We have created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our practices with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal and non-personal information provided by visitors to our Web site. By using this site, you signify your assent to these our privacy practices and the terms and conditions of our Web site.
If this policy is not agreeable to you, please do not use this site.
WHAT TYPE INFORMATION
IS COLLECTED?
Personal Information
We only collect personal information from visitors to our Web site when
they voluntarily provide it to us by completing our registration form
or electing to use one of our services. We may require visitors to provide
us with information including, but not limited to, their name, physical
address, email address, birth date, credit card number, credit card
expiration date, username, password, and on occasion a unique identifier
(such as their mother’s maiden name).
Non-Personal Information
When visitors access our Web site, certain non-personal information
may be collected from them including, but not limited to, their browser
type (e.g., Firefox or Internet Explorer), operating system (e.g., Windows
or Macintosh), IP address, and the domain name from which they accessed
the site (e.g., lycos.com). In addition, we may collect information
about visitors' browsing behavior, such as the date and time they visit
the Web site, the areas or pages of our Web site that they visit, the
amount of time spent viewing the site, the number of times the visitor
returns to the site, and click-stream data. We use transparent tracking
pixels to determine the number of Web site visitors that have been sent
to us through our affiliate network. We do not track any information
about visitors once they leave our site. We may use cookies (small text
files that are stored on visitors computers when they access our Web
site) to collect this information. Information collected through cookies
may be combined with visitors' personal information. We may also allow
unaffiliated third parties, such as advertisers, to serve cookies to
visitors of our Web site. Visitors are always free to decline cookies,
but in doing so they may not be able to use certain features on our
Web site. The "help" segment of the toolbar on most browsers
explains how to configure a browser to not accept new cookies, how to
have the browser inform a user when they receive a new cookie, and how
to erase cookies from their hard drives.
Log Files
Any time you visit any of our websites, our servers automatically gather
information from your browser (such as your IP addresses, browser type,
Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type,
date/time stamp, and number of clicks) to analyze trends, administer
the site, prevent fraud, track visitor movement in the aggregate, and
gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. For example,
we may log your IP address for system administration purposes. IP addresses
are logged to track a user’s session. This gives us an idea of which
parts of our site users are visiting. We do not share the log files
externally. We do not link log file information to any profile.
Cookies
We use “cookies” to keep track of some types of information while
you are visiting our website or using our services. Cookies are very
small files placed on your computer, and they allow us to count the
number of visitors to our website and distinguish repeat visitors from
new visitors. They also allow us to save user preferences and track
user trends. We rely on cookies for the proper operation of our website;
therefore if your browser is set to reject all cookies, the website
will not function properly. Users who refuse cookies assume all responsibility
for any resulting loss of functionality. We do not link the cookies
to any profile.
Web Beacons
“Web beacons” (also known as “clear gifs” and “pixel tags”)
are small transparent graphic images that are often used in conjunction
with cookies in order to further personalize our website for our users
and to collect a limited set of information about our visitors. We may
also use web beacons in email communications in order to understand
the behavior of our customers. We do not link the web beacons to any
profile.
Information about You
When you get in contact with one of the profiles listed on our website,
we collect your mobile number to establish a mobile connection between
yourself and the person you're interested in. This phone number will
be held strictly confidential, neither do we share your profile with
any other company.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION TO 3RD PARTIES
Disclosure By Law
You acknowledge and agree that we may disclose information you provide
if required or permitted to do so by law, at the request of a third
party, or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is
reasonable to (1) comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement,
or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by
applicable law); (2) protect or defend Canada-singles, or a third party’s,
rights; or (3) protect someone’s life, health or safety, such as when
harm or violence against any person (including the user) is threatened.
Disclosure to Protect
Abuse Victims
Notwithstanding any other provision of this privacy statement or our
Terms and Conditions of Service, we reserve the right, but have no obligation,
to disclose any information that you submit to the Services, if in our
sole opinion, we suspect or have reason to suspect, that the information
involves a party who may be the victim of abuse in any form. Abuse may
include, without limitation, elder abuse, child abuse, spousal abuse,
neglect, or domestic violence. Information may be disclosed to authorities
that we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate to handle such disclosure.
