1. Information Collected
The mission of DoveCard App is to provide dedicated networking services to business
people. To achieve this mission, DoveCard App makes features and functionality available through our
App, including our mobile and other applications, developer platform, paid services, and other
information provided as part of the DoveCard App services (“Services”) to enable business people to
discover, develop and maintain business relationships, create business opportunities, share ideas
and knowledge. By joining DoveCard App, you voluntarily and willingly provide DoveCard App Team,
certain information, including personally identifiable information, which we collect in order to
provide the Services. If you have any hesitation about providing information to us and/or having
your information displayed on the DoveCard App or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this
Privacy Policy and the User Agreement, you should not become a member of the DoveCard App business
community; and, if you are already a member, you should close your account.
We collect your personal information in the following ways:
A. Registration
In order to become a User, you must provide us the following information to create an
account: first name, email address. Without this minimal amount of information, you cannot create a
DoveCard App account. DoveCard App requests other information from you during the registration
process, (e.g., gender, location, etc.) that DoveCard App uses to provide better, more customized
services such as language-specific profile pages and updates, better ads, and more valuable business
opportunities. You acknowledge that this information is personal to you, and by creating an account
on DoveCard App, you allow others, including DoveCard App, to identify you and to allow DoveCard App
to use your information in accordance with our User Agreement.
B. Profile Information
Once you become a User, you may provide additional information to your DoveCard App
profile describing your last name, job title, company name, email address, company address and
website, etc.
Providing additional information about yourself beyond what is minimally
required at registration is entirely up to you, but providing additional information enables you to
derive more benefit from DoveCard App and your business network. Any information you provide at
registration or in the Profile section may be used by DoveCard App as described in the User
Agreement and this Privacy Policy, including for the purpose of allowing business opportunities to
find you on DoveCard App, or for serving more relevant advertisements on DoveCard App. Learn more
about DoveCard App’s advertising practices by reading this privacy policy, in particular Sections
1.H, 2.J, and 2.K. If you decide not to share certain information, you may not receive the full
benefit of being a DoveCard App User.
C. Contacts Information
You may use the DoveCard App Services to send invitations either to their mobile phone
number or email addresses of people you know. The names and mobile phone number, email addresses of
people whom you invite will be used to send your invitations and reminders as well as to allow
DoveCard App to help expand your network. Please note that when you send an invitation to connect to
another User, that User will have access to your email address because it is displayed in the
invitation. Your DoveCard App connections will also have access to your email address. You may also
choose to manually enter or upload data about your contacts to the “BizCard” section of your account
on DoveCard App. Information entered into connections is only viewable by you. By providing email
addresses or other information of non-Users to DoveCard App, you represent that you have authority
to do so. All information that you enter or upload about your contacts is covered by the User
Agreement and this Privacy Policy and will enable us to provide customized services such as
suggesting people to connect with on DoveCard App. Under no circumstances will DoveCard App be
liable for any fees associated with the sending of these invitations.
D. Customer Service
We collect information when you interact with DoveCard App’s customer service in order
to accurately categorize and respond to customer inquiries and investigate breaches of our
terms.
E. Using the DoveCard App Site and Applications
We receive information when you interact with and use the DoveCard App, DoveCard App
(e.g. DoveCard App for iPhone, Android, etc.), and DoveCard App platform technology. For example, we
know when you click on ads, upload your address book, join groups, participate in polls, install a
DoveCard App mobile application, share articles on DoveCard App, etc.
F. Using Third Party Services and Visiting Third Party Sites
We receive information when you use your DoveCard App account to log in or authenticate
to a third-party website or application. Also, if you are logged into DoveCard App and visit a third
party site that embeds DoveCard App business plugins, DoveCard App will receive information that
those pages have loaded in app. DoveCard App will use this information to personalize the DoveCard
App-provided functionality, including providing you insights from your DoveCard App network,
allowing you to share information with your network, enabling you to use DoveCard App functionality
off the DoveCard App and serving you more relevant advertising. DoveCard App’s retention of this
data is addressed in Section 1.K.
G. Cookies
We may use cookies and web log files to track site usage and trends, to improve the
quality of our service, to customize your experience on DoveCard App, as well as to deliver DoveCard
App and third-party advertising to Users both on and off the DoveCard App site. A cookie is a tiny
data file that resides on your computer, mobile phone, or other device, and allows us to recognize
you as a User when you return to the DoveCard App using the same device. You can remove or block
cookies, but in some cases doing so may impact your ability to use DoveCard App. One type of cookie,
known as a “persistent” cookie, is set once you’ve logged in to your DoveCard App account. The next
time you visit the DoveCard App, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing
User so you will not need to log in before using the Services. Another type of cookie, called a
“session” cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the DoveCard App. Session cookies expire
after a short time or when you close your app. Other technology, can be used to place the functional
equivalent of a cookie on device. You can control flash “local stored objects” or “flash cookies”
using the Macromedia Website Privacy Settings Panel at www.macromedia.com. DoveCard App may use
cookie-equivalent technology for the limited purpose of enhancing the security of DoveCard App's
services. We do not use flash cookies for advertising purposes.
