YurPorn Privacy Notice
YurPorn, Inc. ("YurPorn") recognizes that its customers,
visitors, users, and others who use
www.YurPorn.com or other web sites owned or operated by YurPorn (the
"YurPorn Sites") (collectively or individually "Users") value their
privacy. This Privacy Notice details important information regarding the
use and disclosure of User information collected on the YurPorn Sites.
YurPorn provides this Privacy Notice to help you make an informed
decision about whether to use or continue using the YurPorn Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the
YurPorn Terms of Use. Your use of the YurPorn Sites and any personal
information you provide on the YurPorn Sites remains subject to the
terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the
direction of Users onto the YurPorn Sites becomes published content and
is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this
Privacy Notice.
The Information YurPorn Collects
- User Provided Information: You provide certain personally
identifiable information (such as your name and email address) to
YurPorn when choosing to participate in various activities on the
YurPorn Sites such as uploading videos, posting messages in our
forums or in the video comments section, entering contests or
sweepstakes, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys,
or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
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- Cookies Information: When you visit the YurPorn Sites, 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. YurPorn uses both session cookies and
persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains 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 help file 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 YurPorn Sites may not
function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
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- Log File Information: When you use the YurPorn Sites, our
servers automatically record certain information that your web
browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may
include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol
("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit
pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names,
landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount
of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your
request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your
browser.
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- Clear GIFs Information: When you use the YurPorn Sites,
we may employ "clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to
track the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a
non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use
clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which
emails are opened by recipients.
The Way YurPorn Uses Information
- If you submit personally identifiable information to us through
the YurPorn Sites, then we use your personal information to operate,
maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the
YurPorn Sites.
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- Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily
disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas,
within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available
and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your
email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or
send messages through the YurPorn Sites and other Users can contact
you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to the
YurPorn Sites may be redistributed through the internet and other
media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
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- We do not use your email address or other personally
identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages
without your consent or except as part of a specific program or
feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We
may, however, use your email address without further consent for
non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of
major YurPorn Site changes or for customer service purposes).
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- We use both your personally identifiable information and certain
non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User
usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data,
etc.) to improve the quality and design of the YurPorn Sites and to
create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by
storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
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- We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file 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 YurPorn Sites; (b) provide
custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the
effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate
metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and
(e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions,
sweepstakes, and contests.
When YurPorn Discloses Information
- We provide personally identifiable information and
non-personally-identifiable information to our subsidiaries,
affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the purpose
of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these
parties agree to process such information in compliance with our
privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of
such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and
security measures.
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- We do not share your personally identifiable information (such
as name or email address) with other, third-party companies for
their commercial or marketing use without your consent or except as
part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the
ability to opt-in or opt-out.
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- We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as
anonymous User usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform
types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to
assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content,
services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the
YurPorn Sites.
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- We may release personally identifiable information and/or
non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law,
or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply
with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond
to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
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- YurPorn also reserves the right to disclose personally
identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable
information that YurPorn believes, in good faith, is appropriate or
necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against
liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party
claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to
protect the security or integrity of our web site, and to protect
the rights, property, or personal safety of YurPorn, our Users or
others.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable
information through the YurPorn Sites, in which case YurPorn may not be
able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your
personal profile information and email preferences at any time by
visiting your account profile page. Please note that media files
uploaded by Users to the YurPorn Sites cannot be removed and remain
subject to our Terms of Use.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such
as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting
you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for
maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information
at all times.
Please contact YurPorn with any questions or comments about this
Privacy Notice, your personal information, your consent, or your opt-in
or opt-out choices using this contact form.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
YurPorn allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad
networks, to serve advertisements within the YurPorn Sites. These
third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly
to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on the YurPorn
Sites. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens.
They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or
Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to
personalize the advertising content you see.
YurPorn does not provide any personally identifiable information to
these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or
except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have
the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an
advertiser asks YurPorn to show an advertisement to a certain audience
(for example, men ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages
18-24 who have viewed certain channels of content) and you respond to
that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you
fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach. The
advertiser may also use information regarding your use of the YurPorn
Sites, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any
personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver
to you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these
third-party ad servers or ad networks (see links below) for more
information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of
certain practices. YurPorn's privacy policy does not apply to, and we
cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Currently, YurPorn has relationships with the following third-party
ad servers or ad networks:
Our Commitment To Data Security
YurPorn uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and
technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your
personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security
of any information you transmit to YurPorn and you do so at your own
risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, YurPorn makes
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems.
However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information
may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any
of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If YurPorn learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt
to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective
steps. YurPorn may post a notice on the YurPorn Sites if a security
breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right
to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free
written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from
receiving electronic notice) you should notify us using this contact
form.
Our Commitment To Childrens' Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For
that reason, YurPorn does not knowingly collect or maintain personally
identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on
the YurPorn Sites from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our
website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of
age, then please do not use or access the YurPorn Sites at any time or
in any manner. If YurPorn learns that personally identifiable
information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the
YurPorn Sites without verified parental consent, then YurPorn will take
the appropriate steps to delete this information.
Special Note to International Users
The YurPorn Sites are hosted in the United States and are intended
for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User
accessing the YurPorn Sites from the European Union, Asia, or any other
region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use,
and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised
that through your continued use of the YurPorn Sites, which are governed
by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are
transferring your personal information to the United States and you
consent to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that YurPorn is acquired by or merged with a third party
entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer
or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of
such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the
unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights
generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information
is treated, transferred, or used.
Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be
reflected by the "effective date" below. Please revisit this page to
stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal
information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when
we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of
the YurPorn Sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and
any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less
restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you
have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent
before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice was last modified January 25, 2007.