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Introduction
Your privacy is vitally important to us. We never sell,
rent or lend your personal information to THird parties oTHer THan in
accordance wiTH THis policy wiTHout your consent.
THis Privacy Policy focuses on describing THe collection
and subsequent use of your personal information. We believe you should
know as much as possible about myonlinefriends's practices, so THat you can make
informed decisions about your personal information.
THe privacy practices of THis statement apply to our
services available under THe domain (and subdomains) of www.myonlinefriends.com
(THe 'Site'). By visiting THis website you agree to be bound by THe terms
and conditions of THis Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not
use or access our Site.
By accepting THe Privacy Policy and THe Terms of Use
in registration, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your
personal information in accordance wiTH THis Privacy Policy. THis Privacy
Policy is incorporated into and subject to THe terms described in THe
myonlinefriends Terms of Use. THis Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance THrough
THe act of registration.
If you have privacy questions, you may contact us.
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1. Important Note About Children.
Children (persons under THe age of 18) are not eligible
to use THe Site.
2. Information We Collect.
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information
is to provide you wiTH a high quality, useful and safe 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 safer
and easier. We only collect personal information about you THat in our
view is needed to achieve THis objective.
In general, you can browse THe Site wiTHout revealing
any personal information about yourself. Once you opt to give us your
personal information, you are not anonymous to us anymore.
Manually Provided Information.
Where possible, we indicate which fields are required
and which fields are optional. You always have THe option to not provide
information by choosing not to use a particular service or feature.
We endeavour to make it apparent to you, when you provide
us wiTH information, THe purpose and use of THat information wiTHin THe
myonlinefriends service. We design future Site enhancements to ensure THe use of
your data is consistent wiTH your reason for providing it.
If you choose to message people, or post any free format
textual information on THe Site, we collect and keep THat information.
We retain THis information as necessary to resolve disputes and provide
customer support.
If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails
or letters, or if oTHer users or THird parties send us correspondence
about your activities or postings on THe Site, we may collect such information
into a file specific to you.
Automatically Collected Information.
We automatically track certain information based upon
your behavior on THe Site. We use THis information to do internal research
on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand,
protect and serve you and THe entire myonlinefriends network of myonlinefriends. THis information
may include THe URL THat you just came from (wheTHer THis URL is on THe
Site or not), which URL you next go to (wheTHer THis URL is on THe Site
or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address.
We use data collection devices such as 'cookies' on
certain pages of THe Site to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional
effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. 'Cookies' are small files
placed on your hard drive THat assist us in providing our services. We
offer certain features THat are only available THrough THe use of a 'cookie'.
Most cookies are 'session cookies,' meaning THat THey are automatically
deleted from your hard drive at THe end of a session. You are always free
to decline our cookies if your browser permits. However ? deletion will
restrict or prevent your use of some Site features.
3. Uses of Your Information.
As a matter of policy, we do not sell, rent or lend
any of your personal information to THird parties oTHer THan in accordance
wiTH THis policy wiTHout your consent. However, THe following describes
some of THe ways THat your personal information may be used in THe normal
routine to provide our range of services to you.
Service Management. We use your personal information
to provide THe services you request. We use your personal information
to: troubleshoot problems; measure consumer interest in our services,
inform you about offers, products, services, and updates; customize your
experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and oTHer criminal
activity; enforce our Terms of Use; and as oTHerwise described to you
at THe time of collection.
You agree THat we may use personal information about
you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site
usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize THe Site's
content, layout, and services. THese uses improve THe Site and better
tailor it to meet your needs, so as to provide you wiTH a smooTH, efficient,
safe and customized experience while using THe Site.
You agree THat we may use your personal information
to contact you and deliver information to you THat, in some cases, are
targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative
notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of
THe Site. By accepting THe Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you expressly
agree to receive THis information. You may make changes to your email
notification preferences at any time.
myonlinefriends myonlinefriends Network. Your myonlinefriends can see your personal
profile plus your first and last name. A person can only attain THe status
of your friend if you explicitly grant THat person THe status of friend.
Your myonlinefriends of myonlinefriends and myonlinefriends of myonlinefriends of myonlinefriends can only see
your personal profile and your first name.
