Your privacy is important to toonpool.com.

This privacy policy describes the kinds of information we collect, how we collect it, and how we use it.

I. Personally Identifiable Information.

Personally identifiable information is information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, credit card information and password ("Personally Identifiable Information"). Although we generally do not collect Personally Identifiable Information from users, other than members. Nevertheless, we may receive such information from you when you (a) voluntarily provide it when you use toonpool.com, especially by opening a member account, or (b) provide it when you communicate with us.
In general, unless required by applicable laws, we will not disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties without your permission. We will never sell your personally identifiable information to anyone.

1. Non-Account Activity. You can watch pictures on toonpool.com without having a toonpool.com account.

2. Account-Related Activity. Other activities on toonpool.com -- e.g. uploading pictures, posting comments, or watching restricted pictures --require to have a toonpool.com account. You must submit certain personal information including your email address and a password when you create a toonpool.com account. The password is used to protect your account from unauthorized access from third persons. A toonpool.com Account allows you to access many of our services that cannot be accessed without a registration.

3. Uses. If you choose to submit personally identifiable information to us through the toonpool.com sites, we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the toonpool.com sites, as well as provide special personalized features to you.
Your account name is displayed to other Users when you upload pictures or send messages through the toonpool.com sites. Other Users are hence able to contact you through messages and comments. Your email address will not be displayed. Any pictures that you choose to submit to the toonpool.com sites may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and can be viewed by the general public.
We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without your prior consent except as a part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major toonpool.com Site changes or for customer service purposes).

II. Non-Personally Identifiable Information.

Non-personally identifiable information is information that does not identify you as an individual ("Non-Personally Identifiable Information"). Non-Personally Identifiable Information includes information such as your browser type, the URL of the previous website you visited, the web pages and advertisements you view or select, and the types of services you use. We may automatically collect certain types of Non-Personally Identifiable Information from you when you use toonpool.com. We may also collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information from you that you voluntarily provide.

1. Content Uploaded to Site. Any personal information or picture content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your playback or profile pages, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by third parties.

2. Improvement of our Services. We may disclose Non-Personally Identifiable Information in connection with improving the services we offer and facilitating our marketing efforts. In that content we may record information about your usage, such as the time of your usage of toonpool.com, the pictures, groups, and favorites you subscribe to, the contacts you communicate with, and the frequency and size of data transfers, as well as information you display or click on in toonpool.com (including UI elements, settings, and other information). If you are logged in, we may associate that information with your account. We may use clear GIFs (a.k.a. "Web Beacons") in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
In addition, we may combine your Non-Personally Identifiable Information that relates to your use of toonpool.com with that of other users ("Aggregate Information") to determine which areas of toonpool.com are most popular, and how our services are used. By collecting this Aggregate Information and analyzing it, we can use it to improve toonpool.com services. We may disclose Aggregate Information in connection with improving the services we offer and facilitating our marketing efforts.

III. Third Parties.

We do not control the privacy policies of our advertisers, third party sites that we link to, or other third parties that have websites linked to toonpool.com. If you click on an advertisement or link, the privacy policies of the website that you link to will govern the use of your information by that website's operator. We assume no responsibility or liability for the actions of such third parties with respect to their use of your information or otherwise. Accordingly, make sure you are aware of and comfortable with the privacy policies of any third-party websites you link to. In addition, you should be aware that certain third-party services or websites that you link to from toonpool.com each have their own information collection practices and privacy policies.

IV. Google Analytics.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

V. No Absolute Safeguards.

Although we will use reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of your information, transmissions on the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility or liability for disclosure of any of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access or other causes beyond our reasonable control.
You should always be careful and responsible whenever disclosing information online. Please remember that protection of your privacy starts with you.

VI. Acceptance of Privacy Policy.

If you use toonpool.com, you are accepting the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, and we will have the right to use your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to have your information used in any of the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue use of toonpool.com immediatly.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will generally post those changes on our Homepage or contact you by email so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify members by way of an email. Without the users explicit consent we will not use personally identifiable information in a manner different than stated in this Privacy Policy. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please email us: info [at] toonpool [dot] com