Privacy Policy V1.1 -1-5-2014
swipe2hookup ("we" or " swipe2hookup ") have adopted this
privacy policy to protect your personal information and to let you
know how we might use it. This privacy policy only applies to
activities you perform on the swipe2hookup.com website and
activities or communications that occur using the swipe2hookup
service (collectively known as the "Service") and does not apply to
any other Website or offline point of contact between
swipe2hookup.com, swipe2hookup, or any other company, and
consumers. This policy may change from time-to-time, please
periodically review this page. Each time you use the Service or
provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting the
practices described in this privacy policy at that time.
Your IP Address
Like most e-commerce Websites, each time use the Service, we
automatically collect your IP address and the web page from which
you came. In order to administer and optimize the Service for you
and to diagnose problems, we use your IP address to help identify
you and to gather broad demographic information about you.
Cookies
Like most Websites, the Service uses cookies to keep track of your
purchases and other activity on the website and enhance your
experience. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your
interests, to save your password, and if you choose, to save other
personal and financial information so you do not have to reenter it
each time you use the Service. Third party advertisers on the Site
may also place or read cookies on your browser. If you wish to
disable these cookies, the "help" portion of the toolbar on most
browsers will tell you how. However, if you set your browser to
disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain aspects of
the Service.
Information We Collect From You
In order to operate the Service and to provide you with information
about products or services that may be of interest to you, we may
collect "personal information" (i.e. information that could be used
to contact you directly without using the service" demographic
information" (i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect,
that is neither personal information nor financial information; this
may include, but is not limited to, zip code, postal code, hometown,
gender, username, age/birth date, purchase history information,
browsing history information, searching history information,
registration history information, and the content of communications
between you and other members over the Service), subject to the rest
of this paragraph. Demographic information is divided into two
categories: 1) "non-public information", which consists of purchase
history information and one-on-one communications between you and
other users of the Service; and 2) "public information", which
consists of all other demographic information. We ask that you do
not enter personal information or financial information into your
"Profile" (for example, don't use your address or passcode as your
username, or include your name or address in your written
responses), because if you do then it may be posted publicly on the
Service, and the information will then be treated as "demographic
information" that is "public information." Please note that nowhere
on the Service do we knowingly collect personal information from
children under the age of 18, as we require that all users represent
to us that they are at least 18 years old.
Information Other Websites Collect From You
On the Service websites, we may place links to other Websites
operated by other parties. Some of these other Websites contain our
brand names and trademarks and other intellectual property that we
own; others do not. When you click on these links and visit these
other Websites, regardless of whether or not they contain our brand
names, trademarks and other intellectual property, you need to be
aware that we do not control these other Websites or these other
Websites' business practices, and that this privacy policy does not
apply to these other Websites. Consequently, the operators of these
other Websites may collect different kinds of information about you,
and may use and disclose that information in different ways than we
would if it were collected on the Service. We encourage you to
review their privacy policies and remind you that we will not be
responsible for their actions.
How We Use Personal Information
swipe2hookup is committed to treating your personal information
with the highest degree of care. Your email address and personal
information is solely used to send email communication from
swipe2hookup.com and or one of our sister sites in our network of
dating sites. Your personal information will not be resold to any
third party. We use your email address and your other personal
information to help us efficiently operate the Service, to contact
you in connection your activities on the Service (including, but not
limited to, confirmation email or important news that could affect
your relationship with swipe2hookup.com), and to forward messages
to you from other swipe2hookup.com users. These types of
communications are known as "Operational Communications." In some
cases, Operational Communications may also contain commercial
messages, such as banner ads and special offers and could include a
link to our sister sites if you have already joined
swipe2hookup.com.
We also use personal information to send you newsletters,
information, offers and other promotional materials for
swipe2hookup.com's or third parties' goods or services. We attempt
to send you offers that are of value to you, such as discounts,
exclusive offers or special event information. The Service provides
you with options to decline to receive communications from
swipe2hookup.com (other than those contained in Operational
Communications). Some of these options may only be for a certain
category of communications; others may be more general. By posting a
profile on the Service, you are opting in to receive messages from
other swipe2hookup.com members by email or text message. To stop
receiving messages from other swipe2hookup.com members you will
need to unsubscribe.
