Jokerz Privacy Policy
Jokerz Media is committed to protect the privacy of users of the www.jokerz.com website and related applications.
GENERAL
This Privacy Policy applies whether you are accessing the Site via a personal computer via www.jokerz.com, a mobile device or any other technology or devices now known or hereafter developed or discovered (each, a "Device") and whether you are accessing the Site as a registered user or other user of the Site.
This Privacy Policy will remain in full force and effect, even if your use of or participation in the Site or any particular service, feature, function or promotional activity offered through the Site terminates, expires, ceases, is suspended or deactivated for any reason. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not participate in the Site or any features, activities or services offered through the Site.
The Site is designed and targeted to U.S. audiences and is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of the U.S. We make no representation that this Site is operated in accordance with the laws or regulations of, or governed by, other nations. By participating in our Site activities, you certify that you meet the age and other eligibility requirements for this Site as set forth in our Terms of Use Agreement. If you do not meet such age and other eligibility requirements, please discontinue using the Site immediately as your continued use of the Site indicates that you are agreeing to the collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USAGE ("COOKIES")
Any information you provide is to be true, accurate, current, non-misleading, and consistent and relevant for the purpose for which you are providing the information. You warrant that the information you provide does not infringe on any other's rights, including but not limited to, intellectual property and publicity rights as outlined in our joke-submission guidelines.
Personal information (name, address, birthdate, etc.), if supplied by the user, is kept private and confidential, and used only for the purposes for which it was provided (such as responding to an email inquiry, etc.). We do not share this information with any third parties other than those listed in the Information Disclosure section below.
Information collected allows us to:
- Respond to an email inquiry
- Permit you to participate in certain functions of the site
- Permit you to participate in contests and sweepstakes
- Share with you promotional opportunities if you opt-in to receive such
- Tailor your experience on the site
- Improve the site and its features
- To maintain the site
- To otherwise provide you with the best joke-site experience
Our website does not track, collect, or distribute personally identifiable information (PII) about non-registered visitors. We do aggregate and analyze website usage statistics to improve the Jokerz website in an ongoing effort to provide better information and services our members, clients, and the public.
The Site and Apps may automatically track certain information about your behavior while visiting the Site. The information gathered includes:
- The URL from which you accessed this Site, and which URL you visit next. We may collect and store this aggregate information in order to measure the Site's performance and improve the Site's design and functionality.
- The jokes and joke writers you view, share via social networks, and like or dislike via the corresponding buttons on the Site and Apps. We collect this data in order to better understand your joke preferences so that we can create customized experiences.
- We also aggregate joke-viewing information with high-level demographics such as age, gender, and locale and provide those high-level demographics to third parties, including advertisers and advertising partners.
- We may also share this aggregate information with third parties to illustrate how the Site and App are used and for other marketing purposes.
The Jokerz website may collect some of this information using "cookies," stored information in a browser's memory that is shared with our system's server. However, we DO NOT store any unencrypted personally identifiable information within those cookies.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Personal information may be disclosed in the following situations and to the following third-parties:
- To entities affiliated with Jokerz, LLC;
- To unaffiliated third parties that are under contract to perform services for or on behalf of Jokerz (Service Providers), and are required to uphold and maintain Jokerz's policies with respect to privacy and the treatment of your Personal Information (e.g., vendors maintaining our Site and Apps or computer databases or performing fulfillment or marketing activities for Jokerz);
- To other persons as permitted by applicable law or regulation; and
- To law enforcement personnel and agencies, or as part of a legal process, in order to protect our property or in furtherance of an investigation regarding a breach of the Site rules and policies, unauthorized access to or use of the Site or any other illegal activities.
INFORMATION SECURITY
The Jokerz website has in place reasonable methodologies to protect the information it collects and reduce the likelihood of leakages of personally identifiable information by accident or unauthorized access to such data. These measures may include an electronic firewall and various other protection measures that involve virus scanning, installation of security patches, vulnerability testing, backup and recovery planning, employee training, security audits and other steps designed constantly to improve the data protection posture. However, we cannot guarantee that information during transmission through the Internet or any computer network is entirely safe from unauthorized intrusion, access or manipulation. We will have no liability for disclosure of information due to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties.
OPT-IN
Registered Users of the www.jokerz.com website may opt-in to (1) receiving communications from Jokerz and its subsidiaries (except for communications necessary for your use of the Site or App), or (2) any other consent previously granted for a specific purpose concerning your Personal Information, send an e-mail to Jokerz at webmaster@jokerz.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Jokerz Site includes the ability to "share" jokes and content from www.jokerz.com to your social network accounts and/or to link your accounts, at your direction. We will post information to your social media account only at your explicit direction by clicking on one of the social media share buttons. We retrieve information, such as "likes", "subscriptions", and "friend lists" to improve content recommendations. We do NOT share this information with advertisers or sell the information to any third parties except for those listed in the Information Disclosure section above, but we reserve the right to share aggregated information about our audience with no personally identifiable information.
EXTERNAL WEBSITES
The Jokerz website contains links to other websites as additional resources or sources of information, to be used at your discretion. Jokerz is not responsible and makes no warranties in regards to those sites, each of which may have their own privacy policy that should be reviewed by you before continuing to use that website.
SALE OR TRANSFER OF WEBSITE AND DATA
In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution, or sale or transfer of substantially all of the assets of Jokerz, LLC, personal Information and/or usage data collected about you from the Site may be sold, assigned, or transferred to the party acquiring all or substantially all of the equity and/or assets of Jokerz, LLC in order to permit the party to continue the operation of the Site. Subject to your ability to opt-out as described above, by using this Site and submitting your information to us, you consent to the sale and transfer of your information as described in this paragraph.
CONTACT
To submit questions, comments, and/or complaints regarding privacy issues on the Jokerz website or this privacy policy in particular please use our Contact Form or send an email with your contact information to webmaster@jokerz.com. You may also contact us at this email address to change or delete previously submitted personal information.
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