Professional Documents
Culture Documents
In order to use Paltalk, you must first complete the registration form. During
registration you are required to give contact information such as your email
address. We use this information to contact you about services on our site in
which you have expressed interest. Please view the entire Privacy Policy below
the End User License Agreement.
IMPORTANT - THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN AVM SOFTWARE, INC. D/B/A
Paltalk ("Paltalk") AND YOU. IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING YOUR USE OF Paltalk'S SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION AND
ASSOCIATED MATERIALS ("SOFTWARE"). BY SELECTING "I AGREE" AND CONTINUING THE
INSTALLATION, BY USING THE SOFTWARE OR BY SIGNIFYING YOUR ACCEPTANCE IN ANY
OTHER WAY, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND YOU
SHOULD DISCONTINUE ANY FURTHER INSTALLATION OR USE THEREOF.
TERMS OF USE. You, and anyone you authorize to use your Account, may not engage
in conduct which is unlawful or which inhibits another user from enjoying
Paltalk or which Paltalk in its sole discretion determines to be unacceptable.
Even if you have paid to subscribe to any of the Paltalk services, Paltalk
reserves the right to terminate ALL of your Accounts if, in its sole discretion,
it determines that through ANY of your accounts or nicknames, whether paid or
free, you have engaged in any prohibited or unacceptable conduct. Please be
advised that if you have paid to subscribe to any of the Paltalk services, your
subscription fee WILL NOT be refunded (either in whole or in part) if your
accounts is, or your accounts are, terminated or suspended, even if the
termination is a result of unacceptable conduct through a free account or
nickname. Without assuming the responsibility therefore, Paltalk reserves the
right to restrict conduct and/or take measures against conduct, which Paltalk
deems in its sole discretion to be harmful or offensive to other users, is
unacceptable for any reason or no reason whatsoever or otherwise detracts from
the Paltalk service or adversely affects Paltalk, its business or software in
any manner whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, examples of unacceptable
conduct include: (a) threatening, harassing, or intimidating another user, (b)
transmitting any unlawful, threatening, abusive, profane, offensive, defamatory,
or hateful text or voice communication or Images or other material, or any
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material, or any material that
violates or infringes the intellectual property or privacy or publicity or other
rights of any other party; (c) using any obscene or offensive alias;
impersonating another user, including, without limitation, a Paltalk employee,
administrator or representative; (d) disparaging the Paltalk service, Paltalk or
its representatives, administrators or employees or solicitation; (e) posting or
transmitting any advertising, promotional materials or other forms of
solicitation to other users; (f) permitting language, text or images that are
inappropriate to the room you host or abusing your right to take action against
participants in your room or (g) disrupting the normal operation of any chat
room or otherwise acting in a manner that negatively impacts other users or is
inconsistent with the rating of a room or attempting, soliciting or abetting
another to do of any of the above. In addition, examples of unacceptable conduct
include, but are not limited to, hacking the Software, stealing the account or
nickname of another user, sending a Trojan, worm, time bomb, cancelbot, or other
disabling device or other harmful component intended to damage, detrimentally
interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or
personal information or attempting, soliciting or abetting any of the above.
Failure by Paltalk to address unacceptable or otherwise prohibited behavior on
any occasion shall not constitute a waiver by Paltalk with respect to any
similar behavior in the future. Without assuming the responsibility, Paltalk
also reserves the right at its sole discretion to restrict the group activity of
known or suspected hate group or other similar organization.
Unless you subscribe to the Paltalk Messenger service, use of the Paltalk
software may include advertisements of various forms, which are necessary for
Paltalk to provide the service. Furthermore, all users, including Paltalk
Messenger subscribers, may see advertisements of various forms on Partner
websites and/or applications, such as Games. Paltalk may use cookies, web
beacons, and/or other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous statistics
about our website visitors. For more information about how the information is
collected and used, please see the appropriate privacy policy at
http://www.paltalk.com/privacy.shtml.
