Vuzz Inc. ("Vuzz" or "we") knows that your privacy is very important and takes it very seriously. This Privacy Policy covers how Vuzz treats personally identifiable information and any other information (collectively referred to as "Personal Information") that Vuzz collects and uses when you access services, websites, applications (collectively referred to as the "Service") that Vuzz provides.

By accessing or using the Service, you acknowledge and agree to the policies described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Vuzz does not control.
With disregard to the country that you reside or submit and receive information in, your Personal Information may be used by us in any country where the Service is operational. This Privacy Policy applies to any country that the Service may be used in.

When you sign up and create an account on our Service, you will provide us some of your Personal Information such as your name, username, email address, password, gender, date of birth, occupation and personal interests. You will also be able to provide at your option, Personal Information such as your picture, location, personal income and a short biography. Some of the Personal Information that you provide may be listed and viewed publicly without requiring registration to the Service.
The Service is primarily designed to help you share information with others. Most of the information you provide to Vuzz is information you are making public such as the content you post on the service and the metadata (e.g. when you posted them) provided with the content. This information may be searched and viewable on search engines and may be republished on other websites.

Accessing the Service from a computer, mobile phone or other device, our servers will automatically receive and record access information such as your IP address, browser type, location, referring domain, and pages you visit.

We use "cookies" to collect website usage data and to improve the Service. Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device that are used to collect website usage data. We will use website usage data to improve the content and advertisements you see on the Service, to better understand how you access and interact with the Service, and fulfill your requests to make the Service easier to use. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you may remove and block cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, such changes may impact or affect the functions and behavior of the Service.

Vuzz may use your contact information to provide you information about the Service or to market to you. If you wish to no longer receive such information, you may unsubscribe from these messages by following the instructions in the message or on our website. If you correspond with us by email, we may retain the content of your email message and our responses. Vuzz reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to use your contact information to provide certain notifications to you.

Vuzz may use Google Analytics, Google Adsense or other similar third party analytics and advertisement services to promote the Service or help us better understand use of the Service. Google Analytics, Google Adsense and other similar third party services collect IDs processed for their own by such third party services and information sent by your browser as part of a page request, including cookies and your IP address. Such information and use of it is governed by the applicable Privacy Policy concerning the third party involved.

You can connect your Vuzz account with your Facebook/Twitter/mixi/foursquare ("Connecting Third Party") account(s) to share information and interact with your friends. You may do so by clicking on the button of the service you want to share with or by going to your "Settings" page. By connecting your Vuzz account with your Connecting Third Party account(s), you are allowing the Vuzz Service to access your information and you are agreeing to the Connecting Third Party Terms of Use in the use of the Service. You can disable such connections at anytime by going to your "Settings" page.
When you provide information to Connecting Third Parties, such information is no longer under the control of Vuzz and is subject to the privacy policies and terms of use of Connecting Third Parties. Please think carefully about the information you make public on Vuzz.

When you invite your friends using our referral page to email a friend about our website, you will be asked for your friends email address. Vuzz will send an automatic one-time email inviting your friend to signup for the site. You may also login to your personal email account and import contacts from your address book to invite your friends. Vuzz will store your friends email address for the purpose of sending the invitation and tracking whether your friend has successfully visited and signed up for the Service.

Vuzz may share your Personal Information to third parties using our Application Programming Interface ("API") and other necessary third parties for the purpose of providing the Service to you. Such third parties' use of information will be bound by this Privacy Policy. We may store Personal Information in locations outside the direct control of Vuzz, including, but not limited to, hosting and maintenance, customer relationship, database storage and management service providers.

We may share or disclose your non-private or non-personal information such as usage data, user data, registration information from connecting third party services that users have approved, platform types, number of clicks, referring/exit pages and URLs, with third parties.

Your information may be transferred or sold to a third party, in the event that Vuzz is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, bankruptcy, reorganization or sales of assets. In such an event, this privacy policy will apply between such a third party and you.

We may disclose Personal Information if we believe that it is necessary to share information to comply with any applicable law, regulation or legal request; to protect the safety of any person; to take action against illegal and fraudulent activities, to apply our terms of service; or to protect the rights and property of Vuzz; or any other reasonable cause.

If you are a registered user of our Service, you will be provided with the tools that allow you to access, change, and remove the Personal Information you have provided us.

If you decide to delete your account on Vuzz, you may do so by following the instructions on our website. Please check carefully the instructions to find out about the information that may possibly remain on our website and archived records after your account has been deleted.

Our Service contains links to other websites and we are not responsible for any of the practices employed by such websites. Please understand that our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect when you use a link to go from our website to another website. Your access to and use of such websites is subject to the websites' own rules and privacy policies.

Vuzz employs commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. Vuzz, however cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Vuzz or guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, electronic, or procedural safeguards.

Our Service is not intended for the use of children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has attempted to provide Personal Information or create an account on our Service, we will take steps to delete such information and terminate the account. In the case you have become aware of your child providing Personal Information without your consent, please contact us at abuse@vuzz.com. Vuzz does not knowingly contact or collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13.

We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Our most current Privacy Policy applies to how we handle Personal Information. In case we make significant changes to the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you by placing an announcement on the Service or by sending you an email. You accept that the revised Privacy Policy will apply by the access or use of the Service after any changes to the Privacy Policy have become effective.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact us at privacy@vuzz.com.