At TheCellFreak, which is operated by S.M.B.P Igloo Ltd., we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how TheCellFreak will use the information you provide to us via your mobile phone, website and service, as described in the TheCellFreak Terms of Use, available at http://www.thecellfreak.com/termsofuse [hyperlink]. By using TheCellFreak, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, and the revised Privacy Policy will be posted on this website, available at http://www.thecellfreak.com/privacypolicy  [hyperlink]. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by third party websites and web services linked to or otherwise accessible from TheCellFreak. Any information collected or received by third party websites is subject to their own privacy policies.

Collection of Information
When you visit TheCellFreak, we collect and store certain technical information, including your browser type, operating system, manner of connecting to the Internet, Internet protocol address, information about your geographic location, and the domain name of your Internet service provider. This information is gathered for all TheCellFreak visitors.

In addition, we store certain information from your browser using cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored on your computer tied to information about you. We use cookies to enhance and personalize your experience on TheCellFreak; to help authenticate your identity when you visit and transact with the service; to remember your preferences and registration information; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of the service, advertisements, and communications; and to customize the content and advertisements provided to you by TheCellFreak.
Some of our business partners or advertisers use cookies on our website. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by TheCellFreak only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
When you register with TheCellFreak, you provide us with certain information, such as your name, email address, mobile phone number and carrier, country, and date of birth. Once registered, you can create your own profile and display additional information on the website, such as a picture of yourself, more detailed contact information, information regarding your personal or professional interests, favorite bands, likes and dislikes. In addition, your profile will display the content you submitted to or downloaded from the website.
Once created, your profile will be publicly available and may be viewed by other members or users of the website. Members or users may comment on your profile information, including any visible content.
You have the opportunity to customize your profile by making the content you submitted to or downloaded from the website visible or invisible. Visible content is available to the public; invisible content cannot be viewed or searched by other members or users. By default, all of the content you submitted to or downloaded from the website is visible. At any time, you can choose to make an item invisible by clicking on "make private" in the content description on your profile page. In addition, you can modify or entirely delete your profile by logging into your profile page. Deleted information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be visible to other members or users.
If you make any postings to public areas, such as other members’ profiles, then this information will be stored on our database for public viewing. In such a case, any information you submit will be publicly available and can be read, collected and used by other members or users.
Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other members or users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your content submissions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.

Children’s Privacy
TheCellFreak is intended for a general audience. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to register with TheCellFreak. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her information.

Using Your Information
We use your mobile phone number and device information to deliver to you TheCellFreak content such as ringtones, music downloads, pictures, and videos. Your information is stored on our secure servers and used to operate and improve the service; to ensure that content from our website is presented to you in the most effective manner; to personalize your visit to our website; to conduct research about your use of the service; to personalize the content and advertisements provided to you; to carry out our obligations arising from any agreements that may have been entered into between you and us; to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so; and to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries.
Advertisements are necessary for TheCellFreak to provide the service. We use your information to target and serve advertisements together with any content and messages sent via our service to or from your mobile phone. Such advertisements are sometimes served to members or users directly by third party advertisers. However, third party advertisers have no access to your contact information, including mobile phone number, stored on TheCellFreak.
We provide members the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from us. Should you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive communications, we give you the option to delete your profile and eliminate the service by opting out here.

Sharing Your Information
We share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is (a) permitted by you, (b) reasonably necessary to offer the service, or (c) legally required.
We may share your information with our authorized service providers that perform certain functions or services on our behalf (such as credit card transaction processors, communication platform providers, and hosting services providers); to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or as otherwise required by law;  to protect or defend the rights or property of TheCellFreak or others, or the safety of the public; in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale; or otherwise pursuant to your consent (for example, when we enable you to share with other members the content you have submit or download).
We do not share, sell, rent or trade your information with third parties for their promotional purposes. While TheCellFreak contains third party advertising and sponsorship, we do not share your information with advertisers, ad networks or third party websites, and any information provided to such third parties will be anonymized.
The service allows you to send SMS to your friends that contain links to TheCellFreak content. In order to use this feature, you will need to enter a third party's mobile phone number. We will only use such numbers for transmitting the SMS and will not thereafter retain them.

Security   
We implement industry standard and proprietary technologies to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your information.  Your information is located on secured servers behind a firewall. We restrict access to your information to those employees who need it to perform their job functions, such as customer service personnel and technical staff. However, we cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy (for example, as a result of unauthorized acts by third parties that violate applicable law or agreements). To protect your privacy and security, we use passwords to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any of your information. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password. We advise that you do not divulge your password to anyone. If a third party discovers your password through no fault of us, we cannot be held responsible for unauthorized access to your information.   

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so you should review it periodically. If there are significant changes to our information practices, you will be provided with appropriate online notice. You may be provided with additional privacy related information in connection with special features and services that may be introduced in the future.  

How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the TheCellFreak Privacy Policy or its implementation, or wish to update, change, or request that we delete your information, you may contact us at this email address:  info@TheCellFreak.com.
LAST UPDATED 14 AUGUST 2008