As of: March 1, 2022
A. Introduction
The privacy of visitors to our website is very important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. This policy explains how we handle your personal information.
By consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy on your first visit to our website, you allow us to use cookies each time you visit our site.
B. Collection of Personal Information
The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used:
- Information about your computer, including your IP address, geographic location, browser type and version, and operating system.
- Details about your visits and use of this website, including the referral source, length of visit, pages viewed, and site navigation paths.
- Information such as your email address, which you provide when registering on our website.
- Details you enter when creating a profile, including your name, profile picture, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests and hobbies, educational background, and professional background.
- Your name and email address, which you provide when subscribing to our emails and/or newsletters.
- Information you enter when using our services.
- Data generated through website usage, including when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it.
- Purchase-related information, including your name, address, phone number, email address, and banking details.
- Content you post on our website, such as your username, profile pictures, and post content.
- Any communication details you send us, whether via email or through our website, including message content and metadata.
- Any other personal information you choose to share with us.
Before disclosing personal information about another person, you must obtain their consent for both the disclosure and processing of their personal data under the terms of this policy.
C. Use of Your Personal Information
Personal information provided through our website will be used for the purposes outlined in this policy or as detailed on related pages of our site. We may use your personal information to:
- Administer our website and business.
- Personalize the website for you.
- Enable your use of website services.
- Send you purchased goods from our website.
- Provide you with services purchased through our website.
- Send invoices, payment reminders, and collect payments from you.
- Send you non-marketing commercial communications.
- Send you email notifications that you have specifically requested.
- Send you our newsletter (if you subscribed; you may opt out at any time).
- Send marketing communications related to our business or carefully selected third-party businesses, via email or other channels, with your explicit consent (you may opt out at any time).
- Provide statistical information about users to third parties (without disclosing individual identities).
- Handle inquiries and complaints made by or about you regarding our website.
- Ensure website security and prevent fraud.
- Verify compliance with our website’s terms and conditions (including monitoring private messages sent via our platform).
- Other purposes outlined in this policy.
If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and use it in accordance with the permissions you grant.
Your privacy settings can be used to limit the visibility of your information on our website and may be adjusted within your account settings.
Without your explicit consent, we will not share your personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes.
D. Disclosure of Your Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information to any of our:
- Employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors, as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy.
- Affiliated companies, including subsidiaries, parent companies, or associated entities, as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy.
We may also disclose your personal information:
- As required by law.
- In connection with ongoing or potential legal proceedings.
- To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights, including fraud prevention and credit risk reduction.
- To a business purchaser, in the event that we sell any part of our business or assets.
- To any relevant court or regulatory authority, where disclosure is required under legal provisions.
Except as stated in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
E. International Data Transfers
The information we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate to facilitate its use in accordance with this policy.
Personal data may be transferred to countries without data protection laws equivalent to those in the European Economic Area (EEA), including:
- United States, Russia, Japan, China, and India.
Personal data published on our website or submitted for publication may be available worldwide via the internet. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
By using our services, you expressly consent to the international transfer of personal information as outlined in this Section E.
F. Security of Your Personal Information
We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal data.
- All personal information you provide is stored on secure servers (password and firewall protected).
- All electronic financial transactions conducted via our website are encrypted.
- You acknowledge that data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
- You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password; we will never ask you for it (except when logging into your account).
G. Retention of Personal Information
This Section G outlines our data retention policies, ensuring compliance with legal requirements regarding data storage and deletion.
- Personal data will not be retained longer than necessary for its intended purpose.
- Unless otherwise specified, we will delete personal data in accordance with applicable legal timeframes.
However, we may retain documents (including electronic records) containing personal data:
- If required by law.
- If relevant to ongoing or potential legal proceedings.
- To establish, exercise, or defend legal rights, including fraud prevention and credit risk reduction.
I. Amendments
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. Please check this page regularly for updates.
We may also notify you of policy changes via email or our internal messaging system.
J. Your Rights
You may request access to your personal data. Providing this data is subject to:
- A processing fee (if applicable).
- Verification of identity, typically through a notarized passport copy and a recent utility bill.
We may withhold personal data, as permitted by law.
You may also request that we stop processing your personal data for marketing purposes at any time.
K. Third-Party Websites
Our website contains links to third-party websites. We have no control over their privacy policies or practices.
L. Updating Your Information
Please inform us if the personal data we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
Managing Cookies
2. Most browsers allow you to accept or refuse cookies. For example:
2.1. Blocking Cookies in Internet Explorer (version 10):
Go to Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Advanced to override cookie management settings.
2.2. Blocking Cookies in Firefox (version 24):
Click Tools > Options > Privacy, then select Use custom settings for history from the dropdown menu and uncheck Accept cookies from sites.
2.3. Blocking Cookies in Chrome (version 29):
Open Customize and control menu > Settings > Show advanced settings > Content settings, then select Block sites from setting any data under “Cookies”.
Blocking all cookies may negatively affect website usability. If you block cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.
Deleting Cookies
3. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer. For example:
3.1. Deleting Cookies in Internet Explorer (version 10):
You must manually delete cookie files (find instructions here: Microsoft Support).
3.2. Deleting Cookies in Firefox (version 24):
Click Tools > Options > Privacy, select Use custom settings for history, click Show Cookies, and then Remove All Cookies.
3.3. Deleting Cookies in Chrome (version 29):
Open Customize and control menu > Settings > Show advanced settings > Clear browsing data, then select Delete cookies and other site and plugin data, and click Clear browsing data.