Internal Service Providers for Our Operations. We may
use THird parties THat we refer to as internal service providers to facilitate
or outsource one or more aspects of THe business, product and service
operations THat we provide to you (e.g., search technology, email support)
and THerefore we may provide some of your personal information directly
to THese internal service providers. THese internal service providers'
are subject to confidentiality agreements wiTH us and oTHer legal restrictions
THat prohibit THeir use of THe information we provide THem for any oTHer
purpose except to facilitate THe specific outsourced myonlinefriends related operation,
unless you have explicitly agreed or given your prior permission to THem
for additional uses.
In some instances, THe internal service provider may
collect information directly from you (such as for myonlinefriends surveys). In
THese cases, you will be notified of THe involvement of THe internal service
provider, and all additional information you provide THem and THeir additional
uses will be strictly up to you. If you provide additional information
to an internal service provider directly, THen THeir use of your personal
information is governed by THeir applicable privacy policy.
Advertisers. We disclose non-personally identifiable
aggregated (gaTHer up data across all member accounts) information to
advertisers and oTHer THird parties. An example of non-personally identifiable
information would be 'THe number of members aged 20-30'.
Events. myonlinefriends cooperates wiTH law enforcement inquiries,
as well as oTHer THird parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual
property rights, fraud and oTHer rights, to help protect you and THe myonlinefriends
service. THerefore, in response to a genuine request by law enforcement
or oTHer government officials relating to a criminal investigation or
alleged illegal activity, we can disclose personal information about you.
THird parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions
or private communications, or users may abuse or misuse your personal
information THat THey collect from THe Site. THerefore, alTHough we use
industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise,
and you should not expect, THat your personal information or private communications
will always remain private.
Acquisition. It is possible THat as we continue to develop
our website and our business, myonlinefriends's service and/or related assets might
be acquired. NotwiTHstanding any provision in THis policy to THe contrary,
in event of a merger or acquisition, your personal information may be
transferred to THe acquiring entity, and become subject to THe acquirer's
data practices.
4. Your Use of OTHer Members' Information.
In order to facilitate interaction among your myonlinefriends
network of myonlinefriends, our Site allows you controlled and limited access
oTHer members information.
By entering into our Terms of Use, you agree THat, wiTH
respect to oTHer members' personal information THat you obtain THrough
THe Site, myonlinefriends hereby grants to you a license to use such information
only for:
(a) myonlinefriends related communications THat are not unsolicited
commercial messages,
(b) any oTHer purpose THat a member expressly agrees
to after you tell THem THe purpose you would like to use it for.
5. Email Address Privacy.
We do not sell, rent or lend email addresses for any
oTHer purpose THan in direct association wiTH your use of THe myonlinefriends service
or as oTHerwise described in THis privacy policy.
6. Password Protected Access
You are responsible for all actions taken wiTH your
User ID and password. THerefore we do not recommend THat you disclose
your myonlinefriends password to any THird parties. If you lose control of your
password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information.
For THis reason, if you know your password has been disclosed to a THird
party, you are strongly advised to immediately change your password.
7. Accessing, Changing and Removing Your Personal Information.
We offer you THe ability to review and change THe information
you manually provide to us by signing-into THe Site and entering in your
new information. You must promptly update your personal information if
it changes or is inaccurate. Once posted, in some cases you may not be
able to change or remove a public posting made on THe Site.
At your request, myonlinefriends will deactivate your account
and associated information from THe active database. To make THis request,
use myonlinefriends's cancel account feature. Information will be deactivated as
soon as reasonably possible based on your account activity and in accordance
wiTH our deactivation policy and applicable law.
We will retain in our files some personal information
to prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist wiTH
any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and comply wiTH legal requirements
as is permitted by law. THerefore, you should not expect THat all of your
personal information will be completely removed from our databases in
response to your requests. However, such personal information will be
deactivated from member viewing and will only be available to selected
myonlinefriends staff if needed.
8. Security.
Your information is stored on THe Site servers located
in THe United States (California). We use safeguards to protect your personal
information against loss or THeft, as well as unauTHorized access and
disclosure to protect your privacy, including encryption, 'firewalls'
and Secure Socket Layers. We treat 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 users inside
and outside THe company.
9. Notice.
We may amend THis Privacy Policy at any time by posting
THe amended terms on THe Site. All amended terms shall automatically be
effective immediately after posting on THe Site. We will notify you in
accordance wiTH your Notification Preferences.
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