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Privacy Policy

The terms of this Privacy Policy covers your use of the www.wavemarket.com and any services along with corresponding websites provided by WaveMarket (collectively “Service” or “Services,” as applicable). The WaveMarket terms and conditions (that may also referred to as end user license agreement) for each Service that you obtain and this Privacy Policy (collectively “Agreement”) sets out the legally binding terms governing your use of such Services.

Information Collected By WaveMarket

WaveMarket provides a number of different location-based services. Due to the nature of location-based services, You acknowledge and expressly agree that You have no expectation of privacy when using the Services.

In addition to your location, WaveMarket will collect personal information that is necessary for WaveMarket to provide the Service and other user-submitted information that is not required but that you voluntarily submit. For example:

  • WaveMarket provides location-based services, so it necessarily collects information about your location (via your mobile device) and it collects maps that you may create as part of a given Service.
  • WaveMarket collects user-account information that you submit when you register for any Service, including but not limited to name, aliases, email address, telephone number, address, time zone and/or zip code.
  • WaveMarket automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, the webpages you request and click-stream data, analyze log files or other types of data.
  • When you contact WaveMarket via e-mail, SMS or otherwise, WaveMarket may retain such messages which may include personally identifiable information.
  • As part of the location-based services it provides, WaveMarket collects information about the location of mobile wireless devices included on your wireless account and registered with WaveMarket. If you let others use location-based Services to which you've subscribed as the account holder (or if you let others use your mobile handset if such handset has location tracking capabilities), it is your responsibility to inform that user that his or her location may be tracked.

Information You Submit to WaveMarket

WaveMarket collects other information that you submit or post while utilizing any Service:

  • For StreetHive and other applicable or similar Services, the information you may submit about your gender, your birth date, your occupation, your hobbies, photos, your user aliases, and any images, comments, text, information or any other content, including any personally identifiable information, that you post under such your account (i.e. aliases), will be visible to both other Members and the public.
  • For Family Finder and other applicable or similar Services, you may create personal landmarks. Such landmarks will not be visible to the public but they will be used by WaveMarket to provide the Services.
  • For certain services, you may submit your address book to utilize certain features of a given Service. Your address book will not be visible to the public but it will be used by WaveMarket to provide the Services.
  • By participating in a Service, e-mail exchanges, bulletin boards or chat sessions, you may voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information to the public and you solely are responsible for such disclosure. Others may collect and use such information and you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties.
  • For StreetHive (or any similar service,) You may submit email addresses of other persons you wish to invite to join your network for any given Service and WaveMarket stores and utilizes this information solely for that purpose of provisioning the Service.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

The information gathered may be shared with its affiliates. For example, WaveMarket may share with its affiliates any information provided by you, including but not limited to your name, e-mail address, usage patterns, and uploaded images, text, information and any other content. WaveMarket may use any data it collects in an effort to improve the value of any of the Services that it makes available. For example, WaveMarket may use your telephone number or email address to send you information about its Service. WaveMarket may combine information that it collects from you with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.

We also may share your personal information with third parties, including responsible companies with which we have a relationship:

  • We may provide personal information about you to businesses that WaveMarket partners with or who work on behalf of WaveMarket under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help WaveMarket communicate with you about offers from us or our marketing partners, to assist WaveMarket in improving the Services or for other appropriate business purposes.
  • We may transfer or use your personal information to evaluate and display targeted marketing content to you.
  • In some cases, WaveMarket may enter into a relationship with a content provider to provide a Service and both WaveMarket and the content provider may receive your information.
  • Like other companies, WaveMarket may include third party advertising (including but not limited to banners or links) as part of the Services. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness.
  • In the event that WaveMarket is acquired by or merges with another company, we may provide personal information about you to the acquiring or, in the case of merger, to the surviving company.

And there are times when we disclose personal information as necessary to provide the Service, or if legally required or permitted to do so:

  • We may provide personal information about you to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process and may disclose your information to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
  • We may provide personal information about you when it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving actual or potential threats to the physical safety of any person, WaveMarket’s network or the underlying carrier’s network, violations of the applicable terms and conditions, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We may provide personal information about you to third parties in the course of investigating allegations of misconduct or negligence by you or on the part of any officer, employee, or agent of WaveMarket.
  • We may provide personal information about you if the information is available elsewhere as a public record or in the public domain.

Your Account and How to Access and Modify Your Account Information

  • WaveMarket requests that you maintain and provide accurate and up-to-date information.
  • For StreetHive (or any similar service), You (as a Member) may access and make corrections to any information you have posted on your Account. You (as a Member) may update your information by logging onto your account.
  • We reserve the right to send you via text messages or e-mail certain communications relating to the Service, such as service announcements and administrative messages, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.
  • To the extent a Service permits you to establish an account, Your Account Information is password-protected. We have reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect personal information about you, but these systems may not be completely secure from hackers, errors or interruptions in service.

Cookies

WaveMarket may use cookies to collect, store and track information for statistical purposes in order to improve the products and services we provide and to manage our networks. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred from a Web site to the Web browser of a computer so that it can later be read back from that browser. Use of cookies is standard on the Web and benefits users in a number of ways. Cookies are useful, for example, to facilitate a Customer's routine visits to a site by eliminating the need to repeatedly type in a password and to store preferences on a personalized site.

You may modify your Web browser to prevent or notify you whenever a cookie is sent to your hard-drive. If you reject a cookie sent by WaveMarket, you may still access the site, but such access may be limited.

Third Parties Links and Advertising

WaveMarket’s website may provide links to its business partners’ websites or to other websites. WaveMarket’s websites may include advertisements or notices from WaveMarket’s business partners which may set cookies. WaveMarket is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties.

Children’s OnLine Privacy and Protection Act

WaveMarket does not provide its services to anyone who is under the age of 18 without parental or other proper consent. Any person registering for any Service must certify they are 18 years of age or older. WaveMarket does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from young people that visit our Web site. If a potential or current subscriber has allowed such access, s/he should contact WaveMarket immediately Privacy support wavemarket com. Or contact us at: WaveMarket, Inc., Attn: Privacy Policy, 5858 Horton St., Suite 250, Emeryville, CA 94608.

Changes to the Privacy Policy and Notification Regarding Change in Use of Collected Data

WaveMarket wants you to be aware of the information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstance, if any, we disclose it. WaveMarket, however, does reserve the right to change this policy at any time without notice. In the event that we change the Privacy Policy, we will post the changes to our Website with the date that we post it and the changes will be effective upon posting. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Privacy Policy so that you will be apprised of any changes. If we decide to use your personally identifiable information in a manner materially different than stated at the time it was collected, we will either provide you with written notice of such change provided that we have a current email address for you or post a notice on our website.

Retention of Information

WaveMarket retains all of the information it collects under this Policy for as long as there is a business need for it.

Your California Privacy Rights

Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents may request a notice describing what categories of personal customer information WaveMarket shares with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates' direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: WaveMarket, Inc., Attn: Privacy Policy, 5858 Horton St., Suite 250, Emeryville, CA 94608. Please specify that you are requesting the California Privacy Rights Notice and allow at least 30 days for a response.

Contact WaveMarket

Should you have any questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy, you can contact us Privacy_support@wavemarket.com. You may also contact us by writing to us as the following: WaveMarket, Inc., Attn: Privacy Policy, 5858 Horton St., Suite 250, Emeryville, CA 94608.