What is Plurk?
Kata Benda. plurk (plüer-kh) - adalah website nyaman yang memperbolehkan anda untuk menunjukkan peristiwa yang membuat hidup anda bagaikan daging yang enak dan gampang untuk dicerna. Rendah lemak, 5 kalori pada setiap pelayanannya, mempunyai manfaat yang banyak.
Kata Kerja. plurk (plüer-kh) - Untuk mencatat segala peristiwa yang anda lakukan, kumpulan-tindakan, buku cerita, pesona hidup.
Contoh penggunaan: 'Astaga, anak saya sedang melakukan plurk sepanjang hari, apakah yang dilakukan ibunya?'
Plurk adalah jejaring sosial untuk kehidupanmu
Apa itu jurnal sosial?
Bosan dengan jejaring sosial Anda saat ini?
Ceritakanlah kehidupanmu dengan teman, keluarga, bahkan penggemarmu.
Daftar dengan cuma-cuma
Apakah jurnal sosial itu?
1) Tambahkan hal baru yang Anda lakukan hari ini. Ada begitu banyak kata kerja yang bisa Anda gunakan untuk berekspresi
2) Pembaruan akan ditampilkan pada lini waktu Anda dan diperlihatkan pada teman-teman Anda. Plurk ditampilkan pada lini waktu
3) Anda bisa melihat apa yang teman Anda lakukan hari ini. Kini, lini waktu Anda akan menampilkan plurk Anda dan teman Anda
4) Anda dapat berbincang dengan teman yang lain dan memberi tanggapan pada pembaruan mereka.
Berikan tanggapan pada plurk Anda atau teman Anda Mulailah berjurnal sosial gratis sekarang juga!
Mengapa bergabung dengannya, tentu! Ya, Plurk untuk semua orang . Kami menyediakan waktu, kompleksitas, dan introspeksi yang dibutuhkan untuk blogging.
Ini bukan Billy Q. Poindexter's blog. Akan tetapi, Plurk adalah jalan yang mudah untuk mencatat kejadian dan membagi apa yang anda lakukan, jalan yang kamu rasakan, dan semuanya antara membuat hidupmu lebih baik, dengan orang-orang yang berada disekitarmu. Plurk merupakan kepuasan seketika, kegemaran seketika, ketenaran seketika dan ANDA seketika. Berbagi aliran hidup anda, bikin hidup lebih hidup.Plurk!
Plurk Terms of Service
By using the Plurk.com (the "Service"), a service of Plurk Inc.. ("Plurk"), you accept the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"). Please also be aware of the Privacy Policy located on Plurk.com. Usage of the service is also governed by the privacy policy. In case of inconsistency between the TOS and the privacy policy, these terms of service shall prevail.
Main Features of the Service and the Software
The main features of the Service let you:
1. post updates to your plurklog located at http://www.plurk.com/users/yourusername using the Plurk web service, by text message (SMS) from a mobile phone, and/or using an Instant Messaging service (ie Yahoo IM, AIM, MSN, Gtalk, Jabber)
2. add Plurk members as your friends on the service and follow their plurklogs; and
3. browse the plurklogs and plurks of your contacts and other Plurk members who have given sufficient user-access privileges for you to do so
General Conditions
1. You must be at least 13 years of age to use the Service.
2. You agree to keep your password secure.
3. You are solely responsible for any activity that occurs under your screen name and account.
4. You must not harass, intimidate, threaten or impersonate other Plurk users.
5. You agree not to engage in any illegal or unauthorized conduct and agree to comply with all local laws that may be applicable to you regarding acceptable online conduct, behaviour and content usage.
6. You are solely responsible for any data, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links and any other content (the "Content") that you submit, post and display on Plurk.
7. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we consider in our sole discretion being unlawful, offensive, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violate any party's intellectual property rights. While Plurk prohibits such Content on the site, you understand and agree that the Content posted on the Plurk Service by its users is not necessarily reviewed by Plurk and Plurk cannot be held responsible for this Content.
8. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Plurk harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) relating to any acts by you, including but not limited to any Content submitted by you, in connection with using the Service, resulting in claims against us by other users or third parties.
9. You agree not to modify, adapt or hack the Plurk Service, transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
10. You agree not to modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Plurk Service.
11. You agree not to send any unsolicited commercial messages to any Plurk users. (ie "Spam")
12. We reserve the right to modify or terminate the Service, and to refuse the Service to anyone, for any reason, with or without notice, at any time.
