Privacy

Your privacy is our top concern. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:

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. By continuing to use the Goba.mobi service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on the Goba.mobi website, you are consenting to the changes.

  1. Personal Information Collected

    The purpose of the Goba.mobi website is to permit Users to voluntarily provide information about themselves for the purposes of developing, maintaining and enhancing a network of friends for the purposes of scheduling offline activities. You willingly provide us certain personal information, which we collect in order to allow you to benefit from the Goba.mobi service. If you have any hesitation about providing such information to be used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, you should not become a member of the Goba.mobi community.

    We collect your personal information in the following ways:

    Registration

    In order to become a User, you must first create an account. To create an account you are required to provide the following contact information, which you recognize and expressly acknowledge is personal information allowing others, including Goba.mobi, to identify you: name, email address, gender, birth date, ZIP/postal code, and a password chosen by you.

    Contacts Information

    In order to invite others to connect with you directly in Goba.mobi, you may use the Goba.mobi services to invite them if they are a User, or enter their names and email addresses. This information will be used by Goba.mobi to send your invitation including a message that you write. The names and email addresses of people that you invite will be used only to send your invitation and reminders.

    We strongly encourage you to not invite anyone to connect with you whom you do not know. All information that you enter or upload about your contacts will be covered by the same terms of this privacy policy as cover your own information.

    Cookies

    Like most websites, Goba.mobi uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file which resides on your computer which allows Goba.mobi to recognize you as a User when you return to the Goba.mobi website using the same computer and web browser. If your browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use the Goba.mobi website. Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on our website.

    One type of cookie, known as a "persistent" cookie, is set once you've logged in to your Goba.mobi account. The next time you visit the Goba.mobi website, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing User so you will not need to log in before using the service. In order to access or change any of your private information (i.e. any Profile related information) or to send a message to another User, however, you must log in securely again with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie.

    Additionally, if you log out of the Goba.mobi website you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a "session" cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the Goba.mobi website. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.

    We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing User preferences and tracking User trends. In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing services to our Users, we may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Any information provided to third parties through such cookies will not be personally identifiable but may provide general segment information, e.g. your age or geographic location for greater customization of your user experience. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies or you opt to refuse all cookies, you may not be able to use the Goba.mobi website or services. Goba.mobi does not store personally identifiable information in the cookies.

    Web Beacons

    We allow other companies, called ad networks, to serve advertisements to Users. Ad networks include third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms. Goba.mobi may "target" some ads to Users that fit a certain general profile - for example, "hikers in Texas." Goba.mobi does NOT use personally identifiable information to target ads.

    To deliver these ads properly, Goba.mobi may include a file, called a web beacon, from these ad networks within pages served by Goba.mobi so the networks may provide anonymized, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for advertisers as well as to target ads to you while you visit other websites.

    Because your web browser must request these advertisements and web beacons from the ad network's servers, these companies can view, edit or set their own cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site.

    These general targets may also be used by ad networks to display targeted ads on other websites as a substitute for random, irrelevant ads. Goba.mobi does not provide personally identifiable information to any advertiser or any other third party.

    Log files, IP addresses and information about your computer

    Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the Goba.mobi web site we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave Goba.mobi. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the Goba.mobi service. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is not shared with third-parties without your permission or except when required by law.

    Consent to Goba.mobi Processing Information About You

    Certain information you provide to Goba.mobi may reveal, or allow others to identify, your nationality or other aspects of your private life, and more generally about you. Please be aware that in providing information to Goba.mobi for the purposes of opening your user account, you are expressly and voluntarily accepting the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and Goba.mobi's Terms of Service. The supplying of all such information by you to Goba.mobi, including all information deemed "sensitive" by applicable law, is entirely voluntary on your part. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, but please note that your withdrawal of consent will not be retroactive.

    Rights to Access, Correct and Eliminate Information About You

    You have a right to access, modify, correct and eliminate the data about you which has been collected pursuant to your decision to become a User. If you update any of your information, we may keep a copy of the information which you originally provided to us in our archives for uses documented herein.

    We take your rights seriously and encourage you to use them if you deem this to be appropriate. You may exercise these rights by emailing us at privacy@Goba.mobi or by contacting us at the address below.

  2. Uses of personal information

    Goba.mobi is an online service dedicated to helping all types of individuals more effectively schedule offline activities with friends. The personally identifiable information you choose to provide on our website is used to help you describe yourself to the Goba.mob service. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual, is collected by Goba.mobi from Users (such as, for example, patterns of utilization) and is exclusively owned by Goba.mobi. This information can be utilized by Goba.mobi in its sole discretion, as it deems appropriate.

