Privacy Policy

At SpreadTrends we believe that privacy is critical to your ongoing patronage of our service, the success of the SpreadTrends community, and to the overall vibrancy of the Internet. Personal information is data about you that is personally identifiable, like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.

These principles do not apply to the practices of companies that SpreadTrends does not own or control, or to people that SpreadTrends does not directly employ or manage. SpreadTrends reviews this policy on an annual basis and may update or amend it at any time.

SpreadTrends takes your personal information, and your privacy, seriously. We will keep all of the personal information that you provided during the registration process private and confidential, except as explicitly stated in this policy.

SpreadTrends stores your email address. We do not store your account password or your password reminder question in plaintext. We do not store any credit card or payment information.

SpreadTrends uses your personal information for "group" demographic statistics and communications. We do not share data with third party marketers.

We may use named third party service providers to process and store Subscriber data. We will not disclose your individual personal information unless acting under a good faith belief to: conform to legal requirements, protect SpreadTrends rights or property, or enforce the Terms of Service.

SpreadTrends may collect Internet Protocol ("IP") address data when you visit web pages on our website. An IP address is a number associated with the service through which you access the Internet, like your ISP, company, or university.

Standing alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable. We use IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers and service providers.

SpreadTrends may use "cookies" to store and occasionally track information on our website, enabling us to provide you with customizable and personalized service. For example, we may remember your location and data filtering preferences.

A cookie is a small amount of data sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. We may also use "web beacons" which allow a website to count users who have visited that page or access certain cookies.

As a Subscriber, you are automatically signed up to receive email messages from us containing content and service updates and other matters of interest.

SpreadTrends uses Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC) to manage email campaigns. You may discontinue this email service at any time by contacting support@spreadtrends.com or using the opt-out link in emails received.

SpreadTrends uses Google Analytics which tracks data about visitors to our website. Google Analytics collects and processes data to provide insights into how users find and use our website.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of SpreadTrends is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Google might transfer the personal information collected via this technical procedure to third parties.

SpreadTrends may display targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria.

SpreadTrends does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with an ad you consent to the possibility that the advertiser will assume you meet the targeting criteria.

At SpreadTrends you control your own personal information. You may request that we delete any of your personal information we collected from you and retained in our member records.

To cancel your subscription or request removal of your personal information, send an email to support@spreadtrends.com. SpreadTrends reserves the right to maintain information on users who have violated our Terms of Service or to comply with legal obligations.