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Privacy Policy For Babysitters

HooSitting and its directly affiliated web domains

HooSitting and its directly affiliated domain and DBA hoositting.com, (“HooSitting”, “we”, “us” or “our”) understand the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of our clients’ personal information and is committed to ensuring the security of any information provided by our clients through all our affiliated website, (the “Site”).

Active Collection of Personal Information

To access or take advantage of features of the Site, we request that the babysitter provides personal information. “Personal Information” is information about the babysitter that is associated with his or her name or identity, such as, name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number. This required information is necessary for us to provide the babysitter services, including processing transactions, issuing a new password if the babysitter forgets or loses the password, and contacting the babysitter should the need arise in connection with providing our service.

Passive Collection of Information

In addition to the Personal Information that the babysitter actively provides to us, we or our third party service providers may use a variety of technologies to automatically collect information about the babysitter when the babysitter uses the Site. This information may include Demographic Information, browser type, operating system, clickstream data, IP address, mobile device identifiers and other information.
The methods that we and our service providers may use to automatically collect such information include the following:

Cookies

Cookies are data files that are placed on a computer when it is used to visit a web site. These cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, tracking user preferences and web pages visited while using the Site. The babysitter may disable cookies using the babysitter’s browser’s preferences. However, some features of the Site may not function properly or may operate slowly if the babysitter disables the cookies.

Web Beacons

We may include small graphic images called web beacons, also known as “Internet tags” or “clear gifs,” in our web pages and e-mail messages. Web beacons may be invisible to the babysitter, but any electronic image inserted into a web page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. We may use web beacons or similar technologies for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count the number of visitors to the Site, to monitor how users navigate the Site, to count how many e-mails that we sent were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.

Embedded Scripts

An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about the babysitter’s interactions with the Site. It is temporarily downloaded onto the babysitter’s computer from our web server or a third party we work with, is active only while the babysitter is connected to the Site, and is deleted or deactivated thereafter. Mobile Device Identifiers: Certain mobile service providers uniquely identify mobile devices and we or our third-party service providers may receive such device information if the babysitter accesses the Site through mobile devices. Certain features of the Site may require collection of mobile phone numbers and we may associate that phone number with the mobile device identifiers. Additionally, some mobile phone service providers operate systems that pinpoint the physical location of devices that use their service. Depending on the provider, we and our third-party service providers may receive this information. 
If we associate any such passively-collected information with Personal Information about the babysitter, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information.

Use of Personal Information

• Send the babysitter e-mail or mobile communications, such as newsletters and promotional offers, on behalf of HooSitting Babysitters or third parties
• Send the babysitter information regarding the Site, including features, products or services
• Contact the babysitter with regard to surveys or Promotions in which the babysitter has participated
• Complete a transaction or authorize a service that the babysitter has requested
• Verify the accuracy of information the babysitter submitted to us
• Collect and respond to reports of inappropriate conduct by Visitors
• Conduct aggregate research or analyze the performance of our products or services
• Monitor, administer or improve the Site or develop future web sites
• Audit the use of the Site
• Customize the advertising and other content on the Site
• Contact the babysitter about the Site or inquiries the babysitter make through the Site
• Monitor compliance with the Terms of Use
 and other applicable agreements and policies or
• For internal business purposes or the purposes disclosed at the time the babysitter provides his or her information.

We will not use the information the babysitter provides via a “contact us” or other similar form or address to contact the babysitter for marketing purposes unrelated to the babysitter’s request unless the babysitter agrees otherwise.

Disclosure of Information

We will only disclose the babysitter’s information once the family member has agreed to the Terms and Conditions of our site as well as going through an interview with someone at HooSitting to ensure the safety of our babysitters. The family members on our site will only have access to the name, biography, school information, CPR certification, and car information the babysitter has given to HooSitting.

We may, in our sole discretion, share with third parties information that is not associated with the babysitter’s name or identity, such as web site usage information, anonymous Demographic Information, and aggregate user statistics. HooSitting will not sell or rent any of the babysitter’s personally identifiable information to third parties. We may share Personal Information with third parties as described at the time the babysitter provides the information and under the following circumstances:
As with any other business, it is possible that HooSitting in the future could merge with or be acquired by another company. If such an acquisition occurs, the successor company would own and have full access to the information maintained by HooSitting, including customer account information.
Legal and Safety Obligations: We may disclose the babysitter’s Personal Information: (i) if we are required to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process or other valid law enforcement measures; (ii) at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; (iii) when we believe in good faith that the law requires disclosure; (iv) to verify or enforce compliance with the HooSitting Terms of Use or other policies governing the Site; (v) whenever we believe disclosure is necessary to limit our legal liability or to protect or enforce the rights, interests, or safety of the Site, visitors to the Site or other third parties; or (vi) to respond to an emergency.

Third Party Web Sites

Our Website contains links to other third party websites that we do not control or maintain. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any third party website. We encourage the babysitter to note when the babysitter leaves our website and to read the privacy statements of all third party websites before submitting any personally identifiable information.

Modifications to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, for any reason in our sole discretion and without prior notice or liability, to change, modify, amend and/or update this Privacy Policy. Therefore, the babysitter should review this Privacy Policy before submitting any information to HooSitting through any of the Site. We will collect, store, use and share the babysitter’s Personal Information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time the babysitter submitted the information, unless we receive the babysitter’s consent to the new or revised policy.

Questions/Contact Us

If the babysitter has questions about the Site or this Privacy Policy, including how we may collect, store, use or share information about the babysitter, please contact customer service at hoositting@gmail.com.