FREAKLOVE
has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to helping
our users better understand what information we collect about them and what may
happen to that information.
The
following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices.
Overview
As part
of the normal operation of our services we collect and, in some cases, may
disclose information about you. This Privacy Policy describes the information
we collect or get about you and what may happen to that information. By
accepting this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, you expressly
consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner
prescribed in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and
subject to the terms of the FREAKLOVE.com terms and Conditions.
1. A
Special Note About Children
Children
are not eligible to use our services, and we ask that minors (under the age of
18) do not submit any personal information to us.
2. Information
We Collect
Our
primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a
smooth, efficient and customized experience. This allows us to provide services
and features that most likely meet your needs and to customize our service to
make your experience easier. You agree that we may feature members' profiles in
our editorials and newsletters that we send out from time to time to our
members. Your name, address and telephone number are confidential and will not
be posted in your profile. Your profile is available for other members to view.
Members' profiles include a description and photos, likes and dislikes,
individual essays and other information helpful in determining matches. Your
viewable profile does not include any identifying information about you, except
the username you choose upon registering and any other information or
photographs you submit for inclusion in your profile.
Please
note that your personally identifiable information will be stored and processed
on our computers in Israel.
The laws on holding personal data in Israel may differ from the laws of
other jurisdictions but, as we explain below, FREAKLOVE.COM will hold and
transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment.
We
automatically track certain information and collect data based upon your
behavior on our Websites using “cookies” and other devices. "Cookies"
are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing
customized services. We offer certain features that are only available through
the use of a "cookie" but you are always free to decline our
“cookies” if your browser permits. “Cookies” can also help us provide information
which is targeted to your interests. We use this information for internal
research on our members' demographics, interests, and behavior to better
understand and serve you and our community. This information may include,
without limitation, which URL you just came from (whether this URL is on our
site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or
not), what browser you are using, and what your IP address is.
We use a
third party advertising company to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet.
The third party may also collect anonymous information about your visits to our
Websites. This is primarily accomplished through the use of a technology
device, commonly referred to as a Web beacon or an action tag, which we place
on various Web pages within our Websites or in an html e-mail that allows the
third party advertising company to collect anonymous information. The third
party advertising company may use information about your visits to our Websites
to provide ads about goods and services of interest to you. To change your
email preferences and opt-out of any communications from our Websites, visit
the – "Contact Us".
3. Our
Use of Your Information
In
addition, we use information in the files we maintain about you, and the other
information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Websites, to
resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms and Conditions.
At times, we may look across multiple members to identify problems or resolve disputes
and, in particular, we may examine your information to identify members with
multiple profiles or aliases.
You also
agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve
our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze Website usage, improve our
content and product offerings, and customize our Websites’ content, layout, and
services. These uses improve our Websites and better tailor them to meet your
needs.
You
agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information
to you that may be targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner
advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications
relevant to your use of the Websites. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you
expressly agree to receive this information. If you do not wish to receive
these communications, we encourage you to opt out of the receipt of certain
communications by visiting the Membership Services section of our Website or
send us an email at Contact Us.
4. Our
Disclosure of Your Information
Due to
the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications
and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways
not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example, but without
limiting the foregoing, we may be forced to disclose information to the
government, law enforcement agencies or third parties. Under certain
circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions
or private communications, or members may abuse or misuse your information that
they collect from our Websites. Therefore, although we use industry standard
practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not
expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications
will always remain private.
As a
matter of policy, unless we otherwise notify you, and receive your permission,
we do not
sell or rent any personally identifiable information about you to any third
party. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personally
identifiable information may be disclosed under this Privacy Policy without
additional notice to you.
Financial
Information. Under some circumstances we may require some additional
information, such as, but not limited to, credit card details (including your
name, address, and other information). We use your financial information to
check your qualifications, to bill you for services and/or products, to enable
you to participate in discount, rebate and similar programs in which you may
elect to participate. By making a purchase, or engaging in any other kind of
activity or transaction that uses financial information on the Websites, you
consent to our providing your financial information to our service providers
and to such third parties as we determine necessary to support and process your
activities and transactions, as well as to your credit card issuer for their
purposes. These third parties may include, without limitation, the credit card
companies and banking institutions used to process and support the transaction
or activity. By purchasing, registering, or making reservations for products or
services of third parties offered on the Websites, or by participating in
programs offered on the Websites that are administered by third parties and
that require you to submit financial information in order to use them, you also
consent to our providing your financial information to those third parties. Any
of these various third parties may be authorized to use your financial
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. 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 that
you submit to us.
Advertisers. We
aggregate (gather data across our members' accounts) personally identifiable
information and disclose such information in a non-personally identifiable
manner to advertisers and other third parties for marketing and promotional
purposes. In these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any
information that could be used to identify you personally. Certain information,
such as your name, email address, password, credit card number and bank account
number, are never disclosed to marketing advertisers without your permission.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These
companies may employ “cookies” and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs
or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that
these third parties collect via “cookies” and action tags is anonymous.
