Lyleth Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how Lyleth treats personal information of our members.

What This Privacy Policy Covers

• This privacy policy pertains to the use of the Lyleth web site at http://www.lyleth.net
• This privacy policy covers how Lyleth treats personal information that Lyleth collects and receives. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number.
• Children under 13 are not permitted to use the Lyleth service without parents’ signature, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for children's use of the site.

Information Collection and How it is used

General Information

• Lyleth collects personal information when you register with Lyleth to post content on Lyleth.
• When you register we ask for your email address and certain optional information such as your name, birth date, birth place, gender, biographical information, and personal interests.
• Lyleth automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie, and the page you request.
• Lyleth uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting.

IP Addresses

IP Addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in our user registration databases when you register with Lylth.

IP addresses may be used for various purposes, including:

• To diagnose or service technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.
• To tailor advertising based on geographic area or other information derived from your IP address. Aggregate information derived from IP addresses may also be reported to advertisers.
• To estimate the total number of users visiting Lyleth from specific geographical regions.
• To make sure that people are not voting for themselves or friends during contests or promotions.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.

• You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.
• If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Lyleth products or services that require you to "sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the Lyleth service.
• Lyleth uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
  o Access your information when you "sign in".
  o Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Lyleth’s services.
  o Display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on Lyleth.
  o Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
  o Conduct research to improve Lyleth content and services.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

• When you post a message, your Lyleth ID or alias that you are posting under is visible to other users.
• If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Lyleth does not rent or sell your personal information.
• Generally, Lyleth does not share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies without your consent except to provide products or services you've requested and in the following circumstances:
• Lyleth may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas, warrants, court orders or legal process or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
• It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities, including without limitation, fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Lyleth’s terms of use, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.We will transfer information about you if Lyleth is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Lyleth will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the Lyleth web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Flickr may share demographic information with business partners, such as "53% of users who regularly user Lyleth chat are between 18 and 24" or the like. No personally identifiable information will ever be used without your permission (i.e. we will ask you for a quote or testimonial)

Editing and Deleting Account Information. Security.

• You can change your Lyleth Account Information, at any time.
• We may send you certain communications relating to the Lyleth service, such as service announcements and administrative messages, that are considered part of your Lyleth account.
• You can delete your Lyleth account at any time from your account page; however, please note that your identification may remain in Lyleth’s records for some period.
• Your Lyleth Account Information is password-protected.
• In certain areas, Lyleth uses SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Lyleth may update this policy at any time for any reason. If there are any significant changes to how we handle personal information we will send a notice to the primary email address specified in your Lyleth account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

If you have questions or suggestions please use the forum or you can contact us at:

Lyleth, PO Box 260, Newton Abbot, Devon, England TQ12 6WA