privacy notice
At CenceMe.org, we value the privacy of the users (“Users”) of the our service offerings. In this privacy statement we specify the potential exposure of Users' personal information so that Users can make an informed decision about when and whether to make use of our services. This privacy statement covers the service offerings of CenceMe.org, specifically the Web pages available at http://www.vibn.cenceme.org (“the Site”), the software available at Apple® App Store* for use on the iPhone™ and available at Android Market for Android phones (“the Software”), and any other CenceMe.org widgets, plugins, add-ons. This Privacy Statement is incorporated into and is subject to the CenceMe.org Terms of Service.
- Information CenceMe.org Collects with VibN
The Site is for informational and support purposes only, and does not use Web cookies to identify Users.
The VibN Software is available for download from Apple App Store and Android Market. Once installed on a compatible iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device, the Software retrieves from the iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device the unique identifier associated with each iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device and delivers it to the VibN servers. The iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device identifier is used to uniquely identify each iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device onto which the Software has been installed. The Software collects a User location and randomly records five seconds audio snippets, called Vibe it! snippets, with the aim to provide context about the environment around the person and what the person is doing. In order to protect a User's privacy, the Software filters out human voice if detected. The User can also actively record a Vibe it! audio snippet. The random and the actively recorded Vibe it! audio snippets ("User Content") are associated the geo-coordinates of the place where they have been recorded, a time stamp, and anonymously uploaded to the VibN servers. The Vibe it! audio snippets are anonymously presented to VibN Users in an aggregated manner in the form of Live Points of Interest. VibN Users are presented with Live Points of Interest on a map. These Live Points of Interest associated to a geographical location are a list of anonymous Vibe it! audio snippets and time stamps associated with the time of the recording. The Software never discloses Users' identity or personal information in a Live Points of Interest list.
Users have the ability to stop the Software from gathering and uploading their User Content to the VibN servers using the privacy settings of the Software on their iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android phone device. Additional information may be collected by Apple, Inc.® or Google as part of the Software download process from Apple App Store and Android market. Such information, if any, is out of the control of CenceMe.org and is not covered by this Privacy Statement.
VibN data is transmitted(received) by the iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device to(from) the VibN servers using the iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device data channel and not SMS.
Upon Software installation Users are asked to voluntary participate in a statistical study within the MetroSense project at Dartmouth College. If the User decides to participate in the study his or her User Content and usage pattern of the Software (time of the day the Software is used, what feature is mostly used, etc.) could be anonymously used for statistical purposes and a User will not be identifiable through his or her User Content or Software usage pattern included in the study. If the User decides not to participate in the study he or she can still use the Software and his or her User Content will be excluded from the study. A copy of the most recent User Content uploaded from a User's iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device is present on servers operated by CenceMe.org.
- Use of Information
User Content gathered by the Software is used for local display on a User's iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android device and on other VibN Users' iPhone™, iPod Touch, or Android devices. Users' VibN data is always presented anonymously by the Software and VibN Users cannot be identified.
- Customer Support
Customer support is provided via email through the following email addresses:
cenceme-help@cenceme.org or cenceme-info@cenceme.org.
We do not collect User email addresses or use any other means of direct communication with the Users.
- Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not share User registration data or any VibN data processed by the Software with any third parties.
Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your registration information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
- Changes in this Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Statement, and a notice of policy change to the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
- Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please send us email using the following email addresses: cenceme-help@cenceme.org or cenceme-info@cenceme.org.
* App Store is a service offering of Apple, Inc.® and is not bound by this Privacy Statement.