13. You agree that we may reclaim usernames on the Service on behalf of businesses or individuals who hold legal claim or trademark on those usernames.
14. These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Canada and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Canadian courts.
Copyright
The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights of Plurk. You agree to use the Service pursuant to these Terms of Use, and not to reproduce, modify, translate, distribute, sublicense, or create derivative works based on, the Service in any form unless otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Service.
We claim no ownership of any intellectual property rights over the Content that you upload to the Service. Any intellectual property rights in the uploaded Content belong solely to you (or your licensors). However, by uploading the Content to the Service, you grant Plurk a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual and irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, sublicense, and prepare derivative works of, such Content, in any format or medium now known or later developed, solely on and through the Service, subject to these Terms of Service and our privacy policy. You represent and warrant that you have sufficient rights to grant this license. You can remove your profile at any time by deleting your account. This will also remove any text and images you have stored on the Service.
We will review all claims of copyright infringement received and remove the Content deemed to have been posted or distributed in violation of any such laws. To make a claim, please provide us with the following:
* A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
* Info sufficient to enable Plurk to locate the allegedly infringing Content on the Service;
* Your address, phone number and email address;
* Statement by you that you have good faith belief that the use of the Content is not authorized;
* Statement by you that the info in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and
* A signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
Claims can be sent to copyrightcomplaints (at) plurk.com or by snail mail to
Plurk.com
2425 Matheson Blvd
8th Floor, Suite 813
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 5K4 Canada
Limitation of Liability
1. The Service and the Software are made available to you for your convenience on an "as is" and "as available" basis. PLURK DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, RELIABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT) REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OR THE CONTENTS OF THE SERVICE OR THE SOFTWARE. Plurk does not warrant or represent that the Software will be free of all viruses. You understand that the Service and the Software are still alpha/beta versions and may not perform with complete functionality, may be undergoing testing, may be inconsistently available, may have software "bugs" and may have other issues affecting availability and functionality. In addition to all other disclaimers and limitations of liability contained in these Terms of Use, you specifically agree that Plurk is not liable for any of the above issues. Moreover, you understand that Plurk does not warrant or represent that the Service and/or the Software will work on all mobile phones, will be compatible with all mobile phone networks and/or will be available in all geographical areas.
2. PLURK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR THE SOFTWARE, OR THE RESULTS OR THE CONTENTS THEREOF, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
3. If you are dissatisfied with the Service or the Software, or have any other disputes or claims with or against Plurk with respect to the Service or the Software or these Terms of Use, then your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service and/or the Software.
Modification of these Terms of Use
We are continuously developing the features and functionality of Plurk. Consequently, we reserve the right to modify these terms of service at any time at our sole discretion. You agree to be bound to such alterations when you use Plurk and the alterations shall be effective at the time of posting on Plurk.com. It is important that you review these Terms of Service regularly on Plurk.com to ensure you are updated on any modifications to these terms. If you are dissatisfied with or do not agree to abide by any altered Terms of Service, your sole remedy should be to close your account on Plurk and discontinue use of our service.
Plurk Privacy Policy
What This Privacy Policy Covers
* This privacy policy pertains to the use of Plurk and the website located at http://www.plurk.com. By using our site, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this privacy policy.
* This privacy policy describes how Plurk and any related companies treats personal information that it collects and receives as you use our service (from our social networking website, including via SMS, WAP, and Instant Messaging). Personal information refers to information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, IP address or phone number.
* When you register with Plurk, your personal information and other data will be stored and processed in Canada and this information will be subject to the laws of Canada.
Children Under the Age of 13
* Children under 13 are not permitted to use Plurk. We do not knowing collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or allow such persons to register on Plurk. In the event that we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected without parental consent, we will take all steps to delete this information immediately. Should you have any information about any such users under the age of 13, please contact us.
Children between the Ages of 13-18
* We ask that users between the ages of 13-18 get permission from their parents or a guardian before registering on Plurk and sending us or anyone else any information about themselves.
Information Collection and How it is used
General Information
* Plurk collects personal identifiable information (PII) (such as your name, age, gender) when you register on Plurk so that you may use the service or post content on post any content to Plurk
* When you register we will ask for your email address, your name, your gender and other optional information such as your birth date, birth place, location, address, cell phone number, ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/MSN user name, and personal interests.
* Plurk also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, a cookie, and the page you request.
* This information is typically used for general purposes: service communication, identification, authentication, service improvements, contact coordination, research, thwarting malicious use and anonymous reporting.
