Privacy Policy

Drop.io Privacy Policy

Last updated:  December 18, 2007

At drop.io, what’s yours is yours.  Period.  This Privacy Policy describes what little information we do collect from you (the “User”) as part of our web service (the “Service”), and how that information may be used and/or disclosed.

By using our Service, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Use of the Service by Children

The drop.io Service is not designed or intended to collect and retain personal information from children who are under 13 years of age, and you must be 18 years of age or older to create a Drop (see Terms of Use).   We have no control over User content uploaded to Drops (“Content”), which may or may not contain information regarding children under 13 years of age.  If we are notified of such Content, we may exercise our right to delete it.

What Information We Collect About You

Very little.  In fact, practically nothing.   You do not need to provide us with any personal information to set up free Drops.  If you wish to purchase premium Drops, your payment informaiton will be directly passed to a third party credit card processor, through a secure site.  Once the transaction clears, the credit card processor will notify us and we will send a transaction “code” to the e-mail address which you have provided to us.  We will store your e-mail address associated with the transaction for a limited period of time and will regularly delete these files. We do not have access to the credit card transaction information, and it will not be stored on our servers.  If you opt to give us your email address to be notified of updates to your drops we will retain that email address until you notify us otherwise.  Drops are private areas, accessible only to those to whom you permit access.  Therefore, if you disclose your password to others, they will have access to your Content.  We do not monitor Content within Drops, and we will not know who uploaded what Content to which Drop.  Users have the option, but are not required, to establish an administrative password which will allow you to change the Drop characteristics.  If you establish such a password, that information will be stored on our system. We may also pass your Content (but not any password or other information) to third party service providers that may convert the Content into proprietary formats and or store the Content on its own server in order to improve the performance and user experience of Drop.io.  In these cases we will have made agreements with the third party provider that protects your Content and any other information and no one will have access to your Content.

Although we know very little about you -- Drops are not totally anonymous.  When you visit our Service, some information is automatically collected, such as your computer’s operating system and browser type, version, and capabilities.  We also will track your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time and date of your visit.  If you are utilizing a broadband connection, some IP addresses are “static” and may be able to be tracked to your personal information.  We may track certain aggregated information through the use of “cookies”.  “Cookies” are small files that are stored on your computer by your browser at the request of a website to store personal preferences.  We use cookies to keep you logged into the Service, to count the number of unique computers visiting drop.io, and to record any User preferences. If you call a drop certain information relating to the phone number from which you initiated the phone call may be recorded. While this information is retained for a period of time it will exclusively be used for business analytic purposes.

How We Use Personal Information/Sharing of Personal Information

Since we do not have any personally identifiable information about Users, we do not have any such information to use, share, sell or rent to third parties.  We may have aggregated information obtained from cookies, but that does not include any personally identifiable information.  

We do not monitor Content or Drops, however we reserve the right to do so under certain circumstances.  We may disclose whatever information we do have (including Content), or delete Content in its entirety, when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant, or court order) or with requests of law enforcement authorities; to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or other policies or agreements; to protect other Users’ rights, property or safety; to protect our Users from fraudulent, abusive or unlawful use of, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to a person requires disclosure of communications or Content or justifies disclosure without delay.  In addition, any Content may be disclosed as part of any merger, financing or sale of company assets.  We may also use automated processes to scan Content to enable us to serve advertising based on the appearance of certain words or phrases in your Content.  We will not provide advertisers with any specific information regarding individual Drops.

Policy Changes

We will modify this Privacy Policy if our privacy practices materially change in the future, and we will notify you of such changes by posting the modified Privacy Policy on our website and indicating at the top of the Privacy Policy the date on which it was last updated.

Your Comments or Concerns

We welcome your feedback.  If you have any comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you may reach us via e-mail at privacy@dropio.com