DentalShip.com Privacy Policy

Last Updated on September 6, 2008

DentalShip.com does not send Spam or sell email addresses.

About DentalShip.com and the Information We Collect
Profile Information submitted by Members to DentalShip.com
DentalShip.com is an online dental social networking community that connects people through networks of friends for communicating, sharing and business related aspect. To accomplish this, each DentalShip.com Member creates his or her own profile, which contains the personal information that the Member chooses to include. This personal information includes such things as:
· First name or first and last names of the Member (depending on the options selected by the Member),
· Gender, age, marital status and other, similar personal information,
· Occupation,
· Schools attended or companies with whom the Member is associated,
· Location (e.g., city and state), and
· Photos, videos or other shared content uploaded by the Member to his or her profile, to the extent that it includes personal information.
Other Information submitted by Members to DentalShip.com
DentalShip.com also collects Member-submitted account information such as name and email address to identify Members, send notifications related to the use of the DentalShip.com service and conducts market research and marketing for DentalShip.com's internal use only. You should also be aware that Members may reveal other personal information while communicating on other areas of the DentalShip.com website, e.g., while participating in discussions on DentalShip.com Groups and/or posting information on DentalShip.com Blogs. This information, in turn, might be viewed by other Members or visitors to the DentalShip.com website who are not Members.
Information Not Directly Submitted by Members or Other Website Users to DentalShip.com
Finally, we also collect some information from Members, as well as from other visitors to the DentalShip.com website, that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered from all Members and visitors to the website.