* Plurk may send registered users infrequent opt-in newsletters informing of major service improvements, upgrades, or other pertinent announcements affecting our users and the Plurk community. You may unsubscribe to this mailing list at any time directly from within the newsletter, under the notifications tab in your account or by sending an email to unsubscribe@plurk.com. Unsubscribe requests are honoured within 10 days.
* You will only receive transactional email related to the activities you engage on Plurk. (ie. registration confirmations, unsubscribe requests, prod requests, notifications of new private messages, confirmation of account setting changes, notification of new friend requests) You are free to change your email notification settings at anytime from within your account options and notifications page.
* If you are using the SMS option on Plurk, Plurk automatically receives and records information on its server from the software including your mobile network operator, cell phone ID, city, country and whether your are currently using your phone or your phone is idle.
* You may opt-in to use our peer-initiated process to invite friends to Plurk by sending them email invitation requests. Only one automated invitation email follow-up is ever sent to individuals who are invited to use Plurk through a peer initiated process. We do not store the email addresses of unregistered users on our service. All invited parties have the option of globally removing themselves from receiving any future invites initiated by other peers on the Plurk service in the future by opting-out from directly within the invitation email or sending a request to unsubscribe@plurk.com
IP Addresses
IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser whenever you view a webpage. This info is stored in Plurk with your user registration data in our database. We use this information to:
* Diagnosing problems or issues reported by users that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by some specific company or ISP
* Tailor advertising and the user experience based on the geo location of your IP address. Aggregate info derived from IP addresses may be reported to advertisers.
* Get a picture of how many users are visiting Plurk from specific geographic regions.
* Trace back the source of any malicious or illegal use of the Plurk service so that we can more easily track and disable such usage as it arises.
Cookies
Like most sites, we use cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data, which often include an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from our website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies aren't used to collect any personally identifiable information about you. We use two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies, to better help you interact with the service, to monitor web traffic data, and to improve the overall experience of our users on Plurk. A session cookie enables us to offer certain features to you on the site and is deleted immediately from your computer when you leave the site. A persistent cookie, on the other hand, remains after you leave the site or close your browser and can be used by your browser on subsequent visits (ie. to help you stay logged in on a follow up session). You should be able to configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Plurk services that require you to login to the service, which may render you unable to take full advantage of the service. Third party advertisers or other entities do not have access to our cookies.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
* When you post a message on Plurk, your Plurk ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users.
* Plurk does not and will not share your email address with any 3rd party or other entity without your express permission. All email addresses are stored securely on our secure site servers behind a firewall. Your email address is only used to send you site specific communication that you've opted in to receive.
* If you post personal information on Plurk that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
* Plurk may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the Plurk TOS.
* Plurk may share demographic information with business partners. No personally identifiable information will ever be used without your permission.
* Plurk does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested or when we have your permission.
* It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Plurk's TOS, or as otherwise required by law.
* We will transfer information about you if Plurk is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Plurk will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
* Plurk may display targeted advertisements based on personal information that is exhibited in people's profiles.
Editing and Deleting Account Information
* You can change your Plurk info, at any time using the account edit link once your are logged in.
* You can delete your Plurk account at any time from your account page; however, please note that some identification and contact information may remain in our records for a short period of time.
* Your Plurk account info is password-protected.
Security
Plurk is concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your personally identified information. Your info is located on a secure server behind a firewall. Moreover, on some parts of the site (invitations, login), Plurk uses SSL-encryption to protect data transmission and safeguard your data. In case of breach, we will make any legally-required disclosures of breach of security or confidentiality of your unencrypted electronically stored personal data to you via email or through a prominent notice displayed on the site.
Links to other Sites/Content
Plurk contains links to other websites. The fact that there are links to other websites on Plurk is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party site. We do not exercise control over the content of third party sites. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use and disclosure of personally identifiable info that you submit to them. Please review the privacy policies or TOS from other sites that you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Plurk may update this privacy policy at any time and for any reason. If there are major changes to how we handle your personal information, we will sent notification to the primary email address in your Plurk account or by placing an easily accessible notice on our site of such changes. If you do not agree to abide by any changes made in the privacy policy, you may remedy the situation by deleting your account and ceasing to use Plurk in the future.
