Our Commitment to You

Welcome to Bebo.com, the next generation social networking site where members can stay in touch with their friends, meet new people and hang out. The founders and employees of Bebo take your privacy very seriously. To make it easier for you to read and understand our privacy policy, we did the unconventional thing - we wrote this in plain English and tried to keep it to a reasonably short length.

Information Collected by Bebo

When you register to become a member of Bebo.com, you submit information such as your name and email address. As part of your personal profile, you may choose to submit additional information such as age, hobbies, and interests and other content, such as photos.

We also collect other non-personally identifiable data, which may include your IP address and what browser you are using.

Use of Information

We will display your personal information on your homepage according to the preferences you set in your account. We will use your name so that we can personalize your experience. We will use your email address to contact you from time to time and we will use your email address for security reasons to confirm that you are who you say you are. You can control the types and frequencies of certain emails you receive.

We may use the non-personally identifiable information, like your IP address, to statistically analyze site usage and to customize our site's content, layout and services. The resulting information will allow us to improve our site and better understand and serve our users.

We may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information and the contents of your account if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order, or to protect the rights and property of Bebo.com, its affiliates or the public.

You Control Who Shares Your Information

Your homepage information will only be given to friends you have specifically agreed to share such information with and to other members of groups (such as universities) you choose to belong to. You can limit who can view certain personal information, such as email addresses and phone numbers.

You can choose to make your homepage visible to non-members of Bebo by editing your homepage and opting in to 'accessible profile.'

Reviewing and Changing Your Profile

You can review and revise your personal profile, and who will be given access to your personal profile, at any time.

Internet Awareness

Whenever you voluntarily post personal information in public areas, like journals, webLogs, message boards, and forums, you should be aware that this information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by others to send you unsolicited communications. Please exercise discretion in deciding what information you disclose.

Children

Children under the age of thirteen (13) are not eligible to use our service and must not submit any personal information to us.

Effective Date

This Privacy Policy statement is effective as of July 15, 2005.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are a standard Internet technology, and many major web sites use them to provide useful features for their members. Cookies allow us to store and retrieve login information on a user's system. They provide us with data that we can use to improve the quality of our service and make it easier to use. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of our web site if you do so.

Third Party Advertising

Bebo may share homepage information and aggregate usage information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties in order to present to members more targeted advertising, products and services. In such situations we will never disclose information that will be used to personally identify you. Advertisements that appear on this web site are delivered to users by our advertising partners. Our advertising partners may set cookies.

Acquisition

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of Bebo.com, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. If an acquiring company should plan to materially change this privacy policy, we will notify you beforehand.

Security

The security of your personal information depends on your protection of your account password. Please do not disclose your account password to unauthorized people. Bebo uses industry standard technology designed to help keep your personal information safe. If you have any other questions about the security of our website, please contact us.

Changes in Privacy Policy

From time to time we may update this Privacy Policy and will post a notice of any significant changes on our website. You should visit this page periodically to review any such changes to the privacy policy.

Canceling Membership

You always have the option to cancel your membership at any time. If you are a member and no longer wish to participate in Bebo you can sign in to the site and click on the 'My Account' at the top of the page; then select 'cancel membership' and follow the simple instructions.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this website or your dealings with this website, you can contact us via the Contact Us page, or by writing to:

	Customer Support
	Bebo.com, LLC
	142 Tenth Street
	San Francisco
	CA 94103
	USA