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Privacy Policy
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This privacy policy sets out how we use and protect any information
that you give us when you use this website.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to
provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website,
then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy
statement.
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check
this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This
policy is effective from November 2008.
About Harmoniker
Harmoniker is an online, social network that allows people
with multiple common interests to become friends. We allow users to specify, in
detail, the things in life that define them and we use this information to find
other, matching users.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
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Data
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Description
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Public/Private
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Moniker (user name):
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This is your public name and will be seen by all other users.
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Public
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Password
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This is your private password and you should keep this secure. If you lose your
password we will issue you with a new one which you should then change as soon as
possible.
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Private
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Email Address
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This address will be used by us to communicate with you and should be your primary
email address. This information is not publicly visible. Please ensure that your
email address is correct and up to date at all times
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Private
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First/Last Name
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Private
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Date Of Birth
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This information is used to determine your age. Some of the categories in Harmoniker
are age-restricted and when you sign up for an account you must confirm your date
of birth (and hence your age) to provide access to these categories
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Private
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Street Address
Town
County
City
State
Country
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This information will be used to determine you geographic location in order to provide
you with better localised services.
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Private
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Category Information
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As part of the Harmoniker process, you may enter details of your personal interests,
hobbies, career, etc. This information is processed internally to provide a “score”
which allows us to match you with other similar users. Currently, the specific details
of your actual categories (i.e. category names and ratings) are NOT visible to other
users. In the future we may provide a facility that allows you to “opt-in” and allow
others to see the categories and/or ratings you have chosen. If you do not choose
to “opt-in”, your chosen categories and ratings will remain private.
Note that due to the nature of the scoring process (i.e. your score approaches 100
as you match another user’s categories more closely) it would be possible (but very
unlikely and difficult) for someone to discover your categories by trial and error
i.e. by changing their own categories and ratings to increase the match score to
100. We believe this is an unlikely situation and even if it were attempted would
provide little benefit to the offending party.
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Private
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Social Networking sites
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You can enter information about other social networking sites that you use. You
may also (optionally) enter the account name/id that identifies you on these 3rd
party sites. You can choose to make this information private, public or visible
only to users you have marked as "friends".
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Public
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Advertising Policy
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Your categories and location may be used to serve advertising messages while you
are viewing the site. Your personal details are never provided to advertisers or
to any 3rd party, for any reason. Advertisers receive aggregated reports
containing numeric data related to the performance of their messages, but these
reports contain no personally identifying information about our users.
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Private
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What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide
you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We use the information to customise the website according to your interests including
the presentation of advertisements based on your preferences.
- We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or
other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address
which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research
purposes. We may contact you via email or mail.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure.
In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable
physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information
we collect online. However member accounts are secured by member-created passwords
and while we take precautions to ensure that your information is kept private, we
cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry
or use, hardware or software failure, and/or other factors may compromise the security
of member information.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed
on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie
helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies
allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can
tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering
information about your preferences. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer
or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept
cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you
prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other
websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our
site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore,
we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which
you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy
statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable
to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal
information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in certain forms on the website, look for the box that you
can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody
for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing
purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at Support@Harmoniker.com
If you wish to remove your account, please email
Support@Harmoniker.com and we will delete your account.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties
unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your
personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which
we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the
Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy
of the information held on you please email support@harmoniker.com.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect
or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address.
We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
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