Appropriate authorities may include, without limitation, law enforcement
agencies, child protection agencies, or court officials. You hereby
acknowledge and agree that we are permitted to make such disclosure.
Disclosure to Trusted
Third Parties By Us.
We may share your information with third parties, but not in a manner
that would reveal your identity. We may share your profile, sometimes
in conjunction with your non-profile, with service providers that may
be associated with us (including our affiliates) to perform functions
on our behalf. For example, outsourced customer care agents or technology
assistants may need access to your information to perform services for
you on our behalf. Your information will be treated as private and confidential
by such service providers and not used for any other purpose than we
authorize. In addition, with our users’ consent, from time to time
we may share profile (such as e-mail or mailing address) about our user
base with carefully selected third parties, so they can offer goods
and services that we believe may be of interest to our users. If you
do not wish to continue to receive offers from our trusted business
associates, you can change your e-mail preferences at any time by following
the steps outlined in the “Choice/Opt-Out” section below.
Disclosure to Trusted
Third Parties at Your Request.
When purchasing an Canada-singles subscription or while visiting our
site, unless you opt-out we may provide you with advertisements, promotions,
sweepstakes and offers from third party providers of products and services.
If you choose to accept any such offers, you may either (depending on
the situation) directly provide your information in connection with
the offer to such third party provider, or with your consent we will
provide your information, including billing information, to the third
party provider by pre-populating the offer registration forms. Your
information will not be transferred until you actually accept the offer.
You may opt-out of the offer at any time up until this point. Please
refer to the third party provider’s own privacy policy (provided on
the offer pages) if you have any questions regarding how your information
is used by such providers. Please be aware that these offers may be
presented on pages framed by an Canada-singles website. We do this to
provide a seamless experience. Although these offer pages have the look
and feel of our websites, you will be submitting your information directly
to the third-party advertiser. You agree that we will not be responsible
or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result
of any such dealings, including the sharing of the information you supply
to us with third party providers described here, or as the result of
the presence of such providers on an canada-singles site.
Information Transferred
As a Result of Sale of Business.
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets and, depending
on the transaction, your profile may be one of the transferred assets.
We reserve the right to disclose and/or transfer profile and non-profile
to a third party in the event of a proposed or actual purchase, sale
(including a liquidation, realization, foreclosure or repossession),
lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal,
transfer, conveyance or financing of all or any portion of our company
or of any of the business or assets or shares of our company or a division
thereof in order for you to continue to receive the same products and
services from the third party. If this occurs, you will be notified
if there are any material changes to the way your profile and/or non-profile
is collected or used.
Age Restrictions
Our age restrictions for different services are set forth in each applicable
Terms and Conditions of Service. We do not target our sites or services
to anyone under the age of majority in their home jurisdiction, and
any information we may receive from users we believe to be under the
age of majority will be purged from our database.
Opt Out
In order to remove your profile from our database, simply contact
us through the contact form and we'll remove all your profile within
48 hours.
Acceptance of Privacy
Statement
Your use of our website(s), including any dispute concerning privacy,
is subject to this privacy statement and the applicable Terms and Conditions
of Service.
BY USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET OUT IN THIS
PRIVACY STATEMENT AND THE APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
to this privacy statement page and any other places we deem appropriate
so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the
right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review
it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify
you here, or by other means, such as e-mail, at our discretion.
Your continued use of any portion of our website following posting of
the updated privacy statement will constitute your acceptance of the
changes.