Questions
Got questions? Suggestions? Want to review the personal information stored by us? Please contact us. You may also mail us at:
Plurk Privacy Policy
2425 Matheson Blvd
8th Floor, Suite 813
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 5K4 Canada
Kata Benda. plurk (plüer-kh) - adalah website nyaman yang memperbolehkan anda untuk menunjukkan peristiwa yang membuat hidup anda bagaikan daging yang enak dan gampang untuk dicerna. Rendah lemak, 5 kalori pada setiap pelayanannya, mempunyai manfaat yang banyak.
Kata Kerja. plurk (plüer-kh) - Untuk mencatat segala peristiwa yang anda lakukan, kumpulan-tindakan, buku cerita, pesona hidup.
Contoh penggunaan: 'Astaga, anak saya sedang melakukan plurk sepanjang hari, apakah yang dilakukan ibunya?'
Plurk adalah jejaring sosial untuk kehidupanmu
Apa itu jurnal sosial?
Bosan dengan jejaring sosial Anda saat ini?
Ceritakanlah kehidupanmu dengan teman, keluarga, bahkan penggemarmu.
Daftar dengan cuma-cuma
Apakah jurnal sosial itu?
1) Tambahkan hal baru yang Anda lakukan hari ini. Ada begitu banyak kata kerja yang bisa Anda gunakan untuk berekspresi
2) Pembaruan akan ditampilkan pada lini waktu Anda dan diperlihatkan pada teman-teman Anda. Plurk ditampilkan pada lini waktu
3) Anda bisa melihat apa yang teman Anda lakukan hari ini. Kini, lini waktu Anda akan menampilkan plurk Anda dan teman Anda
4) Anda dapat berbincang dengan teman yang lain dan memberi tanggapan pada pembaruan mereka.
Berikan tanggapan pada plurk Anda atau teman Anda Mulailah berjurnal sosial gratis sekarang juga!
Mengapa bergabung dengannya, tentu! Ya, Plurk untuk semua orang . Kami menyediakan waktu, kompleksitas, dan introspeksi yang dibutuhkan untuk blogging.
Ini bukan Billy Q. Poindexter's blog. Akan tetapi, Plurk adalah jalan yang mudah untuk mencatat kejadian dan membagi apa yang anda lakukan, jalan yang kamu rasakan, dan semuanya antara membuat hidupmu lebih baik, dengan orang-orang yang berada disekitarmu. Plurk merupakan kepuasan seketika, kegemaran seketika, ketenaran seketika dan ANDA seketika. Berbagi aliran hidup anda, bikin hidup lebih hidup.Plurk!
Plurk Terms of Service
By using the Plurk.com (the "Service"), a service of Plurk Inc.. ("Plurk"), you accept the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service"). Please also be aware of the Privacy Policy located on Plurk.com. Usage of the service is also governed by the privacy policy. In case of inconsistency between the TOS and the privacy policy, these terms of service shall prevail.
Main Features of the Service and the Software
The main features of the Service let you:
1. post updates to your plurklog located at http://www.plurk.com/users/yourusername using the Plurk web service, by text message (SMS) from a mobile phone, and/or using an Instant Messaging service (ie Yahoo IM, AIM, MSN, Gtalk, Jabber)
2. add Plurk members as your friends on the service and follow their plurklogs; and
3. browse the plurklogs and plurks of your contacts and other Plurk members who have given sufficient user-access privileges for you to do so
General Conditions
1. You must be at least 13 years of age to use the Service.
2. You agree to keep your password secure.
3. You are solely responsible for any activity that occurs under your screen name and account.
4. You must not harass, intimidate, threaten or impersonate other Plurk users.
5. You agree not to engage in any illegal or unauthorized conduct and agree to comply with all local laws that may be applicable to you regarding acceptable online conduct, behaviour and content usage.
6. You are solely responsible for any data, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links and any other content (the "Content") that you submit, post and display on Plurk.
7. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we consider in our sole discretion being unlawful, offensive, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violate any party's intellectual property rights. While Plurk prohibits such Content on the site, you understand and agree that the Content posted on the Plurk Service by its users is not necessarily reviewed by Plurk and Plurk cannot be held responsible for this Content.
8. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Plurk harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees) relating to any acts by you, including but not limited to any Content submitted by you, in connection with using the Service, resulting in claims against us by other users or third parties.
9. You agree not to modify, adapt or hack the Plurk Service, transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
10. You agree not to modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Plurk Service.
11. You agree not to send any unsolicited commercial messages to any Plurk users. (ie "Spam")
12. We reserve the right to modify or terminate the Service, and to refuse the Service to anyone, for any reason, with or without notice, at any time.
