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Privacy Statement

Vibrant Media Product Privacy Statement:
Vibrant Media is a Publisher-side Technology Company.
Publisher-side means that all of our solutions reside on the individual server of the websites we partner with.

  • Vibrant Media’s technologies are not downloaded to a user’s desktop.
  • Vibrant Media’s technologies do not upload personally identifiable information from a user’s desktop.
  • Vibrant Media’s technologies do not collect or store any personally identifiable user information.

Vibrant Media Corporate Website Privacy Statement (www.vibrantmedia.com):
Vibrant Media, Inc. (“Vibrant Media”) respects the privacy concerns of the users of its Website, www.vibrantmedia.com (the “Website”). Vibrant Media thus provides this privacy statement to explain what information is gathered during a visit to the Website and how such information may be used

Use of Information: As a general policy no personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, is automatically collected from your visit to the Website. However, certain non-personal information is recorded by the standard operation of Vibrant Media’s Internet servers. Information such as the type of browser being used, its operating system, and your IP address is gathered in order to enhance your online experience.

The Website may request that you give us contact information such as your name, mailing and/or e-mail address; demographic information such as your age and gender; and personal preference information. Information submitted at the time of submission will be used by Vibrant Media only as necessary for our legitimate business interests, including without limitation the improvement of our products, services and the contents of the Website. Vibrant Media may also share such information with our business and promotional partners to further those interests. Personally identifiable information is never sold or leased to any third parties.

Access to Personally Identifiable Information: If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may update it by emailing our Customer Support at info@vibrantmedia.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.

Specific uses of information on the Website may include:

Vibrant Media’s Inquiry Form
The Vibrant Media Website contains an “inquiry form” for web publishers to request additional information about Vibrant Media’s products/services. The inquiry form requires web publishers to give contact information (such as name and email address.) Vibrant Media uses this information to contact Web Publishers about the services on the Website in which they have expressed interest.

Web Publishers have the option to provide demographic information (such as website address and vertical sector) to Vibrant Media. Vibrant Media encourages them to submit this information so it can provide them a more customized reply to their inquiry.

Insertion Orders
If an advertiser purchases a service from Vibrant Media, Vibrant Media requests certain personal and company identity information from the advertiser on the insertion form. Advertisers must provide contact information (such as name, company name, street address, email and telephone number) and financial information. Vibrant Media uses this information to provide services and for billing purposes. If Vibrant Media has trouble processing an order, it will use this information to contact the advertiser.

Web Publisher Service Agreement
If a Web Publisher signs a service agreement, Vibrant Media requires the Web Publisher to provide certain identifiable information including: name, company name, street address, email and telephone number. This information is necessary to process the Web Publisher’s agreement.

Web Publisher Sign-up form
When a Web Publisher signs a service agreement with Vibrant Media, the Web Publisher is also required to provide company and personal identity information, commercial information, technical contact information and customization information to start their contextual advertising services. Vibrant Media uses this information to provide services and for payment purposes. If Vibrant Media has trouble processing an order, it will use this information to contact the Web Publisher.

Advertising Network Service Agreement
When a Advertising Network signs a service agreement with Vibrant Media, the Advertising Network is also required to provide company, personal identity information and commercial information. Vibrant Media uses this information to provide services and for payment purposes. If Vibrant Media has trouble processing an order, it will use this information to contact the Advertising Network.

Service-related Announcements
Vibrant Media will send Web Publishers service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. The only other e-mails we send out are in response to feedback, contact and sign-up form submissions.

Generally, a Web Publisher may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If a Web Publisher does not wish to receive these communications, they have the option to deactivate their account according to the terms of their Web Services Agreement.

Customer Service
Based upon the provided personally identifiable information, Vibrant Media will send Web Publishers a welcoming email to verify their username and password and to set up their account. Vibrant Media will also communicate with them in response to their inquiries, to provide the services they request, and to manage their account. Vibrant Media will communicate with Web Publishers by email or telephone, in accordance with their wishes.

Testimonials
If your name appears in a testimonial on this site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information displayed there can be read, collected, or used by other users of this website, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these testimonials.

 

Legal Disclaimer: Vibrant Media may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with Vibrant Media’s rights or property, other users of the Website, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Vibrant Media may also disclose user information when necessary to comply with a court order, legal process or other legal proceeding.

Children Age 12 and Under: Vibrant Media recognizes the special obligation to protect personally identifiable information obtained from children age 12 and under. AS SUCH, IF YOU ARE 12 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, VIBRANT MEDIA REQUESTS THAT YOU NOT SUBMIT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE WEBSITE OR TO VIBRANT MEDIA. If Vibrant Media discovers that a child age 12 or younger has provided us with personally identifiable information, we will delete that child’s personally identifiable information from our records.

Use of Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s computer hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies make using our Website easier by, among other things, saving your passwords and preferences for you. These cookies are restricted for use only on our Website, and do not transfer any personal information to any other party. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can, however, reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please consult the technical information relevant to your browser for instructions. If you choose to disable your cookies setting or refuse to accept a cookie, some parts of the Website may not function properly or may be considerably slower.

Links to External Websites: Vibrant Media is not responsible for the content or practices of third party websites not owned or controlled by Vibrant Media. Vibrant Media is also not responsible for any information that you might share with such linked websites. You should refer to each such website’s respective privacy policy and practices prior to disclosing any such information.

Choice/Opt-Out: The Website may provide you the opportunity to opt-in to receive communications from us at the point where we request information about you. You always have the option of removing your name from any e-mail list in order to discontinue any such future communications. In order to ensure immediate removal from any list, please follow the specific instructions set forth within the communications you receive from Vibrant Media which you no longer wish to receive. If you are unsuccessful in completing the instructions specified in any such communication, please e-mail us at info@vibrantmedia.com, including a copy of the undesired email attached to the request, and state you wish to be removed from the mailing list.

Contact Information for Questions, Comments and Complaints: If you have any questions, comments or complaints about www.vibrantmedia.com or about this privacy statement, please contact:

Via mail:
Vibrant Media, Inc.
75 Hawthorne Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

Via email:
info@vibrantmedia.com

Via telephone:
+1 (646) 312-6100

Information provided by you via general e-mail inquiries to Vibrant Media such as your e-mail address is used only to respond to your inquiries in the ordinary course of business, and is never shared with third parties.

Security: Security for all personally identifiable information is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Vibrant Media cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit via the Internet. By transmitting any such information to Vibrant Media, you accept that you do so at your own risk.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact marketing@vibrantmedia.com.

Your Acceptance of These Terms: By using the Website, you accept the policies and restrictions set forth in this Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the Website. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our homepage.

Last updated April 16th, 2007