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Privacy Policy  

GENERAL

LOOKLE.com ("LOOKLE") is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its users. The intent of this privacy policy is to detail the information LOOKLE may gather about individuals who visit LOOKLE, how that information is used, and LOOKLE's disclosure practices. Please note that this policy applies only to LOOKLE and not to the web sites of other companies or organizations to which LOOKLE provide links to.

ANONYMOUS USER INFORMATION
LOOKLE collects some anonymous information each time you visit so we can improve the overall quality of your online experience. We collect your IP address, referral data, and browser and platform type. LOOKLE does not collect information that identifies you personally, such as your name or e-mail address, in order for you to simply use it. Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files to collect and store this anonymous user information. LOOKLE analyzes the information to examine trends, administer the site,and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

INDIVIDUAL USER INFORMATION
From time-to-time some LOOKLE services may request information from you that may identify you personally in addition to the anonymous information described above. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name, e-mail address, shipping address, and post code), and demographic information (such as age, gender, and occupation etc). LOOKLE will not use or disclose your individual user information except as described in this privacy policy. LOOKLE may collect individual user information in the following ways.

SURVEYS OR CONTESTS
From time to time, LOOKLE may conduct surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose individual user information. Contest information will be shared with the contest or survey sponsors to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of the LOOKLE site. We may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests. These companies may use your personal information to help LOOKLE communicate with you about offers from the LOOKLE and our marketing partners. Such third parties do not have LOOKLE's permission to use your personally identifiable information for any secondary purpose.

TELL A FRIEND
If you elect to use our referral services for informing a friend about any of our sites, we ask you for your friend's name and e-mail address. LOOKLE will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the LOOKLE Site. LOOKLE does not store the information related to your friends and the one-time e-mail sent pursuant to your input will be our only contact with that person for such input.

CORRESPONDENCE
If you contact LOOKLE, we may keep a record of that correspondence and we may collect your e-mail address.

THIRD PARTY INFORMATION GATHERING
LOOKLE may include content and ads from third parties that may perform user activity tracking other than that described herein. For more information about each third party content provider, cookies, and how to "opt-out", please refer to such third party advertiser's privacy policy
LOOKLE contains links to other sites on the Web. Please be aware that LOOKLE is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by LOOKLE.

COOKIES
A 'Cookie' is a harmless file sent to your browser by a Web server and stored on your computer, it contains data that Web sites need to identify you as a unique user.
LOOKLE or other web sites which appear on LOOKLE may set cookies if you click on their advertisements or access their sites. Due to the way the Internet operates, we cannot control this collection of information. Most Web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. In particular LOOKLE uses cookies in relation to its Donations System. The cookie keeps track of the number of searches so they can be added up. If you have any questions or concerns about the way in which information is collected or used by another site, then you should contact whoever is responsible for that site directly.

SHARING
Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current legal proceeding, a criminal investigation, a court order, or legal process served on LOOKLE. We may also share your personal information if we believe it is necessary 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 LOOKLE's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
LOOKLE may use third party service providers to serve ads and e-mails on our behalf. These companies may use technologies to measure the effectiveness of ads and e-mails and use information about your visits to the LOOKLE site so that we can provide a better search experience to you.

MERGERS, BUSINESS TRANSITIONS
In the event LOOKLE goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users personal information will in most instances be part of the assets transferred.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement in places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

MORE INFORMATION
Questions regarding privacy at LOOKLE should be directed to us. Click here for contact details.