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Help / Info : PRIVACY POLICY
Overall Privacy Statement
Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because
we gather certain types of information about the users of the Liftshare
Network, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions
surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct
or change it.
1. Information Liftshare Gathers and Tracks
Liftshare gathers two types of information about users: data that users
provide through optional, voluntary registration; and data Liftshare gathers
through tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views and
journey plan posts throughout the Liftshare Network. Such information
enables us to better tailor our features and content to users' needs and
to help our advertisers better understand the demographics of our audience.
Liftshare currently gathers user information in the following processes:
Optional Registration
Liftshare offers free, voluntary registration to users. By registering,
users can enter journey plans without having to log in each time; they
can post new journey plans and reply to existing journey plans; they can
take advantage of personalization (the ability to filter matches according
to a user-supplied criteria); and they have the ability to edit existing
journey plans.
During registration the user is required to supply an email address, and
must answer mandatory survey questions about age, gender, post code, and
country.
Optional User Profile Information
Registered Liftshare users have the option of displaying additional personal
information about themselves through the address, groups, and vehicles
forms. All fields contained in the address, groups, and vehicles forms
are optional. The user can choose to display or not display some information
using the My Account management area.
Surveys
Occasionally, Liftshare conducts user surveys to better understand the
needs of our audience in order to improve our features. We sometimes share
the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our advertisers
and partners. We never share any information about specific individuals
with any third party without user's express consent.
Usage Tracking
Liftshare tracks user traffic patterns throughout Liftshare.com and the
Liftshare Network. This information may be used to help personalize the
Liftshare service or target advertising. Liftshare also breaks down overall
usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and
MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information
contained in every user's browser).
Cookies
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. Liftshare uses cookies to allow automatic
logins and to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
When you register, Liftshare uses a cookie to store a unique, random user
ID.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However YOU
NEED TO HAVE YOUR COOKIES TURNED ON TO USE THE SERVICE
2. Use of the Information
Liftshare uses any information given by our users to enhance their experience,
whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the Liftshare
Network or to better prepare future features based on the interests of
our users.
Liftshare uses your email information to provide more journey matching
features. At a user's request we will send out emails notifying the user
of replies to specific journey postings. We also provide the option for
the user to allow other users to respond to postings directly via their
email. Finally, for users who create groups, we can provide many management
tools that the user can opt to receive via email. Liftshare may also send
the user email notifications of specific changes to our service. Liftshare
never shares individual email addresses with any third parties, including
advertisers or partners, without prior consent from our users.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of the Liftshare
Network users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. Liftshare
does not track what messages individual users read, but rather how well
each message board and feature performs overall. This helps us continue
to build a better service for you.
Liftshare creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns
for advertisers and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise
more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that
are pertinent to their needs.
3. Sharing of the Information
Liftshare uses the above-described information to tailor our content to
suit your needs and to help our advertisers better understand our audience's
demographics. This is essential to keeping our Express Service free. We
do not share individually identifiable information about specific users
with any third party without prior consent from the user. Liftshare does
not control the practices of our advertisers. If you have questions about
how one of our advertisers uses information about you when you click their
ad and go to their content, please contact them directly (Liftshare will
divulge information only as necessary to comply with state and federal
laws.)
4. Correct/Update Policy
Liftshare offers users the ability to correct or change the information
collected during registration process (see above). The instructions for
doing this can be found by clicking on the My Journeys link. Users may
change this information at any time and as often as necessary. Users may
also delete their account at any time by contacting support@liftshare.com.
Users who are experiencing problems or who have any questions about how
our services work can contact us at support@liftshare.com.
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