Flash IM Messenger Service Statement of Privacy

Flash IM is committed to helping you protect your privacy and developing technology to help protect the safety of your online purchases. This Flash IM Messenger Service Statement of Privacy applies to the Flash IM Messenger Service and governs data collection and usage in connection with the Flash IM Messenger Service. Please read the complete Statement of Privacy below. By using the Flash IM Messenger Service, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

When you sign up for the Flash IM Messenger Service, Flash IM requests your E-mail address, a password of your choosing and the list of 'buddies' with whom you can send and receive instant messages and similar information about those 'buddies'. Some user options, such as your privacy settings, are stored on Flash IM servers so that those settings are available when you sign in from a different computer or device. Go to Settings Options in Messenger to change your friendly name.

The Flash IM Messenger Service uses any valid E-mail address to provide registration and sign-in services. When you sign in to this site using Flash IM Messenger, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address and a password to sign you in.

Certain information about your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by the Flash IM Messenger Service. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, and operating system. This information is used by Flash IM for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Flash IM Messenger Service.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personal information or other sensitive data to other users through the Flash IM Messenger Service, this information may be collected and used by the recipient(s). Note: Flash IM does not read any of your private Flash IM Messenger Service messages.

Personally identifiable information submitted to the Flash IM Messenger Service may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Flash IM or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Flash IM Messenger Service, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

Please be aware that this Privacy Statement and the choices you make on this site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to Flash IM in the context of other, separately operated, Flash IM products or services.

Flash IM encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from the Flash IM Messenger Service so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Flash IM is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Flash IM family of Web sites and services.

Use of your Personal Information

Flash IM uses the personal information you provide to operate the Flash IM Messenger Service. Authorized Flash IM customer service representatives may access this information, upon your request, to assist you in using the Messenger service. Except as otherwise stated below, personal information you provide to Flash IM Messenger Service will not be shared outside of Flash IM and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as answering customer questions or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Flash IM will disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Flash IM; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Flash IM or the Flash IM Messenger Service; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Flash IM, its web sites, or the public.

Personal information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Flash IM or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Flash IM abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Security of your Personal Information

Flash IM is committed to helping protect the security of the personal information you provide. Personal information we collect is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access, and we use a variety of technologies and procedures to help protect this information from loss or misuse, and from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

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