Dreamfish takes seriously the privacy needs of the individual and organization. When considering privacy on the internet, here are the factors that the individual should consider:
- How information is collected;
- How the information is used;
- With whom the information may be shared;
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information;
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the company's control;
- And how you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
To address these issues, we explain our practices below.
FAQ about Privacy
How can I control which information is shared and with whom information is shared?
Dreamfish has designed Smart Privacy, a set of features that allows you to flexibly network across boundaries, while maintaining control of your information. With Smart Privacy, you can share different kinds of information with your co-worker, your new client, your partners or your close friends.
Your choices as an individual:
- Your Dashboard - You are the only person that views your dashboard.
- Your Profile - Your profile will appear differently to different individuals, depending on the privacy permission that you set for how information is to be viewed:You can choose whether the public, your networks, or your contacts has permission to see different parts of your profile information. You can edit at any time these permissions to increase the privacy of your information. You can delete your profile information as a registered user.
- Your Posts - You can choose whether your networks, your contacts or the public see your posts. You can delete your posts at any time as a registered user.
- Your Contacts - When you are invited to be a contact of someone’s, you can accept or decline, and in the process, choose how much profile information you want the person to view.
Your choices as a network administrator - Your network will appear differently to different users, depending on the privacy permissions to information that you set for information to be viewed on your network:
- You can choose whether membership is open to the public or by administrative approval.
- You can choose whether the public view the posts in your network and members of your network.
- You can choose which blocks of information can be viewed by the public and by network members.
- You can choose whether network members can start and administer groups.
Your choices as a group administrator within a network:
- You can choose whether membership is open to the public or by administrative approval.
- You can choose whether the public, only group members, or all the network can view your group's postings.
Does Dreamfish ask for personal information?
Yes. Dreamfish asks for your name and other personal information when you sign up for our services. *
How Does Dreamfish use my personal information?*
- Personal and Demographic Information: Dreamfish asks for personal information, such as your name and email address, which is used to protect your account from unauthorized access. Your personal information is used to set up your Dreamfish account and to allow you to use many Dreamfish services. As a client, you may also supply additional information to share with other users. Dreamfish may also ask for demographic information, such as your education level, occupation and industry. Dreamfish does not knowingly collect information from children under 13 and if Dreamfish later learns that a child under 13 is registered, steps will be taken to remove the child’s information from the data base.
- When you subscribe to an account, you may purchase by PayPal or by credit card. If you use PayPal, please see PayPal privacy policy. If you purchase by credit card, we require personal information (such as name, mailing address, credit card number). We use this information to confirm the validity of your credit card. We do not sell this information to any third-party. We do not provide your credit card number to any outside parties.
- Advertising: Advertising revenues help to keep Dreamfish services free or low-cost, and provide revenues for donations to charities. Dreamfish’s goal in collecting personal and demographic information is to provide our clients with the most meaningful web experience possible and our advertisers with an efficient means to reach the right audience. By knowing about you, Dreamfish can deliver more relevant content and advertisements, and therefore deliver better service to you.
In delivering targeted online advertisements, Dreamfish acts like the middle person. Advertisers give us an ad and tell us the type of audience they want to reach. Dreamfish or one of our ad server partners takes and displays the ad to users meeting those criteria. In this process, only Dreamfish –not the advertiser– can access individuals’ account information.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve some of the ads when you visit our web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements on Dreamfish.com, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique “cookie” on your browser. Advertisers may also use “clear gifs” to track advertising page views, but this information is not connected to personal information collected by Dreamfish. - RSS Feeds: Dreamfish makes some content on our site available as RSS feeds. Content available for syndication is usually denoted with an XML or RSS button. All content syndicated is subject to our Terms of Service. No modifications may be made to any Dreamfish RSS content. RSS distribution services help Dreamfish and its members reach and engage more like-minded individuals.
- Dreamfish does disclose aggregated user statistics (for example, X% of our users are female) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
How do I change or delete my profile information?
Members can change their information or remove themselves from the Dreamfish Platform at any time by adjusting their account settings via their My Account Page. Some changes may take up to 24 hours to appear on the site.
Does Dreamfish sell e-mail addresses to advertisers?
Not without your direct permission. We respect your privacy.
Will Dreamfish use my email for direct emailing?
Dreamfish offers a variety of direct e-mail subscriptions describing our opportunities, new features, and other news and announcements. If you do not want to receive these occasional mailings, simply opt out of them when registering to become a member. If you elect to receive a newsletter but later change your mind, go to your My Account page and change your preferences to unsubscribe from the newsletter. Each emailing will also contain unsubscription information in the email footer. Regardless of the above, Dreamfish may send occasional important updates regarding a member’s account, critical service announcements, and other correspondence.
How does Dreamfish secure its data storage?
Dreamfish’s servers are located at a world-class facility in California, USA. Access to the database is protected by a firewall and secure data lines and available only to certain Dreamfish employees on an as-necessary basis.
What should I know about privacy online?
Please note that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on blogs, networks, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Furthermore, while we strive to protect your personal information, Dreamfish cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us over the Internet, and you do so at your own risk. In addition, Dreamfish partners and third-party Internet sites and services accessible through Dreamfish have separate, independent privacy and data collection practices. Dreamfish has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information.
For more information, please read the Terms of Service. If you have comments, questions or requests, please ask in the Dreamfish Client Exchange
