PRIVACY POLICY
1. FriendsArk is a social networking site acting as a meeting place for new and old friends alike, and thus it caters for extended social networks. Naturally when dealing with online website based organisations there are fears that we all have about the level of privacy or security of our personal details. We all want to be safe and know exactly what a company is doing with our personal information, who it is giving information to, for what reason etc. We at FriendsArk know the values of confidentiality and privacy of individuals and so far as legally and practically possible will take the necessary measures to make sure your personal details are not:
a) Distributed to other organisations
b) Fraudulently taken
c) Hacked into
d) Mishandled
FriendsArk privacy policy is guaranteed to all its customers that their personal information will be safe and secure to the best of our abilities.
YOUR CONSENT
When you provide us your personal information after registration with our FriendsArk site, you automatically give us authorisation (consent) to use your personal information according to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. Your registration will be proceeded according to the Laws/regulations stipulating the use of Internet based organisation or companies in the country of your residence. Your account can be probed by any investigative body if suspected of any illegal conduct according to the laws of country of your residence as well as other countries.
GENERAL
By providing your details:
• We will collect information such as name, address, date of birth, postcode (zip code) for our own personal use in connection to the service that we provide.
• Your mobile phone number may also be taken in order to send messages related to our services, promotions advertisements etc.
• We will collect and store any information you may enter or upload on to your personal site for our own use in relation to service provision, delivery, improvements etc.
• We will save and store your email addresses and any information contained in the email you send us, which will be used, for our own use in relation to service delivery and improvements etc.
• We may record any phone conversation you have with our operators, for future improvements to service provision or general training of staff.
When you register with FriendsArk you will no longer be unknown to us, and we will not treat you in a generic manner. If you however wish to stay anonymous you can browse the FriendsArk site without using your personal login details but you must remember that services will be strictly limited. FriendsArk will allow you to send invites to friends and family members for them to join FriendsArk, these email addresses will be stored in our databases and will be used in the future only with your authorisation you can however ask for this information to be removed from our database via telephone or email message.
USE OF INFORMATION
The information that you provide to us will be used only with your authorisation. The manner that the information will be used, will be fully explained before we take permission from you for using your personal details or passing them on to third parties. At all times you will have every right to cancel any agreement you made with us. However you must understand and appreciate that if information is passed on to third parties through your permission stopping your information from being further used may not be possible from our side. As you can appreciate our capabilities to stop third parties from stopping the use of information are limited and therefore we would urge you to read carefully before signing into any new contracts, promotions or deals. Our staff would be ever grateful to help explain any uncertainties you may have in understanding any new promotions. Just simply give us an email with your question or comment and we will try to reply within 14 days of your message.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
From time-to-time we may need to share information with other agencies or organisations. The use (sharing) of your details will be with your full permission and will have to be consented to before its use. As you can appreciate under the laws of certain countries your information can be viewed by government and security services working on behalf of the governments for reasons of national security who can request information without your permission in some places we may not have the rights to withhold the information. In such cases we strongly advise you to read up on the issue of privacy policy in your own home country to get a better understanding of your rights and freedoms in using a website based organisation.
THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
We make use of intermediary advertising companies to provide advertisements when you visit our website. These companies may use your Personal Information, such as gender, age, date of birth and other information related to people you known through your account. However we ask our customers to rest assured that information such as your name, address, email address or telephone number which you provide will not be passed on to other companies. Information about your visits to FriendsArk or other websites i.e. the number of times (frequency), time/ date and other information may be used or passed on to other companies, agencies, organisation in order to offering advertisements on FriendsArk about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
PERSONAL INFORMATION OF CHILDREN
FriendsArk does not register young people under the age of 15. Young people above that age will receive all the rights and privileges, safeties and securities as that of adults. The exact rules in dealing with young people or over 15 year old may be dependent on the country you are living in. This may vary from country to country depending on its child safety laws.
YOUR ABILITY TO EDIT AND DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND PREFERENCES
FriendsArk has kept the rights to send messages or materials to you, either on your email or on your FriendsArk account which may be related to service provision, promotions, notification of your account status or general advertising etc. If you would like to opt out of this service, you can contact our staff by email or phone and just make a simple request. If you want to close/ cancel your account permanently you can do so by following the instruction in relation to cancellation of your account, which is provided on your account.
YOUR ABILITY TO EDIT AND DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND PREFERENCES
FriendsArk have reserved the right of sending you from time to time information and service which would be relevant /related to your FriendsArk account. You can chose to opt out of this service through the FriendsArk site but you must remember that certain information may be relevant in you keeping your account open and we would advise you that for your own interest you keep these services activated.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY
FriendsArk limits the sharing of information with other organisations and third parties, except where we believe our customers will genuinely receive an extra service to what they are already receiving for FriendsArk which we believe our customers will be interested in joining or hearing more about.
We have allowed our customers to access their accounts through the use of secret passwords, which only they know. These passwords will be chosen by them and will be their responsibility to keep secret. Our website designers and engineers have added the necessary securities that are common on Internet based organisation. We believe that these measures we have taken in securing your personal information are adequate to give everyone peace of mind. However we do not rest here, as we are fully aware that these safety and security measures need to be constantly up-dated and new innovative methods need to be put forward to combat Internet based fraud.
OTHER SITES
FriendsArk will normally have links to many other sites, which may prove to be quite useful to some users however this many not be the case for all. Most of the other links will be private and without any agreement or contact with FriendsArk so we would request that all our customers are fully aware that once they navigate away from the FriendsArk site they are actually no longer under the responsibility of Friends Ark. FriendsArk will have no authority or liability for any activities carried out by the customer or service provider and consequently will not be responsible for their actions.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy will at times change in order to strike a finer balance in service provision on the one hand and safety security of our user on the other. Whenever there is a change in this policy we ask our customers to be rest assured that their best interest will always be our priority.