13. You agree that we may reclaim usernames on the Service on behalf of businesses or individuals who hold legal claim or trademark on those usernames.
14. These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Canada and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Canadian courts.
Copyright
The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights of Plurk. You agree to use the Service pursuant to these Terms of Use, and not to reproduce, modify, translate, distribute, sublicense, or create derivative works based on, the Service in any form unless otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Service.
We claim no ownership of any intellectual property rights over the Content that you upload to the Service. Any intellectual property rights in the uploaded Content belong solely to you (or your licensors). However, by uploading the Content to the Service, you grant Plurk a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual and irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, sublicense, and prepare derivative works of, such Content, in any format or medium now known or later developed, solely on and through the Service, subject to these Terms of Service and our privacy policy. You represent and warrant that you have sufficient rights to grant this license. You can remove your profile at any time by deleting your account. This will also remove any text and images you have stored on the Service.
We will review all claims of copyright infringement received and remove the Content deemed to have been posted or distributed in violation of any such laws. To make a claim, please provide us with the following:
* A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
* Info sufficient to enable Plurk to locate the allegedly infringing Content on the Service;
* Your address, phone number and email address;
* Statement by you that you have good faith belief that the use of the Content is not authorized;
* Statement by you that the info in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and
* A signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
Claims can be sent to copyrightcomplaints (at) plurk.com or by snail mail to
Plurk.com
2425 Matheson Blvd
8th Floor, Suite 813
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 5K4 Canada
Limitation of Liability
1. The Service and the Software are made available to you for your convenience on an "as is" and "as available" basis. PLURK DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, RELIABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT) REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OR THE CONTENTS OF THE SERVICE OR THE SOFTWARE. Plurk does not warrant or represent that the Software will be free of all viruses. You understand that the Service and the Software are still alpha/beta versions and may not perform with complete functionality, may be undergoing testing, may be inconsistently available, may have software "bugs" and may have other issues affecting availability and functionality. In addition to all other disclaimers and limitations of liability contained in these Terms of Use, you specifically agree that Plurk is not liable for any of the above issues. Moreover, you understand that Plurk does not warrant or represent that the Service and/or the Software will work on all mobile phones, will be compatible with all mobile phone networks and/or will be available in all geographical areas.
2. PLURK SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR THE SOFTWARE, OR THE RESULTS OR THE CONTENTS THEREOF, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
3. If you are dissatisfied with the Service or the Software, or have any other disputes or claims with or against Plurk with respect to the Service or the Software or these Terms of Use, then your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service and/or the Software.
Modification of these Terms of Use
We are continuously developing the features and functionality of Plurk. Consequently, we reserve the right to modify these terms of service at any time at our sole discretion. You agree to be bound to such alterations when you use Plurk and the alterations shall be effective at the time of posting on Plurk.com. It is important that you review these Terms of Service regularly on Plurk.com to ensure you are updated on any modifications to these terms. If you are dissatisfied with or do not agree to abide by any altered Terms of Service, your sole remedy should be to close your account on Plurk and discontinue use of our service.
Plurk Privacy Policy
What This Privacy Policy Covers
* This privacy policy pertains to the use of Plurk and the website located at http://www.plurk.com. By using our site, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this privacy policy.
* This privacy policy describes how Plurk and any related companies treats personal information that it collects and receives as you use our service (from our social networking website, including via SMS, WAP, and Instant Messaging). Personal information refers to information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, IP address or phone number.
* When you register with Plurk, your personal information and other data will be stored and processed in Canada and this information will be subject to the laws of Canada.
Children Under the Age of 13
* Children under 13 are not permitted to use Plurk. We do not knowing collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or allow such persons to register on Plurk. In the event that we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected without parental consent, we will take all steps to delete this information immediately. Should you have any information about any such users under the age of 13, please contact us.
Children between the Ages of 13-18
* We ask that users between the ages of 13-18 get permission from their parents or a guardian before registering on Plurk and sending us or anyone else any information about themselves.
Information Collection and How it is used
General Information
* Plurk collects personal identifiable information (PII) (such as your name, age, gender) when you register on Plurk so that you may use the service or post content on post any content to Plurk
* When you register we will ask for your email address, your name, your gender and other optional information such as your birth date, birth place, location, address, cell phone number, ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/MSN user name, and personal interests.
* Plurk also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, a cookie, and the page you request.
* This information is typically used for general purposes: service communication, identification, authentication, service improvements, contact coordination, research, thwarting malicious use and anonymous reporting.
