- The privacy of our website visitors is very important to us and we are committed to protecting it. Our policy explains how we will use your personal information.
- Your consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our policy on your first visit to the website allows us to use cookies each time you visit our website.
Collection of personal information
The following types of personal information may be collected, stored and used:
- Information about your computer including your IP address, your geographical location, your browser type and version and your operating system.
- Information about your visits and use of the website including the external source, the duration of the visit, the page views and the navigation path on the website.
- Information such as your email address, which you enter when registering on the website.
- Information you enter when creating your profile on our website—for example, your name, profile photos, gender, date of birth, personal status, interests and hobbies, information about your education, and information about your employment.
- Information, such as your name and email, that you enter when setting up your subscriptions and for sending emails and/or newsletters.
- Information you enter when using services on our website.
- Information that arises when using the website, such as when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it.
- Information related to your purchases, services you use, and transactions you make on the website, which includes your name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card information.
- Information that you share with the website for the purpose of publishing online, which includes your username, your profile information, and the content of your posts.
- Information contained in any communication you make with us via email or through the website, including the content of the communication and metadata.
- Any other personal information you send us.
Before you disclose any personal information of a third party, you must have that person’s consent to the sharing and processing of their personal information in accordance with this policy.
Use of your personal information
The personal information submitted to us is used for the purposes set out in this policy on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- administering our website and business
- personalizing the website for you
- enabling you to use the services available on our website
- providing services that you purchase through our website
- sending you statements, invoices and payment reminders, as well as collecting payments from you
- sending you non-promotional communications
- sending you email notifications about your requests
- sending you our newsletter by email if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter)
- sending you promotional communications, related to your business or the businesses of certain third parties that we believe may be of interest to you, via notifications or, if you have agreed to this, via email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive promotional communications)
- providing our user statistics to third parties (which will not be able to identify any user from this information)
- handling requests and complaints submitted by you or relating to your website
- maintaining the security of the website and preventing any fraud
- confirming compliance with our website terms and conditions of service (including monitoring private messages sent via our private online messaging service) and
- other uses
If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish or use that information in accordance with your authorization.
Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on our website and can be configured using the privacy control on the website.
Amendments
We may update our policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website from time to time. You should check the page occasionally to make sure you understand any changes to our policy. We may notify you of changes to our policy by email or through a private messaging system on our website.
Your Rights
- You may ask us to provide you with any information we hold about you.
- We may retain the personal information you request for as long as permitted by law.
- You may ask us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
In practice, you will usually either expressly consent in advance to the use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with the opportunity to opt out of our use of your information for marketing purposes.
Third-Party Websites
Our website includes hyperlinks to, and information from, third-party websites. We cannot control and are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
Updating Information
Please let us know if the information we have about you needs updating or correction.