IMPORTANT NOTICE
Please note that the SEESTORM software, as with most Internet applications, is vulnerable to various security issues and hence should be considered unsecured. By using the SEESTORM Software and the Internet in general, you may be subject to various risks, including among others: exposure to objectionable material and/or parties; Unauthorized invasion of your privacy; Unauthorized exposure of information and material you listed or sent.
If you do not wish to be subjected to these risks, you are advised not to use the SEESTORM Software.
For the SEESTORM Software's terms of service please review the following SEESTORM Privacy Policy as well as the SEESTORM License Agreement and any other terms of service document available on or through http://ssm.seestorm.com/legal/.
Note: In case you may not feel comfortable with SeeStorm Privacy Policy issues you are advised not to use SeeStorm Messenger or any SEESTORM Inc. software.
Privacy and Security Issues
Unless produced by SEESTORM Inc., the information you access or receive by using the SEESTORM Software, or available on the SEESTORM Services and Information or information sent to you by other users is provided, entered or posted by the users and is not reviewed, controlled, examined, verified or endorsed by SEESTORM Inc. in any way. Therefore, data and information on the SEESTORM Services and Information may be subject to privacy and security invading activities including, but not limited to, eavesdropping, electronic trespassing, sniffing, spamming, nuking, hacking, spoofing, "imposturing", breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery and system contamination including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing unauthorized, damaging harmful access and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer and other forms of activities that may even be considered unlawful. Information and data may also not reach their destination or reach an erroneous address or recipient.
Furthermore, due to the nature and functionality of the SEESTORM Software and the SEESTORM Services and Information, other people may become aware of or be able to retrieve your selection of various programs or other parameters, status indication including posting of online - offline status of a user on the Web or information regarding your IP and dynamic IP address or any information and details submitted by you in the registration procedure, or while using the SEESTORM Software and the SEESTORM Services and Information.
The information posted by SEESTORM Inc. on its Web site may be erroneous, outdated and may not fit the various SEESTORM Software versions or to the various functions provided by the SEESTORM Software or the SEESTORM Services and Information.
Privacy Policy and Standards
1. The holder of an SEESTORM account password or anyone on his behalf or authorized by him has the ability and discretion to provide, disclose, update or delete, at any time, the entire personal details provided for that account or any part thereof on or from the SEESTORM directories maintained by SEESTORM Inc.. Please note that this is not necessarily the case if you have provided details to directories maintained by third parties nor is it valid with respect to messages you have posted on the SEESTORM message boards. Once such information is provided, other people may obtain and retain such information. Such details or any later addition or amendment thereto may not be immediately visible to all users.
2. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the information entered or posted, through the Software or through the Web, including without limitation, on the SEESTORM info templates-whitepages and other directories, during registration or thereafter, the SEESTORM message boards, as well as status indication and other user's parameters that can be found using the Software or the Web ("Public Information"), may be available to the public. Public Information shall not include information meant to be sent through the SEESTORM network to a specific SEESTORM User's Software, unless subsequently provided to SEESTORM Inc.
3. In most cases and when network conditions allow for it, on some versions of the Software, online communications via SEESTORM are conducted directly between the users. These communications are not relayed through the SEESTORM server unless you expressly elected to do so. When direct communication between users is not possible, the system default in some cases is to send it via the SEESTORM server, however, you may choose to disable such route
4. Authorization requests, the 'invitation to join SEESTORM', if you chose to send to your friends is sent by you, are always relayed through the SEESTORM server.
5. All communications you elect to send offline or to relay through the server are stored and forwarded by the SEESTORM servers to the recipient, and deleted once delivered to the recipient.
6. Settings, technical and other information from your computer, such as your operating system, SEESTORM and browser versions, connectivity, various communication parameters and other information related to the operation and interaction of the SEESTORM Software ("Parameters") may be collected by SEESTORM Inc., subject to the provisions herein. Parameters are collected solely in order to provide you with, or access to, the SEESTORM Services and Information, subject to the provisions herein.
7. SEESTORM Inc.'s operational personnel may be occasionally exposed to random usage traffic going through the SEESTORM servers.
8. Some versions of the software allow any party to a SeeStorm Messenger session to record the content of the session (messages, URL, chat, chat request and other events). The SeeStorm Messenger program default in some versions is set to record message and other event dialog and traffic.
