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Chatous Privacy Policy

Welcome to the web site (the Site) of Chatous, Inc. (Chatous we, us and/or our). This Site is
operated by Chatous and has been created to provide information about our company and our chat
room platform, mobile applications and related services (together with the Site, the Services) to our
Service visitors (you, your). Chatous is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy
details important information regarding the use and disclosure of information collected from visitors to
the Site and Services, including personally identifiable data (Personal Data). By using Chatous, you
expressly consent to the information handling practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect
When you interact with us through the Services, Chatous may collect Personal Data and other
information from you, as further described below:

Personal Data That You Provide Through the Services:


We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, for example when
you register with us, engage in a chat, add information to your profile, or if you send us an email.
Wherever Chatous collects Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy.

If you choose to provide such information, you are giving Chatous permission to
use and store that information consistent with this policy. If you provide Personal
Data to the Services, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be
transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Chatous and
the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States.
Location Information: Our Service may collect and use your location information (for example, by
using the IP address on your computer or the GPS on your mobile device) to provide certain
functionality of our Service. If you choose to enable our location features, your location information
may be publicly displayed within the Service. Please keep in mind that other users can see this
information about you, and they may use it or disclose it to other individuals or entities outside of our
control and without your knowledge. Your location information may be subject to abuse, misuse, and
monitoring by others, so please be careful if you choose to enable location functionality. We may also
use your location information in an aggregate way, as described above in the Aggregated Data
section.

Chat Data: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Services, Chatous

often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal
Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an
aggregate basis, and Chatous may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business
partners. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Chatous may also disclose
aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective business
partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

Aggregated Data: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Services,

Chatous often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the
Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on
an aggregate basis, and Chatous may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and
business partners. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Chatous may also

disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective
business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

Non-Identifiable Data: When you interact with Chatous through the Services, we receive and

store certain personally non-identifiable information such as Internet Protocol address (IP Address),
a unique user ID, the content and pages that you access on Chatous and the dates and times that you
visit the Site. In addition, if you come to the Site via a link from another site, we may also track the
source of that link. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot
presently be used to specifically identify you. Chatous may store such information itself or such
information may be included in databases owned and maintained by Chatous affiliates, agents or
service providers. The Services may use such information and pool it with other information to track,
for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site,
and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. It is important to note that no
Personal Data is available or used in this process.

Information Regarding Cookies: Like many other websites, Chatous may send one or more

cookies small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters to your computer. We use
cookies to improve our Site and make it easier to use. Cookies permit us to recognize users and avoid
repetitive requests for the same information. Chatous may use cookies to track user traffic patterns as
described above. Chatous may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie
disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser
and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Chatous. Persistent cookies can be
removed. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your
permission. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser, however, some features on
the Chatous may not function properly if your cookies are disabled. Please review your web browser
Help file to modify your cookie settings.

2. Information From Other Sources

We may collect information about you from other sources, including from partners, and from
commercially available sources (such as data aggregators and public databases). The following are
examples of information we may collect from other sources:
Data you authorize us to access through your use of Facebook Connect. In general, the types and
amount of Personal Data we collect vary depending on the activity. Chatous endeavors to limit the
collection of Personal Data to information we believe is minimally necessary to achieve our stated
collection purposes.

3. Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information


Chatous uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If
you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the
reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal
Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data
in order to obtain access to the Services, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to
such services and to monitor your use of such services. Chatous and its subsidiaries and affiliates
(the Related Companies) may also use your Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable
information collected through the Services to help us operate, maintain, enhance, and deliver the
various features and services found on the Site; as well as to track user-generated content and users
to comply as a service provider with the DMCA and other applicable laws. Chatous uses all of the
Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable information that we collect from users to
understand and analyze the usage trends and preferences of our users, to improve the way the Site

works and looks, and to create new features and functionality. Further, Chatous may use Personal
Data and other personally non-identifiable information to: (a) remember your information so that you
will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit Chatous; (b) monitor your
participation in various sections of the Chatous; (c) customize our service to you, including by
providing you with recommendations and (c) monitor aggregate site usage metrics such as total
number of visitors and pages viewed. We may use your e-mail address for administrative
communications such as notifying you of major Chatous updates, for customer service purposes, and
to send privacy or security-related notices.
If Chatous intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy
Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is
collected.

