Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 1st, 2012.

Schrader Labs, LLC d/b/a Pearescope (“Pearescope”) provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of www.pearescope.com (the “Site”) and our Services (defined below). Our primary goals in collecting information are to provide and improve our Site, services, features and content, to administer your acount (together, the “Service") and to enable users and visitors to enjoy and easily navigate the Service and Site.

It is very important that you read and understand this policy. If you do not accept our Privacy Policy, please do not use Pearescope.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any revisions will be effective upon posting the new Privacy Policy on the Pearescope website at http://www.pearescope.com/privacy. We will advise you that changes have been made by posting a notice on our website, emailing you, or otherwise. Your visit to or use of Pearescope after any changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms of our Privacy Policy. Please consult our Privacy Policy regularly for any changes (the most recent revised version will be reflected by the "last update" notation above).

If you have any questions or concerns regarding Pearescope's policies or practices relating to privacy, please direct them to privacy@pearescope.com.

As used in this policy, the terms “using” and “processing”information include using cookies on a computer, subjecting the information to statistical or other analysis and using or handling information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, evaluating, modifying, deleting, using, combining, disclosing and transferring information within our organization or among our affiliates within the United States or internationally.

Collection and Use of Information

In the normal course of business, Pearescope may collect the following types of information:

  • Information you provide to us to establish your Pearescope user account, including your name and email address.
  • Information enabling us to connect to other social networking services that you use, such as Facebook, and that you expressly choose to link with your Pearescope account.
  • Information you choose to add to your user account profile.
  • Any postings, photos, and user settings that you add to your Pearescope account.
  • Information we collect about you automatically, such as your IP address, and information about your location.
  • Information gathered by the Site and Service through online forms, site visit data and online information collecting devices such as "cookies".


We may automatically collect certain aggregated data regarding your use of Pearescope, like the number of users and frequency and manner of usage of Pearescope. We may also collect aggregated information regarding the use of our services, such as the extent to which certain features are used. Aggregated information is anonymous statistical information that reflects the scope of our user base, sales, customer patterns and related site information.

Third party advertisements displayed on or in connection with the Pearescope website may also contain cookies set by such advertisers. We do not control these cookies and users of Pearescope should check the privacy policy of such advertisers to understand whether and how it uses cookies.

Use of Information

Personally-Identifiable Information

We use your personally-identifiable information (in some cases, in conjunction with your non-identifying information) to provide the Service, to communicate with you about your account, and to respond to your questions. We may use your personally identifiable information to notify you of changes to Pearescope, the Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy.

We also use your personally-identifiable information to contact you (via such means as SMS, email, etc.) with Pearescope marketing or promotional materials, those alerts or notifications you elect to receive and other information that may be of interest to you (such as, when a friend is nearby). Receiving these and other notifications is at your discretion and determined by you in your account settings. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications from us, please update your account settings.

Invitations to Friends

Pearescope users can invite friends to become users by sending invitation emails via our automated invitation system. We do not store the email addresses provided for these purposes.

Non-Identifying and Aggregated Information

We may use non-identifying information about you and aggregate it with information collected from others who use Pearescope to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of the Service and to analyze and understand how our Site and Service are used. This information is not used in a way that will personally identify you. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance to deliver a product to you according to your preferences or restrictions.

Aggregated information is also used by Pearescope and our advertising providers to facilitate and monitor the serving of advertisements. In addition, the cookies that are used by Pearescope and its advertisers are used to better understand our users and customize our site for users' particular preferences. In the same manner, we may also engage other third parties to monitor the usage of, and serve advertising to Pearescope. These third parties may use cookies and web beacons (which collect non-personally identifiable information regarding user behavior on our website) to collect such information, which is also used to better understand our users and customize our site for users' particular preferences.

Cookies

We may use cookies to track and understand the traffic on our website. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that our website places onto your computer's hard drive. Cookies identify your computer so that we can recognize you the next time you visit us. We use cookies to collect and store some information about you, such as the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, the date and time you access our website and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website.

Disclosure of Information

Personally-Identifiable Information

Pearescope will not share your personally-identifiable information with any third parties, with the following exceptions:

  1. We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Site-related services (e.g., without limitation, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and improvement of the Site's features) or to assist us in analyzing how our Site and Service are used. These third parties have access to your personally-identifiable information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  2. We may disclose your personally-identifiable information to our business partners or other trusted entities for the purpose of providing you with information on goods or services we believe will be of interest to you, in accordance with your account settings. You can, at any time, opt out of receiving such communications by updating your account settings.
  3. We may be obliged or deem it necessary or appropriate to disclose your information in certain special situations. These situations include: in response to legal process such as a court order or subpoena; to prevent or combat fraud; as required by federal or state law; enforcement of our Terms of Use; and protection of the rights, reputation, property or safety of Pearescope, our users or others.
  4. We may disclose your information in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy of Pearescope, or to parents, subsidiaries or affiliates of Pearescope.

While Pearescope offers you the ability to determine how much information you wish to share through the Services though your account settings, any personally-identifying information or other content that you voluntarily disclose online (for example, on your public profile, in posts, comments, or notes) becomes publicly available and could be collected and used by others. Your name is displayed to other users when you post, send direct messages, or comment. In addition, if you chose to connect the Service to your other networks (including, but not limited to Facebook and Twitter), any information you post may be shared with your other networks.

Third Party Applications or Sites

If you access any third party applications, follow links from Site or Service to another website, or view Pearescope from another website, the information you disclose may no longer be covered by this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to check whether other privacy policies will govern before you release any personal information in such circumstances.

Aggregated Information

We may share aggregated statistical information and profile information about users of Pearescope with third-parties, including our distributors, vendors, advertisers, actual and potential customers, business partners, and third-parties that offer products or services for use with Pearescope. This information is not linked to any personally-identifiable information.

Security

Pearescope is committed to taking appropriate measures to protect your privacy against unauthorized disclosures. Pearescope uses a variety of secure techniques designed to protect your information.

While we have implemented safeguards, you should be aware that internet and mobile security technology rapidly changes. As such, we cannot guarantee that the safeguards we employ today can protect your personal information from the threats of tomorrow, or that our security measures are failsafe and not subject to circumvention or unauthorized intrusion. You should also be aware that, despite our best efforts, factors beyond our control may result in disclosure of data.

Your Choices

Pearescope provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving certain communications from us regarding products and services in which you may be interested. If you do not opt-out at the time you provide information, but choose to opt-out later, you may do so by updating your account settings. We reserve the right to send you administrative message, service announcements, and other similar communications without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.

You may disable cookies by following directions on your web browser. Disabling cookies also disables web beacons. You should be aware, however, that by disabling cookies you may be unable to access certain services and features of Pearescope.


Notice for Users Outside of the United States

You should be aware that the United States and other countries have not harmonized their privacy regulations. We have written our Privacy Policy to satisfy United States regulations and make no representations regarding the laws and regulations of other jurisdictions. By using Pearescope, you agree to the level of privacy protection set out in our Privacy Policy. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, Pearescope transfers your information to the United States and processes it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Children’s Privacy

The Site and the Services are not directed to anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally-identifiable information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally-identifiable information without their consent, he or she should contact us at privacy@pearescope.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personally-identifiable information, we will delete such information from our files.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@pearescope.com.