Privacy Policy
How We Collect and Use
Information
We collect the
following types of information about you:
Information you
provide us directly:
We ask for certain
information such as your username, address, phone number and e-mail address
when you register for a Foison Echo Inc. account, or if you correspond with us.
We may also retain any messages you send through the Service, and may collect
information you provide in User Content you post to the Service. We use this
information only within Foison Echo to operate, maintain, and provide to you
the features and functionality of the Service. (Your username and if you choose to disclose it will be published
publicly. Once published your username and may not be able to be removed.)
Information we may
receive from third parties:
We may receive
information about you from third parties. For example, if you access our
websites or Service through a third-party connection or log-in, for example,
through Facebook Connect, by “following,” “liking,” adding the Foison Echo Inc application,
linking your account to the Foison Echo Inc Service, etc., that third party may
pass certain information about your use of its service to Foison Echo Inc. This
information could include, but is not limited to, the user ID associated with
your account (for example, your Facebook UID), an access token necessary to
access that service, any information that you have permitted the third party to
share with us, and any information you have made public in connection with that
service. If you allow us access to your friends list, your friends’ user IDs,
and your connection to those friends, may be used and stored to make your
experience more social, and to allow you to invite your friends to use our
Service as well as provide you with updates if and when your friends join Foison
Echo Inc. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy
settings on third-party websites and services before linking or connecting them
to the Foison Echo Inc Service. You may also unlink your third party account
from the Service by adjusting your settings on the third party service.
Inviting a friend to
use Foison Echo Inc:
Foison Echo Inc may,
in its sole discretion, develop a feature that allows you to invite third
parties to the Service. If you choose to use our invitation service to invite a
third party to the Service through our “Invite friends” feature, you may
directly choose a friend to invite through your mobile device’s native contact
list – but we do not require that you import your contacts list to the Service,
and we do not retain the information contained in your contacts list. You
understand that by inviting a friend to Foison Echo Inc through the “Invite
friends” feature, you are directly sending a text or email from your personal
accounts and that we are not storing your contact list. In addition, you
understand and agree that normal carrier charges apply to communications sent
from you phone. Since this invitation is coming directly from your email or
phone, we do not have access to or control this communication.
Finding your friends
on the Service:
Foison Echo Inc may,
in its sole discretion, develop a feature that allows you to locate your
friends with Foison Echo Inc accounts through a “Find friends” feature. The
“Find friends” feature allows you to choose to locate friends either through
(i) your contact list, (ii) social media sites (such as Twitter or Facebook) or
(iii) through a search of names and usernames on Foison Echo Inc. If you choose
to find your friends through your contact list, then you agree to provide Foison
Echo Inc access to your contact list such that we can perform the search
necessary to determine whether or not someone associated with the information
you provide is using Foison Echo Inc. If you choose to find your friends
through social media sites, then you understand that the information these
sites provide to use to conduct this type of search is governed by their
privacy policies and your account settings on those sites. If you choose to
find your friends through a search of names or usernames, then simply type a
name to search and see if that name or username appears on our Service. Note
that we do not retain any information contained in your contacts list, or
information from social media sites about your contacts, and we do not use such
information for any purpose other than to help you find your friends on Foison
Echo Inc.
Analytics information:
We may directly
collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools and services, to
help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect
information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you
visit and other information that assists us in improving the Service. We
collect and use this analytics information in aggregate form such that it
cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular individual user.
Cookies information:
Full details can be
found on our Cookie Policy. When you visit the Service, we may send one or more
cookies — a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters — to
your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets Foison Echo Inc help
you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site. A cookie may
also convey information to us about how you use the Service (e.g., the pages
you view, the links you click and other actions you take on the Service), and
allow us or our business partners to track your usage of the Service over time.
A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser.
Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the
site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s
directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your
browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate
when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Service may not
function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled. Full details can
be found on our Cookie Policy.
Log file information:
Log file information
is automatically reported by your browser or mobile device each time you access
the Service. When you use our Service, our servers automatically record certain
log file information. These server logs may include anonymous information such
as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring
/ exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the
Service, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
Clear gifs/web beacons
information:
When you use the
Service, we may employ clear gifs (also known as web beacons) which are used to
anonymously track the online usage patterns of our Users. In addition, we may
also use clear gifs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which
emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information is
allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Service.
Device identifiers:
When you access the
Service by or through a mobile device (including but not limited to
smart-phones or tablets), we may access, collect, monitor and/or remotely store
one or more “device identifiers,” such as a universally unique identifier
(“UUID”). Device identifiers are small data files or similar data structures
stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely identify your
mobile device. A device identifier may be data stored in connection with the
device hardware, data stored in connection with the device’s operating system
or other software, or data sent to the device by Foison Echo Inc. A device
identifier may convey information to us about how you browse and use the
Service. A device identifier may remain persistently on your device, to help
you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the Service. Some
features of the Service may not function properly if use or availability of
device identifiers is impaired or disabled.