You further understand and agree that all information, data, text, software,
music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other material
("Content") is provided by, and the responsibility of the person that provided
that Content and that Paltalk is not responsible for such Content. Paltalk does
not administer Commercial Rooms or other rooms and is not responsible for the
content of Commercial or other rooms, unless specifically denoted. Paltalk
expresses no views as to the content of any room and is not responsible for any
activities taking place therein. To the extent that you participate in any
activity on Paltalk, you do so at your own risk. If another Paltalk user
attempts to send or sends you a video, graphic or other image or other visual
depiction (an "Image" or "Images") and you do not know the user, the image sent
by the user may be inappropriate for the rating of the Paltalk web-room you are
in. Accordingly, you should use your judgment before agreeing to accept an
Image. You hereby agree that your acceptance of such Images is at your own risk
and you waive all rights of any kind whatsoever in law, equity or otherwise
worldwide, and all claims that you could possibly ever assert throughout the
world against Paltalk Parties (hereinafter defined) arising out of, or relating
to your acceptance of Images.
Picture must be of the submitter, must only display the submitter, and must
clearly display their face. Picture cannot contain text or contact information.
Occasionally, with your permission, Paltalk will feature your pictures in
various places throughout Paltalk, such as Paltalk Today, the Paltalk homepage,
or other locations. If you wish to have your primary picture considered for
display in these areas or others simply access the privacy section of your
Paltalk People profile and modify the appropriate setting.
ROOM RATINGS. Group Chat Rooms are "rated" in order to enable users to determine
what language and images are appropriate and may be expected. The ratings are
guidelines that are enforced by the administrators of each chat room, and are
not to be regarded as an assurance that the content will be safe or acceptable
to you or anyone under eighteen (18) years of age. For example, in a "G-Rated
Room," no foul language is permitted, nor are pictures involving adult themes
(nudity or violence, for example). In an "R-Rated Room," some offensive language
and content may occur; accordingly, you must be at least eighteen (18) years old
to participate. In an "A-Rated Room," you should expect offensive language and
content and you must be at least eighteen (18) years old to participate in such
a room. Paltalk is not liable for any assumptions that you make when entering
any given chat room or for any inappropriately rated chat rooms and you assume
all risk in joining any chat room or permitting anyone under eighteen (18) years
old to join any chat room.
HOSTING A CHAT ROOM. In accordance with the Terms of Service, you have the
ability to create your own room on Paltalk. If you are the host of a room and
another user is not behaving in a manner that is consistent with the Terms of
Service as applicable to your room, you (and certain people authorized by you),
have various options to address such behavior. By "RIGHT CLICKING" on the name
of the person that is not behaving appropriately, you will see a menu of
choices, including: (a) removing that person's ability to speak ("Remove Mic"),
(b) removing that person from your room ("Bounce"), and (c) alerting Paltalk
personnel ("Alert Admin of Misconduct"). In addition, you can add the user to
your PalList, RIGHT CLICK on the user's name and click on "Block User," which
will prevent the user from contacting you (except if you are in a group with
that User). When creating your own room, more information will be available to
you.
USER SUBMISSIONS.
A. As a Paltalk account holder you may submit video content ("User
Submissions"). You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are
published, Paltalk does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any
User Submissions.
B. You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the
consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions,
you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own or have the necessary
licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorize Paltalk to use
all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in
and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User
Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and these Terms of
Service.
C. For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User
Submissions. However, by submitting User Submissions to Paltalk, you hereby
grant Paltalk a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and
transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of,
display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the Paltalk Website
and Paltalk's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without
limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Paltalk Website
(and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media
channels. You also hereby grant each user of the Paltalk Website a non-exclusive
license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use,
reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted
through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Service. You
understand and agree, however, that Paltalk may retain, but not display,
distribute, or perform, server copies of User Submissions that have been removed
or deleted. The above licenses granted by you in User Comments are perpetual and
irrevocable.
D. In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not
submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise
subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity
rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their
rightful owner to post the material and to grant Paltalk all of the license
rights granted herein.
E. Paltalk does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation,
or advice expressed therein, and Paltalk expressly disclaims any and all
liability in connection with User Submissions. Paltalk does not permit copyright
infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its
Website, and Paltalk will remove all Content and User Submissions if properly
notified that such Content or User Submission infringes on another's
intellectual property rights. Paltalk reserves the right to remove Content and
User Submissions without prior notice.
