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| About Reciprodate and the Information We Collect |
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Reciprodate is an online matchmaking service designed to provide an easy way for our members to meet each other on the Web. To accomplish this, our members create their own unique profiles and our matching technology provides them matches based on reciprocal collaborative filtering. In order to do this, we must ask for certain personal information. None of the information we gather can be used by the public (visitors, other members, or anyone not employed by Reciprodate or the financial institutions used to process membership charges) to identify specific individuals. All visitors to our site may browse the site,
search the ads and view any articles or features our site has to
offer for free without entering any personal information. For visitors who choose to complete a free profile, we collect basic profile information, such as height, birthdate, ethnicity, location, etc. For those who go on to become paid subscribers, we will then
collect credit card, address, or bank information only from those
who choose to subscribe to paid services. |
| Information Collected/Tracked by Reciprodate |
| Reciprodate gathers two types of information: information users submit to us and information not directly submitted by users. |
| Information
submitted to Reciprodate There are two types of user-submitted information we collect: Public and Private. We define Public information as personal information that may be displayed on the site, such as gender, age and height, but cannot be linked to a particular user. Private information is defined as any information that allows others to contact a user other than through Reciprodate or allows the collection of information about the user other than what is displayed on the site. |
| Public: To accomplish our goal of bringing compatible people together, we must gather personal information, which may or may not include: customer-specified Reciprodate username, gender, age, ethnic background, appearance, religion, income range, occupation, preference/lifestyle information and general geographic location. Much of this information is optional, and meant to be seen by members and visitors to the site but cannot be used to identify a specific member by name, address, etc. |
| Private: This information is gathered from members and guests who apply for the various services our site offers. This information includes, but is not limited to: email address, first name, last name, birthdate, credit card number or checking account information for payment, a user-specified password, mailing address, zip code and telephone number. |
| Surveys & Contests: From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, and age). |
| Reciprodate Affiliate Partners: The Affiliate Partner program is a vehicle for other relationship-based sites to link to the Reciprodate site. No personal member information is exchanged with the Affiliate Partner. |
| Information
not Directly Submitted by Users to Reciprodate Aggregate: This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all users to the site. |
| Use of Information Obtained by Reciprodate |
| Information
users submit to Reciprodate Public: Public information supplied by the user is intended to be viewed by visitors to the site. This information is used by visitors for searching and matching purposes. Public information cannot be used to identify a specific member by name, address, etc. |
| Private: We primarily use Email addresses submitted by members to verify enrollment and when forwarding anonymous e-mails from ad responders. Respondees' email addresses are not disclosed to the responder. We may also use a user's email address to send news regarding our site, but the user may choose not to receive email of this type by contacting us. Email addresses may also be used in private correspondence with the user for customer service issues. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. All other private information submitted by the user is confidential and will not be disclosed except as required by law or to protect members of Reciprodate. All private information can be updated or deleted by the user at any time. |
| Surveys & Contests: Contact and other information collected for contests will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information collected will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. |
| Reciprodate's Affiliate Partners: Information submitted by the Affiliate Partner is used for establishing and maintaining a business relationship. No personal or business information is shared outside the relationship between Reciprodate and the Affiliate Partner. Affiliate Partners may not view or access private information on Reciprodate subscribers. |
| Information
that users do not submit to us Aggregate: We use your server, IP address, and browser-type related information in the general administration of our website. |
| Links |
| This site contains links to other websites. Please be aware that Reciprodate is not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. |
| Use of Cookies |
| A cookie
is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information
about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally
identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their
browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a
cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more
than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects
a cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is
that the user will be limited in some areas on our site. We occasionally
use cookies to anonymously track and target the interests of our users
to enhance the experience on our site or for advertising tracking
purposes. In addition, cookies may be used on our site to allow enhanced
capabilities such as chat. We do not and will not use cookies to collect
private information from any user! Some
of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example,
advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these
cookies. |
| Correcting/Updating or Removing Information |
| Reciprodate gives users several options for modifying or removing their information from our database please visit the My Profile page or contact us. |
| Changes in Our Privacy Policy |
| If we change our privacy policy, we will prominently post a link to those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use 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. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner, and we will then use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. |
| Security |
| Reciprodate
takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users
submit sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line. If
you have any questions about the security at our website, please
contact us. |
| Email Choice/Opt-out |
| Our users
are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having information used
for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we
ask for the information. Users
who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials
from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications
by following the instructions contained in the email or by logging-in
and changing their email options in the My Account section of the
site. |
| Contacting the Web Site |
| If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us. |
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