IN WHAT WAY DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL AND NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Our goal in collecting personal information is to provide visitors with
the most personalized Web experience possible and our advertisers with
an efficient means to reach the right audience. By knowing a little
about our visitors, we are able to deliver more relevant content and
advertisements, and provide better services. We may use information
collected from visitors to our Web site for any of the following purposes:
(1) to send visitors information and promotional materials about our
company, (2) to send visitors information and promotional materials
from our marketing partners and third parties (such as advertisers on
our Web site), (3) to deliver targeted display advertisements and offers
by email (by matching criteria provided by our advertisers with information
collected from our visitors), (4) to contact visitors to our Web site
when necessary, (5) to allow one-click purchases or access to proprietary
content by pre-populating fields, within registration or other transaction
screens, with a visitor's name, billing address, and credit or charge
card information (among other things), as provided by that visitor,
(6) to help diagnose problems with our server, (7) to administer our
Web site, (8) to conduct internal reviews of our site (e.g., to determine
the number of visitors to the site), (9) to help us better understand
visitors' use of our site, and (10) to protect the security or integrity
of our site. Non-personal information will be used for purposes of conducting
internal reviews of the site, monitoring the site, and providing a greater
online experience for our visitors.
DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR
INFORMATION?
We may transfer or disclose information collected from visitors to our
Web site to our employees and independent contractors, to our parent
company, subsidiaries and affiliates, and to our consultants, other
business associates, and suppliers, if the disclosure will enable that
party to perform a business, professional, or technical support function
for us, or if required to do so by law. We may also disclose information
we collect from our site visitors to our marketing and business partners,
who may use the information in connection with their business operations,
such as to send marketing and other communications to visitors of our
site.
We may also share, rent, sell, or transfer any personal information
(except credit card information which is not shared) provided by our
visitors to third parties. During the registration process, and at certain
times during any member user session, we may present additional offers
from third party service providers. Our third party service providers
have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies. We suggest
that visitors access these third party sites and review their terms
and conditions and privacy policies before "subscribing" to
any third party offer. We may also share non-personal information we
collect from visitors to our site, such as their browsing behaviors,
with third parties. For example, we may tell a third party advertiser
that a certain number of people have visited a certain area on our Web
site.
WHAT SECURITY MEASURES
DO WE TAKE TO PROTECT YOUR DATA?
To help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data integrity, and ensure
the appropriate use of information, we have put in place certain physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information
we collect from visitors to our Web site. We use SSL (Secure Socket
Layer) technology to protect any credit card information you provide
us. We allow access to personal information only to persons and entities
engaging in activities provided for by this Privacy Policy. Visitors
should consider any communication that they transmit to us (such as
data, questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or communications
submitted to a chat room) to be non-confidential. We will not be liable
or responsible if information that belongs to a visitor is intercepted
and used by an unintended recipient.
WE PROTECT CHILDREN'S
PRIVACY
Protecting the privacy of children is VERY important to us. For that
reason we do not structure any part of our site to attract anyone under
the age of 18 (21 in some areas) and we do not allow anyone under the
age of 18 (21 in some areas) to register and become a member of our
site.
CORPORATE CHANGES
In the event of a merger, acquisition, asset or stock sale, bankruptcy,
or other asset transfer (regardless of legal formality), any of our
assets may be transferred to a third party, including personal information
collected from visitors to our Web site.
ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY
TERMS & CONDITIONS
By visiting this Web site, you are agreeing to the practices described
in this Privacy Policy. By visiting this site, you also accept, without
limitation or qualification, all terms and conditions concerning the
use of this site. We may at any time revise these terms and conditions.
You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically
visit this page to review the then-current terms and conditions to which
you are bound. To the extent that any of the third-party sites accessible
through our Web site (such as our advertisers) have different privacy
practices from those stated in this Privacy Policy, those third-party
privacy practices govern the collection and use of information you provide
when visiting those sites. We are not responsible for the policies,
content, and practices of other companies.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY
POLICY
There may be times when we need to change the terms of this Privacy
Policy. To ensure that you are aware of our current privacy practices,
please bookmark this page and check back often.
HOW TO CANCEL YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
You can cancel your subscription online by visiting the Customer Service
section of the site you joined.
HOW CAN YOU ACCESS
THE INFORMATION WE HAVE COLLECTED FROM YOU?
Visitors who wish to access or change the information they provided
to our Web site, should visit the Customer Service section of this site
and contact us via Email.
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT
THE WEB SITE OPERATOR?
Visitors who have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices
of this site, or their interactions with this Web site, should contact
us via EMAIL.
Any questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed to: