Effective February 20, 2008:
About Blueworld.co.za
Blueworld.co.za is an online service that allows our members to set up unique personal
profiles that can be linked together through networks of friends. Blueworld members
can view each others' profiles, communicate with old friends and meet new friends
on the service, share photos, post journals and comments, and describe their interests.
To enrich our members' experience, we request and display some personal information
to other members and visitors, which allows our users to identify each other and
expand their network of friends. Blueworld members can change their profile information
at any time and can control how other members and the service communicates with
them.
Blueworld.co.za cares deeply about online privacy If you have any
questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at
privacy@bwcom.co.za.
Information Collection and Use by Blueworld.co.za
Blueworld.co.za collects user submitted information such as name, email address,
and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating
to the blueworld.co.za service. blueworld.co.za also collects other profile data
including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation
in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other. Blueworld.co.za
also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile
information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the
site This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website
services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties
to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses
are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed
to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Blueworld.co.za social
networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new
friends to join Blueworld to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send
notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding
friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to
people within a user's personal network. Users within a personal network communicate
on blueworld.co.za with each other through the blueworld.co.za service, without
disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed
to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances
on the service, blueworld.co.za allows users to search for other members using first
and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where users may have
attended or worked.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding
the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by changing their
"notification" setting to "Do not send me notification emails" in the user "Account
Settings" From time to time, blueworld.co.za or a partner, may sponsor a promotion
or contest on blueworld.co.za. Users may be asked to provide personal information
including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to
participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you
have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point
of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement
will apply.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-members Blueworld members can invite
friends to join the service by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation
system. Blueworld.co.za stores the email addresses that members provide so that
the respondents may be added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations,
and also to send reminders of the invitations. Blueworld.co.za does not sell these
email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations,
invitation reminders. Recipients of invitations from blueworld.co.za may contact
blueworld.co.za to request the removal of their information from our database.
Blueworld members may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal
blueworld address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications
to those addresses. You may prevent blueworld.co.za email invitations and other
messages from being sent to any email address you control by sending a single email
with the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@bwcom.co.za Please note that
the email must come from the account you wish to block.
Use of Cookies Blueworld.co.za uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to
record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not
repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising,
and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not
link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information
you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept
or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser
is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your
cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from blueworld.co.za in order
to use most functions on the site. Please note that Blueworld allows 3rd party advertisers
that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their
cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy
policies, not the Blueworld Privacy Policy.
Links Blueworld.co.za contains links to sites. Blueworld.co.za is not responsible
for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another
site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy
only governs information collected on Blueworld.co.za.
Chat Rooms, Journals and WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Journals,
WebLogs, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that that information
can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you
unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information Blueworld.co.za users may modify or
remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account
and accessing features such as Edit Profile and Account Info.
Email Choice/Opt-out Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications
may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user
profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive Blueworld.co.za newsletters
may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me Blueworld newsletters' in the user
profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and blueworld newsletters also
include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.
Third Party Advertising Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users
by Blueworld.co.za or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners
may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each
time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile
information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements
and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to
deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Blueworld.co.za and does not
cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security Blueworld.co.za member accounts are secured by member-created passwords.
Blueworld.co.za takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept
private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored
within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees
who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel
and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member
account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and
other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time For
any additional information about the security measures we use on Blueworld.co.za
please contact us a privacy@bwcom.co.za
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Blueworld.co.za Collects Except as otherwise
described in this privacy statement, Blueworld will not disclose personal information
to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform
to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal
process received by Blueworld.co.za whether or not a response is required by applicable
law; (2) to enforce the BLueworld.co.za Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our
rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service.
Blueworld reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in
interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of Blueworld
or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information
see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy From time to time we may make changes to our privacy
policy. If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of
what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes
to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a
manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.
Contacting the Web Site If you have any questions about this privacy statement,
the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact
us at: privacy@bwcom.co.za (70 Prestwich Street, Greenpoint,Cape
Town, South Africa).