Location data:
When you access the
Service by or through a mobile device, we may access, collect, monitor and/or
remotely store “location data,” which may include GPS coordinates (e.g.
latitude and/or longitude) or similar information regarding the location of
your mobile device. Location data may convey to us information about how you
browse and use the Service. Some features of the Service, particularly
location-based services, may not function properly if use or availability of
location data is impaired or disabled.
Commercial and
marketing communications:
We use the information
we collect or receive, such as your email address, to communicate directly with
you. We may send you emails containing newsletters, promotions, and special
offers. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you will be given
the option to opt out or change your preferences. We also use your information
to send you Service-related emails (e.g., account verification, purchase and
billing confirmations and reminders, changes/updates to features of the
Service, technical and security notices). You may not opt out of
Service-related emails. You may also be able to be “found” on Foison Echo Inc based
on information that you provide (see “Find friends on on Foison Echo Inc”)
above.
Use of certain service
type information we collect about you:
We use or may use
cookies, log file, device identifiers, location data and clear gifs information
to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during
your visit or the next time you visit the site; (b) provide custom,
personalized content and information; (c) to provide and monitor the
effectiveness of our Service; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total
number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns; (e) diagnose or fix
technology problems; (f) help you efficiently access your information after you
sign in; (g) to provide advertising to your browser or device, and (h)
automatically update the on Foison Echo Inc application on your mobile devices.
Sharing of Your
Information
We will not rent or
sell your information into third parties outside on Foison Echo Inc and its
group companies (including any parent, subsidiaries and affiliates) without
your consent, except as noted below:
- Who we may share your
information with: We may share your information with third-party business
partners and Trusted Users for the purpose of providing the Service to
you. Third party business partners will be given limited access to your
information as is reasonably necessary to deliver the Service, and we will
require that such third parties comply with this Privacy Policy, or
operate under a similar privacy policy.
- Who can see User Content: Any
User Content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service
becomes available to the public and cannot be removed, except by on Foison
Echo Inc in its sole discretion. Once posted on on Foison Echo Inc, User
Content may not be removable from public view, as copies may remain
viewable in cached and archived pages of the Service, on other sites that
have republished us, or if other Users have copied or saved that
information. If you do not wish your User Content to be available to the
public, please don’t post it on on Foison Echo Inc. Your username and if
you choose to disclose it, will be published publicly. Once published your
username Who can see your IP address: If you post User Content on the
Service while not logged in, your IP address will be published with your
User Content in order to attribute your contribution to the Service. A
selection of Trusted Users with administrative powers on on Foison Echo
Inc have the ability to review IP addresses of users to reduce abusive
behavior. Any third party service embedded on on Foison Echo Inc such as
an advertiser, video provider, social network or other third party will
also have access to your IP address.
- Who can see your email address:
If you enter an email address, you will enable communication from on Foison
Echo Inc employee only.
- We may buy or
sell/divest/transfer the company (including any shares in the company), or
any combination of its products, services, assets and/or businesses. Your
information such as customer names and email addresses, User Content and
other user information related to the Service may be among the items sold
or otherwise transferred in these types of transactions. We may also sell,
assign or otherwise transfer such information in the course of corporate
divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, dissolutions,
reorganizations, liquidations, similar transactions or proceedings
involving all or a portion of the company.
Instances where we are
required to share your information:
on Foison Echo Inc will
disclose your information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we
reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and
the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to enforce our Terms of Use or
to protect the security, quality or integrity of our Service; and/or (c) to
exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of on Foison Echo
Inc, our Users, or others.
Sharing certain
service type information we collect about you:
We may share certain
service type information, including information obtained through tools such as
cookies, log files, device identifiers, location data and clear gifs (such as
anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of
clicks, etc.): (i) with our third-party business partners for the purposes
described in the section above on “How We Collect and Use Information.” We may
also aggregate or otherwise strip data of all personally identifying
characteristics and may share that aggregated, anonymized data with third
parties.
Ads on on Foison Echo
Inc:
We may also share
certain information such as your location, browser, and cookie data and other
data relating to your use of our Service with our business partners to deliver
advertisements (“ads”) that may be of interest to you. on Foison Echo Inc may
allow third-party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements on the Service.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to
your browser or mobile device, the ads and ad links that appear on the Service,
and will automatically receive your IP address when they do so. They may also
use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, device identifiers,
location data, and clear gifs, see above) to compile information about your
browser’s or device’s visits and usage patterns on the Service and on other
websites, and to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize the
advertising content delivered to you.