In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing the Services to our Users, we may
allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on your app. Any information
provided to third parties through cookies will not be personally identifiable but may provide
general segment information (e.g., your industry or geography, career field, or information about
your professional or educational background) for the enhancement of your user experience by
providing more relevant advertising. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you
can reset your app to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. DoveCard App
does not store unencrypted personally identifiable information in the cookies.
H. Advertising
To support the Services we provide, as well as provide a more relevant and useful
experience for our Users, we target and serve ads on and off the site using ad networks. Ad networks
include third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad exchanges, ad technology vendors and research
firms.
We target ads to Users based on general profile categories or on non-personally
identifiable information inferred from a User’s profile (e.g. current company, job function, etc.)
in addition to a User’s use of DoveCard App or their clicking on DoveCard App ad inventory. DoveCard
App does not provide personally identifiable information to any third party ad network.
I. Log Files, IP Addresses and Information About Your Mobile Device
Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the DoveCard App, we
automatically receive your mobile device (including your UDID) and mobile operating system, as well
as your mobile carrier. DoveCard App may also receive location data passed to it from third-party
services or GPS-enabled devices that you have enabled. Also, as described above in Sections 1.E. and
1.F. The link between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is not shared
with third parties without your permission, except as described in Section 2.L (“Compliance with
Legal Process”), below.
J. Rights to Access, Correct and Eliminate Information About You
You have a right to access, modify, correct and eliminate the data you supplied to
DoveCard App. If you update any of your information, we may keep a copy of the information that you
originally provided to us in our archives for uses documented in this policy. We will respond to
your request within 30 days. Please note, however, that information you have shared with others, or
that other Users have copied, may also remain visible even if you request its deletion.
K. Data Retention
DoveCard App will retain your information for so long as your account is active or as
needed to provide you services, except in the case of our business plugin impression data, which we
de-identify after 12 months. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our
legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce this Agreement.
2. Uses of Personal Information
A. Consent to DoveCard App Processing Information About You
The information you provide to DoveCard App may reveal, or allow others to identify,
your nationality, ethnic origin, gender, age, and other aspects of your life. By providing
information to us for the purposes of creating your User account or adding any additional details to
your DoveCard App profile, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of
this Privacy Policy and DoveCard App’s User Agreement that allows DoveCard App to process
information about you. Supplying information to DoveCard App, including any information deemed
“sensitive” by applicable law, is entirely voluntary on your part. You have the right to withdraw
your consent to DoveCard App’s collection and processing of your information at any time, in
accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement, by changing your Settings,
or by closing your account, but please note that your withdrawal of consent will not be
retroactive.
B. DoveCard App Communications
As described in the User Agreement, we will communicate with you through email, notices
posted on the DoveCard App, chat messages, or through other means available through the service,
including mobile text messages. We may send you a series of emails that help inform new Users about
the features of the Services, and we will also send you service messages relating to the functioning
of the Services. We may also send you messages with promotional information directly or on behalf of
our partners, unless you have opted out of receiving promotional information.
Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from DoveCard App.
Also, if we send communications to you via the carrier service with which you have a mobile
communications subscription or otherwise have access, you understand you will pay any service fees
associated with your receipt of messages on your mobile device (including text messaging
charges).
C. User Communications
Many communications you initiate through DoveCard App (e.g., an invitation sent to a
non-User) will list your name in the header of the message. Messages you initiate may also provide
aggregate information about your network (for instance how many people are in your network), but
will not list the people to whom you are directly connected. Your contact information will only be
shared with another User if both of you have indicated that you would like to establish contact with
each other.
D. Customized Content
We use information you provide to us (or to third parties with whom DoveCard App offers
combined services) to customize your experience on our app. For example, when you login to your
account, we may display the names of new Users who have recently joined your network or recent
status updates from your connections.
E. Sharing Information with Third Parties
DoveCard App takes the privacy of our Users very seriously, and we do not sell, rent, or
otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties, except as described in
this policy. We will also not share other personal information not published to your profile or
generated through engagement with other DoveCard App services without your explicit consent or to
carry out your instructions (for example, to process payment information) unless, disclosure is
reasonably necessary in our opinion to: (1) comply with legal process, including, but not limited
to, civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this
Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties, whether or not the
third party is a User, individual, or government agency; (4) respond to customer service inquiries;
or (5) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of DoveCard App, our Users, or the
public.
