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Privacy statement

Introduction

Zooof.com is a family network, built and controlled by ZOOOF.com BV, established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ZOOOF.com wants to offer an enjoyable and safe environment to its users. To reach this goal we collect and process your personal data. In this document, for further clearness and convenience towards our users, we have established the conditions under which your data will be processed and put to use.

Registration of Personal Data

It is possible to use portions of ZOOOF.com services without having to register. ZOOOF.com will only process and use your personal data when you decide to use portions of ZOOOF.com's services that are only offered to registered users. When registering for ZOOOF.com's services, we will ask for your name, contact data, e-mail address and other data regarding your identity. ZOOOF.com also collects data that do not directly relate to your identity, like information about the region you live in, your gender or general age category. ZOOOF.com will only register personal data of children below the age of 16 with the explicit approval of a parent, guard or legal representative of the concerning child.

ZOOOF.com also collects statistical data related to the use of ZOOOF.com services. These statistics can refer to hard- and software used by you, like type of browser- or operation system, or information about your IP address and how you connect to ZOOOF.com. We will not link this information to your personal data.

ZOOOF.com enables you to record data about their life and interests. You don't have to release or enter this information to be able to use ZOOOF.com's services. If, however, you choose to enter this information, you explicitly permit ZOOOF.com to process and use this information in accordance with the regulations contained in this declaration.

Publication of personal data by users

Users can independently publish personal data with the aid of ZOOOF.com services. ZOOOF.com strives for, as far as possible, careful use of this information. However, users have to be aware of the fact that information, independently published by them, is not subject to the regulations in this protocol. ZOOOF.com will try to refuse access of spiders and other kinds of automatic software to publicly accessible sections of ZOOOF.com services. Users also need to be aware of the fact that publication of their personal data on discussion forums or public sections of the ZOOOF.com service can lead to collection and use of these data by a third party, beyond ZOOOF.com's responsibility and sphere of influence.

Security

ZOOOF.com protects users' personal data against loss, unintentional publication and provision to- and alteration by unauthorized persons. For this reason, accounts and passwords will be encrypted before being stored and saved on ZOOOF.com's systems. In their efforts to secure its users personal data, ZOOOF.com strives to utilize most relevant and recent technologies and procedures.

ZOOOF.com alerts users to the fact that the Internet will always be a public communications network and that, in spite of all measures and precautions taken, personal data can still be liable to unauthorized consultation and alteration. Also, in regard of personal data stored on the user's personal computer, users need to take into account that they are personally responsible for the protection of personal data and that they need to take appropriate safety measures, like the installation of anti-virus- and anti-spy software as well as a firewall.

Use of your data

ZOOOF.com primarily uses your data to make and keep ZOOOF.com services available. Through your registration you get the possibility to record family relationships, to get into contact with friends and relatives and to preserve your family history.

ZOOOF.com can send you information about products and services offered by other companies, based on data provided by you. Whenever we send this kind of information, we will mainly do this using e-mail or through personally targeted web pages. We will separately ask for your approval for sending you information by other means or technologies. Where ZOOOF.com sends you information about products and services of other companies you can rest assured that we will not provide your data to third parties. This information will be sent to you by ZOOOF.com on behalf of these third parties.

ZOOOF.com will never provide your personal data to a third party except in the following situations:

  • ZOOOF.com can only provide or publish personal data with your explicit approval, for example in the case of a user asking for (partly) publication of personal data through one of ZOOOF.com's services.
  • ZOOOF.com can provide personal data when compelled to do so by law or by court order. ZOOOF.com will make an effort to independently determine the validity of such a demand. ZOOOF.com will not provide personal data if it thinks that such a demand is unfounded.
  • In the future, ZOOOF.com can provide personal data to subcontractors in case we have these third parties take care of parts of ZOOOF.com's services, like hosting of sites or applications. ZOOOF.com will see to it that these third parties are just as dedicated to protecting user privacy and that they will minimally match ZOOOF.com's quality of protection.
  • ZOOOF.com can provide users' personal data to third parties in case of a company takeover or when ZOOOF.com B.V. is placed under the control of a trustee or receiver in case of bankruptcy or liquidation. In these cases, users will be notified by e-mail of all developments concerning ZOOOF.com B.V.

Alteration and verification of data

ZOOOF.com controls personal data as collected by ZOOOF.com based on data as issued by the user through means of the registration form. To registered users, ZOOOF.com offers the possibility of examination and, eventually, alteration of the collected user's personal data.

Users can terminate their registration with ZOOOF.com and deactivate their data with the aid of ZOOOF.com services. In this case, ZOOOF.com will remove the user's personal data from the 'active user section' of ZOOOF.com's services. ZOOOF.com can retain an offline copy of the user's personal data for the purpose of a financial audit or the fulfilment of legal obligations.

Maintenance of the privacy policy

ZOOOF.com's conduct shall be in accordance with the contents of this is declaration. ZOOOF.com will constantly maintain this declaration in its original state, this to the best of her abilities. If this declaration ever needs to be altered, pressed by whatever circumstances, ZOOOF.com will inform its users to at least allow them to choose between acceptance of the altered privacy policy or the removal of their personal data from ZOOOF.com's services.

Legal framework

ZOOOF.com has registered its collection of personal data with the 'College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens' (Board for the Protection of Personal Data) and accepts and applies, besides all legal regulations, its advice. ZOOOF.com anticipates Dutch- and European laws and regulations and concepts for laws and regulations.

Contact

Regarding this declaration, users can contact ZOOOF.com by:

Email:privacy@zooof.com
Phone:+31-20-6208888