What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on uMayTalk.  When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, phone number, or email address.  We collect this information in order to register you for our services and to communicate to you for service related reasons. 

uMayTalk may automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request. 

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect form you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better repond to your individual needs)
• To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback receive form you)
• To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service request or support needs)

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you access your personal information. Your account information is password-protected. 

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.  This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or seriving you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.  We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.  However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. 

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and iPhone Application and not to information collected offline.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

This policy was last modified on 27-Jul-09.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

support@umaytalk.com

[Accepting the Terms]
- In order to use uMayTalk’s products, software, services, and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document), you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
- uMayTalk reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any part thereof) at any time with or without notice. You agree that uMayTalk is not liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.
- You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with uMayTalk.

[Language of the Terms]
- Where uMayTalk has provided you with a translation of the Chinese language version of the Terms, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the Chinese language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with uMayTalk.

[Your Registration Obligations]
- To use the Services, You agree to:
(a) provide accurate, complete, and up to date information about yourself as prompted by the Services’ registration form ("Registration Data") and
(b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it accurate and up to date.

[Member Account, Password, And Security]
You agree to:
(a) immediately notify uMayTalk of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and
(b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.
uMayTalk is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.

[Privacy and Your Personal Information]
- uMayTalk collects personal information when you register for a uMayTalk Service or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. We may combine personal information collected from you with information from other uMayTalk Services or third parties to provide a better user experience, including customizing content for you.
- uMayTalk uses cookies and other technologies to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use uMayTalk Services in order to improve the quality of our services.
- uMayTalk's servers automatically record information when you visit our website or use some of our products, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.
- We may use personal information to provide the services you've requested, including services that display customized content and advertising.
- We may also use personal information for auditing, research and analysis to operate and improve uMayTalk technologies and Services.
- We may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties outside of uMayTalk.
- When we use third parties to assist us in processing your personal information, we require that they comply with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
- We may also share information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our network and Services.
- uMayTalk processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America, in Taiwan, and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country.
- We offer you choices when we ask for personal information, whenever reasonably possible.
- You may decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some of our features or Services may not function properly as a result.
- We make good faith efforts to provide you access to your personal information upon request and to let you correct such data if it is inaccurate and delete it, when reasonably possible.
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[Content from Third Party]
- You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, software, music, audio files, images, or videos) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated.

[Ending Your Relationship with uMayTalk]
- The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or uMayTalk.
- uMayTalk may terminate its legal agreement with you at any time.

[Copyright and trade mark policies]
- It is uMayTalk’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law and to terminate the accounts of infringers.

[Exclusion of Warranties]
- Your use of the service is at your sole risk. Nothing in these terms shall exclude or limit uMayTalk’s warranty or liability for losses which may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law. Some jurisdictions prohibit the exclusion of certain warranties or conditions or the limitation or exclusion of liability for loss or damage caused by negligence, breach of contract or implied terms, or incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, only the limitations which are lawful in your jurisdiction will apply to you and our liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- You expressly understand and agree that your use of the services is at your sole risk and that the services are provided "as is" and “as available.” in particular, uMayTalk, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its licensors do not represent or warrant to you that:
(a) your use of the services will meet your requirements,
(b) your use of the services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from error,
(c) any information obtained by you as a result of your use of the services will be accurate or reliable, and
(d) that any errors in the operation or any software provided to you as part of the services will be corrected.
- Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Services is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system, other devices, or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
- No advice or information, oral or written, obtained by you from uMayTalk or through or from the Services shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the terms of Service.
- uMayTalk further explicitly disclaims all warranties and conditions of any kind, whether expressed or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

[Limitation of Liability]
- Subject to overall provision in paragraph above, you expressly understand and agree that uMayTalk, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its licensors shall not be liable to you for:
(a) any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but not be limited to, any loss of profits (whether incurred directly or indirectly), goodwill, business reputation, data, cost of procurement of substitute goods or Services, or other intangible loss;
(b) any loss or damage which may be incurred by you, including but not limited to loss or damage as a result of:
(i) any reliance placed by you on any advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Services;
(ii) any changes which uMayTalk may make to the Services, or for any permanent or temporary cessation in the provision of the Services (or any features within the Services);
(iii) the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any content and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the Services;
(iv) your failure to provide uMayTalk with accurate account information;
(v) your failure to keep your password or account details secure and confidential.
- The limitations on uMayTalk’s liability to you in the section above shall apply whether or not uMayTalk has been advised of or should have been aware of the possibility of any such losses arising.

