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Privacy POLICY

WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY - AND HERE'S HOW WE DO THAT

These are our privacy policies


The website www.fellody.com is owned and controlled by Zokyo AG (‘Zokyo’ or ‘we’, ‘our’ or ‘us’). We at Zokyo fully respect your privacy and put every effort in protecting any information you provide to us. This privacy policy is intended to inform you about how information about you is collected, used and disclosed by Zokyo, its subsidiaries and affiliates. With this policy we hope to remove any concerns you may have regarding this topic.

Before we start off, we want you to keep one thing in mind:

Fellody is a social networking site, so first and foremost you as a member fill the community with content. You create your profile, fill it with information about yourself, pictures and videos and share this information with others. This means you make data concerning your person public. Please choose wisely which information you want to make public and consider your own privacy and personal safety when sharing your information with anyone. We make every effort to protect your data technically. This policy applies to all websites (including fellody.com), products, applications, downloadable products and services offered by Zokyo wherever this policy is displayed. Although we try to keep you up-to-date on all changes made to the website, this policy may be updated from time to time without notice to you. It is your responsibility to read the policy carefully and review any changes that may have been made.
Minors under the age of 16 are not eligible to use our service and must not attempt to register at fellody and/or submit any personal information to us. Young people between 16 and 18 should not send any information about themselves to us without asking their parents/legal guardians for permission beforehand. If we become aware that anyone under the age of 16 has registered with us, we will take steps to terminate that person’s account and delete their profile information. If we do delete a profile we may retain your email and IP address to ensure that you do not try to create a new profile.

We are based in Switzerland, as such the collection, processing and use of personal data by Zokyo is addressed to the applicable data protection laws of Switzerland. For your convenience we provided translated copies of this privacy policy. Please note that In the event there is a discrepancy between this English language version and any translated copies, the English version shall prevail.

Please Note: By clicking the check box for this privacy statement during your registration for fellody you specifically give us your consent to the data collection and processing operations described in detail below. If you want to revoke your consent or would like to obtain information about how we may have shared your information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, you may send such requests to us via postal mail at: Zokyo AG, Manessestr. 111, CH-8045 Zurich, Switzerland or contact us via email at: info@fellody.com.

1.Information we collect

1.1Information provided by you
In order to join the fellody community you need to complete our online registration, where you have to provide us with information about you including your name, username, password, your email address, your date of birth, your gender, your flirting preferences and your location details. In your profile settings you have the opportunity to provide other details about yourself, but these are optional. Nevertheless we want to encourage you to provide us with these information because it will definitely improve your experience with our website. If you decide to sign up for a premium account we collect the financial information necessary to process your payments depending on your chosen payment method. Zokyo does not store any credit card or other payment card details, only our payment service providers do so and they are approved to do so by all applicable regulatory bodies.

All these details are available to you at any time on your ‘Profile’ page. Here you can correct or update your information at any time, except your username.

1.2Information we collect automatically
There is some information our servers automatically record as you access fellody. Your browser sends this information every time you visit a website, which includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, Internet service provider, the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave our website, date and time stamp and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your account. When you access our Services using a mobile device, we may receive or collect your mobile device ID (often referred to as UDID), mobile carrier, device manufacturer and phone number. In order to improve and administer our website and services we also collect information about your usage of, and activity on, fellody. With this information we are able to learn more about our user base and can offer you a more personalized experience with our services.

1.3How the information is collected
To collect the necessary information we use ‘cookies’ and other technologies such as pixel tags and web beacons in our website, email messages and ads. ‘Cookies’ are small data files stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We may use session ID cookies that only last while you visit our website, as well as persistent cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to make the experience of our services more convenient for you and to understand your usage of the site to improve all aspects of fellody. Among other functions, persistent cookies are used to keep you logged in to fellody, even when you close your browser. This is for your convenience so you don’t have the hassle to login in every time you visit our website. If you use shared computers we therefore highly recommend logging out of the site after use. Web beacons and pixel tags are electronic images that may be used to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness, prevent fraud and to tell if an email or advertisement has been opened and acted upon.

