Privacy Notice
July 27, 2007
The Google Privacy Policy describes
how we treat personal information when you use Google's products and services,
including information provided when you use Picasa Web Albums. In addition,
the following describes our privacy practices that are specific to Picasa Web
Albums.
Personal information
- You need a Google
Account to set up an account on Picasa Web Albums and upload photos.
Google asks for some personal information when you create a Google Account,
including your email address and a password, which is used to protect your
account from unauthorized access. You may also be asked to create a unique
Google username, and have the option to create an alternatve username if
you don't want your primary username to be publicly associated with your
Albums.
- You may view photos posted on Picasa Web Albums by other users without
registering for an account.
- Picasa Web Albums stores, processes and maintains your photos, Favorites
List and other data related to your Account in order to provide the service
to you.
- When you use Picasa Web Albums, Google's servers automatically record certain
information about your use. Similar to other web services, Google records
information such as account activity (including storage usage and number
of log-ins), data displayed or clicked on (including UI links); and other log
information (including browser type, IP-address, date and time of access,
cookie ID, and referrer URL).
Uses
- Google maintains and processes your photos and account information in order
to provide the Picasa Web Albums service to you and to operate and improve
our services.
Information sharing and onward transfer
- Users who view your albums will see information about you including
your photos, the username you have selected, and your Linked Galleries.
Your selected username will appear as part of the page URL.
If other users add you to their Favorites Lists, those users will see
a notification when you upload new photos to a public album. Viewers of
their Public Galleries will also see links to your Public Gallery through
the Linked Galleries section on their pages.
- If you include your albums in Public Search, users will be able to
see your public albums through searches on Picasa Web Albums, Google,
and through third party services that access publicly available information
on the web.
- Users may comment on your albums; these comments can be seen
by anyone who visits your albums
- We do not sell, rent or otherwise
share your personal information with any third parties except in the limited
circumstances described in the Google
Privacy Policy, such as when we believe we are required to do so
by law.
- Google may review the content of an unlisted Album if a user complaint
is received , or if we have reason to believe that the account is used
in violation of our Program Policies.
Your choices
- You may create a nickname, and change your username, other Account information
and Album settings by clicking the "Settings" link in the top right hand
corner of the Picasa Web Albums sign-in page.
- If you designate an album "public," anyone who visits your public gallery
will see your album. If you designate an album "unlisted," those photos
will not appear in your public gallery but can be seen by someone who knows
the URL. This setting can be changed by clicking on the "Edit Album Properties" link
in the Album
More information
Google adheres to the US Safe Harbor privacy principles. For more information
about the Safe Harbor framework or our registration, see the Department
of Commerce's web site.
Further information about Picasa Web Albums is available here.
For more information about our privacy practices, go to the full
privacy policy. If you have additional questions, please contact us any
time. Or write to us at:
- Privacy Matters
c/o Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043 (USA)
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