Last Updated: August 2010
User Information
Fanpop is committed to safeguarding the privacy of its audience. This Privacy Policy applies to solely to the information collected on Fanpop.com. Fanpop may periodically update and revise this policy. Be sure to visit this page in order to review the most current Privacy Policy.
Fanpop may be used without registering a user account. Users who wish to sign up for a free Fanpop.com account are only obligated to register a unique Имя пользователя and password. All other personal information is furnished optionally at the sole discretion of the end user to enhance their Fanpop experience.
Information We Collect
Fanpop collects the following personal information via the user Профиль page (this information is not required by Fanpop and is provided at the sole discretion of the user):
Personally identifiable information for display on the user’s Профиль page. This information includes: first name, last name, birthdate, gender, im username, city, state and postal code as well as Ссылки to other personal websites (note that birthdate itself is not displayed, but age is).
Personal information that is not displayed but used to enhance the user experience: email address. email address is not published on the user Профиль but used for Пароль recovery, activity alerts and periodic announcements from Fanpop.com (all of which the user can disable at any time). email information is not sold или дана to any 3rd parties and is used solely to improve the Fanpop.com experience.
Fanpop also allows users to post photos, participate in polls, Отправить content and articles, post on their wall, send private messages to Друзья and more. Such content is Отправлено at the sole discretion of the user. Personal information contained in this content may be archived and linked to the user’s Профиль page.
Some information collected by Fanpop is not explicitly Отправлено by the user; we log your browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp.
Fanpop does not collect any financial или payment data from its users.
We have contracted with Lotame Solutions, Inc. (“Lotame”) to better help us operate the web site, Сообщить website traffic, statistics, advertisement 'click-throughs', and/or other activities on our web site. Lotame may use cookies, web beacons, and/or other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous statistics and user data about our website visitors. Lotame does not collect personally identifiable information. For еще information about how the information is collected and used by Lotame или to opt-out, please see Lotame’s privacy policy at link.
Fanpop also integrates several 3rd party services including Facebook Connect, the Facebook Like Button and Meebo Chat which may collect and archive personal information. Please refer to the privacy policies for these respective services to learn еще about their privacy policies as Fanpop has no control over the information they collect.

How We Use Your Information
Information such as your full name, Профиль фото and any personally identifiable information Ты have included in your Профиль may be shown to Друзья или other users primarily in conjunction with content Ты have contributed. Your full name and email address may also be used when Ты send an email notification to a friend (such as in an invitation). We may also use your email address to send Ты Обновления или news regarding our site, but Ты may choose not to receive email of this type by editing your preferences in your profile. Additionally, we use your email address to contact Ты on behalf of your Друзья (such as when someone sends Ты a personal message).
Fanpop uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when Ты visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address или telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If Ты would like еще information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here: (link).
Browser-type related information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, and timestamp data help us diagnose problems with our server, administer Fanpop, and otherwise provide the highest possible level of service to you. In addition, we use this information to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to, или clicked on, their advertising banners.
Transfer of Information
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, share, trade или give away any of your personal information. Fanpop will disclose information about individual users to governmental или judicial authorities или law enforcement agencies, или to other individuals или entities in response to subpoenas, court orders, или other legal processes. Further, Fanpop may share information in order to investigate, prevent, или take action regarding illegal activities или suspected fraud, или to enforce или apply the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Fanpop, such as an acquisition by или merger with another company. In such an event, Fanpop will notify Ты before information about Ты is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Fanpop will notify Ты when information about Ты may be provided to third parties in ways other than explained above, and Ты will have the option to prevent such information sharing.
Controlling Your Personal Information
Ты should be aware that when Ты voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) via comments, messages, forums, postings, или in other areas of the Fanpop network, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters или third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Fanpop. Please do not post any personal information on the Fanpop site или in other areas that Ты expect to keep private.
As a registered Fanpop user, Ты can modify your personal information at any time by editing your “Profile”. Also, upon your request, Fanpop will use commercially reasonable efforts to functionally remove Ты and your personal information from the site; however, it may be impossible to remove your entry without some residual information being retained by Fanpop. Registered users who wish to close their account should contact admin@Fanpop.com.
Links
Our website may contain Ссылки to third party websites to which we have no affiliation. Fanpop does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We suggest Ты read the privacy polices on these third party websites.
User Contact and Security
Use of печенье and Beacons
Like most websites, Fanpop requires печенье to function properly. печенье are small text files that reside on a user's computer and identify Ты as a unique user. We use печенье to refine our site and simplify the user experience. For example, the use of печенье allows registered users to enter our site without explicitly typing in their email address and Пароль every time.
Ты should be aware that Fanpop cannot control the use of cookies, beacons and flash печенье by 3rd party advertisers или any of the information advertisers may gather from their use of their cookies, beacons или flash cookies. If Ты do not want information collected through the use of the aforementioned methos, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows Ты to deny или accept the cookie feature as well as browser add-ons that can help Ты manage печенье and beacons while web browsing; however, Ты should note that печенье may be necessary to provide Ты certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the Fanpop site.
Security
Your Fanpop account is password-protected. Fanpop tries very hard to protect our users' information. We use industry standard measures to protect your information that is stored within our database. We the access to your information to those employees who need access to perform their job function such as our customer service personnel. If Ты have any Вопросы about the security at our website, please contact us. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure Ты that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
Ты hereby acknowledge that Fanpop is not responsible for any intercepted information sent via the Internet, and Ты hereby release us from any and all claims arising out of или related to the use of intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.

Emails and Opt-out
Registered members can opt-out of personal messages initiated by Друзья and users, as well as opt-out of receiving notifications initiated by Fanpop (note: notification settings can be found under the your Профиль settings). Unregistered users that do not wish to receive emails may opt-out of receiving any communications by following the instructions contained in all emails.

Terms and Contact
Terms and Modifications to this Privacy Statement
By using the website, Ты signify your agreement to the terms of our Privacy Policy. If Ты do not agree with these terms, Ты should not use the site. Fanpop may modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Ты are responsible for reviewing this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure that Ты are aware of any changes to it. Your continued use of the site indicates your assent to any changes to this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us
If Ты have any Вопросы about this Privacy Policy, the privacy practices of this website, или if Ты want to exercise any of the rights that Ты are дана under this Privacy Policy, Ты can contact privacy@fanpop.com.