Privacy Policy
We here at theRealOC.com pride ourselves on bringing you a Real Online Experience that's coupled with strict privacy standards and first amendment protections.
This provides our members the freedom to create Real Online Content to share with our online community, and connect with other members that share similar beliefs or interests.
We don’t sell your personal data to advertisers, and we don’t share information that directly identifies you (such as your name, email address, mobile number or any other contact information) with advertisers.
1. Privacy Policy
This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.
If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We keep our privacy notice under regular review and we will reflect any updates within this notice. We reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy. Any such changes will appear here and become effective immediately.
2. Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
3. Account Privacy
We here are theRealOC.com care about your user privacy. With our unique platform you can fully customize what information is available to other members and guest users. All your important privacy settings can be controlled in one place via the User Account Privacy Page, making it easy to modify your settings at any time. The Account Privacy section includes many settings to control how other users or guests interact with your profile such as...
- Profile Privacy
Users can customize how other users or guests interact with their profile.
- Items
Control your default privacy for items you add on the site such as photos or music.
- Notifications
Users can control what email or Mobile (SMS) notifications are sent out to them. We send out notifications based on any activity related to items members add or are subscribed to.
- Account Settings
It's very easy for members to quickly update all their account information on the REAL Online Community.
- Blocking Users
We give members the ability to block other members on the site. Members can manage these blocked users from the "Privacy Settings" at any time.
4. Information Collection and Use
- Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
- Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log filesâ€. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
- These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
- Log Data
We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the Service we collect data and information (through third party products). This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system version, the configuration of the browser when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.
- Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your device internal memory. This Service uses these cookies. The Service may use third party code and libraries that use cookies to collect information and to improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.
- Contact form
Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.
- SMS Verification
theRealOC.com uses a phone verification system where the user needs to provide a mobile phone number to receive a randomly generated code via text message (SMS) and then enter the code back to the website to confirm that you are a REAL user and not a spam bot. We do not sell your personal information and we do not share your user information with third parties. You may receive text updates from theRealOC.com if you have entered a phone number on the site and you can control your notification settings from the User Privacy Page.
5. Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
6. Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places and events on the website. Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://policies.google.com/privacy/.
7. Security
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
8. SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://†to “https://†and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
9. Links to Other Sites
This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
10. Children's Privacy
These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.