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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy and Data Protection

Globeez is a term directly related to www.globeez.com and both registered under the UK Copyright Service No. 285428 & No. 292581, and may be used alternatively

Your privacy is Globeez's priority. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so as to build a community of mutual trust and respect. We want to develop Globeez into a reliable and safe environment. To achieve our goal we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:

- Globeez will never rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes.

- Globeez will never share your contact information with another user without your consent.

- Any personally identifiable information that you provide to Globeez will be secured with all industry standard protocols and technology.

- Use of Globeez is contingent upon acceptance of this Privacy Policy and all the terms in it.

- Notice of all changes that materially affect ways in which your personally identifiable data may be used or shared will be posted in updates to Globeez's Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the Globeez service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.

- All terms laid out in chapter 5 of Globeez's Legal Terms of Use, under 'Privacy Policy and Data Protection', remain valid and binding for all users, together with the following provisions.

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1. Collection of Personal Information Globeez collects your personal information in the following ways:

1.1 Registration

In order to become a Globeez user, you must first create an account on this web site. To create an account you are required to provide the following contact information: name, email address, country, ZIP/postal code, a brief summary of your professional background (current occupation & networking objectives), and a password chosen by you.

1.2 Profile Information

Once a user, you may provide additional information in your profile describing your skills, academic curriculum, professional experiences, and networking objectives. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is entirely optional, but enables you to better identify yourself and find new opportunities in the Globeez environment. To the extent that any of the information you provide at registration or in the Profile section is not personally identifiable, it may be used in the same manner and extent which other information that is not personally identifiable is permitted to be used hereunder, including, without limitation, for the purpose of serving advertisements through the service. If you opt-out you may lose the potential benefit of receiving ads that are more targeted to your interests.

1.3 Contacts Information

In order to invite others to connect with you directly in Globeez, you have to enter their names and email addresses. This information will be used by Globeez to send your invitation including a message that you write. The names and email addresses of people that you invite will be used only to send your invitation and reminders. You may also choose to manually enter or upload data about your contacts into the private contacts section of our website. All information entered there will only be viewable by you and will not be searchable by others in the Globeez network without your permission. All information that you enter or upload about your contacts will be covered by the same terms of this privacy policy and data protection, that cover your own personally identifiable information.

1.4 Cookies

Like most web sites, Globeez may use technological facilities including, but not limited to, web cookies and web log files to tag and track site usage. A cookie is a minuscule data file which resides on your computer and allows Globeez to recognize and uniquely identify you as a user, when you return to our site using the same computer and web browser.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If however your browser settings does not allow cookies or you opt to refuse all cookies, you may not be able to use our website or services, unless you reset your browser to accept cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Globeez may use the type of cookie, known as a 'persistent' cookie once you've logged in to your Globeez account. The next time you visit globeez.com, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing user so you will not need to log in before using the service. In order to access or change any of your private information (like a credit card number), however, you must log in securely again with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log out of the Globeez web site you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Globeez may also use another type of cookie, called a 'session' cookie, which is used to identify a particular visit to the Globeez web site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.

Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on globeez.com. Furthermore, we use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. The information we collect is used for internal review to improve the content of our web site, to conduct research and analysis to help improve your experience, to ensure the technical functionality of our network, and to create and develop new ideas and services for our members.

In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing services to our users, we may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Any information provided to third parties through such cookies will not be personally identifiable but may provide general segment information, e.g. your industry or geographic location, for greater customization of your user experience. Globeez does not store personally identifiable information in the cookies.

1.5 Web Beacons

We allow other companies, called ad networks, to serve advertisements to Globeez users. Ad networks include third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms. Globeez may target some ads to users that fit a certain general profile for example, public relations consultants in London. Globeez does NOT use personally identifiable information to target ads.

To deliver these ads properly, Globeez may include a file, called a web beacon, from these ad networks within pages served by Globeez so the networks may provide anonymous, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for advertisers as well as to target ads to you while you visit other websites.

Because your web browser must request these advertisements and web beacons from the ad network's servers, these companies can view, edit or set their own cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site.

These general targets may also be used by ad networks to display targeted ads on other websites as a substitute for random, irrelevant ads. Globeez never provides personally identifiable information to any advertiser nor any third party.

You may opt-out of use of Web beacons in Globeez pages that you view and of placement of a cookie by ad networks in your browser. To opt-out contact us in webmaster@globeez.com

However, if you opt-out you may lose the potential benefit of receiving ads that are more targeted to your interests.

1.6 Log files, IP addresses and information about your computer

Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the Globeez web site we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave globeez.com. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, email patterns, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the content of our website and the overall services provided to you. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is never shared with third-parties without your permission or except when required by law.

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2. Use of personal information

2.1 General Use

Globeez is an online environment, committed to helping all types of professionals from around the globe, more effectively connect with one another. The personally identifiable information you choose to provide on this site is used to help you describe and present yourself to other users. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual, is collected by Globeez from all users (such as, for example, utilization routine) and is exclusively owned by Globeez. This information can be used by Globeez in such manner, as Globeez in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

2.2 Communication

Globeez will communicate with you through email and notices posted on this website or through any other means available through the service, including text and other forms of messaging. If we send any communications to you via the carrier service with which you have a mobile communications subscription or otherwise have access, you understand you will pay any service fees associated with any such access (including text messaging charges to messages your mobile device). These include a series of welcome emails which help inform new users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive certain emails from Globeez related to the proper functioning of your account, such as email notices when another user in your network sends you an opportunity. Globeez may send you promotional information, unless you have opted out of receiving such information. You can change your e-mail and contact preferences at any time by logging into your account and amending your email notification choices. If you wish, you can also opt-out of receiving promotional emails, by sending a request to webmaster@globeez.com.

