This Privacy Policy is effective as of Jan 22, 2008.

BY ACCESSING AND USING OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.BROONG.COM ("BROONG" OR "THE SITE"), YOU AGREE TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Broong, Inc. ("we","our","us",or "the Company") is committed to protecting the privacy of our users and visitors. This Privacy Policy applies solely to Broong, and not to other websites to which we link or to websites that you access via Broong. See our Terms of Use for further details. We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without notice, and your use of Broong means that you have accepted the most current Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our use of your personally identifiable information, please contact us at .


INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE

• Your Personal Information. When you register, you will be asked to provide us with certain personal information, such as your Broong ID, password, email address, name, country, gender, date of birth. You will need your Broong ID and password to create Notes and access Notes you have created from Broong. Much of your activity on Broong will be public and identifiable via your Broong ID . For instance, your ID will be displayed publicly on Broong when you create, comment on, or send a Note to your friends. When your Broong ID is displayed on the Site, it is clickable by visitors to the Site.
• Your Broong Page. Your Notes appear on your Broong Page, which visitors will be taken to when they click on your ID. (On your Broong Page, visitors will only be able to view Notes that you have marked Public.) Visitors will be able to see and search through your public Notes, your category folders that include Public Notes, your Note collection, and your Note status.
• Your Discretion. When creating a Note on the Site, there are options to share, send, comment, and link. Remember that any information you disclose becomes public, and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal, financial or other sensitive information.


OTHER INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE AND HOW WE USE IT

• Reports We Generate Using Your Information. We may use your Broong ID, all Notes you create or save and the information associated with them in internal reports generated for purpose of monitoring user activity on the Site. Personally identifiable data from these reports will not be distributed to third parties or used for any other purposes except as stated herein, although the information in aggregate may be utilized to show publicly or to affiliates to demonstrate the usage of the Site.
• Your Email Address. The email address you provide will be used (1) to email an authorization link upon your completion of the registration process that will activate your Broong account, (2) to respond to your customer support inquiries i.e. forgotten password requests, and (3) to keep you informed about updates to the Site and will not be distributed to third parties.
• Disclosures to Third Parties. We may use third party contractors to enhance business operations or to administer activities on our behalf, and may share your information (both personal and non-personal) with these contractors for those limited purposes. We will not share your personally identifiable information with third parties except as provided in this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use.
• Transfer of Your Information. If the Company is sold to or merges with another company, or declares bankruptcy, some or all of the information collected from you (both personal and non-personal) may be transferred to a third party as a result. We may also disclose your personally identifiable information when we determine it is necessary to comply with applicable laws or protect the interests or safety of the Company, Broong, its users and visitors.


INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY AND HOW WE USE IT

• Log Data. Our servers automatically record information that your browser sends when you visit the Site ("Log Data"). We use Log Data to monitor the compilation of aggregate information about the usage of the Site and for system administration. This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the domain from which you are visiting, the webpages you view, the search terms you use, and any advertisements that you click. For most users accessing the Internet via an Internet service provider, the IP address will be different every time you log on. We do not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information to identify you personally except in case of violation of the Terms of Use.
• Information collected about user activity. Such information includes, but is not limited to, number of Notes that are private and public, tags associated with such Notes, number of searches you do on the Site and keywords used with those searches, the file types of the content within a Note, titles of Notes you create, and the Broong ID of the creator of such Notes. We use this information internally to understand how Notes is being used and how we can improve our service. We may use this information to create reports that will be made available on our Site regarding activity that occurs within the public parts of the Site. We may share information we gather with third parties, such as advertisers, business partners and sponsors, but only in the aggregate or in anonymous form. We will not connect your name or other personally identifiable information to the foregoing information should we choose to share it with third parties.
• Cookies. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how users interact with the Site, to monitor aggregate usage, and web traffic routing, and to improve the Site. A session cookie enables certain features of the Site and is deleted from your system when you disconnect from or leave the Site. A persistent cookie remains after a browser is closed and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Site. When you use the Site we may automatically receive and record information in our server logs from your browser, including IP address, cookie information from Notes, and page requests. We use the information collected for the purpose of improving our service and for anonymous reporting of Site usage. We may share such information with advertisers, business partners, sponsors and other third parties. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information. We do not use cookies to retrieve information from your system that was not originally sent in a cookie.


ADVERTISING POLICY

We may serve advertisements on the Site. We do not bundle any third party software and will not serve any types of advertising outside our Site. If you have any questions about our advertising policy, please contact .


CHILDREN

Broong Is Not Intended For Children Under Age 13. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.


LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES AND DATA SECURITY

• Links. Broong and Notes posted on the Site may contain links to other sites and Notes, including those of Note sources, advertisers, third parties and companies whose trademarks may appear on the Service. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the sites to which we link or which you access via Broong. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of all such sites.
• Security. Safeguarding your information is important to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are committed to protecting your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.


COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

Broong cooperates with government and law enforcement agencies, its officials, or appropriate private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement agencies as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims, legal processes (including subpoenas); to protect the property and rights of Broong or a third party, the safety of the public or any person; to prevent or to stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity; or to comply with the law.


UPDATE PERSONAL INFORMATION OR CONTACT US

• If you are a registered user of Broong, you may access, update or correct the information you provided us by e-mailing . Please note that changes may not take effect immediately.
• We welcome comments and questions on our Privacy Policy. Send them to .