Policy

iKnolio knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the iKnolio.com website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

iKnolio Privacy Policy

• This privacy policy pertains to the use of the iKnolio web site at http://iKnolio.com/
• This privacy policy covers how iKnolio treats personal information that iKnolio 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 iKnolio service, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for children’s use of the site.

Information Collection and How it is used

General Information

• iKnolio collects personal information when you register with iKnolio to use iKnolio services or to post content on iKnolio.
• When you register we ask for your email address and certain optional information such as your name, birth date, birth place, gender, biographical information, Jabber/Skype/ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/MSN user name, and personal interests.
• iKnolio automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie, and the page you request.
• iKnolio 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 iKnolio.

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 iKnolio 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 iKnolio products or services that require you to “sign in”, and you may not be able to take full advantage of the iKnolio service.
• iKnolio uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
  • Access your information when you “sign in”.
  • Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using iKnolio services.
  • Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.
  • Conduct research to improve iKnolio content and services.
• iKnolio lets other companies (such as Google) [that show advertisements on some of our pages] set and access their cookies on your computer. Other entities use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other entities do not have access to iKnolio’s cookies.

Editing and Deleting Account Information. Security.

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

Changes to this Privacy Policy

iKnolio 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 iKnolio account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

Effective Date: Sep 1, 2006.