Help / Info : PRIVACY POLICY Overall Privacy Statement Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of the Liftshare Network, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. 1. Information Liftshare Gathers and Tracks Liftshare gathers two types of information about users: data that users provide through optional, voluntary registration; and data Liftshare gathers through tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views and journey plan posts throughout the Liftshare Network. Such information enables us to better tailor our features and content to users' needs and to help our advertisers better understand the demographics of our audience. Liftshare currently gathers user information in the following processes: Optional Registration Liftshare offers free, voluntary registration to users. By registering, users can enter journey plans without having to log in each time; they can post new journey plans and reply to existing journey plans; they can take advantage of personalization (the ability to filter matches according to a user-supplied criteria); and they have the ability to edit existing journey plans. During registration the user is required to supply an email address, and must answer mandatory survey questions about age, gender, post code, and country. Optional User Profile Information Registered Liftshare users have the option of displaying additional personal information about themselves through the address, groups, and vehicles forms. All fields contained in the address, groups, and vehicles forms are optional. The user can choose to display or not display some information using the My Account management area. Surveys Occasionally, Liftshare conducts user surveys to better understand the needs of our audience in order to improve our features. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our advertisers and partners. We never share any information about specific individuals with any third party without user's express consent. Usage Tracking Liftshare tracks user traffic patterns throughout Liftshare.com and the Liftshare Network. This information may be used to help personalize the Liftshare service or target advertising. Liftshare also breaks down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser). Cookies A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Liftshare uses cookies to allow automatic logins and to track user traffic patterns (as described above). When you register, Liftshare uses a cookie to store a unique, random user ID. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR COOKIES TURNED ON TO USE THE SERVICE 2. Use of the Information Liftshare uses any information given by our users to enhance their experience, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the Liftshare Network or to better prepare future features based on the interests of our users. Liftshare uses your email information to provide more journey matching features. At a user's request we will send out emails notifying the user of replies to specific journey postings. We also provide the option for the user to allow other users to respond to postings directly via their email. Finally, for users who create groups, we can provide many management tools that the user can opt to receive via email. Liftshare may also send the user email notifications of specific changes to our service. Liftshare never shares individual email addresses with any third parties, including advertisers or partners, without prior consent from our users. When we use tracking information to determine which areas of the Liftshare Network users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. Liftshare does not track what messages individual users read, but rather how well each message board and feature performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. Liftshare creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. 3. Sharing of the Information Liftshare uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and to help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our Express Service free. We do not share individually identifiable information about specific users with any third party without prior consent from the user. Liftshare does not control the practices of our advertisers. If you have questions about how one of our advertisers uses information about you when you click their ad and go to their content, please contact them directly (Liftshare will divulge information only as necessary to comply with state and federal laws.) 4. Correct/Update Policy Liftshare offers users the ability to correct or change the information collected during registration process (see above). The instructions for doing this can be found by clicking on the My Journeys link. Users may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. Users may also delete their account at any time by contacting support@liftshare.com. Users who are experiencing problems or who have any questions about how our services work can contact us at support@liftshare.com.