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GroupUp.net Principles
We built GroupUp.net the smart, simple way to keep together. We understand you may not want everyone in the world to have the information you share on GroupUp.net.

GroupUp.net follows two core principles:

1. You should have control over your personal information.
GroupUp.net helps you share information with your friends and people around you. You choose what information you put in your profile, including contact and personal information, pictures, interests and groups you join.

2. You should have access to the information others want to share.
There is an increasing amount of information available out there, and you may want to know what relates to you, your friends, and people around you. We want to help you easily get that information.

Sharing information should be easy. And we want to provide you with the privacy tools necessary to control how and with whom you share that information.

GroupUp.net's Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using GroupUp.net, located at www.GroupUp.net.com and its directly associated domains (collectively, "GroupUp.net" or "Website")

By using or accessing GroupUp.net, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

The Information We Collect
When you visit GroupUp.net you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Web Site use information collected by us as you interact with our Web Site.

When you register with GroupUp.net, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us.

When you enter GroupUp.net, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all GroupUp.net visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to GroupUp.net. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.

When you use GroupUp.net, you may set up your personal profile, form relationships, send messages, perform searches and queries, form groups, set up events, add applications, and transmit information through various channels. We collect this information so that we can provide you the service and offer personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent or easily see your friend list. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.

You post User Content (as defined in the GroupUp.net Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.

GroupUp.net may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of GroupUp.net through the operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.

By using GroupUp.net, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.

Use of Information Obtained by GroupUp.net
When you register with GroupUp.net, you create your own profile. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the networks you join. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by GroupUp.net that we think you may find valuable.

Profile information is used by GroupUp.net primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by your privacy settings. In some cases where your privacy settings permit it (e.g., posting to your wall), other GroupUp.net users may be able to supplement your profile.

GroupUp.net may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service. For instance, if a friend sends you a new message, you may receive an email alerting you to that fact.

Links
GroupUp.net may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by GroupUp.net.

This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by GroupUp.net and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers.

Changing or Removing Information
Access and control over most personal information on GroupUp.net is readily available through the profile editing tools. GroupUp.net users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately.

Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals on GroupUp.net, however, (e.g., sending a personal message to another GroupUp.net user) you generally cannot remove such communications.

Security
GroupUp.net takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. Because email is not recognized as secure communications, we request that you not send private information to us by email.

Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions
Your use of GroupUp.net, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at 10 Railroad St, Newburyport, MA, 01950.