For example, Google
uses DART cookies in order to deliver ads to you through the Service. Google's
use of the DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on
your visit to the Service and previous websites that you may have visited.
Other advertising networks also use similar cookies, clear gifs, or other
mechanisms to deliver targeted advertising to you through the Service. You can delete these cookies by following the
instructions here: http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cookies . You may opt out of use of Google’s DART cookie and cookies placed by
Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) certified ad networks here:
http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp . Opting out of
these cookies will be effective not only on the Service, but on all websites
with NAI certified advertising networks. However, these opt-outs will be
ineffective on networks that are not NAI certified.
Please note that an advertiser
may ask on Foison Echo Inc to show an ad to a certain audience of Users (e.g.,
based on demographics or other interests). In that situation, on Foison Echo
Inc or our Partners determines the target audience and on Foison Echo Inc serves
the advertising to that audience and only provides anonymous data to the
advertiser. If you respond to such an ad, the advertiser or ad server may
conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach.
To enhance your user
experience or help us improve and measure our effectiveness, on Foison Echo Inc
may embed code from third parties on the Service. Examples of such parties may
include Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google, YouTube, Howcast, VideoJug, AOL,
and others. These third parties may collect information about you including IP
address, cookies in ways on Foison Echo Inc does not control.
The on Foison Echo Inc
Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of
third-parties. Please consult the respective privacy policies of such third
parties or contact such third parties for more information.
How We Store and
Protect Your Information
Storage and
Processing:
Your information
collected through the Service may be stored and processed in the Canada or any
other country in which on Foison Echo Inc or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or
service providers maintain facilities. on Foison Echo Inc may transfer
information that we collect about you, including personal information, to affiliated
entities, or to other third parties across borders and from your country or
jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are
located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data
collection and use that may differ from Canada law,
please note that we may transfer information, including personal information,
to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws
as your jurisdiction, and you consent to the transfer of information to the Canada
or any other country in which on Foison Echo Inc or its parent, subsidiaries,
affiliates, or service providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure
of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
Keeping your information
safe:
on Foison Echo Inc cares
about the security of your information, and uses commercially reasonable
safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected
through the Service. To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable
steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before
granting you access to your account. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling
access to your email communications from on Foison Echo Inc, at all times.
However, on Foison Echo Inc cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to on Foison Echo Inc or guarantee that information on
the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. Your privacy
settings may also be affected by changes to the functionality of third party
sites and services that you add to the on Foison Echo Inc Service, such as
social networks. on Foison Echo Inc is not responsible for the functionality or
security measures of any third party.
Compromise of
information:
In the event that any
information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of
security, on Foison Echo Inc will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation
and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been
compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and
regulations.
Your Choices about
Your Information
You control your
account information and settings: You may update your account information and
email-communication preferences at any time by logging in to your account and
changing your profile settings. You can also stop receiving promotional email
communications from us by modifying your preferences at http://www.foisonecho.com.
We make every effort
to promptly process all unsubscribe requests. As noted above, you may not opt
out of Service-related communications (e.g., account verification, purchase and
billing confirmations and reminders, changes/updates to features of the
Service, technical and security notices). If you have any questions about
reviewing or modifying your account information, you can contact us directly at
foison_echo@yahoo.ca.
Opting out of
collection of your information for Tracking / Advertising:
Please refer to your
mobile device or browser’s technical information for instructions on how to
delete and disable cookies, and other tracking/recording tools. Depending on
your type of device, it may not be possible to delete or disable tracking
mechanisms on your mobile device. Note that disabling cookies and/or other
tracking tools prevents on Foison Echo Inc or its business partners from
tracking your browser’s activities in relation to the Service, and for use in
targeted advertising activities by third parties. However, doing so may disable
many of the features available through the Service. If you have any questions
about opting out of the collection of cookies and other tracking/recording
tools, you can contact us directly at foison_echo@yahoo.ca.
How long we keep your
private profile information:
Following termination
of your User account, on Foison Echo Inc may retain your private profile
information for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, or audit
purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that you choose to make
public on the service may not be removable.
Children’s Privacy
on Foison Echo Inc does
not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of
13 or knowingly allow such persons to register as Users. The Service and its
content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we
learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13
without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as
quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or
about a child under 13, please contact us at foison_echo@yahoo.ca.
Links to Other
Websites and Services
We are not responsible
for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from the
Service, including the information or content contained therein. Please
remember that when you use a link to go from the Service to another website,
our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your
browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those
that have a link or advertisement on our website, are subject to that third
party’s own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible
and we do not control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your
User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service (like Facebook,
Google groups, or an IRC chatroom) and you allow such a third-party access to
you User Content you do so at your own risk. This Privacy Policy does not apply
to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other
sources other than through the Service.