
New proposed terms of service for CitizenMe
New proposed terms of service for CitizenMe https://www.citizenme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/14782230028_115dfafa62_o-1.jpg 620 342 Greer Hahn Greer Hahn https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba5b89db90d439f2e66a10b5809bd213?s=96&d=mm&r=gNot content to just talk the talk, we’ve been busy putting together a brand new version of our Terms of Service.
What’s New?
Our aim is to make our Terms of Service as user-friendly as possible for all our digital citizens. To begin with, we’ve combined our Privacy Policy and Terms into a single document.
You’ll also notice we have given our Terms of Service a unique layout. We show you upfront what we’re agreeing to, and what you’re agreeing to, so you can decide if it’s a fair deal. You’ll see a brief summary of the terms and more detailed information below them. In some cases we’ve also included a ‘coming soon’ section to give you advance notice of what’s ahead.
Finally, we’ve made use of some of the same headings as we show you in our app, in the Privacy section. ‘My Data & Content’, ‘My Footprint’ and ‘My Deletion’ are all there to help you understand what happens with your data when you use the CitizenMe service, and what happens if you want to stop using it at any point.
What Now?
We hope you’ll find them easy to follow and understand. The new terms are being posted here on our blog for a month (28 days) before we implement them. Please take the opportunity to post your comments and any questions you have about them. All comments and suggestions will be reviewed by our team and taken into consideration prior to the new terms becoming effective at the end of August. Thanks for getting involved! The CitizenMe Team
Note: We’re experiencing a temporary problem with our comments section – in the meantime please send your comments to info@citizenme.com
Terms of Service & Privacy
Please read this privacy policy and terms of service carefully before usingcitizenme. This is our mutual agreement. By offering you the citizenmeservice, and you using it as a ‘citizen’, we (you and citizenme) all agree to be bound by these pledges to each other (our Terms of Service).
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Our agreement:
My Involvement
citizenme will:
- Do our best to make these Terms of Service easy to understand and actively seek citizen (your) feedback to help improve clarity.
- Ask citizens for feedback before changing any of these Terms and Conditions.
- Notify citizens at least 1 month (28 days) in advance of any planned changes.
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citizens may:
- Share feedback if you want to.
My Assurances
citizenme will:
- Provide citizens with visibility and control of their online identity.
- Allow citizens to control any sharing of their data held within thecitizenme service.
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citizens will:
- Not attempt to “bot,” “hack,” “crack,” or otherwise circumvent other citizens’ access to the citizenme service.
- Respect other citizens and not use citizenme to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that is invasive of another person’s privacy, is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libellous or hateful.
- Impersonate any other living person or legally registered entity (fake identities are just fine though and parody accounts should be marked as such).
My Rights
citizenme will:
- Treat all citizens equally.
- Hold any data you share with us securely.
- Do all we can to inform you if there is a legal request to access your data.
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citizens will:
- Ensure that your device is secure.
- Acknowledge that your citizenme data is held on your mobile device(s).
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My Data & Content
citizenme will
- Not have access to any personal data held on your device without your explicit consent to share it.
- Provide you with a copy of your personal data held by citizenme in machine-readable format if requested.
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My Footprint
citizenme will:
- Not use 3rd party cookies on citizenme webpages
- Never track your behaviour across different websites unless you have opted to do so for your own benefit. We may use statistical tracking in aggregate to identify service issues and enhance service performance.
- Offer you the ability to opt-out of statistical tracking via a simple off switch within the service.
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My Deletion
citizenme will:
- Not delete your profile unless you breach these Terms of service.
- Have the right to discontinue the citizenme service to all citizens for financial or legal reasons.
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citizens may:
- Delete the service and any data held on the service at any time you choose.
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Our Liability
citizenme will:
- Aim to provide the best service to help all citizens take control of their data online. However, the service has not been developed to meet your individual needs and we cannot be held liable for various things. We set these out in more the More Detail section below and suggest you read them.
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citizens will:
- Acknowledge that any advice we provide as part of our services is indicative only and is not a substitute for professional advice.
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Entire Agreement
These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between you andcitizenme, which is standard industry practice.
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Privacy Policy
citizenme takes the protection of all of our personal data very seriously – it’s what we do.
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Cookies and Tracking
We do not use 3rd party cookies.
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3rd Party Services
We only use the following types of 3rd party services: email, support, website hosting, app hosting and statistics.
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Sites Through Which We Connect
If you follow, friend or connect with citizenme on any social site (e.g. Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, G+) we promise not to share information that you have shared ‘privately’ on those sites with any other party.
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UK Data Protection Act
We aim to adhere to the UK regulator’s best practice for compliance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
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Note: We’re experiencing a temporary problem with our comments section – in the meantime please send your comments to info@citizenme.com
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