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This is what they have to say about Third Party Advertisers.
We may allow other companies, called third party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements within Networks on the Ning Platform. These third party ad servers or ad networks may use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements that appear within a Network on the Ning Platform and they automatically receive your IP Address and other log file information when this happens. Such third party companies may also use other technologies (but not limited to) (such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements. Third party companies may also use these cookies to serve ads to you based on your visit to these Networks and other sites on the Internet.
Another wordsYOU are giving them permission to follow you around gathering information that will help their paying customersthe advertisers, to better target and influence YOU (the user) to buy their products. Ultimately, YOUR information is being used to identify you, your password information, and to better understand and manipulate you and your buying habits.
We reserve the right to add or remove third party ad networks and ad servers in our discretion. We may not at all times list such updated ad network or ad server partners in this Privacy Policy.
Simply statedwe will include whomever we want, and we dont have to publicly disclose who these folks are. For all WE knowthe FBI or Homeland Security might be one of their ad server partners.
This is what they have to say about the data information that is gathered by their Third Party Sources:
We may also obtain information, including Personal Information, from third party sources. This includes certain Personal Information that may be provided to us through the installation and use of Ning Applications
Basiclyany Third Party, any Social Network, or any Network Creator who builds on the Ning Platform is obligated to share all dataincluding personal information that is gathered on their particular Social Network site or data gathering device that utilizes the Ning Platform.
Now keep in mind, and this is a critical KEY pointAll data and personal information on the Ning Platform is EXCHANGEDas a condition of use. It is not SOLD. Corporations, companies, individuals only PAY for the use of the data collecting platform. This is how they can legally skirt the privacy issue when they make the claimYour privacy is important to us. We will not sell your personal information to anyone.
Your registration to become a Member of a Network constitutes your acknowledgement and agreement that if you have voluntarily provided information to Ning or Network Creators that causes your IP address to link to personally identifying information.
we directly combine information from other third parties with Personal Information that we collect on the Ning Platform
We may share some or all of your Personal Information with our parent company or any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control
Ning aggregates ALL data information from ALL sources on the Ning Platform. This is what they have to say about how Ning will utilize ANY/ALL the information that is collected:
We may use Personal Information to operate, provide, improve, and maintain the Ning Platform, and our other services and systems;
Another words, they will do whatever they want with your personal information data that best serves their bottom line. No mention of what those other services and systems revenue sources might happen to be.
to develop new products and services;to send you administrative messages, and information about Networks, content, and Ning services in which we believe you may be interested.
YOU the user, becomes a captive audience and marketing target. You will be sent product information that has been tailored specifically for your consumption based on your internet browsing/buying habits and the aggregated habits of those within your particular age, location, cultural, gender demographic.
for internal business purposes in addition to administrative purposes.
Using Personal Information for administrative purposes I get. Using Personal Information for internal business purposes? This is one of those catch all phrases that can mean jus about anything ya want it to mean.
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When you visit our Site, some information is also automatically collected, such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system and browser type and the time and date of your visit. This information is collected through the use of "cookies." Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by a Web site to give you a unique identification. We also use cookies on our Site to keep track of services you have used, to record registration information regarding your login name and password, to ensure you do not repeatedly see advertisements, to record your user preferences and to keep you logged into the Site. We treat automatically collected information as personal information if we combine it with or link it to any of the personally identifying information mentioned above. Otherwise, it is used in the aggregate only.
Additionally, we use, and allow third parties to use, Web beacons on the Site to monitor the effectiveness of advertising or for other legitimate purposes. Web beacons are small, graphic images on Web pages or Web-based documents or in email messages that allow us or third parties to monitor who is visiting the Site or if the email has be read. Web beacons collect the IP address of the computer that the Web beacon is sent to, the URL of the page the Web beacon comes from and the time it was viewed. Web beacons may be linked to your personal information.
We may use third parties, called third-party ad servers or network advertisers, to deliver ads to you on our behalf. These third-party ad servers may use cookies, Web beacons or other technology to collect non-personally identifiable information about your visits to our Site in order to use it to present advertisements that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice or whether you can opt out of having this information used by third-party ad servers to provide targeted ads, please visit .
How We Use the Information We Collect
In general, we use personal information to process your requests or transactions, provide you with products and services, and inform you about other products or services we think will be of interest. For example, we use the information we collect to:
Personal information provided on our Site may be linked together or merged with other personal information we obtain about you so that we may better understand your needs and inform you about our products or services and those of our business partners. In addition, if we receive personal information from third parties with whom we have business relationships, we may combine this information with the other personal information we maintain about you. In either case, this Policy governs this information.
Disclosure of Information
We do not sell, rent or share personal information with third parties without your prior consent except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy. We share personal information with third-party vendors who assist us in performing internal functions necessary to operate our business. These functions may include, for example, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance and processing payment transactions. In all cases we limit the information shared with our third-party vendors to that which is necessary to carry out those functions. We are not responsible for any information you provide to these parties directly, and we encourage you to become familiar with their practices before disclosing information directly to them.
We also disclose personal information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply this Policy or our other policies or agreements; to initiate, render, bill and collect for amounts owed to us; to protect our or our users' rights, property or safety; to protect our users from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of, our Site; or 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.
In addition, information about our users, including personally identifiable information, may be disclosed as 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 our business assets.
Links to Other Web Sites
Our Site contains links to other Web sites. Links from our Site to other sites or content are provided for your convenience only, and we do not have control over the content or privacy and security practices and policies of such third parties or other sites. Any personal information you provide on linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party's privacy policy. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.