We will store it, and use it to send you updates. We will never permit other third parties to use your e-mail without your prior consent. Whilst logged in to Top7 you will be able to rank topics that interest you. These rankings will help us understand what interests you, and we will store this information and use it in our aggregate statistics. Your rankings and activity on Top7 will also be viewable by other users, so they can see what, for example, you ranked as the "Top Movie of 2008".

For a review of the fundamental principles guiding our terms of service, please see our Top7 Code. Whilst using Top7, you will share information. We will treat this information with care, and conform to our privacy policy at all times.

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site or when you agree to a quick registration by allowing us to import your information from third party sites via Facebook Connect, or through using one of applications (such us our Facebook or iPhone application). We also collect all information provided automatically by web browsers and servers when you interact with us. This includes browser type, language preference, referring site and the date and time of each visitor request.

When registering to our site, you may be asked to enter your name, title, gender, age, occupation, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or provide any other information when needed to provide a service you have requested.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs).
To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you).
To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs).
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To send periodic emails. If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include our news, updates, service information, etc. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

Social sharing of data

We may allow other users or visitors to our website to see your profile and look through your Top7 pyramids, followers/following lists and other information listed in your profile.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Like many other commercial Web sites, this site may use a standard technology called "cookies" to collect information about how you use the site. A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Some parts of our site use cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our site information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our site, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by configuring your browser in such manner, although you may not be able to take full advantage of Top7's site if you do so.

Do we sell any information to outside parties?

No. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Terms and conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our site at top7.com.

Your consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on March 2010.