FAQs About General Information

• What is eCircles?
• How do I join an eCircle?
• Who has access to my eCircles? Can people who don't belong to my eCircle see the contents of it?
• Will eCircles always be free?
• How many members can I have in my eCircle?
• What's the space limit for an eCircle? A photo? A file?
• What are cookies? Are they required for eCircles to work?
• How do I enable cookies?
• How do I quit eCircles?

What is eCircles?

It works like this: one person gets the ball rolling. You can share a photo, plan an event, share music, start a discussion, or you can get all of these features at once by creating a private place for your group. You then invite your friends and family to participate and whenever somebody accepts your invitation, they're taken directly to the contents of your eCircle. Once in the eCircle, everyone can participate by sharing comments and adding content for everyone to see.

How do I join an eCircle?

To join an existing eCircle, you need an invitation. If you received an e-mail inviting you to join an eCircle, click on the link that's inside the e-mail invitation that was sent to you. You'll be taken to the item to which you were invited. You'll see character icons for the other people who are members of the eCircle as well as for the person who invited you.

Who has access to my eCircles? Can people who don't belong to my eCircle see the contents of it?

Only people who've been invited by an existing member have access to any of the information in your eCircle.

Will eCircles always be free?

eCircles is totally free. The services are paid in part by banner advertising on the site. In addition, when members purchase items through the site, eCircles receives a commission from the company selling the goods.

How many members can I have in my eCircle?

Your eCircle can have just one person or hundreds of people in it! There's room for more than 4,000 members in each eCircle.

What's the space limit for an eCircle? A photo? A file?

Each eCircle has a storage limit of 65MB. That translates into hundreds of photos and discussion messages, years of calendars, and then some!

Individual files may be as large as 1.44MB and photos may be up to 500K.

What are cookies? Are they required for eCircles to work?

A cookie is a security device that's assigned to you each time you login to eCircles, ensuring that no one can break into your system and view your eCircle activity or content. While cookies are required to participate in your eCircle, the information on them about your activity will never leave eCircles. We don't use cookies for marketing purposes.

How do I enable cookies?

To allow your computer to accept cookies, you need to set your browser accordingly. Below are instructions for Netscape and Internet Explorer. If you're still unclear, click "Help" from your browser and look for instructions on how to accept cookies.

Netscape:

1. Click on "Edit" menu.
2. Click on "Preferences."
3. Click on "Advanced."
4. Click on "Accept all cookies."

Internet Explorer 4.0:

1. Click on "View" menu.
2. Click on "Internet Options."
3. Click on "Advanced" tab.
4. Scroll down and click on "Always accept cookies."

Internet Explorer 5.0:

1. Click on "Tools" menu.
2. Click on "Internet Options."
3. Click on "Security" tab.
4. Click on "Custom Level."
5. Scroll down and click on "Enable" under "Allow cookies that are stored on your computer."
6. Click on "Enable" under "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)."

How do I quit eCircles?

You can essentially close your eCircles account by removing yourself from all of your eCircles. To do this:

1. Login to eCircles and click "My eCircles."
2. Click on a eCircle of which you're a member.
3. Click "Delete Me from eCircle."
4. Click "Yes" to confirm the deletion.
5. If you are a member of any other eCircle(s), repeat steps 2–4 above.

If you want to remove yourself completely from the eCircles database, send an e-mail to support@ecircles.com/ with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject header.