DatingNetWorkUSA PRIVACY POLICY

 

 

1)    Our Commitment to Privacy

 

Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site and our products and services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers' needs

 

2)    Registration

 

During registration you are required to provide contact information (such as name and valid email address). We use this information to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest. You must submit certain demographic information (e.g. gender, date of birth) to us; other demographic information is optional. We encourage you to submit optional information so we can provide you a more personalized experience on our site:

 

DatingNetworkUSA.com may also use your profile to generate aggregate reports and market research. Members can modify registration data associated with their account, and can control selected private information from being disclosed on their personal page. Notes and online chat communications are retained and are only accessible by the designated recipients, except that DatingNetworkUSA.com personnel involved in maintenance of the system may have access to them.

 

3)    What Information Do We Collect?

 

When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.

 

a.      Personal Information You Choose to Provide

b.      Credit Card Information

c.  If you choose to purchase products or services from us or our partners, you may need to give personal information and authorization to obtain information from various credit services. For example, you may need to provide the following information:

                                                              i.      Name

                                                             ii.      Mailing address

                                                           iii.      Email address

                                                          iv.      Credit card number

                                                            v.      Home and business phone number

                                                          vi.      Other personal information (i.e. mother’s maiden name)

                                                         vii.      Age Restriction

 

4)    Email Information

 

In addition to providing the foregoing information to our partners, if you choose to correspond further with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.

 

 

5)    Web Site Use Information

 

Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.

 

6)    What Are Cookies?

 

Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers to recognize the computer used to access a Web site. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user’s Web browser on the user’s hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user’s transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.

 

7)    How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?

 

We use Web site browser software tools such as cookies and Web server logs to gather information about our Web site users’ browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. This information assists us to design and arrange our Web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually improve our Web site to better meet the needs of our customers and prospective customers.

 

Cookies help us collect important business and technical statistics. The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users to our Web site as they move from one page to another. Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our Web site and evaluate our Web site’s visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you.

 

8)    How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?

 

Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional corporate standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of our customers’ personal information. As a customer, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually, to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.

 

9)    Sharing Information with Affiliates

 

From time to time you may notice offers from outside companies advertised on our Web site. We take measures to select product or service providers that are responsible and afford privacy protections to their customers. However, we cannot make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies.

 

10)                        Sharing Information with Strategic Partners

 

We may enter into strategic marketing alliances or partnerships with third parties who may be given access to personal information including your name, address, telephone number and email for the purpose of providing you information regarding products and services that we think will be of interest to you. In connection with strategic marketing alliances or partnerships, we will retain all ownership rights to the information, and we will not share information regarding your social security number or other personal financial data.

 

11)                        Children & Teen Online Privacy

 

The Service is not directed to children under the age of 18. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will continue to maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 18 years of age or older; and, (d) your use of the Service does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 18 years of age.

 

Note to Parents: If you have any concerns about the Service or its related services, or if you wish to find out if your child is a member of one of our services, or if you wish to cancel your child's membership, please contact us at support@DatingNetworkUSA.com with your inquiry and/or request.

 

12)                        Service-related Announcements

 

We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account.

 

13)                        Notice of New Services and Changes

 

Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. As our client, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by clicking on a response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an email request at support@datingnetworkusa.com

 

14)                        How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?

 

When you send confidential personal credit card information to us on our Web site, it goes to a reputable secure server software which encrypts all information you input before it transmits. The information is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches the payment providers website.

 

Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.

15)                        How Do We Protect Your Information?

 

Information Security. We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration or destruction.
 
Valuation of Information Protection Practices. Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality of our information.
 
Employee Access, Training and Expectations. Our corporate values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of customer information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.

 

16)                        How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?

 

You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing support@DatingNetworkUSA.com

 

17)                        Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties?

 

We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, Web site traffic patterns and related Web site information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

 

18)                        What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?

 

We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.

 

19)                        What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?

 

We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.

 

20)                        Information Sharing in Chat, Blogs, IM, & Forums

 

Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on forums, through email, or in chat areas, that information can be collected and used by others. If you post personal information in public places, others may send you unsolicited email messages. Always be smart about the information you provide online.
 
If you use a blog, bulletin board, instant messenger or chat room on this site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.

 

21)                        Access to Personally Identifiable Information

 

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.

 

22)                        Mergers, Acquisitions & Transitions

 

In the event DatingNetworkUSA.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

 

23)                        Changes in this Privacy Statement

 

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and 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, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.

 

24)                        ONLINE SAFETY GUIDELINES

 

DatingNetworkUSA.com is committed to providing a safe environment for our members to express themselves and meet new people in the community. To ensure safe and positive experiences for all users, we have written guidelines for our members to follow. The guidelines and tips are for parents and adults (18) years of age and older..

 

If you are new to online social communities, we encourage you to reflect on the following:

 

1.     Terms of Service for understanding of rules of DatingNetworkUSA.

2.   Take caution in interacting with other members.

3.     If you want to meet an online friend in person, take proper safety precautions and make sure that initial meetings occur in a public with friends.

4.     Avoid interaction with minors.

5.     Beware of the risks of giving personal information to strangers.

6.     To report a member for harassment, please contact us at support@DatingNetworkUSA.com

7.      Think before you submit! This is a pubic environment and anyone will be able to see what you add to your personal page.

9.      There are some people who join the site just so they can instigate and annoy other members. Don’t feed into negative energy.

10.  Try to stay away from provocative screen names. Other members may get the wrong idea about who you are and what your intentions are.

11.  Don't harass or bully another member if you disagree with them in a chat room or a forum post.

12.  Don't disrespect yourself or others by uploading inappropriate photos and/or text.

13.  Pages that have inappropriate posts and comments violate our Terms of Service, may be shut down.

14.  Use your common sense and trust your instincts.