9. YOU ARE ESPECIALLY ADVISED NOT TO USE OR RELY ON THE SEESTORM SERVICES AND INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER PROGRAM, INFORMATION OR SERVICE WHATSOEVER RELATED THERETO FOR "CONTENT SENSITIVE" OR "MISSION CRITICAL" APPLICATIONS AND USE. "CONTENT SENSITIVE" SHALL MEAN ANY INFORMATION OR DATA YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE FREELY ACCESSIBLE AND GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO INTERNET USERS. "MISSION CRITICAL" APPLICATIONS AND USE SHALL MEAN APPLICATIONS AND USE THAT MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE.
10. SEESTORM Inc. will permit authorized officers of the court access to all its available and relevant information only to comply with valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order or to protect SEESTORM Inc.'s rights and property or in special emergencies when we believe physical safety is at risk. Users' IP and dynamic IP addresses may be traced by SEESTORM Inc. and disclosed for these purposes.
11. SEESTORM Inc. has sole discretion in and may choose to terminate, limit, reduce, change or deny at any time, temporarily or permanently the access granted to any SEESTORM user or account to the SEESTORM Software and the SEESTORM Services and Information or any part thereof for any reason whatsoever or no reason at all, without prior notice.
12. SEESTORM Inc. gathers information and usage pattern (including without limitation by using "cookies" related to your use of the Software, and the SEESTORM Services and Information ("Usage Patterns") - to better understand how our users, as a group, use the SEESTORM Services and Information and the various features thereof, as well as to help us fit offerings to you as an individual and to conduct market research.
13. Please note, that SEESTORM Inc. does not want to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information and material from you through the SEESTORM Web site, SEESTORM Inc.'s mail and e-mail addresses, the SEESTORM Services and Information or in any other way. Any information or material submitted or sent to SEESTORM Inc., excluding private communications between a user and other users that are not subsequently made available to SEESTORM Inc., will be deemed not to be confidential or secret. By submitting or sending documents, information or other material ("Material") to SEESTORM Inc. or by posting information entered on the various SEESTORM directories, tools and messages on the SEESTORM message boards you (1) warrant that you have no rights of any kind to the Material; that to the best of your knowledge no other party has any rights to the Material; (2) grant SEESTORM Inc. an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute the Material, and you further agree that SEESTORM Inc. is free to use any ideas, know-how, concepts or techniques you send us for any purpose.
14. Always make sure you are using an authorized copy of the SEESTORM Software, downloaded directly from the SEESTORM Web site or from other sites listed on the download page on the SEESTORM Web site. This will enable you to use the latest functions allowing you to enhance the privacy and security level of your communication.
15. Various data may be used for commercial purposes, including without limitation, for advertising, targeted advertising, marketing, co-registration to other services, promotional or any other activity, subject to the provisions herein.
16. It is a good and important practice to scan any file downloaded from any server with the latest available anti-virus program and not to download unless you are certain you are capable of protecting your computer.
Use of the SEESTORM software, the SEESTORM network, system, Web site, servers, various directories and listings, message boards, tools, information and databases or any part thereof ("SEESTORM Services and Information") is subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement that accompanied the SEESTORM software ("Software") or any updates thereof ("License Agreement") as well as to the SEESTORM Privacy Policy and any other applicable terms of service document all available on or through http://ssm.seestorm.com/legal/ (the "SEESTORM Terms of Service").
In case of contradiction between any provision of the License Agreement and the content of this document, the provision of the License Agreement shall prevail, unless the provisions of this document reflect narrower responsibility on behalf of SEESTORM Inc. than the appropriate provision in the License Agreement. SEESTORM Inc. may change from time to time, this Privacy Policy, with or without a release of a new version of the SEESTORM Software. You agree that your continuing to use the Software and/or the SEESTORM Services and Information, for a period of 30 days after such notice has been provided on the SEESTORM network or Web site for the first time, shall constitute your consent to the new or revised Privacy Policy. Any reference made in this Privacy Policy to SEESTORM Inc. shall be deemed to have been made to SEESTORM Inc., its subsidiaries, successors, assignees, affiliates as well as any company that controls SEESTORM Inc., directly or indirectly, and any other subsidiary of that controlling company.