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This document was last updated on August 27, 2007.

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We value our relationships with our users. We are dedicated to protecting our users' privacy and handling any personal information we obtain from them with care and respect. This Policy is designed to answer our users' questions regarding our privacy policies and principles so you can make an informed decision about using our Site.

What information does this Policy cover?

Except as otherwise specifically described herein, this Policy applies only to personally identifiable information collected on the Site and does not apply to any other information or any information collected by IBloks through any other means.

This Policy uses the terms "personally identifiable information" and "personal information" synonymously. When we use either, we mean information that specifically identifies a particular individual, such as the individual's name, telephone number, email address or postal address, and any demographic or other information about a user, such as gender, birth date or a user's number of children, when such information is directly associated with personally identifiable information. Personal information does not include "aggregate" information, which is data we collect about a group or category of products, services or customers, from which individual customer identities have been removed. In other words, information about how you use a service may be collected and combined with information about how others use the same service, but no personal information will be included in the resulting data. Likewise, information about the products you purchase may be collected and combined with information about the products purchased by others. Aggregate data helps us understand trends and customer needs so that we can better consider new products and services, and tailor existing products and services to customer desires.

What personally identifiable information do we collect about our users?

We collect several types of personally identifiable information about our users.

 

Information You Provide to Us

Much of the personally identifiable information we receive comes directly from users who register with the Site or who otherwise voluntarily provide information to us in connection with various activities on the Site. The information we request at registration includes, without limitation, name, age, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number. We may also collect other types of information during registration or in connection with your purchases or other activities on the Site, such as (but not limited to) credit card information, demographic information and information about or contained in postings you make in forums or any other interactive or user-created areas of the Site, your answers to surveys, your participation in sweepstakes, contests, games and promotional offers; and in any email request you send us for any reason (such as to request customer service or provide us with comments or feedback). Additionally, please note that any information you post in online bulletin boards, chat rooms or other public forums may be displayed publicly.

Information Collected Through Technology

When you visit our Site, some information is also automatically collected, such as your computer's network (IP) address. We also may use cookies on the Site to collect certain information. A cookie is a small file a Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the Web site. We and other companies use cookies for a variety of purposes such as to count the number of computers visiting the Site, to track transactional information on purchases you have made, to track a users path on the Site, to record registration information regarding your login name and password, to ensure you do not repeatedly see advertisements, and to record your user preferences. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or to turn off all cookies, by following the instructions in the Help pages of your Web browser. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to many features that make your Web experience smoother, like the features mentioned above, and some of our services will not function properly.We do not link information we collect through cookies or other technology to your personal information. Rather, we only use it to compile aggregate information.

Some advertisements on the Site may be managed and placed on our Site by third parties. These companies are called "network advertisers." Network advertisers who place advertisements on our Web sites may use cookies, web beacons, or other technology to collect non-personally identifiable information when you click on or move your cursor over one of their advertisements. In some cases, we may have access to information from technology used by network advertisers on our sites and this information may permit us to identify other sites that you have visited that are also associated with the network advertiser.

Once you have clicked on an advertisement or any other link to a Web site other than the Site, you will have left the Site and our Policy no longer applies. In that situation, you must read the Policy of the Web site to which you have linked in order to see how your personal information will be handled on that Web site.

Information We Collect from Others

We may supplement personally identifiable information that we have collected directly from our users with other information that we obtain from third parties. In addition, we may obtain information about individuals who are not yet users of the Site or iBloks customers. When we associate information that we obtain from third parties with personally identifiable information that we have collected under this Policy, we will treat the acquired information like the information that we collected ourselves and, except as permitted by this Policy, the information will not be shared with third parties.

How is your personally identifiable information used and shared?

Uses and Disclosures of Your Personal Information

Personally identifiable information collected under this Policy is used by iBloks for a number of purposes. For example, we may use your information to complete transactions requested by you (such as your purchase of a product or service offered on the Site), to provide you with customer service, to customize our products and services and the Site, to develop products or services, to respond to any questions, problems or complaints, to request feedback, to send you administrative communications about your account or about your use of the Site or any Site features or activities (such as contests and surveys) and for other purposes for which the information was provided and any purpose relating thereto. We refer to all of these types of uses of your personal information that do not involve the sending of promotional materials as "Operational Uses."

