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UNYK Privacy Policy
Last Updated on 05/09/2007
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UNYK is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site www.unyk.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact UNYK. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily address, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.

Our Pledge
We at UNYK understand and respect the fact that your personal information must always remain strictly under your control. Only the users that you, yourself will have selected will be granted access to the information that you provide UNYK. Besides the instances persuant to this Privacy Policy, no part of your information will be sold or shared.

About UNYK
UNYK is a smart address book that updates itself automatically as soon as one of your contacts changes his or her contact info in UNYK.com. Accessible by the Web and soon on your mobile, UNYK is compatible and synchronizable with most current address books. While remaining in full control, the service also allows you to share your contact info quickly and automatically with one easy ID–your UNYK.


What You Need to Know [ ^ ]
In order to use this Web site, you must first complete the registration form and create a user name and password. During registration you are required to give contact information, such as last name, first name, date of birth, gender, country and email address. We use this information to send you alerts and reminders or to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

You may receive confirmation request, newsletters, contact’s birthday reminder, invitation request and alerts when your contacts change their info.

UNYK is the sole owner of the information collected on UNYK.COM.
When Is My Information Shared? [ ^ ]
People who are not registered UNYK users do not have access to your information. UNYK users can, by default, see only your last name, first name, city, province/region/state, country and UNYK identifier. The rest of your personal information will be shown to UNYK users only if you, yourself, have decided to share your information.
What Do You Do With My Personal Information? [ ^ ]
We use your first and last names to personalize your UNYK access. We use your email address to contact you, if necessary. When you confirm your registration, for security reasons, we verify that the email address you provide belongs to you.
Some information, that is not of a personal nature, such as which browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.), the operating system you are using (Windows, Mac Os, etc.) and your domain name (IP address) or Internet provider, may be collected. This information will be used in statistical analyses of site usage. It helps us improve and personalize our service and content to better meet your needs and make the site more enjoyable, efficient and secure to use.
Tell-A-Friend [ ^ ]
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. UNYK stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email, sending reminders and tracking the success of our referral program.

Your friend may contact us to request that we remove this information from our database.
Is My Personal Information Sold to Third Parties? [ ^ ]
Your personal information will never be sold, rented or given to third parties without your consent, except in the cases stipulated in this Privacy Policy. Using your personal information in the ways listed is necessary to the well-functioning of the UNYK service.
  • Service Management
    We use your personal information to: solve technical problems; gauge the interest of our users in our services; inform you of UNYK offers, news and updates; personalize your experience ; detect and protect against fraud and other criminal activities; and to implement our Terms of Service.
    UNYK may sometimes compile this information in order to improve the commercial products or services that may interest you (targeted banner ads, administrative notices, offers for products related to your use of the site).By accepting our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to be sent these offers. If you do not wish to receive these offers, you can change your preferences at any time. All you need to do is log on to the site with your UNYK identifier and password. Go to "My Account" at the top of the page, click "Modify" next to the options and unselect the appropriates boxes. Click "Save".
    Promotions are sending by UNYK in behalf of our partners. We are not sharing any personal information with any third parties in the process.

  • External Service Providers
    We may use external service providers to provide better services (for example, sending email). Your name and email may thus be transmitted to these providers. These providers are subject to our Privacy Policy and the legal restrictions prohibiting the use of the information we provide to them for operations other than for UNYK's specific external operations.

    We use Omniture’s services to provide information about our visitors (location, new or returning visitors, etc…). When you sign up for UNYK’s services, we will share your IP address as necessary for the third party to provide that service.

    These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.

    These external service providers may ask you directly for additional information (in order to analyze your usage of the service, for example). In these cases, you will always be warned. If you decide to provide this information, it will then be regulated under the provider's privacy policy.

  • Advertisers
    UNYK may sometimes share general socio-demographic information with partners or advertisers so that they may target their advertisements (by age group or sex, etc. For example, the number of users between 20 and 30 years of age). We do not, however, provide information that would allow them to identify you.

  • Law Enforcement
    We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

  • Acquisition
    We may continue to develop our website. Should UNYK be bought or merged with another company, and despite the present Privacy Policy, your personal information could be transferred and become subject to the practice and procedure of the acquiror.
How Secure Are Your Web Servers? [ ^ ]
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
To learn more about SSL, follow this link http://www.verisign.com/products-services/security-services/ssl/index.html.

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us.
Will You Add My Email Address to a Mailing List? [ ^ ]
Your email address will not be sold, rented or lent. It will only be used in direct relation to your use of UNYK, as described in the present Privacy Policy.
Do You Send Unsolicited Emails? [ ^ ]
UNYK does not send any unsolicited information. The only compulsory emails you will receive are an integral component of the UNYK service and are necessary to the well-functionning of the site (eg.: The request to confirm your UNYK registration).
Why Do You Use Cookies? [ ^ ]
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

Omniture is using cookies to track our visitors. That information is used to define: daily visitors, unique visitors, time spent on pages, number of visits.

We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s "help" file. http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx.

We set a persistent cookie to store your email address, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited.

Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies.

See "Third Party Advertisers."

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by UNYK only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. [See below the "Third Party Advertisers" section.]
Third Party Advertising [ ^ ]
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by UNYK or our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by UNYK and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
How Will I Be Told About Any Changes Made to the Present Texts? [ ^ ]
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here or by means of a notice on our homepage.
How Can I Change My Information or Cancel My UNYK Registration? [ ^ ]
You can change and update your information at any time. All you have to do is log on with your UNYK identifier and password,then click on "My Profile".
You can cancel your registration at any time. All you have to do is log on with your UNYK identifier and password. Go to "My Account" section at the top of the page and click "Delete my account". This will cancel your registration and delete all your information from UNYK and the address books of your contacts.
How to Contact Us? [ ^ ]
For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, write to us here or send us a letter to:

UNYK
1010 De Sérigny #820
Longueuil, QC J4K 5G7
Canada

The user can opt out of being part of the directory, by going in the "My Account" section and click the link "Delete my account". We post customer testimonials and photos on our web site which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial and photo to post their name along with their testimonial and photo