To operate the Service, including processing your transactions and
supporting your activities on the Service, we may share your
personal information with our agents, representatives, contractors
and service providers so they can provide us with support services
such as authorization of credit card transactions, email
origination, receipt or support services, customer relationship
management services, order fulfillment and sweepstakes and
promotional fulfillment. We require these entities not to use your
information for any other purpose.
By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products
or services offered or sponsored by third parties on the Service, or
electing to receive communications (such as emails or magazine
subscriptions) or electing to participate in contests, sweepstakes
or other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered or
sponsored by third parties on the Service, you consent to our
providing your personal information to those third parties. Those
third parties may use your personal information in accordance with
their own privacy policies. You will need to contact those third
parties to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the
use of your personal information by them. Additionally, you agree
that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to
such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to
use and disclose any other information you submit to us.
In some cases, we may enter into a promotional relationship with
another company in which we prominently display their brand name or
trademarks on pages of the Service. These pages are known as
"Co-Branded Pages" and these companies are known as "Co-Branded
Companies." If the page on which you submit information is a
Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a
Co-Branded Page, then we may share your personal information with
the associated Co-Branded Company. Co-Branded Companies may use your
personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
You will need to contact Co-Branded Companies to instruct them
directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal
information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use and
disclose all such information so submitted to such Co-Branded
Companies in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and
disclose any other information you submit to us. Some Co-Branded
Pages may contain an action tag (also known as a Web Beacon or a 1
pixel .gif file) that a third party, may use to read cookies that
it, or its clients, may have placed on your browser at other
(non-swipe2hookup.com) web sites before your visit to
swipe2hookup.com. This technology is used to measure the
effectiveness of advertisements on such other Websites that promote
Co-Branded Pages. Further, such other third parties may use the
information collected through this technology to learn more about
your visits to this Service and other Websites in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Any third party with whom we are allowed to share your personal
information is authorized to use your personal information in
accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties
and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we
have no control, and you agree that we are not responsible or liable
for any of their actions or omissions. Those who contact you will
need to be instructed directly by you regarding your preferences for
the use of your personal information by them.
Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases
in which we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more
ways in which we may share your personal information.
How We Use Public Information and Other Demographic Information
We may review all demographic information. We may use public
information to enable other users to find your profile, to determine
whether they are a match for you and to communicate with you. We may
use demographic information to tailor the Service and communications
to your interests. We may also share demographic information with
advertisers on an anonymous and aggregated basis (i.e., without
telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons we may do
this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers' goods and
services will appeal to swipe2hookup.com's users, so that we may
target specific ads at specific demographic groups. Our sharing of
demographic information with advertisers is anonymous (i.e., we do
not tell advertisers which particular swipe2hookup.com users are
members of which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this
privacy policy. When you respond to an advertisement, however, we
ask you to remember that if that ad that is targeted to a
demographic group and you decide to give the advertiser your
personal information, then the advertiser may be able to identify
you as being a member of that demographic group. Please also be
aware that when we disclose your financial information or personal
information to a Co-Branded Company, as described above, we may also
disclose to that Co-Branded Company your demographic information,
other than the content of one-on-one communications between you and
other members. Please also be aware that we may disclose your
demographic information on a non-anonymous basis as described above
in the paragraph titled "Special Cases in which we Share Personal
and Financial Information." Also, to read further details about how
we may use your public information, see our Terms of Use.
Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered Information
If at any point we decide to use particular personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time it
was collected, we will notify users by way of an email or by
providing 30 days notice on the Service. Please note that we will
continue to have the right to change our privacy policy and
practices, and how we use your personally identifiable information,
without notice, as described in the first paragraph of this Privacy
Policy, provided that such changes shall only apply to information
gathered on or after the date of the change.
How You Can Change Your Email Preferences
We give you the opportunity to opt-out of all communications and
modify personal information or demographic information you have
provided to us through normal opt-out methods. Please be aware that
it may take several hours for the changes you make to take effect on
the public areas of the Service. We thank you for your patience.