In addition, iBloks may use your personal information to send you promotional materials about goods and services (including special offers and promotions) offered by iBloks or third parties and for other marketing and promotional purposes. By "promotional materials," we mean communications for which the primary purpose is to directly promote the use of the Site, or the purchase of products or services from iBloks or third parties. These promotional materials may be sent to you by postal mail, email or other means. You may opt out of receiving these promotional communications as provided in A4 below.

Disclosures to Third Parties

Except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy, iBloks will not sell, rent or share your personal information with third parties without your prior consent. iBloks may, however, disclose your information to third-party vendors and consultants who assist us in performing internal functions in connection with the operation of our business. For instance, we may hire companies to help deliver products or services to you, process credit card payments, analyze data, provide marketing assistance, or send email communications to you, and we may disclose your personal information to these companies for those purposes. We are not responsible for any additional information you provide directly to these parties, and we encourage you o become familiar with their practices before disclosing any information directly to them.

Mergers and Business Transfers

Information about you, including your personal information, may be transferred as a part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing or sale of company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personally identifiable information could be transferred to third parties as one of the business assets of iBloks.

Disclosures Required By Law and Disclosures to Help Protect the Security and Safety of the Site, iBloks and Others

iBloks may disclose personal information (a) when it believes in good faith that such disclosures are required by law, including, for example, to comply with a court order or subpoena; (b) to initiate, render, bill and collect for amounts owed to us; (c) to protect our rights, property or safety, or those of our customers or our users; (d) to protect our users from fraudulent, abusive or unlawful use of the Site; (e) to enforce contest, sweepstakes, promotions, game rules or the terms of any other agreement iBloks may have with you; or (f) if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay.

What choices do you have about the collection, use and sharing of your personally identifiable information?

You have the opportunity to change, correct, or delete personal information that you have provided under this Policy, and to "opt out" of any use of your personally identifiable information that is not related to the primary purpose for which the information was collected.

You can exercise these choices during the registration process on the Site or after registration, by logging in to the Site, navigating to the User Account page, and following the directions provided. We may also provide you an opportunity to update your contact information and/or modify your opt-out choices by sending you an e-mail or other communication that invites your response. Additionally, you may unsubscribe from certain email communications by clicking the "unsubscribe" links or following other opt-out instructions in those emails. All Operational Uses shall be deemed relating to the primary purpose for which the information was collected. Therefore, any opt-out choices you make will not apply to Operational Uses or in situations where you have made, simultaneously make or later make a specific request for information from iBloks, including, without limitation, ordering a product or service from iBloks.

Finally, if you do not exercise your opt-out choices upon registration at the Site, it may take up to ten (10) days for your opt-out choices to be fully effective. Our systems require time to update. Thus, you might continue to receive promotional materials from iBloks based upon the personal information you have provided under this Policy for up to ten (10) days after you elect to opt out.

What kinds of security measures do we take to safeguard your personally identifiable information?

The security and confidentiality of your information is important to us. We use appropriate, commercially reasonable means to protect your information from unauthorized access and improper use. Orders placed on the Site are protected by an encryption technology called Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), to ensure privacy and security when submitting an order. Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

Additionally, your account information is accessible online only through the use of a password. To protect the confidentiality of your personal information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are responsible for all uses of the Site by any person using your password. Please advise us immediately if you believe your password has been misused.

How can you ask questions, or send us comments, about this Policy?

If you have questions or wish to send us comments about this Policy, please send an email with your questions or comments or write us at:

Member Services
iBloks, Inc.
330 Townsend, Suite 204
San Francisco, CA 94107
How will you know if we amend this Policy?

We may amend this Policy at any time. We will post the amended Policy on the Site and indicate the date on which it was updated. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use and/or share your personal information, we will notify you of such changes by (i) posting prominent notice on the Site for thirty (30) calendar days prior to the implementation of such material changes or, at our option, (ii) sending you email notification and posting prominent notice on the Site thereof, fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the implementation of such material changes. Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of changes to this Policy constitutes your agreement to the Policy as revised. We encourage you to review this Policy each time you visit our Site to see if it has been updated since your last visit and to make sure you understand how information you provide will be used.

 
 
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