SwapU has established a Privacy Policy to explain to users how their information is collected and used.

 

Your use of the SwapU website or the Service signifies acknowledgement of and Agreement to our Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge and agree that SwapU may, in its sole discretion, preserve or disclose your Content, as well as your information, such as email addresses, IP addresses, timestamps, and other user information, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: comply with legal process; enforce the AGREEMENT; respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; respond to claims that contact information (e.g. phone number, street address) of a third-party has been posted or transmitted without their consent or as a form of harassment; protect the rights, property, or personal safety of SwapU, its users or the general public.

 

You agree that any material or information provided by you, save and except for any Personal Information (which may include your full name, email address, postal address, telephone number etc.) the use of which is governed by our Privacy Policy, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and we may use such material or information without restriction. Specifically, you consent to the Company using such material or information (including any photographs, video or audio recordings) to pre-populate a database for any website owned and operated by the Company which is similar to the Website. You acknowledge that any such material or information provided by you will be available for other members or users of the Website to read. In addition, you represent and warrant that you have the right to Post the Content and you will not Post any illegal or prohibited content. The following is a partial list of the kinds of content that is illegal or prohibited on the Website. The Company reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the membership of such violators.

 

Third party content, sites, and services

 

The SwapU site and Content available through the Service may contain features and functionalities that may link you or provide you with access to third party content which is completely independent of SwapU, including web sites, directories, servers, networks, systems, information and databases, applications, software, programs, products or services, and the Internet as a whole.

 

Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties.

 

You agree that SwapU shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between participants on this site, or between users and any third party, you understand and agree that SwapU is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release SwapU, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and / or our service.

 

Although SwapU may provide links to external websites (for reasons of information or convenience to members) you agree that The Company is not liable or responsible in any way for such external websites, resources, content, advertising or other materials communicated on such websites. If you decide to access linked external websites, you do so at your own risk. Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites.

 

Our links with linked websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by the Company or the owners or operators of the linked websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on linked websites, unless and to the extent stipulated to the contrary. We recommend that you review the terms of use and privacy policy of a linked website prior to use of it.

 

Responsibility for the content of advertisements (if any) appearing on the Website (including hyperlinks to the advertisers own websites) rests solely with the advertisers. The placement of such advertisements does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of the advertiser's product or service by the Company. Each advertiser is solely responsible for any representation made in connection with its advertisement.

 

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing the Website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of the Service, the Website or any linked website

 

Information Sharing and Disclosure

 

SwapU does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or as otherwise described in this privacy policy.

 

We provide your Personal Information to third party service providers who work on behalf of or with SwapU under confidentiality agreements to provide some of the services and features of the SwapU community and to help us communicate with SwapU members. These service providers may use your personal information to help SwapU communicate with you about offers from SwapU and our marketing partners. However, these service providers do not have any independent right to share this information.

 

If you decide to use one of the additional services that are offered by our partners, such as the e-mail finder service or the electronic fax, we may forward Personal Information to these partners to enable them to provide the services that you requested. We also provide information to third-party advertising companies, as described in the next section.

 

Please be aware that the handling of your Personal Information by our partners or the third-party advertising companies is governed by their privacy policy, not ours.

 

If you would like to know (1) the categories of Personal Information about you that we disclosed in the prior calendar year to third parties for the purposes of the third parties' marketing and/or (2) the names and addresses of such third parties, please contact us.

 

We will disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. We may disclose information, if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected illegal activities or fraud, situations involving the physical safety of any person, violations of SwapU's terms of use, or as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

Third Party Advertising

 

We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements when you visit our Website. These companies may use Personal Information, such as gender or age, and other information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites, such as time of day of the login.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

 

SwapU reserves the right to amend, change, modify or supplement this Privacy Policy Statement at any time. If we make material amendments, changes, modifications or supplements to this Privacy Policy, we will provide our current customers with a revised notice evidencing such action. We will send you an annual notice of the Privacy Policy if and to the extent required by applicable law or regulation.

 

We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat Personal Information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your SwapU account or by placing a prominent notice on our Website. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. If you object to any such changes, you must cease using our Website. Continued use of our Website following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.