8.2: iMesh Privacy Policy

This privacy statement covers the iMesh™ software and the iMesh™ website (www.imesh.com).
Your privacy is as important to us as your business. In order to insure your privacy we are providing this notice to explain our information collection practices.

Information Collection and Use

iMesh is the sole owner of the information collected on this website. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in any way other than what is disclosed in this statement. When you download the iMesh software you are asked to provide a user name, an email address, country, gender, age and interests. We do not use this information in any way, share it or provide it to anyone. Indeed, it is important to note that iMesh has no information about its users other than the information set forth above that users provide when they download the iMesh software. iMesh does not track individual users IP addresses except to monitor general trends as set forth below. Nor does iMesh in any way monitor or track a user's use of the iMesh software, a user's conduct, what files or types of files are shared by a particular user, or the number of files shared. iMesh is, however, funded by paid advertisers. With respect thereto, to try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our website. As a result of your visit to our site or use of the website, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type and your IP address to determine which country you are in and other geographic information to provide you with promotional material and offers that are available or relevant in your country. For further information, consult the privacy policy of "Cydoor" (www.cydoor.com). The iMesh software DOES, however, include additional applications bundled with the software's installer file. Third-party applications bundled with this download may record your surfing habits, deliver advertising, collect private information, or modify your system settings. Pay close attention to the installation options. For further information, consult the privacy policy of "Cydoor" (www.cydoor.com).

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. At this time, iMesh does not use cookies on our website. If and when we decide to incorporate cookies into our website, their use will in no way be linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies. The information collected and the uses to which that information can be put are set out in our partners', and not in our privacy policy.

Log Files and IP addresses

We use internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked by iMesh to personally identifiable information and are not kept after the statistics are logged in the aggregated database. The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded. It is not shared with other organizations. However, users should be aware that both static and dynamic IP addresses can be mapped back to users on most ISPs based on the users login time and recorded information.

Links

In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, we may choose various third party web sites to link from or frame within the iMesh website. We also participate in co-branding, advertising and other relationships to offer e-commerce and other services and features to our users. Information about you may be visible to subsequent websites if you link off of the iMesh website. However, even if the third party is affiliated with us, we have no control over these linked sites, each of which has separate privacy and data collection practices independent of us. Data collected by our co-brand partners, advertisers or third party web sites (even if offered on or through our site) is not received by us. As such, we are not responsible for, or have any control over, the content or the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited when linking from imesh.com. These linked sites are only for your convenience and you therefore access them at your own risk. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Choice/Opt-out

As a member of the iMesh peer-to-peer network, you can download, search, share and publish just about any digital media file. Users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of the sharing component of the iMesh Software, so that such user's files are not made available to other users, by disabling that component of the Software. Each user is provided with the option to disable the sharing component of the Software either when the user downloads the Software or in the "option" button in the tool bar.

Our Commitment to Children's Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. We operate our website in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We never knowingly collect or maintain information at or on our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is directed at or structured to attract anyone under 13. Visitors younger than 13 years of age may NOT use the iMesh website and must LEAVE immediately. Legal Disclaimer iMesh may need to disclose personal information if required to comply in a judicial proceeding, a court order, subpoena, or other legal process or as a matter of law. Security We take every reasonable precaution to protect information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Although we cannot guarantee that users' information will not be subject to unauthorized access, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we may collect online. All employees are kept up to date on our security and privacy practices. Notification of Changes If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify registered users by way of an e-mail or instant messaging or similar method, and/or by posting a notice on our website.

Questions

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please email us at contact@imesh.com.