Privacy Policy

By using the placelnk.com web site (the 'service'), you accept the following privacy policy ('Privacy Policy'). You are also aware of our Terms of Service located on the placelnk.com web site. Using the Service is also governed by the Terms of Service.

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand what information we collect and how we make use of it. The following outlines our Privacy Policy.

We collect and store the information you provide us at the time of place registration. This also includes the time and date of registration.

Please be advised that information such as place coordinates, place name, place image and web site link will be published and are accessible by others using the Service. Your email address on the other hand is primarily used for identification purposes and remains invisible to other users.

Place data is never completely removed from our databases due to the fact that we back up our systems.

We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. We reserve the right to track IP addresses for the purposes of fraud prevention, and we reserve the right to release IP addresses to legal authorities.

Except as explicitly stated herein, we do not sell, rent or trade any personally identifiable information to third parties.

We are continuously developing the features and the functionality of this Service. Therefore we also reserve the right to modify the Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. You agree that you will be bound to any modifications when you use the Service after such modification has occurred. It is therefore important that you review the Privacy Policy regularly.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

PlaceLnk uses the services of Skyhook Wireless, Inc. ("Skyhook Wireless") for location purposes. On the Android platform, PlaceLnk is required to submit a unique identifier of the mobile device to Skyhook Wireless.