Like most website operators, FamilyTies collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. FamilyTies' purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how FamilyTies' visitors use its website. From time to time, FamilyTies may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
FamilyTies also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. However, FamilyTies does not use such information to identify its visitors, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Certain visitors to FamilyTies' websites choose to interact with FamilyTies in ways that require FamilyTies to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that FamilyTies gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a profile at FamilyTies.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with FamilyTies - by purchasing access to the Akismet comment spam prevention service, for example - are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, FamilyTies collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with FamilyTies. FamilyTies does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
FamilyTies is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old. However, consistent with FamilyTies' purpose as a family-oriented Website, FamilyTies invites parents or guardians of children under the age of 13 to create, monitor, and administer accounts for their children who are under the age of 13. In so doing, FamilyTies pledges not to ask for any personally identifiable information from any children under the age of 13, and gives parents or guardians of such children complete control over what, if any, information they choose to release and who may have access to such information through the accounts that such parents or guardians administer for their children under the age of 13.
FamilyTies may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, FamilyTies may monitor the most popular profiles on the FamilyTies.com site or use spam screened by the Akismet service to help identify spam. FamilyTies may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, FamilyTies does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
FamilyTies discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on FamilyTies' behalf or to provide services available at FamilyTies' websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using FamilyTies' websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. FamilyTies will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, FamilyTies discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when FamilyTies believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of FamilyTies, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of FamilyTies and have supplied your email address, FamilyTies may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with FamilyTies and our products. We primarily use our various product profiles to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. FamilyTies takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. FamilyTies uses cookies to help FamilyTies identify and track visitors, their usage of FamilyTies website, and their website access preferences. FamilyTies visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using FamilyTies' websites, with the drawback that certain features of FamilyTies' websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Although most changes are likely to be minor, FamilyTies may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in FamilyTies' sole discretion. FamilyTies encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a FamilyTies account, FamilyTies will send an advisory email to your primary email address to alert you of any privacy policy changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.