PALTALK PORTAL PAGE. If Paltalk offers you the ability to opt-in to a Paltalk
branded home page powered by My Way and you change your browsers home page to
the Paltalk portal page powered by My Way, Paltalk and My Way make no guarantees
as to the sites and information located worldwide throughout the Internet which
you may access as a result of the use of the My Way Service, including as to:
(i) the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of any such sites and
information, or (ii) whether any search using the My Way Service may locate
unintended and objectionable content. The My Way Service allows you to obtain
information on companies, stock prices, bonds, and other investments or
financial matters. The My Way Service, including all such financial information,
is provided for informational purposes only, and no information you may obtain
is intended by Paltalk or My Way to be used for trading or investing purposes.
Neither Paltalk nor My Way shall be responsible for the accuracy, usefulness or
availability of any information transmitted via the My Way Service, and neither
shall not be liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on such
information.
Privacy Policy
Registration
In order to use Paltalk, you must first complete the registration form. During
registration you are required to give contact information such as your email
address. We use this information to contact you about services on our site in
which you have expressed interest. Please see below for Information and Sharing
Disclosure.
* Newsletters
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email address to
send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, we provide you a
way to unsubscribe. Please see the “Choice and Opt-out” section.
* Service-related Announcements
We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when
it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended
for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of
these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to
receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account.
* Customer Service
Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send
you a welcoming email to verify your username and password. We will also
communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you
request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or
telephone, in accordance with your wishes.
* Profile
We store information that we collect through cookies, log files, clear gifs, to
create a “profile” of your preferences. We tie your personally identifiable
information, and your purchasing history, to information in the profile, in
order to provide tailored promotions and marketing offers and to improve the
content of the site for you. We do not share your profile with other third
parties without your consent.
* Orders
If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally
identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact
information (such as name, email, and billing address) and financial information
(such as credit card number, expiration date).
We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. We will
use this information to contact you and confirm your orders.
Uses of Information
* Agents
We use outside credit card processing companies to bill you for Paltalk
services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally
identifiable information for any other purposes.
We use outside email delivery systems to contact you and provide you with
pertinent information via email. These companies do not retain, share, store or
use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.
* Advertising
We use third-party advertising companies and advertising networks to serve ads
to you on our behalf when you visit our Web site. These companies may use
information (not including personal information such as your name, address email
address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in
order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
* Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as
required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal
process served on our Web site.
Choice/Opt-out
We provide you the opportunity to „opt-out‟ of having your personally
identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this
information.
Paltalk.com
Church Street Station
P.O. Box 3454
New York, NY 10008
Or, please contact our helpful customer support staff online. On the Paltalk
buddy list window, click Groups, then Paltalk Help Groups.
Log Files
As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and
store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP)
addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages,
operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to administer
the site and to track users' movements around the site.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user‟s computer for record-
keeping purposes. We use session ID cookies on this site to maintain your
subscription and maintain your account. We do not link the information we store
in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our
site. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A
session ID cookie expires when you close your browser.
Clear Gifs
We employ a software technology called clear gifs that help us better manage
content on our site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are
tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are
used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which
are stored on a user‟s computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on
Web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We
do not tie the information gathered by clear gifs to our customers' personally
identifiable information.
We use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been
opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain
communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. If you would
like to opt-out of these emails, please see “Choice and Opt-out.”
By visiting this Site, all visitors consent to the collection, maintenance, and
processing of their personal and non-personal information in the United States.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter
sensitive information such as credit card numbers on our registration or order
forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted
access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are
kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers that
we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure
environment.
If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact our
helpful customer support staff online. On the Paltalk buddy list window, click
Groups, then Paltalk Help Groups.
Business Transitions
In the event Paltalk goes through a business transition, such as a merger,
acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your
personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred.
You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of
your personal information.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please
review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify
you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
This statement reflects the privacy policy of Paltalk with respect to the Web
site located at www.Paltalk.com (the “Site”). This statement is intended to
inform casual visitors of Paltalk, and visitors who participate in Paltalk, of
the data collection and use practices of the Site. Amendments to this statement
will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. Your continued use
of this Site following the posting of any amendment, modification, or change
shall constitute your acceptance thereof except if your personally identifiable
information will be used in a materially different manner.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please
contact us at:
Paltalk.com
Church Street Station
P.O. Box 3454
New York, NY 10008
Or, by visiting our helpful customer support staff online, on the Paltalk buddy
list window, click Groups, then Paltalk Help Groups.