Classmates

A website that allows people to connect with past high school friends

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Last Updated: May 4, 2019

Classmates is a website that allows you to connect with past high school friends. They are owned by PeopleConnect.

Personal data collected

Classmates collects personal data from you when you register for their services, such as name, maiden name, postal address, zip code, email address, mobile number, birth date and year, marital status, password, and one or more community affiliations (such as your school). You may also be asked to login via Facebook to register your account. If you decide to do so, you will be giving Classmates access to your public Facebook profile. When you are registered with Classmates, your name, community affiliations, and years associated will be shown on Classmates’ website and you will no longer be anonymous. They may also display your geographic location based off of your zip code, so others can find you. You can opt out of showing your location publicly by accessing your privacy settings and editing your preferences.

If you accept connecting your Facebook to Classmates’ website, personal information may be shared with them, such as email address, birthday, profile, photos, school and work affiliations, location, interests, activities, and friend information. You will also be authorizing Classmates to post to your profile on occasion, such as looking at a reunion, liking a photo, joining a community affiliation, viewing a yearbook, tagging someone in a yearbook, becoming a reunion organizer, updating the detail of a reunion, responding to a reunion invitation, tagging someone as remembered, and allow you to post additional information about your activities or information you found via Classmates.

When you post a positive testimonial, Classmates may display it on their website, marketing materials, and in other places, in addition to other endorsements. The testimonial may include your name and geographic information. They also obtain certain information through your browser, such as IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider, and other related data.

When you purchase a paid product or service from Classmates, they will collect your name, email address, billing address, and payment information. They do not read member to member messages unless it is for safety reasons, such as fraud, threats, violations of their Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, or any illegal activities. Information posted in comment fields, message boards, events, and other public forums are available to the public, which may not be able to be removed or deleted. If you decide to participate in a survey, Classmates will collect your age, zip code, and income level.

Personal data usage

Classmates uses data to:

  • Analyze trends.
  • Administer the services.
  • Track user movement.
  • Detect fraud or other types of abuse.
  • Gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
  • Resolve technical issues.
  • Support security for their users.
  • Take action on any activity that may violate their Privacy Policy or Terms of Use.
  • Bill you for their paid services.
  • Notify you of additional products and paid services they offer.
  • Comply with legal requirements.
  • Prevent fraud and illegal activities.

Cookies and similar tech

Classmates collects some information automatically through the use of cookies, web beacons, local shared objects, and other similar technologies. This helps them remember you on their website, personalize your experience, authenticate you, remember your preferences and registration information, customize the content and advertisements you view, deliver information and content relevant to your interests, target advertisements, time and date of page view, see the statistics of advertising and promotions that are viewed and clicked on, see how many messages and which emails have been opened and acted upon, provide features on their website, and display advertisements based on your web browsing. If you decide to disable cookies, you may not be able to login or use certain portions of their website. They do not respond to Do Not Track signals.

Classmates account

With a Classmates account, you can connect to your old high school friends, find them on the website, contact them, plan a reunion, attend a reunion, and more. Minors (under 18) are not allowed to sign up for their services and they do not collect information from minors. If they discover a minor has signed up, they will delete their information and account. For Intelius or US Search Services, they do not share any information from children under 13. If you find information regarding a child under 13, you may contact Classmates and have it removed.

Data shared with Classmates

NAME
CATEGORY
MANDATORY
User ID
App Information
YES
Username
App Information
YES
Types of content you view
App Information
YES
Types of content you engage with
App Information
YES
People you are connected to
App Information
YES
IP address
Device
YES
Language and time zone
Device
YES
Browser type
Device
YES
Name of your mobile operator or ISP
Device
YES
Device locations
Device
YES
Device identifiers
Device
YES
Device settings
Device
YES
Hardware version
Device
YES
Signal strength
Device
—
Operating system
Device
YES
Battery strength
Device
—
Billing details
Payment
OPTIONAL
Shipping and contact details
Payment
OPTIONAL
Credit or debit card number
Payment
OPTIONAL
Gender
Personal Information
OPTIONAL
Name
Personal Information
YES
Information provided by third-party entity
Third-party
YES
Message sent to you
Third-party
YES
Login time
Time
—
Sign-up time
Time
—
Duration of your activities
Time
YES
Frequency of your activities
Time
YES

How to protect your privacy

You can protect your privacy in various ways on Classmates’ website, for example:

How to contact Classmates about your privacy

You can contact Classmates via email or postal mail at:

PeopleConnect, Inc.
Attention: Policy Compliance
1501 4th Avenue
Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98101
USA