Terms and Conditions

This statement was last updated July 4, 2009.

These terms and conditions govern your use of TwitOwl; by using TwitOwl, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use TwitOwl.

By using the TwitOwl.com web site ("Service"), all services of TwitOwl, Inc. ("TwitOwl") you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Service").

TwitOwl reserves the right to update and change the Terms of Service from time to time without notice. Any new features that enhance the current Service, including the release of new tools and resources, shall be subject to the Terms of Service. Continued use of the Service after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at: http://www.TwitOwl.com/terms

Violation of any of the terms below will result in the termination of your Account. While TwitOwl prohibits such conduct and Content on the Service, you understand and agree that TwitOwl cannot be responsible for the Content posted on the Service and you nonetheless may be exposed to such materials. You agree to use the Service at your own risk.

Account Terms

• You must be 13 years or older to use this Service.
• You must provide your legal full name, a valid email address, and any other information requested in order to complete the signup process.
• Your login may only be used by one person - a single login shared by multiple people is not permitted. You may create separate logins for as many people as you'd like.
• You must be a human. Accounts registered by "bots" or automated methods are not permitted.
• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password. TwitOwl cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation.
• You are responsible for all Content posted and activity that occurs under your account.
• One person or legal entity may not maintain more than one free account.
• You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

1. Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all our intellectual property rights are reserved.

By submitting content or articles on our site, you represent and warrant that you have all the required rights to publish the content or articles and that the content or articles will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party. You further certify that you will hold us harmless against any claims of rights violations caused by any action of yours. You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, your submitted content or articles. You also agree that by submitting content or articles on our site, you grant us and our members a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide, and non-exclusive license to publish and use the content or articles.

2. Licence to use website

You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website, provided that:

• you must not republish material from this website (including republication on another website), or reproduce or store material from this website in any public or private electronic retrieval system;
• you must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit our website or material on our website for a commercial purpose, without our express written consent;
• information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us and/or subscribing to our website services and/or email notifications;

3. Use of your Personal Information

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website. In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may use your personal information to:

• identify your account on TwitOwl and to make the site easier for you to use by not making you enter your personal information more than once.
• enable us to carry out the functions of this website.
• improve your browsing experience by personalising the website.
• send information (other than marketing communications) to you which we think may be of interest to you by post or by email or similar technology.
• send to you marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications to be sent by using the opt-out link(s) that are included in all our email communications with you).
• provide other companies with statistical information about our users. This information however will not be used to identify any individual user.

TwitOwl will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on TwitOwl or the site
• protect and defend the rights or property of TwitOwl, and,
• act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of TwitOwl, its Web site, or the public.
• in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
• to the purchaser or seller (or prospective purchaser or seller) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling or purchasing.

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

4. Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, TwitOwl will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

5. Use of Cookies

Cookies may be placed on your computer by TwitOwl, with your consent, for login purposes.

A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser. We may send a cookie which may be stored on by your browser on your computer's hard drive. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the website's usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use that information to recognise your computer when you visit our website, and to personalise our website for you. Our advertisers may also send you cookies. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookie by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy", and selecting "Block all cookies" using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

A cookie must be set to keep you logged into your account by holding account information that is essential for the login process.

6. Security of your Personal Information

TwitOwl strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above.

In the case of Twitter accounts which information both TwitOwl and Twitter has, TwitOwl may cooperate with Twitter to identify spammers. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where TwitOwl, its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your username and password, so do not share these with others. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

7. International Data Transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

8. Your Rights

You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.

9. Third Party Websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of third party websites.

10. Changes to this Statement

TwitOwl will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.

11. Contact Information

TwitOwl welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy, please contact us by e-mail.

This privacy policy is based on a template created and distributed by www.website-law.co.uk