Content distributed through DoveCard App’s sharing features and third party integrations
may result in displaying some of your information outside of DoveCard App.
We may provide aggregated anonymous data about the usage of the Services to third
parties for purposes that we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate, including to
prospective advertisers on DoveCard App.
F. Developers Using DoveCard App Platform Services
We collaborate with and allow third parties to use DoveCard App’s developer platform to
offer services and functionality in conjunction with and outside of DoveCard App. These third
parties are either partners (“DoveCard App Partners”) with whom we have negotiated an agreement to
provide services (“Combined Services”). Both the negotiated agreements and our API terms and
conditions contain restrictions on access, storage, and use of your information.
If you choose to use Combined Services or a Platform Application, you may be asked to
confirm acceptance of the privacy policy and/or user agreement of the DoveCard App Partner or
Platform Developer, which have not necessarily been reviewed or approved by DoveCard App. It is your
choice whether or not to make use of Combined Services or Platform Applications and whether to
proceed under any third party terms. Should you do so, the third party's terms, and not this policy,
will govern how they handle information you provide to them directly or through your DoveCard App
account.
Also, despite our agreements and technical steps taken to restrict access to and avoid
possible misuse of information, we may not screen or audit all Combined Services or Platform
Applications. We also cannot guarantee that any DoveCard App Partner or Platform Developer will
abide by our agreement. You agree that your use of Combined Services or Platform Applications is on
an “as is” basis and without any warranty.
If you use any Combined Service or Platform Application, the DoveCard App Partner or
Platform Developer may access and share certain information about you, such as non-public profile
information and information visible only to your connections. This includes information about your
connections by virtue of you being connected to others. However, unless you have used a Combined
Service or Platform Application, it can only access the information about you that is otherwise
visible to other DoveCard App Users.
G. Polls and Surveys
Polls and Surveys may be conducted by DoveCard App, DoveCard App Users, or third
parties. As a User, you may be invited to participate in polls and surveys from the DoveCard App.
Your selection may be random, or it may be based on your non-personally identifiable information,
such as job title, geography, company size and/or industry. Whether or not you decide to participate
in a poll or survey is completely up to you.
After you complete a poll, you will be given access to the aggregate responses of the
poll on a results page. Some third parties may target advertisements to you on the results page
based on your answers in the poll. Additionally, DoveCard App or third parties may follow up with
you via messages regarding your participation unless you have opted out of receiving messages.
We may use third parties to deliver incentives to you to participate in surveys or
polls. If the delivery of incentives requires your contact information, you may be asked to provide
personally identifiable information to the third party fulfilling the incentive offer, which will
only be used for the purpose of delivering incentives and/or verifying your contact information. It
is up to you whether you provide this information, or whether you desire to take advantage of an
incentive.
We will not disclose any personally identifiable information to any third parties in
connection with the conduct of any polls or surveys. Your consent to use any personally identifiable
information for the purposes set forth in the poll or survey will be explicitly requested by the
party conducting it.
H. Search
We offer search services to help find information and learn more about other Users.
DoveCard App search also allows Users to find companies, and contributions to the community aspects
of the DoveCard App Services, such as Groups and Discussion that will help Users more effectively
use DoveCard App and expand their network. We use information from User profiles and contributions
to Groups, Company Profiles, and Discussions to inform and refine our search service.
I. Discussions, Groups, and Other Services
If you post on the Feed section of DoveCard App and participate in DoveCard App Groups
and other services, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you choose to
provide there can be read, collected, or used by other Users of these forums, as well as Platform
Developers and other third parties, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. DoveCard App
is not responsible for the information you choose to submit in these forums. Also, some content in
DoveCard App Groups may be public and searchable on the Internet if the Group owner has opened or
shared the group for public discussions. You can delete your posts on Feed. However, please note
that ideas you post and information you share may be seen and used by other Users, and DoveCard App
cannot guarantee that other Users have not made copies of or used the ideas and information that you
share with others on DoveCard App.
J. Testimonials and Advertisements Placed Through DoveCard App Ads Service
If you provide any testimonials about the DoveCard App Services or place advertisements
through the DoveCard App Ads, we may post those testimonials and examples of advertisements you
place in connection with our promotion of these services to third parties. Testimonials and
advertisements may include your name and other personal information that you have provided.
K. Advertising and Endorsements on DoveCard App
In order to deliver relevant and valuable ads to you and your network, DoveCard App may
use your name and profile photo in connection with social advertising based on content shared on
DoveCard App. This advertising may include the fact that you followed a company, joined
conversations, established or added content to your profile, etc., and will only be displayed to
your DoveCard App network.
