PRIVACY POLICY

DateSites’ Principles

Here at DateSites we believe strongly in openness and trust. Our entire purpose is being the premier online resource for those searching for the best and most credible site on which to find their partner. Our credibility comes from transparency. The reviewers have credibility that derives from their experience. As such, the more provider, reviewer and user trust each other by being open and honest, the more we can all benefit from our collective experiences. We hope that this idea is reflected in our privacy policy below.

The Information We Collect

When you enter DateSites you provide us with two types of information: personal information you choose to knowingly disclose that is collected by us, and website use information collected by us via your interaction with the DateSites website. When you register with DateSites you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name and email address. When you enter DateSites we may collect your IP address, browser type and other information. This information is gathered for every DateSites visitor, but will be kept private and not used to track individual activity. This information will only be used to deter spammers or otherwise improve your DateSites experience. Additionally, we may store information from your browser using "cookies." Cookies are pieces of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. Session ID cookies may be used to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user has closed the browser and ended the session. A persistent cookie may be used to store your login ID and password. This cookie will make it easier for you to log in when you come back to DateSites. You may remove or block this cookie via your browser settings, if you wish to disable this convenience feature.

When you use DateSites you may set up your personal profile, post reviews, perform searches and queries, reply to content, and transmit information through various channels. We collect this information so we can provide you with the highest possible quality of service and offer personalized features. We keep this information (primarily) to offer you the ability to return to view prior content you have replied to or posted and to easily see your own posted reviews. When you update information, we will possibly keep a backup copy of the version for a reasonable period of time so as to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.

You submit all Posted Content (as defined in the DateSites Terms of Use) to the DateSites website at your own risk. Although we provide you the opportunity to set privacy options that limit access to your information, please be aware that no security measures for any website are impenetrable or 100% secure. We are not required to control the actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your reviews or information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that Posted Content on the DateSites website will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for the circumvention of privacy settings or security measures contained on the DateSites website and have provided the highest level of security reasonably possible. By using DateSites, you are confirming your understanding and acknowledgement of the fact that, even after removal, copies of Posted Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your Posted Content.

Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on DateSites is a violation of the DateSites Terms of Service and should be reported to DateSites.

If you choose to use our invitation service to tell a friend about our website, we will ask you for your friend's email address. We will automatically send your friend an email inviting him or her to visit the site. DateSites stores this information to send this email and to track the success of our referral program. Any individual whose information we have obtained may contact us to request that we remove this information from our database.

DateSites may also collect information about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of the DateSites service through the operation of the service (e.g., photo tags) in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience.

By using DateSites you consent to have your personal data transferred to and processed in Hong Kong.

Children Under Age 18

DateSites does not knowingly solicit, collect or store personal information from anyone under the age of 18. Nor do we knowingly allow such individuals to register with DateSites. Please do not attempt to register for DateSites or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number or email address, if you are under 18. No one under the age 18 may provide any personal information to DateSites or on DateSites. In the event that we are made aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we may have inadvertently obtained any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us.

We recommend that minors under the age of 18 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

Use of Information Obtained by DateSites

When you register with DateSites you have the ability to create your own profile and adjust your privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as your first name, last initial and chosen photo, are displayed to people within the DateSites community. We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by DateSites that we think you may find useful based on the information you have provided to us, as well as past reviews.

Profile information is used primarily by DateSites for your own recognition purposes and edited by you when you access Datesite’s service, and to be presented to others (as permitted by your privacy settings) to view that information. In some cases, where you have opted for it in your privacy settings, other DateSites users may be able to supplement your profile.

DateSites reserves the right to send you notices regarding your account, even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.

DateSites may use information in your profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We may do this for purposes such as aggregation of how many people in a particular network enjoy specific services or sites, and personalizing advertisements and promotions. We believe this benefits you—by enabling DateSites and other relevant parties to provide information that will be more likely to be interesting to you individually.

We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and online sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, and other users of DateSites to supplement your profile.

Sharing Your Information with Third Parties

DateSites does not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission. We only share your information with third parties in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is (1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, (2) legally required or, (3) specifically permitted by you. For example:

• We may provide information to service providers to help us bring you the services we offer. Specifically, we may use third parties to facilitate our business, such as to host the service at a co-location facility for servers, to send out email updates about DateSites to remove repetitive information from our user lists, to process payments for products or services, or to provide search results or links (including sponsored links). In connection with these offerings and business operations, our service providers may have access to your personal information for use for a limited time in connection with these business activities. Where we utilize third parties for the processing of any personal information, we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections limiting the use of that information to DateSites’-specified purposes.
• We occasionally provide demonstration accounts that allow non-users a glimpse into the DateSites world. Such accounts have only limited capabilities and passwords are changed regularly to limit possible misuse.
• We may be required to disclose user information pursuant to lawful requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or in compliance with applicable laws. We do not reveal information until we have a good faith belief that an information request by law enforcement or private litigants meets applicable legal standards. Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe it is necessary to comply with law, to protect our interests or property, to prevent fraud or other illegal activity perpetrated through the DateSites service or using the DateSites name, or to prevent imminent bodily harm. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents or government agencies.
• If the ownership of all or substantially all of the DateSites business, or individual business units owned by DateSites were to change, your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the service can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, your user information would remain subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

When you use DateSites certain information you post or share with third parties, such as personal information, posts/reviews, messages, photos, or other information, may be shared with other users; and all such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting reviews and content, this information may become publicly available. Your email address and full last name will be kept private unless otherwise noted.

Links

DateSites may contain links to third party websites. We are, of course, only responsible for the privacy practices of Date Sites and no other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when leaving our site for outside sources. We would also encourage them to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collect personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by DateSites on the DateSites website.

Third Party Advertising

Advertisements that appear on DateSites are sometimes delivered to you by third party advertisers. These advertisers automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons" to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Such activities allow the advertisers to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize their content to make it as relevant as possible for you. They may, therefore, compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. DateSites does not have access to or control of cookies that may be placed by third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on DateSites unless you choose to share it with them. This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by DateSites and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers. DateSites uses Google Analytics, Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, DoubleClick Platform integrations, and Google Adsense to collect data via Google advertising cookies and anonymous identifiers, in addition to data collected through a standard Google Analytics implementation. You may be able to opt-out of some of advertisers' practices by visiting the following links: Network Advertising Initiative, Omniture, Digital Advertising Alliance, Google Analytics and PrivacyChoice. Please note that opting out does not prevent the display of advertisements to you. Some pages and links are also monetized via VigLink.

Changing or Removing Information

Control over and access to most personal information on DateSites is readily available through our profile editing tools. DateSites users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately (or as soon as practicable). Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be available to members of DateSites.

Where you have made use of the communication features of the DateSites service to share information you generally cannot remove such communications.

Security

DateSites takes appropriate precautions to protect our users' information. Your account information is located on a secured server behind a firewall. Because email and instant messaging are not recognized as secure communications, we request that you not send private information to us by email or instant messaging services. If you have any questions about the security practices of DateSites please contact us.

Terms of Service, Notices and Revisions

Your use of DateSites and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service at any time we deem necessary. Non-material changes and clarifications will be effective immediately, and material changes will be effective within 30 days, after posting on the DateSites website. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy's new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis, so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.