The Website respects the privacy of its Users and has developed this Privacy Policy to
demonstrate its commitment to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the
information we collect, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared,
and your choices about such uses and disclosures. We encourage you to read this Privacy
Policy carefully because it is a part of the Agreement between the Website and Users and
by using the Website or its Services, you accept this Privacy Policy. If you have any
questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy
for information on how to contact us. All the terms have the same meaning as it is
stated in Terms of Use (Agreement).
Generally, we may collect information that can identify you such as your name and email
address ("personal information") and other information that does not identify you
("other information"). When you provide personal information through our Website, the
information may be sent to servers located in the United States and other countries
around the world.
We may collect and store any personal information you enter on the Website or provide to
us in some other manner. This includes identifying information, such as your name,
address, email address, and telephone number, and, if you transact business with us,
financial information such as your payment method (valid credit card number, type,
expiration date or other financial information). We also request information about your
interests and activities, your gender and age, your interests, demographic and other
information such as your hometown or your username.
We may collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us,
such as their name, address and email address. If you use our Website to send others
(friends, relatives, colleagues, etc.) a product as a gift, we may store your personal
information, and the personal information of each such recipient in order to process
those requests or facilitate future activities.
We use various technologies to collect information from your computer and about your
activities on our site. We automatically collect information from your browser when you
visit our Website. This information includes your IP address, your browser type and
language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser
previously accepted from us, and the referring website address.
When you visit our Website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies, to
facilitate access to our site and to personalize your online experience. With a cookie,
we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our site,
such as the web pages you visit, the time and date of your visits, the links you click,
and the searches you conduct on our site. During your visits to other websites where we
advertise, we (or third parties) may use certain data collected on our site to show you
the type of Match.com advertisements likely to be of greater interest to you. Although
you may not opt out of receiving online advertisements generally, you may control the
collection of data on our site used for targeted advertising during your visits to other
websites. To opt-out of our data collection for targeted advertising on other sites,
click here: Opt Out Now. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually
modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, please
note that you may not be able to sign in or use some of the interactive features offered
on our website.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record keeping
purposes. Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies. A session cookie
expires when you close your browser and is used to make it easier for you to navigate
our website. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of
time. Cookies on our website do not link to or store your personal information. You may
delete or decline cookies by changing your browser settings. (Click "Help" in the
toolbar of most browsers for instructions.) If you do so, some of the features and
services of our website may not function properly. You may opt out of our data
collection for use by third party ad companies to provide targeted Match.com advertising
to you when you visit other sites. Cookies are unique to each computer. Therefore, you
must opt out separately on all computers you use. If you delete all of your cookies
(specifically, the "Opt-Out" cookie), you will have to go through the opt-out process
again to reactivate your opted-out status. Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel
tags or web bugs) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to
cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users or to access cookies.
Unlike cookies which are stored on the user's computer hard drive, web beacons are
embedded invisibly on the web pages (or in email) and are about the size of the period
at the end of this sentence. Web beacons may be used to deliver or communicate with
cookies, to count users who have visited certain pages and to understand usage patterns.
We also may receive an anonymous identification number if you come to our site from an
online advertisement displayed on a third-party website. Third parties may use anonymous
information about your visits to our site and other websites in order to improve its
products and services and provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to
you.
We may use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons and other similar
technologies, to track your use of our site. We also may include web beacons in
advertisements or email messages to determine whether messages have been opened and
acted upon. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the
services we offer our website visitors to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure
the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, programming or other
activities.
We may allow third-parties, including our authorized service providers, advertising
companies and ad networks, or other partners, to display advertisements on our site.
These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information
about users who view or interact with their advertisements. Our Website does not provide
any personal information to these third parties. This information allows them to deliver
targeted advertisements and gauge their effectiveness.
We may use information that we collect about you to:
deliver the products and services that you have requested;
manage your account and provide you with customer support;
perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products,
services, or content, or products, services or content offered by others;
communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about
products or services that may be of interest to you either from us, our partners,
organizers, or other third parties;
develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our
Website and other sites;
enforce or exercise any rights in our Terms of Use;
manage our business;
provide our advertisements to you when you visit other sites;
perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection; and
perform other functions or tasks.
We may use financial information or payment method to process payment for any purchases
made on our Website, enroll you in the discount, rebate, and other programs in which you
elect to participate, to protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions,
and otherwise as needed to manage our business.
We do not share your personal information with others except as indicated below or when
we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your personal information
shared. We may share personal information with:
Service providers: We may share your personal information, which may include your
name and contact information (including email address) with third parties that
perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling
orders, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing business and
sales analysis, member screenings, supporting our Website functionality, and
supporting contests, sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered through our
website. We may also share your name, contact information and credit card
information with our authorized service providers who process credit card payments.
These service providers may have access to personal information needed to perform
their functions but are not permitted to share or use such information for any other
purposes.