L. Compliance with Legal Process
It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information, profile information
and/or information about your activities as a DoveCard App User when required by subpoena or other
legal process, or if DoveCard App has a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (1)
investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist
government enforcement agencies; (2) to enforce the User Agreement, to investigate and defend
ourselves against any third party claims or allegations, or to protect the security or integrity of
our site; and/or (3) to exercise or protect the rights, property or personal safety of DoveCard App,
our Users, employees, or others.
M. Disclosures to Others as the Result of a Change in Control or Sale of
Corporation
We may also disclose your personal information and other information you provide to
another third party as part of a sale of the assets of DoveCard, a subsidiary or division, or as the
result of a change in control of the company. Any third party to which DoveCard transfers or sells
DoveCard’s assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you
provide to us.
3. Your Information Choices
A. Accessing and Changing Your Account Information
You can review the personal information you provided to us and make any desired changes
to the information you publish, or to the settings for your DoveCard App account (including your
email, etc) at any time by logging in to your account on the DoveCard App website. Please be aware
that even after your request for a change is processed, DoveCard App may, for a time, retain
residual information about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database.
B. Default Settings
Because the mission of DoveCard App is to serve the world’s business people to enable
them to facilitate their jobs, we have established what we believe to be reasonable default settings
that we have found most professionals desire. Because Users may use and interact with DoveCard App
in a variety of ways, and because those uses may change over time, we designed our settings to
provide our users granular control over the information they share. We encourage our Users to review
their account settings and adjust them in accordance with their preferences.
DoveCard App accounts are also defaulted to allow Users to be contacted to participate
in polls, surveys, and partner advertising.
C. Closing Your Account
You can close your account through the DoveCard App. If you close your DoveCard App
account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information. If you close your
account, we have no obligation to retain your information, and may delete any or all of your account
information without liability. However, we may retain certain data contributed by you if DoveCard
App believes it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business
purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally identifiable data, account recovery, or if
required by law. DoveCard App may also retain and use your information if necessary to provide the
Services to other Users. Similarly, other information you have shared with others, or that other
Users have copied, may also remain visible. DoveCard App disclaims any liability in relation to the
deletion or retention (subject to the terms herein) of information or any obligation not to delete
the information. DoveCard App does not control when search engines update their cache, which may
contain certain public profile information that has since been removed from DoveCard App’s publicly
viewable database.
D. Memorializing Accounts
If we learn that a User is deceased, we may memorialize the User’s account. In these
cases we may restrict profile access, remove messaging functionality, and close an account if we
receive a formal request from the User’s next of kin or other proper legal request to do so.
4. Your Obligations
As a User, you have certain obligations to other Users. Some of these obligations
are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in user-friendly
communities of like-minded members such as DoveCard App:
- You must, at all times, abide by the terms and conditions of the then-current Privacy Policy and
User Agreement. This includes respecting all intellectual property rights that may belong to
third parties (such as trademarks or photographs).
- You must not download or otherwise disseminate any information that may be deemed to be
injurious, violent, offensive, racist or xenophobic, or which may otherwise violate the purpose
and spirit of DoveCard App and its community of Users.
- You must not provide to DoveCard App and/or other Users information that you believe might be
injurious or detrimental to your person or to your job or social status.
- You must keep your username and password confidential and not share it with others. Any
violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension, or termination of your
account at the sole discretion of DoveCard App.
5. Important Information
Children and Minors
Children under the age of 18 are not eligible to use our service.
Please note that by becoming a User, you have given us your express and informed consent
to transfer the data that you provide to us to the United States and to process it in the United
States.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without advance notice. In the
event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, or
in the Privacy Policy document itself, we will display a notice on the DoveCard App or send you an
email, so that you may review the changed terms prior to continuing to use the site. As always, if
you object to any of the changes to our terms, and you no longer wish to use DoveCard App, you may
close your account. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information
that DoveCard App has about you and your account.
Using the DoveCard App Services after a notice of changes has been sent to you or
published on our site shall constitute consent to the changed terms or practices.
6. Security
In order to help secure your personal information, access to your data on DoveCard App
is protected, and sensitive data (such as credit card information) is protected by SSL encryption.
To protect any data you store on our servers, DoveCard App also regularly audits its system for
possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and we use a tier-one secured-access data center. However,
since the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to DoveCard App. There is no guarantee that information may not be
accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or
managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your information. Please
note that emails, instant messaging, and similar means of communication with other Users of DoveCard
App are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information
through these means.
7. How to Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please email us:
Email: customer.service@dovecard.net