    Goba.mobi Communications

    Goba.mobi will communicate with you through email and notices posted on the Goba.mobi website or through other means available through the service, including text and other forms of messaging. If we send any communications to you via the carrier service with which you have a mobile communications subscription or otherwise have access, you understand you will pay any service fees associated with any such access (including text messaging charges for messages to your mobile device). These include a series emails and/or text messages which help inform new Users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive certain emails from Goba.mobi related to the proper functioning of your account, or when another User in your network sends you an opportunity to connect. Goba.mobi may send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving such information. You can change your e-mail and contact preferences at any time by logging into your 'Account & Settings' and amending your email notification choices. If you wish, you can also opt-out of receiving promotional emails, by sending a request to customer_service@Goba.mobi.

    Customized Content

    Information provided to Goba.mobi (or to third parties with whom it offers combined services) is also used to customize your experience on our website. For example, when you login to your account we will show information such as the local weather forecast.

    Sharing Information with Third Parties

    Goba.mobi takes the privacy of Users very seriously. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes. We will only share your personally identifiable information with third parties to carry out your instructions or to provide specific services or information.

    We may provide aggregated anonymous data about the usage of our services to third parties for such purposes as we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate, including to prospective advertisers on Goba.mobi. We may segment our Users by activity (i.e. tennis, hiking), age or geographic location. If you would like to be excluded from the aggregated research or products based upon aggregated data about our Users' activities on the site, please email customer_service@Goba.mobi.

    Surveys and Polls

    As a User, you may receive requests to participate in market research including polls and surveys submitted by other Goba.mobi members. If you participate in surveys and polls offered through our website, the information you provide may be visible to others using the Goba.mobi website.

    Communications to other Users

    Email messages you initiate through Goba.mobi, e.g., an invitation sent to a non-User, will list your email address and name in the header of the message. Emails you initiate may also provide aggregate information about your network (for instance how many people are in your network), but will not list the people to whom you're directly connected. Other communications that you initiate through the Goba.mobi website, like a request for contact, will list your name as the initiator but will not include your personal contact information. Your contact information will only be shared with another User if both of you have indicated that you would like to establish contact with each other.

    Legal Disclaimer

    It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, such as responses to civil or criminal subpoenas, or other requests by law enforcement personnel. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, subpoena, or other legal process or request to Goba.mobi brought in any country throughout the world, or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

    Disclosures to others

    We may also disclose your personal and other information you provide, to another third party as part of a reorganization or a sale of the assets of Goba LLC. Any third party to which we transfer or sell Goba.mobi's assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us.

  3. Your Information Choices

    Accessing and Changing Your Account Information

    You can review the personal information you provided us and make any desired changes to the information you publish, or to the settings for your Goba.mobi account including your email, and contact preferences, at any time by logging in to your account on the Goba.mobi website. Please be aware that even after your request for a change is processed, Goba.mobi may, for a time, retain residual information about you in its backup and/or archival copies of its database.

    Closing Your Account

    You can also close your account through the Goba.mobi website. If you close your Goba.mobi account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable database. We may retain certain data contributed by you if we believe it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. To request that we close your account and remove your information from the Goba.mobi website, please send your request to customer_service@Goba.mobi. Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with Goba.mobi under your name. You will receive a response to requests sent to customer_service@Goba.mobi within five business days of its receipt.

  4. Your Obligations

    As a User, you have certain obligations toward the other Users with whom you will be communicating. These obligations are imposed by applicable law and regulations, and others have become commonplace in user-friendly communities of like-minded members, such as Goba.mobi:

    • You must, at all times, respect the terms and conditions of the then-current Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. This includes respecting all intellectual property rights which may belong to third parties (such as photographs).
    • You must not download or otherwise disseminate any information which may be deemed to be injurious, violent, offensive, racist or xenophobic or which may otherwise violate the purpose and spirit of Goba.mobi and its community of Users.
    • You must not provide information to Goba.mobi and /or other Users which you believe might be injurious or detrimental to your person, professional or social status.

    Any violation of these guidelines may lead to the restriction, suspension or termination of your account by Goba.mobi, as we take these principles seriously and consider them to be the basis on which our Users adhere to the Goba.mobi website and the services which it offers.

  5. Important Information

    Audience

    The service is made available to you for your personal use only. Due to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, you must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use this service and we ask that minors (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us or use the service. Some activities are age-restricted at our discretion. Goba.mobi does not knowingly encourage any unlawful behavior.

    Changes to this Privacy Policy

    Goba.mobi may update this privacy policy at any time, with or without advance notice. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on the Goba.mobi website or send you an email, as provided for above. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

    If you use the Goba.mobi service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.

  6. Security

    In order to secure your personal information, access to your data on Goba.mobi is password-protected. To protect any data you store on our servers we also regularly audit our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and we use a tier-one secured-access data center. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that emails and instant messaging and similar means of communication with other users of Goba.mobi are not encrypted and we strongly request you not to communicate any confidential information through these means.

  7. How to contact us

    If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@Goba.mobi or contact us at:

    Goba, LLC
    Attn: Privacy Policy Issues
    113 29th Avenue South
    Nashville, TN 37212 United States of America