1.4The fellody client
The easiest and best way to get matches on fellody is to download and install our fellody client. If you do so, it will check the XML file of your iTunes or Windows Media Player and will send certain information about your listening habits, such artists, genre or play counts, to the fellody server. Here it will be stored and analyzed to determine your taste in music. The fellody client cannot and will not collect and transfer any other information than information regarding your listening habits. However, please notice that Zokyo cannot be liable for any damage which may occur to your computer as a result of downloading and using the client, nor shall it be liable for any invasion of privacy related to the same.

From time to time it may be necessary to upgrade the client to a newer version in order to offer you the best experience with fellody. If these modifications affect your privacy, we will endeavor to notify you and we will update this privacy policy accordingly.

1.5Advertisement by third party companies
On fellody you will find ads and offers by other companies than Zokyo, so called third party companies. Any of these advertisers or advertising networks my also use cookies and other tracking technologies. Zokyo does not control any third parties whose website that may be linked from our site. Their tracking technologies are governed by their own privacy policies and are not subject to this policy. Please review the privacy statement of the entities placing the links.

1.6Facebook Application
You may have already heard about our fellody application on facebook. When you use this app you permit Zokyo access to certain information from your facebook-profile. Which information is accessible depends on the privacy settings you established at facebook. When you first start using our app a pop-up will open which tells you which information is collected. By accepting our application you authorize Zokyo to collect, store, retain and use this information

2.Restrictions and Minors

A membership at fellody is restricted to natural persons. Minors under the age of 16 are not eligible to use our website and must not register and/or submit any personal information to us. Therefore we don’t knowingly collect any personal information from persons under the age of 16. In case we notice that we have collected personal data from a person under the age of 16, we will delete this information as quickly as possible. If you have reason to believe that this has occurred, please contact us at info@fellody.com, and we will delete all relevant information. For young people between the ages of 16 and 18 their parents /legal guardians are responsible to protect their privacy.

3.Third Parties

Zokyo will by no way sell or rent any of your personal information to other parties. We will only disclose aggregated non-personal data for marketing and promotional purposes, which cannot be used to identify you. We may share this information together with other information including log data with third parties for analysis, demographic profiling and targeted advertising.

Regarding targeted advertising, we use third-party advertising companies, such as google adsense, to serve ads when you visit fellody. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, see the Network Advertising Initiative’s consumer Web site at http://www.networkadvertising.org/consumer.

Although we hope it will never be necessary, we may also disclose your personal information to government or law enforcement agencies, or private parties, as we will cooperate with these parties to enforce their intellectual property or other rights. This may occur if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our legal rights, or those of third parties and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us.

There is one more case in which we may have to share your personal information. In the event that Zokyo undergoes a business transition or change of ownership, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, re-organization, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, or in the event of insolvency or administration, we may have to disclose your personal information.

4.Data storage

Zokyo is located in Switzerland, but we understand fellody as a global website. Therefore our servers are located in different countries around the world. By submitting your personal information or using the fellody client you agree to the transfer of your personal information to, and storage and processing of your personal information in, any such countries and destinations.

5.Security

Zokyo takes reasonable measures to help protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.

Zokyo has implemented reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and prevent the loss, misuse and unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure and destruction of your personal information. Therefore we use reasonable security measures such as secured servers using firewalls. Your security is very important to us, so we work hard to ensure your secure use of our website and services. However, please notice that no website or Internet transmission is completely secure and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. We want to encourage you to take steps to keep your personal information, particularly your password, safe and to log out of your account after using our website. To heöp us protect your security you should not disclose or share your password to any third parties. If you lose your password or give it out, your personal information may be compromised. In this case, please report it immediately to us by sending an email at info@fellody.com. You must change your password promptly at your ‘Profile-Settings’ page. Zokyo cannot be held responsible for your failure to keep your password secure and failure to do so may violate our Terms and Conditions of Use.

6.Changes to the Privacy Policy

If necessary, Zokyo reserves the right to update and modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. In the case we make any changes to this policy these changes will be detailed on this page and we will change the ‘Last Revision Date’ below. If you have concerns about how we treat your information you should periodically check back at this page. If you have any specific concerns not addressed in the policy, please contact us using the feedback function on fellody or send us an email at info@fellody.com.

7.Last Revision Date

This Policy was last revised on September 6, 2011.

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