2.3 Customized Content

Information you provide at registration or in your profile section is also used to allow us to customize your experience and the advertisements you see, to store your preferences and record session information. For example, when you login to your account we may display the screen names of new users who have recently joined your network.

2.4 Sharing Information With Third Parties

Globeez considers the privacy of our users, our capital asset and foremost concern. We will never sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to any third parties for marketing purposes. We will only share your personally identifiable with third parties to carry out your instructions and to provide specific services or information. For instance, we use a credit card processing company to bill users for subscription fees. These third parties do not retain, share, or store any personally identifiable information except to provide these services and are bound by strict confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such information.

We may provide aggregated anonymous data about the usage of our services to third-parties for such purposes as we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate, including, without limitation, to prospective advertisers on Globeez. We may segment our users by role (i.e. product managers, presidents), industry, geographic location, or company. If you would like to be excluded from the aggregated research or products based upon aggregated data about our users’ activities on the site, please send us an email to  webmaster@globeez.com.

2.5 Partnering with Other Organizations to Offer Combined and Other Services

Globeez may offer our services in connection with other web sites (including updates about the Globeez services) or may partner with other online services to give you the combined results of both services or additional services and benefits. For example we partner with Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for business and professionals, to bring its members the latest international and world market newsand then to use Globeez to find trusted referrals to news and business information. Whenever we offer such services, you are welcome to use these services and are deemed to do so whenever you use your Globeez account. In these cases, your personally identifiable information may be passed from Globeez to the partner, or vice versa.

2.6 Surveys and Polls

As a member of Globeez you will receive requests to participate in market research including polls and surveys submitted by other Globeez members. If you participate in surveys and polls offered through the service, the information you provide may be visible to others using the service. You may opt-out of participating by contacting webmaster@globeez.com and asking to stop receiving these inquiries and requests.

2.7 Testimonials and Advertisement placed through Globeez Service

If you provide any testimonials about the Globeez service or place advertisements through the Globeez Advertisement service, we may post those testimonials and examples of advertisements you place in connection with Globeez’s promotion of its service to third parties, which testimonials and advertisements may include your name and other personal information that you have provided. For more information about DirectAds please contact webmaster@globeez.com.

2.8 Communications to other Users

All the emails you initiate through Globeez, an invitation sent to a non-user for instance, will list your email address and name in the header of the message. Emails you initiate may also provide aggregate information about your network (for instance how many people are in your network), but will never list the people to whom you’re directly connected. Other communications that you initiate through the Globeez web site, like a request for contact, will list your name as the initiator but will not include your personal contact information. Your contact information will only be shared with another user if both of you have indicated that you would like to establish contact with each other.

2.9 New uses

From time to time, we may use personal information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy policy. In such event, we will post the policy changes to our web site to notify you of these changes and we will use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change forward.

2.9 Legal Disclaimer

Globeez believes it may be necessary to access, preserve and disclose the contents of your user account or share personal information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Globeez terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process and will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

2.10 Disclosures to others:

Globeez will have to transfer information about you if the Globeez Service or any of its assets is transferred to, acquired by or merged with another company.

We may also disclose your personal and other information you provide, to another third party as part of a reorganization of a Globeez division or company and only after taking steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected. Any third party to which we transfer or sell Globeez’s assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us.

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3. Your Information Choice

3.1 Accessing and Changing Your Account Information

At any time, you can review the personal information you provided us and make any desired changes to the information you publish, or to the settings for your Globeez account including your email, and contact preferences, by logging in to your account on the Globeez web site. Please be aware that even after your request for a change is processed, Globeez may for a time retain residual data about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database.

3.2 Closing your Account

You can also close your account through the Globeez web site. If you close your Globeez account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable data. We may retain certain data contributed by you if it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the terms of the Globeez Privacy Policy in effect at the time of your request.

Your request that we close your account and remove your information from the LinkedIn service, must be addressed to webmaster@globeez.com

Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with Globeez under your name.

You will receive a response to your request within three business days of our receiving it.

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4. Important Information

4.1 Children

Children under the age of 18 are not permitted to use Globeez or any of its services.

4.2 Changes to this Privacy Policy

Globeez may update this privacy policy, from time to time and any changes are binding for you. We therefore, encourage you to visit this site periodically to review the most updated policies.

In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on this site. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

If you continue to use the Globeez service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.

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5. Security

Globeez makes every effort to keep globeez.com a trusted and safe environment, but it cannot be held liable should content you have posted on the website that is viewable by other users be copied or distributed elsewhere.

Access to your private user information is limited to webmasters and management of Globeez. No other employees, contractors or third parties will have access to this information without your express permission.

In order to secure your personal information, access to your data on Globeez is password-protected, and sensitive data (such as credit card information) is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and our web site. To protect any data you store on our servers we also regularly audit our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and we use a tier-one secured-access data center.

It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information.

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6. How to contact us

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us at webmaster@globeez.com or contact us at:

WE Media Ltd
404 Albany House
324 Regent Street
London W1B 3HH
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 870 366 5213
Fax: +44(0) 845 862 0798
Attn: Globeez Privacy Policy Issues

This Privacy Policy became effective September 22, 2008.-

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