Third Party Advertising
The ads
appearing on this website are delivered to you by DoubleClick, our web
advertising partner. Information about your visits to this site, such as number
of times you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other personal
information), is used to serve ads to you
Third Party Cookies
In the
course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may
place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.
External
Service Providers. There may be a number of services offered
by external service providers that help you use our Websites. If you choose to
use these optional services, and in the course of doing so, disclose
information to the external service providers, and/or grant them permission to
collect information about you, then their use of your information is governed
by their private policies.
Other
Corporate Entities. We share much of our data, including
personally identifiable information about you, with our parent, subsidiaries
and/or affiliates that are committed to serving your online needs and related
services, throughout the world. To the extent that these entities have access
to your information, they will treat it at least as protectively as they treat
information they obtain from their other members. Our parent, subsidiaries
and/or affiliates will follow privacy practices no less protective of all
members than our practices described in this document, to the extent allowed by
applicable law. It is possible that FREAKLOVE.COM and/or its subsidiaries, or
any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired by another business
entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that FREAKLOVE.COM
would share some or all of your information in order to continue to provide the
service.
Legal
Requests. FREAKLOVE.COM cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well
as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights,
fraud and other rights. We can, and you authorize us to, disclose any
information about you to law enforcement and other government officials as we,
in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an
investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity
that is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability.
5. Your
Use of other Members' Information
Our
services also include access to instant messaging, chat rooms, message boards,
and other modes of communication. As a member you have access to the Members’
profiles, and you might gain access to other contact information of Members
through the use of instant messaging, chat rooms, message boards, and other
modes of communication. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you agree that, with
respect to other Members' personally identifiable information that you obtain
through your use of Spark Network services, you may only use such information
for: (a) FREAKLOVE.COM related communications that are not unsolicited
commercial messages, and (b) any other purpose that such member expressly
agrees to after adequate disclosure of the purpose(s). In all cases, you must
give Members an opportunity to remove themselves from your database and a
chance to review what information you have collected about them. In addition,
under no circumstances, except as defined in this Section, can you disclose
personally identifiable information about another member to any third party
without our consent and the consent of such other member after adequate
disclosure. FREAKLOVE.COM and our Members do not tolerate spam. Therefore,
without limiting the foregoing, you are not licensed to add FREAKLOVE.COM
Members to your mail list (email or physical mail) without their express
written consent after adequate disclosure. To report spam from other
FREAKLOVE.COM Members, please Contact Us.
6. Accessing,
Reviewing and Changing Your Profile
Following
registration, you can review and change the information you submitted during registration
through the Member Service Menu including, among other things, your password
and email address. If you change your password and email we keep track of your
old password and email. You can also change your registration information such
as: name, address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, profile, likes
and dislikes, desired date profile, essays, search criteria and other
information.
Upon
your written request, we will suspend your membership, contact information, and
financial information from our active databases. Such information will be
suspended as soon as reasonably possible in accordance with our suspension
policy, applicable Terms and Conditions, and applicable law. To remove your
profile so that others cannot view it, visit the Remove Your Profile section of
Member Services.
We will
retain in our files information you have requested to remove for certain
circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce
our Terms and Conditions. Further, such prior information is never completely
removed from our databases due to technical and legal constraints, including
stored 'back up' systems. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your
personally identifiable information will be completely removed from our
databases in response to your requests.
7. Control
of Your Password
You are
responsible for all actions taken with your login information and password.
Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your FREAKLOVE.COM password or
login information to any third parties. If you choose to share this information
with third parties, you are responsible for all actions taken with your login
information and password and therefore should review each third party's privacy
policy. If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control
over your personally identifiable information and may be subject to legally
binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has been
compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.
8. Other
Information Collectors
Except
as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document only
addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the
extent that you disclose your information to other parties, whether they are on
our Websites or on other sites throughout the Internet, different rules may
apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. To the
extent that we use third party advertisers, they adhere to their own privacy
policies. Since FREAKLOVE.COM does not control the privacy policies of the
third parties, you are subject to those policies and should ask questions
before you disclose your personal information to others.
9. Security
FREAKLOVE.COM
uses industry standard practices to safeguard the confidentiality of your
personal identifiable information, including "firewalls" and Secure
Socket Layers. FREAKLOVE.COM treats data as an asset that must be protected
against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security
techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by those inside and
outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on
the Internet.
10. Notice
We may
change this Privacy Policy from time to time based on your comments and our
need to accurately reflect our data collection and disclosure practices, which
may also change from time to time. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY,
PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR THE SERVICE. THE PRIVACY POLICY IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGES MADE BY US, AT ANY TIME, EFFECTIVE UPON NOTICE TO YOU, WHICH NOTICE
SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED UPON OUR POSTING OF THE CURRENT VERSION
OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY ON OUR WEBSITE.