You must read, understand and accept the following policy with respect to your privacy. If you do not understand or accept it then you must not use our services.

General Policy

What we will do

dSpot provides a free wireless hotspot service that derives revenue from advertisers.

dSpot will collect a wide range of information from your computer during the software installation process and subsequently from your usage of the service.

Information obtained will be used to determine the most profitable advertisements to display on your computer whilst you are connected to the service.

dSpot uses analysis software to track all Internet traffic and to identify keywords and phrases that help us to determine suitable advertisements. We collect some or all of the following data for this purpose

1. Demographic data supplied during software installation
2. Domain names and IP addresses accessed through a web browser
3. Keywords utilized during web searches
4. Dates, times, durations and locations that your computer accessed our Wireless Hotspots

dSpot uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content displayed on your computer, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.

You can remove our Toolbar at any time using the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel.

You do not need to run the Toolbar when you are not connected to our Wireless Hotspot.

What we will not do

WE WILL NOT CAPTURE OR HOLD ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU NOR WILL ANY INFORMATION HELD BY US BE IDENTIFIABLE TO YOU. YOU REMAIN ANONYMOUS TO US AT ALL TIMES.

dSpot will not rent, sell, or share any usage data obtained with other people or nonaffiliated companies except under the following circumstances:

• We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with dSpot under confidentiality agreements.
• We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
• We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of dSpots terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
• We transfer information about you if dSpot is acquired by or merged with another company.

dSpot displays targeted advertisements based on data obtained from the way that your computer uses the dSpot service. It CANNOT be used to personally identify you IN ANY WAY. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria - for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area.

• dSpot does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
• dSpot advertisers include financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies).

dSpot works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers in different countries, industries and categories of business.

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