Use of Information Obtained by DentalShip.com
Sharing by Members of Profile Information
The personal information of a Member contained in his or her profile will be shown to those people whom the Member chooses. Each Member has three options when choosing the level of sharing of his or her profile. They are:
· “Friends which consists only of that Member's friends,
· “Friends of Friends which consists of that Member's friends, as well as the extended group of people who are friends of that Member's friends, and
· “Anyone which is all visitors to the DentalShip.com website, whether or not they are DentalShip.com members.
PLEASE NOTE THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION A MEMBER CHOOSES TO INCLUDE IN HIS OR HER PROFILE, OR WHAT LEVEL OF SHARING HE OR SHE CHOOSES, CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT EACH MEMBER WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT MEMBER'S PUBLIC PROFILE, WHICH IS AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF A DENTALSHIP.COM PROFILE. A LIST OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH PUBLIC PROFILE CAN BE FOUND IN THE DENTALSHIP.COM TERMS OF SERVICE. PUBLIC PROFILES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY USER OF THE DENTALSHIP.COM WEBSITE, WHETHER OR NOT THE USER IS A MEMBER
Display of Members' Information
Except where a Member might choose to include a full name in his or her profile, a Member's email address and full name will only be used in the following circumstances:
· When the Member invites a friend via email to become a DentalShip.com Member,
· When the Member sends a request to another Member to add the other Member to his or her friend list,
· When we send notifications to the Member relating to his or her use of the DentalShip.com service or DentalShip.com website, and
· If the Member so chooses, when we send regular notifications, weekly updates, or other news regarding the DentalShip.com service or the DentalShip.com website.
Except when inviting or adding friends or as otherwise expressly set forth herein, a Member's email address will never be shared with or displayed to any other person. Members and their friends, and other Members within their personal networks (depending on the level of sharing a Member has chosen) communicate on DentalShip.com with each other through the DentalShip.com service, without disclosing email addresses.
DentalShip.com's Use of Members' Information
We use information relating to each Member's server information, IP address, and browser-type.
Sharing of the Information this Site Gathers/Tracks
Except as explained herein, or where you are expressly informed otherwise, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information unless required by law or for the protection of your Membership. However, DentalShip.com may share profile information and aggregate usage information in a non-personally identifiable manner with advertisers and other third parties in order to present to Members and other users of the DentalShip.com website more targeted advertising, products and services; provided that, in such situations, we will never disclose information that would personally identify you. As set forth above, DentalShip.com may (i) use your email address to conduct market research for DentalShip.com's internal use only; and/or (ii) use your email address to market DentalShip.com to you (e.g., new features and applications, announcements, opportunities of interest). DentalShip.com may contract with a third party to conduct such research and marketing; provided that such third party will be fully bound by an obligation of confidentiality to DentalShip.com and may not use any personally-identifiable information provided by DentalShip.com other than as expressly instructed by DentalShip.com and in strict compliance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Links
The DentalShip.com Website contains links to other websites. This includes links that are placed there by DentalShip.com (such as in advertisements), as well as by other DentalShip.com Members. Please be aware that DentalShip.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We encourage all Members and other users of the DentalShip.com website to be aware of when they leave our website, and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by DentalShip.com through the DentalShip.com website.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on the DentalShip.com website. However, we do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from any Member or other user of the DentalShip.com website which they did not intentionally submit to us other than as stated in this Privacy Policy. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session ID 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. Note also that Members may optionally use a cookie to remember their email in order to automatically log in to our website. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browsers's help file; however, please note that, if you reject cookies or disable cookies in your web browser, you may not be able to use the DentalShip.com website.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MAY VIEW YOUR PROFILE AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN CHANGE THESE PROFILE SHARING SETTINGS BY CLICKING THE SETTINGS LINK IN THE TOP, RIGHT CORNER OF THE DENTALSHIP.COM HOMEPAGE. ALSO, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU'VE SUBMITTED TO THE DENTALSHIP.COM WEBSITE, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN YOUR DENTALSHIP.COM PROFILE, BY CLICKING THE EDIT PROFILE LINK ON YOUR DENTALSHIP.COM PROFILE PAGE.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our web site so Members and other users of the DentalShip.com website are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we are going to use Members' or other users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify those Members and users via email or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
Invite a Friend
If a Member elects to use our Invite feature to invite a friend to become a Member of the DentalShip.com service, we ask them for that friend's email address. DentalShip.com will automatically send the friend an email inviting them to join the site. DentalShip.com stores this email address for the purpose of: (i) automatically adding the respondent to the “friends list” of the Member sending the invitation; (ii) sending reminders of the invitation and (iii) sending emails on recent updates by the Member on DentalShip.com to the Member's invited friend. DentalShip.com will never sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. Any person who receives an invitation may contact DentalShip.com to request the removal of this information from our database.
Security
The DentalShip.com account of every Member is password-protected. DentalShip.com takes every precaution to protect the information of the Members, as well as information collected from other users of the DentalShip.com website. We use industry standard measures to protect all information that is stored on our servers and within our database. We limit the access to this information to those employees who need access to perform their job function such as our customer service personnel. If you have any questions about the security at our website, please contact us.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive our weekly email updates or other email notifications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable email or by logging-in and changing their settings in the Account Settings section of the DentalShip.com website. You can access this page by clicking on the Settings link on the top right of your DentalShip.com homepage.
Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to Members by our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may use cookies. Doing this allows 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. DentalShip.com does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed on the computer of any Member or other user of the DentalShip.com website by the third-party ad servers or ad networks.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by DentalShip.com only, and does not cover the use of cookies by any other party.
Members and Users Located Outside of the United States of America
We have made an effort to protect the personal information of all Members and other users of the DentalShip.com website, and to the extent applicable, we attempt to comply with local data protection and consumer rights laws. If you are unsure whether this privacy policy is in conflict with the applicable local rules where you are located, you should not submit your personal information to the DentalShip.com website. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION, YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES, THE LAWS OF WHICH MAY BE DEEMED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO HAVE INADEQUATE DATA PROTECTION (see, for example, European Union Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995) Members and other users of the DentalShip.com website located in countries outside of the United States of America who submit personal information do thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this privacy policy and to the transfer of that information to and/or storage of the information in the United States of America.
Contacting DentalShip.com
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, DentalShip.com's privacy practices, or your dealings with DentalShip.com, please contact us.