TakeMeImFREE.Com^TM (the "Site") has established this privacy policy to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and is otherwise effective on January 3, 2009.

 1. Protecting your privacy
We do not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We don't employ tracking devices for marketing purposes ("cookies", "web beacons," single-pixel gifs - but see "Cookies" in "Data We Collect and Store" below).  
We do not send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
Account information is password-protected. Keep your password safe.
Forums use basic webserver authentication. Close your browser to log out.
We do not knowingly collect any information from persons under the age of 13. If we learn that a posting is by a person under the age of 13, we will remove that post.
We, or people who post on our Site, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.

2. Data we collect and store
We may collect and store the following personal information:
email address, physical contact information;
transactional information based on your activities on the Site;
community discussions, chats, dispute resolution, correspondence through our sites, and correspondence sent to us;
other information from your interaction with our Site, Service, content and advertising, including computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Site, ad data, IP address and standard web log information;
additional information we ask you to submit to authenticate yourself or if we believe you are violating Site policies (for example, we may ask you to send us an ID or bill to verify your address, or to answer additional questions online to help verify your identity or ownership of an item you list); and
information from other companies, such as demographic and navigation data.
We may use cookies on certain pages of our Site to:
Allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. 
Promote and enforce trust and safety. 
Offer certain features that are only available through the use of cookies. 
Measure effectiveness. 
Analyze our web page flow.
"Cookies" are small files placed on the hard drive of your computer. We use cookies to provide the Service to you and help ensure account security. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive once you end your session (log out or close your browser).


We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our classifieds or interactive forums, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information on the Site's forums or classifieds that you expect to keep private.   You can browse our sites without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States.

3. Use
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, and efficient Service. You agree that we may use your personal information to:
provide the Service;
resolve disputes, and troubleshoot problems;
prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our Terms of Use; and
measure and improve our Service, content and advertising.

4.  Our Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a listing or other content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety. Such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
We may also share your personal information with:
Service providers under contract who help with our business operations.
Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service).
Law enforcement or other governmental officials, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity. In such events, we will disclose information relevant to the investigation, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, User ID history, IP address, fraud complaints, and listing history.
Other business entities, should we plan to merge with or be acquired by that business entity. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.)
Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy and our ability to keep the community free from bad actors, we will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss or to report suspected illegal activity.

5.  Information You Share on Our Site
Your User ID is displayed throughout the Site (and so available to the public), and is connected to all of your Site activity. So if you associate your name with your User ID, the people to whom you have revealed your name will be able to personally identify your Site activities.
If you access our sites from a shared computer or a computer in an internet café, certain information about you, such as your User ID, activity or reminders from our Site, may also be visible to other individuals who use the computer after you.

6. Using Information from Our Site
TakeMeImFREE.com enables you to share personal information to complete exchanges. We encourage you to disclose your privacy practices and respect the privacy of other users. We cannot guarantee the privacy or security of your information and therefore we encourage you to consider your privacy and security before choosing to share your information.
You agree to use user information only for:
Site transaction-related purposes that are not unsolicited commercial messages; or
other purposes that a user expressly chooses.

7.    No Spam, Spyware or Spoofing
We and our users do not tolerate spam. You are not licensed to add other Site users, even a user who has gotten an item from you or given an item to you, to your mailing list (email or physical mail) without their express consent. You may not use our communication tools to send spam or otherwise send content that would violate our Terms of Use. We automatically scan and may manually filter messages to check for spam, viruses, phishing attacks and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content, but we do not permanently store messages sent through these tools.

8.    UserID Protection
Your password is the key to your UserID. Use unique numbers, letters and special characters, and do not disclose your Site password to anyone. If you do share your password or your personal information with others, remember that you are responsible for all actions taken in the name of your account. If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately notify us and change your password.

9.    Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personal Information
You can see, review and change most of your personal information by signing on to your account. Generally, we will not manually modify your personal information because it is very difficult to verify your identity remotely. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate. Once you make a public posting, you may not be able to change or remove it. Upon your request, we will close your account and remove your personal information from view as soon as reasonably possible, based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable law. We do retain personal information from closed accounts to comply with law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.

10.    Security
Your information is stored on our servers located in the United States. We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. However, as you probably know, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the site. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.

11.    Third Parties
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you.  We do not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

12.    General
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on this site. All amended terms automatically take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the site.