[Advertisements]
- Some of the Services are supported by advertising and may display advertisements and other promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
- The manner, mode and extent of advertising by uMayTalk on the Services are subject to change without notice.
- In consideration for uMayTalk granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that uMayTalk may place such advertising on the Services.

[Content Submitted or Made Available For Inclusion on the Services]
- uMayTalk does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Services, you grant uMayTalk worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s).

[Proprietary Rights]
- You acknowledge and agree that uMayTalk (oruMayTalk’s licensors) owns all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by uMayTalk and that you shall not disclose such information without uMayTalk’s prior written consent.
- Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with uMayTalk, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of uMayTalk’s trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
- If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with uMayTalk, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and uMayTalk's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
- Other than the limited license set forth previously, uMayTalk acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with uMayTalk, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that uMayTalk has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
- You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
- Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by uMayTalk, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.

[Provision of the Services by uMayTalk]
- uMayTalk is constantly updating and changing in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which uMayTalk provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
- You acknowledge and agree that while uMayTalk may set an upper limit on the number or length of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such limits may be changed by uMayTalk at any time, at uMayTalk’s discretion.

[Use of the Services by you]
- You agree that any registration information you give to uMayTalk, including identification or contact details, will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
- You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from Taiwan or other relevant countries).
- You agree to access the Services only through the interface provided by uMayTalk. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any files present on the Services.
- You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
- Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with uMayTalk, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
- You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that uMayTalk has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which uMayTalk may suffer) of any such breach.

[Content in the Services]
- You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements and sponsored Content may be protected by intellectual property rights that are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to uMayTalk (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by uMayTalk or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
- You understand that you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
- You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that uMayTalk has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which uMayTalk may suffer) by doing so.

[License from uMayTalk]
- uMayTalk gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by uMayTalk as part of the Services as provided to you by uMayTalk. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by uMayTalk, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
- You may not copy or modify in any manner or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof.
- Unless uMayTalk has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Services, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Services, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Services.

[Software Updates]
- The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from uMayTalk that are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit uMayTalk to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
- If you use the uMayTalk Uploader, you agree that it may automatically download and install updates from time to time from uMayTalk. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Uploader and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit uMayTalk to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Uploader.

[General Use of the Website -- Permissions and Restrictions]
- You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including but not limited to "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," that accesses the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to the uMayTalk servers than a human can reasonably produce in a given period of time with a standard web browser. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, uMayTalk grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. uMayTalk reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect any personal information, including account names, from the Website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website (e.g. comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website with respect to their User Submissions.
- You agree not to use the Website, including the uMayTalk Embeddable Player for any commercial use, without the prior written authorization of uMayTalk.
- If you use the uMayTalk Embeddable Player on your website, you must include a prominent link back to the uMayTalk website on the pages containing the Embeddable Player and you may not modify, build upon, or block any portion of the Embeddable Player in any way.

[Chicane and Pornography Policy]
- Chicane or pornography is explicitly prohibited.

[General Legal Terms]
- When you are using the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service, download a piece of software or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or persons concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
- You agree that if uMayTalk does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which uMayTalk has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken as a formal waiver of uMayTalk’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to uMayTalk.
- The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and uMayTalk and govern your use of the Services (but exclude any services which uMayTalk may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and uMayTalk in relation to the Services.
- The Terms, and your relationship with uMayTalk under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of Taiwan without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and uMayTalk agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Taipei, Taiwan to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that uMayTalk shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.