* Plurk may send registered users infrequent opt-in newsletters informing of major service improvements, upgrades, or other pertinent announcements affecting our users and the Plurk community. You may unsubscribe to this mailing list at any time directly from within the newsletter, under the notifications tab in your account or by sending an email to unsubscribe@plurk.com. Unsubscribe requests are honoured within 10 days.
* You will only receive transactional email related to the activities you engage on Plurk. (ie. registration confirmations, unsubscribe requests, prod requests, notifications of new private messages, confirmation of account setting changes, notification of new friend requests) You are free to change your email notification settings at anytime from within your account options and notifications page.
* If you are using the SMS option on Plurk, Plurk automatically receives and records information on its server from the software including your mobile network operator, cell phone ID, city, country and whether your are currently using your phone or your phone is idle.
* You may opt-in to use our peer-initiated process to invite friends to Plurk by sending them email invitation requests. Only one automated invitation email follow-up is ever sent to individuals who are invited to use Plurk through a peer initiated process. We do not store the email addresses of unregistered users on our service. All invited parties have the option of globally removing themselves from receiving any future invites initiated by other peers on the Plurk service in the future by opting-out from directly within the invitation email or sending a request to unsubscribe@plurk.com
IP Addresses
IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser whenever you view a webpage. This info is stored in Plurk with your user registration data in our database. We use this information to:
* Diagnosing problems or issues reported by users that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by some specific company or ISP
* Tailor advertising and the user experience based on the geo location of your IP address. Aggregate info derived from IP addresses may be reported to advertisers.
* Get a picture of how many users are visiting Plurk from specific geographic regions.
* Trace back the source of any malicious or illegal use of the Plurk service so that we can more easily track and disable such usage as it arises.
Cookies
Like most sites, we use cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data, which often include an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from our website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies aren't used to collect any personally identifiable information about you. We use two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies, to better help you interact with the service, to monitor web traffic data, and to improve the overall experience of our users on Plurk. A session cookie enables us to offer certain features to you on the site and is deleted immediately from your computer when you leave the site. A persistent cookie, on the other hand, remains after you leave the site or close your browser and can be used by your browser on subsequent visits (ie. to help you stay logged in on a follow up session). You should be able to configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Plurk services that require you to login to the service, which may render you unable to take full advantage of the service. Third party advertisers or other entities do not have access to our cookies.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
* When you post a message on Plurk, your Plurk ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users.
* Plurk does not and will not share your email address with any 3rd party or other entity without your express permission. All email addresses are stored securely on our secure site servers behind a firewall. Your email address is only used to send you site specific communication that you've opted in to receive.
* If you post personal information on Plurk that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
* Plurk may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the Plurk TOS.
* Plurk may share demographic information with business partners. No personally identifiable information will ever be used without your permission.
* Plurk does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested or when we have your permission.
* It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Plurk's TOS, or as otherwise required by law.
* We will transfer information about you if Plurk is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Plurk will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
* Plurk may display targeted advertisements based on personal information that is exhibited in people's profiles.
Editing and Deleting Account Information
* You can change your Plurk info, at any time using the account edit link once your are logged in.
* You can delete your Plurk account at any time from your account page; however, please note that some identification and contact information may remain in our records for a short period of time.
* Your Plurk account info is password-protected.
Security
Plurk is concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your personally identified information. Your info is located on a secure server behind a firewall. Moreover, on some parts of the site (invitations, login), Plurk uses SSL-encryption to protect data transmission and safeguard your data. In case of breach, we will make any legally-required disclosures of breach of security or confidentiality of your unencrypted electronically stored personal data to you via email or through a prominent notice displayed on the site.
Links to other Sites/Content
Plurk contains links to other websites. The fact that there are links to other websites on Plurk is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party site. We do not exercise control over the content of third party sites. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use and disclosure of personally identifiable info that you submit to them. Please review the privacy policies or TOS from other sites that you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Plurk may update this privacy policy at any time and for any reason. If there are major changes to how we handle your personal information, we will sent notification to the primary email address in your Plurk account or by placing an easily accessible notice on our site of such changes. If you do not agree to abide by any changes made in the privacy policy, you may remedy the situation by deleting your account and ceasing to use Plurk in the future.
Questions
Got questions? Suggestions? Want to review the personal information stored by us? Please contact us. You may also mail us at:
Plurk Privacy Policy
2425 Matheson Blvd
8th Floor, Suite 813
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 5K4 Canada