4. Disclosure of Information
Chatous is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be a vital
part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share
your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you. We may share your
Personal Data with companies that provide services to us, including outside vendors, contractors, or
agents who help us manage our business activities. Such entities only use your information in
accordance with this Privacy Policy and for no other purpose than to provide us with necessary
services. Chatous may disclose Personal Data if required to do so by law or under the good faith
belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (including, without limitation,
U.S. copyright or trademark laws) or respond to a court order, subpoena, judicial or other
governmental requirement or warrant in a manner required by the requesting entity. Chatous also
reserves the right to disclose Personal Data that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary
to take precautions against liability; enforce our Terms of Service; protect Chatous from fraudulent,
abusive, or unlawful uses; to initiate, render, bill and collect for amounts owed to Chatous; to
investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; to assist government
enforcement agencies; to protect the security or integrity of the Site; or to protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of Chatous, our Users, or others. As we develop our business, we might sell or buy
businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar
event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. Chatous may also share your Personal
Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Special Note about Profile Information: Chatous is all about pairing individuals together,

enabling people to chat online, and building friendships. To that end, before starting to chat, you can
optionally provide Personal Data and other information, such as your screen name, age, gender, and
location (as discussed above). By doing so, you understand and acknowledge that this information
may be shared with other users on the Service.

Special Note about Chats: When you engage with other another user of the Service through a

chat conversation, any information or content you choose to provide in that chat conversation will be
provided to such other user. Please note that chat conversations on the site are screened by an
automated system for spam and select messages may be read by a human being in order to improve
Chatous' anti-spam software or for other quality control purposes.

5. Your Choices

You can visit the Site (CUS, Chatus, Chats, hatous, Chtous, hatous, hatous) without
providing any Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to
use certain Services.

6. Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Chatous other than Personal
Data collected through the Services. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information
you provide to Chatous through the Services or through any other means. This includes, but is not
limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Services, such as forums, any ideas for new
products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively,
Unsolicited Information). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and
Chatous shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others
without limitation or attribution.

7. Children

Chatous does not knowingly collect or retain Personal Data about persons under 13 years of age. Any
person who provides their Personal Data to Chatous through the Services represents that they are 13
years of age or older. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their childrens Internet
usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal
Data on the Services without their permission. If Chatous learns that Personal Data of persons under
the age of 13 years has been collected on the Site without verifiable parental consent, then Chatous
will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

8. Data Security
Chatous takes reasonable measures to preserve the integrity and security of your personal
information. However, no data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
We cannot, therefore, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Chatous, and
you do so at your own risk. Please know that although we make our best efforts to keep your
information secure, this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed,
altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

9. International Visitors
The Site is hosted in the United States. If you visit Chatous from the European Union or other regions
of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from laws of the United States,
then please understand that you are transferring your Personal Data outside of those jurisdictions to
the United States for the uses identified above in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By providing
your Personal Data to Chatous you consent to that transfer.

10. Third Parties

Except as expressly provided otherwise, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of
information that Chatous collects from you or that you disclose to us. If you disclose your information
to others besides Chatous different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you
disclose to them. Chatous does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to
the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. We encourage you to ask questions before
you disclose your personal information to others.

11. Other Terms and Conditions

Your access to and use of the Services is subject to the Terms of Service at www.chatous.com/terms

12. Updates to this Policy


We reserve the right to modify this Policy from time to time. Please review this policy periodically, and
especially before you provide any Personal Data. If we make any changes to this Policy, we will
change the "Last Revision" date below and will post the updated Policy on this page. Your continued

use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement
with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

13. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at team@chatous.com.

14. Last Revision Date


This policy was last revised on October 9, 2013.

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