Privacy notice

This notice describes how Weending collects, uses, and safeguards personal data. We do not seek personal data from anyone we believe to be under 13 years old unless we consider that collection lawful.

Our approach for users under 13 appears in a dedicated section below. In general, we collect certain user data so we can tailor your experience on Weending. That data helps us match content, services, products, and advertising to what you may want now and later. For that reason, some areas of the site may ask you to sign up. If you decline registration, parts of the site that need an identified user may remain unavailable.

How we use what you provide

When you sign up, we request only a unique display name and a password you choose; passwords are stored in encrypted form.

Traffic on the Internet is exchanged between IP addresses. Our servers record the IP address used for each connection. We may rely on those logs to troubleshoot technical issues or to deter misuse of our systems or harm to other visitors. IP addresses may also support aggregated demographic reporting and ad targeting. Your browser can accept, block, or notify you about cookies. A cookie is a small text snippet stored with your browser for logging and to improve how we serve you. We use cookies to remember your password locally (encrypted) so you are not prompted each visit, and to surface material aligned with your interests.

Third-party companies may deliver advertisements on portions of our site. Those firms and their partners may set and read cookies on your device. Their cookie practices follow their own privacy statements, not this one. We may use information about you—or allow advertisers and ad-serving partners access to it—to decide which ads you see. That can include demographic details, general location, pages you view, how you rate content, and similar signals. Weending links to other sites, including banners and promotional units. We are not responsible for how those sites handle privacy or for their content. Some destinations may show our brand alongside others’ trademarks; review the privacy policy on any co-branded property, as we may not control it.

To improve the member experience and send more relevant messages, we sometimes receive data about you from outside sources and from server logs, and we may merge that with data you have given us. Server logs automatically capture what our infrastructure observes, which can include addresses typed into forms or pages viewed from a given IP. We do not sell your personally identifiable information to unrelated third parties, except for vendors that perform services on our behalf. We may however release information you submit when the law requires it, or when we reasonably believe disclosure is needed to (1) meet legal obligations or lawful process directed at us; (2) defend our rights or property; or (3) respond to an emergency involving someone’s safety. If Weending is acquired, your personal data may transfer to the buyer as part of the transaction.

Analytics

Weending uses Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting and may use additional Google Analytics for Display Advertising capabilities, including Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, and/or DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration. Google requires us to tell you that you may opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or adjust Google Display Network ads via the Google Ads Settings page. You may also block Google Analytics collection through the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. When Weending enables Remarketing under Google Analytics for Display Advertising, Weending and third parties—including Google—may show Weending-related ads on sites across the Internet.

Weending and those vendors, including Google, may combine first-party cookies (such as Google Analytics cookies) with third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to refine, optimize, and deliver ads informed by your earlier visits to Weending, and/or to report how ad impressions, ad services, and interactions with ads relate to visits to Weending. Demographics and Interest data from Google Analytics may help Weending understand audience preferences, improve the site, choose content and advertising, and pursue other business goals that support a better experience for you.

DoubleClick DART and third-party ad cookies

We may also employ DART and third-party vendor cookies for ad delivery through Google’s DoubleClick. DoubleClick sets a cookie on your computer while you browse and when you visit a site that uses DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense placements). That cookie supports interest-based advertising tied to what you have viewed (for example, if you read pages about Las Vegas travel, you might later see Las Vegas hotel ads on unrelated sites such as a hockey site). DART relies on non–personally identifiable information. It does not collect your name, email, street address, phone number, Social Security number, bank details, or payment card numbers. You can opt out of this ad serving network-wide at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp Third parties such as Google may gather certain visit and interaction data from this site. As before, no personally identifiable information is collected in that process.

Cookie policy

Cookies help us improve browsing, measure traffic, personalize material, and run targeted advertising. Continuing to use this site means you agree to our cookie use.

We and our advertising partners may use cookies or comparable technologies on the site to:

• run and refine site offerings;
• help verify you when you use the site;
• store your settings;
• measure and study how our offerings perform;
• shape content shown to you; and
• display relevant advertisements.

We also use third-party remarketing cookies, including Google AdWords tracking cookies. That means ads may follow you on the web, including on the Google Content Network (GCN). We still respect your privacy and do not gather identifiable information through Google’s or other third-party remarketing tools. Vendors whose services we use—including Google—place cookies in browsers to serve ads based on prior visits to our website. Third parties, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s earlier visits to your website. That lets us extend offers and continue marketing to people who showed interest in our service. Opt out of Google Marketing Platform cookies at the Google Marketing Platform opt-out page or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. To understand how Google uses data from sites that use its services and to limit personalized ads, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads and Google Ads Settings.

Visitors may refuse new cookies or remove existing ones by changing browser settings on their device. For step-by-step guidance, consult the help resources published by your browser maker.

Removing cookies

You may delete cookies already on your device. Common approaches by browser include:

Internet Explorer

Remove existing tracking technologies via "Internet Options" under the "Tools" menu, or as your browser documentation describes. Use the same control panel to limit future tracking. More guidance may appear in your browser’s help area (look for the "help" section).

Google Chrome

Clear stored tracking technologies through "Clear Browsing Data…" under "Tools", or follow your browser’s support instructions. Use the same settings to restrict future tracking. Additional detail is usually in Chrome’s help documentation.

Mozilla Firefox

Delete tracking technologies with "Clear Recent History…" under the "History" menu, or per Firefox’s support guidance. Browser controls can also reduce future tracking. See Firefox’s "help" section for more.

Some devices can alert you whenever a cookie or similar technology is set (aside from Flash cookies), or you can disable those alerts through the browser on the device you use. Your browser vendor’s site may explain warnings and how to turn them off.

Note that clearing or blocking cookies through the paths above does not remove Flash cookies. To learn about Flash cookies and removal steps, see Adobe’s website.

Some site features depend on cookies or similar technologies; turning them off may limit access to that content.

Questions about cookies are welcome—please contact us.

Children under 13

Weending is not aimed at children younger than 13. We respect families’ privacy and aim to follow the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Where we ask for age, we do not gather personal data from users who say they are under 13 except in narrow situations we believe COPPA allows. If a parent believes a child under 13 submitted personal data, they may email us. We will delete that data when we learn it belongs to a child under 13. Some information may linger in logs and backups after deletion from active systems (see above on web logs and archival copies below). We encourage parents to supervise children’s online activity and to consider parental-control tools from online services and software vendors.

Those tools can stop children from sharing their name, address, or other personal details online without approval. We maintain safeguards intended to reduce loss, misuse, or unauthorized change of data we control, including network barriers and keeping registration data in a separate store. We apply reasonable care when data moves between your device and our servers but cannot promise absolute security for information sent over the Internet, and we are not liable for unintended exposure. Public features—chat, reviews, multiplayer games, bulletin boards, and the like—treat what you post as information other users may see. Those posts are governed by our Terms of use. Avoid putting personal details in screen names or other fields visible to the public.

If you use our tools to tell a friend about Weending or specific features, we ask for the friend’s name and email. We send a single invitation email and retain that data only for that purpose. Your account password is protected; guard it and sign out on shared or public computers when you finish a session. We keep archives of logs, databases, and related systems. Information may remain in archives after removal from live databases (see web logs above). Archives support disaster recovery, legal needs, and other non-marketing purposes. For more on how Google uses data, see Google’s documentation.

Agreement

Your use of Weending, including any privacy dispute, is governed by this Privacy notice together with our Terms of use. Using the site means you accept the practices described here and in those terms.

We may update this Privacy notice by posting revisions on this page. Check the date at the bottom to see whether it changed since your last visit. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised notice.