Business and other partners: When you register or make purchases on our Website or
click-through our advertisements offered on third party websites, we may share
personal information with the businesses or individuals with which we partner to
offer you the applicable products, services or any advertisements. When you elect to
engage in a particular merchant's offer or program, you authorize us to provide your
email address and other information to that merchant.
We also may disclose your information, including personal information:
In response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a
request for cooperation from a law enforcement or other government agency; to
establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as
otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection
or right available to us.
When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate,
prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other
wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our
users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law
enforcement; or to enforce our website terms and conditions or other agreements or
policies.
In connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of our
business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely
event of bankruptcy.
We may share non-personal information we collect under any of the above circumstances.
We may also share it with our partners, organizers, and third parties to develop and
deliver targeted advertising on our Website and on websites of third parties, and to
analyze and report on advertising you see. We may combine non-personal information we
collect with additional non-personal information collected from other sources. We also
may share aggregated, non-personal information, or personal information in hashed,
non-human readable form, with third parties, including advisors, advertisers and
investors, for the purpose of conducting general business analysis or other business
purposes.
There are places on our Website where you may click on a link to access other websites
that do not operate under this Privacy Policy and we do not control the content of those
websites. For example, if you click on an advertisement on our website, you may be taken
to a website that we do not control. These third-party websites may independently
solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some
instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. We are
not responsible in any manner for any content or consequences of using of these other
websites or for any data collection actions.
If you have an online account with us, you have the ability to review and update your
personal information online by logging into your account and clicking on your account
settings.
You also may deactivate your account at any
time by visiting the "Account Settings" page for your account and clicking on Deactivate button on the bottom of the page. After you deactivate your
account, no one can access your account online except you.
You can also choose to delete your account
and in that case all data related to your account will be deleted. In order to delete your account
please send the following message to Online Support chat session "I want to delete my account".
You can open a new, separate account at any time or re-activate
your previously deactivated account. If you decide to delete your account, it will no longer be visible to other users,
howeverwe may still retain certain information
associated with your account for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as
well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce our terms and conditions, and
take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our website or our users, or
take other actions otherwise permitted by law. In addition, if certain information has
already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of
that information will be subject to those third parties' policies.
You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but that may result in you
being unable to use certain features of our website because such information may be
required in order for you to register as a member; purchase products or services;
participate in a contest, promotion, survey, or sweepstakes; ask a question; or initiate
other transactions on our website. At any time you can choose to no longer receive
commercial or promotional emails from us by visiting the "Account Settings" page
associated with your account. When you register on our website, you will consent, or be
given a choice as to whether you want, to receive email messages from us about special
offers. You may modify this consent later by visiting the "Account Settings" page
associated with your account. You also will be given the opportunity, in any commercial
email that we send to you, to opt out of receiving such messages in the future. It may
take up to 10 days for us to process an opt-out request. We may send you other types of
transactional and relationship email communications, such as service announcements,
administrative notices, and surveys, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of
receiving them. Please note that changing information in your account, or otherwise
opting out of receipt of promotional email communications will only affect future
activities or communications from us. If we have already provided your information to a
third party (such as a service provider) before you have changed your preferences or
updated your information, you may have to change you preferences directly with that
third party.
Our Website allows you to integrate your account or events with various online
third-party services ("Third-Party Services"). In order to take advantage of those
features, you may need to authenticate, register for or log into Third-Party Services
through the Service or on the websites of their respective providers. When you enable
linking between or log in to Third-Party Services through the Service, we will collect
relevant information necessary to enable the Service to access that Third-Party Service
and your data and content contained within that Third-Party Service. When you enable the
Service to link content and data between Third-Party Services, the Third-Party Services
will provide us with access to certain information that you may have provided to the
Third-Party Services, and we will use, store and disclose such information in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
However, please remember that the manner in which Third-Party Services use, store and
disclose your information is governed by the policies of such Third-Party Services, and
The Fun Singles shall have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or
other actions of any Third-Party
Services. We may retain certain
personally non-identifiable information related to the data or content linked between
Third-Party Services, for the purpose of improving our
Services.
We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural
measures) to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and
disclosure. We want you to feel confident using our website to transact business.
However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure
your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal
information, searches, or other communications will always remain secure. Users should
also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should
avoid sending personal information through insecure email. You may want to research more
information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and
others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings
are governed by our Terms of Use. In addition, such postings may appear on other
websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever
you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that
information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. For
example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages. We cannot
control who reads your posting or what other users may do with the information you
voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to
your personal information.
Although our website is a general audience site, we restrict the use of our Website or
Services to individuals age 18 and above. We do not knowingly collect personal
information from children under the age of 13.
If you are visiting our website from outside the United States, please be aware that
your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where
our servers are located and our central database is operated. By using our services, you
understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third
parties with whom we share it as described in this privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require
disclosure of any personal information relating to users of the website.
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we post changes to this Privacy
Policy, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We
recommend that you check our website from time to time to inform yourself of any changes
in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information-handling
practices, or if you would like to request information about our disclosure of personal
information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please contact us by
email support@thefun.singles