Privacy Policy

CityMaps Privacy Policy

CityMaps’ Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to provide a clear understanding of the information we collect and how we use it to provide users with a better experience. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to CityMaps. “You” refers to you, as a user of citymaps.com. By accepting our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (found here: Terms of Use), you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information and other information as described in this Privacy Policy.

  1. Information we collect
  2. How we use and share information
  3. How we protect information
  4. Your rights regarding the use of your personal information
  5. Links to other websites
  6. Changes to our privacy policy
  7. Contact us

I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect both “Personal Information” and “Non-Personal Information.” Personal Information is information that you submit to us either through citymaps.com or through registering for CityMaps through another social networking site (such as Facebook), and that is personally identifiable, such as your name and email address. “Non-Personal Information” includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks. We collect various types of this information, including the following:

1. Information you provide us by registering for a CityMaps account

Visitors can access and browse the site without disclosing most Personal Information, although we do track your IP address when you browse the site. However, we also allow users to create their own profile on CityMaps to provide them a better and more customized experience, in which case we collect information users voluntarily provide through the registration process.

Users can create a profile in two ways. First, they can register directly through citymaps.com. When they do so, we collect a user’s name and email address, and offer them the option of additionally providing their mailing address and gender. Second, users can register to create a profile on CityMaps by connecting through a social networking site (“SNS”) that already contains their personal information, such as Facebook. The information you allow CityMaps to access varies by SNS platform, and is affected by the privacy settings you establish at the SNS. For example, CityMaps may access and store some or all of the following information, as allowed by you, the SNS, and your preferences:

  • your first and last name
  • your profile pictures or its URL
  • the login email you provided to that SNS when you registered
  • your address
  • your gender
  • your birthday
  • your interests and activities

By registering at CityMaps through an SNS, you are authorizing CityMaps to collect, store, and use any and all information you agreed the SNS could provide to CityMaps through the SNS Application Programming Interface (“API”), in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Your agreement takes place when you accept or allow an SNS to register you for a CityMaps account.

2. Information collected via Technology

In addition to the personal information you voluntarily provide when you register, in an effort to improve the quality of CityMaps’s service, we track information provided to us by your browser when you view the site, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We do so by sending one or more cookies to your computer that uniquely identify your browser. A cookie is a small text file composed of alphanumeric letters, which includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to a user’s browser from our servers and is stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Doing so allows us to collect Non-Personal information about our users and keep a record of user preferences when utilizing CityMaps’s services, both on an individual basis and in the aggregate. For example, CityMaps may use cookies to compile the following information:

  • the number of times a user views their profile
  • the number of times a user clicks on the map
  • the number of times a merchant profile page is viewed
  • the number of times a user clicks through to other sites linked to CityMaps
  • the number of times each posting is viewed
  • the number of times a posting is shared through a social network

CityMaps may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser. For example, we store a persistent cookie to track a user’s last known location on the citymaps.com map. This way, when the user returns to the map, the map refreshes at exactly the same place as it was when the user left.

 

II. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information:

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share for marketing purposes the Personal Information that we collect with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for CityMaps on behalf of CityMaps, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to a user’s email address for purposes of sending you emails from us. Those vendors only use your Personal Information at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is use to enhance your experience with CityMaps and help us communicate with you. For example, we use it to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback and input form users, provide technical support, and to inform members about product or promotional offers. We may also use it to serve more customized advertising.

Non-Personal Information

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve CityMaps products and services and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information to use in statistical analysis to help us track trends and analyze patterns in the use of CityMaps. This Privacy Policy does not limit our use or disclosure of any Non-Personal Information in any way, and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers, and other third parties at our discretion.

In the event we go through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of ours or that acquirer’s assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our Site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check the Site periodically.

 

III. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

While there is no practical way to absolutely assure the security of information you supply us, we implement strong security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. Your user accounts are protected by the password you use to access your online account with CityMaps, and we urge you to take steps to keep your personal information (including your password) safe, and to log out of your account after use.

Once we have received your information, we take also take precautions against possible security breaches of our website and customer databases by putting in place technological security measures, including encryption, firewalls, and secure socket layer technology. However, this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our site, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

 

IV. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you receive promotional communications from us, you will be able to indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotional communications from us and will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotional e-mail. You will also be able to indicate in the “Settings” section of the website that you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us.

Please note that despite any indicated email marketing preferences, we may send you administrative emails regarding CityMaps, including, for example, notices of updates to our Privacy Policy if we choose to provide such notices to you in this manner.

 

V. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

CityMaps may provide links to other websites that we believe may be of interest to our users. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites, nor are we responsible for the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through CityMaps; thus when you use a link to go from our website to another third party website, this Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of these other websites before proceeding to use them.

VI. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

CityMaps reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms of Service at any time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, or by placing a prominent notice on our site, so that you can choose whether to continue using our service. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days after we notify. Non material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check www.citymaps.com and this privacy page for updates.

VII. CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of our website, please contact CityMaps by sending an email to feedback@citymaps.com.

 

Last Updated: This Privacy Policy posted May 31, 2011.