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This privacy statement covers the site www.LetsMeetOut.com. Because this web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users' privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices. If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should contact privacy@LetsMeetOut.com.
Information Collection
Let's Meet Out, LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on www.LetsMeetOut.com. Let's Meet Out, LLC collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.
Registration
In order to use this web site, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration, a user is required to give contact information (such as name, mailing address, email address, metropolitan area and birth date) for himself / herself . We use this information to qualify and contact each of the users about services on our site for which they have expressed interest. Unique identifiers (username and password) are established for each member so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Order/Billing
The user must provide contact information (such as name, address and phone number) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes. If we have trouble processing an order, the information is used to contact the user.
Information Use
Each member will complete a profile for themselves as well as a profile for the group(s) to which they belong. This will include their metropolitan location, gender, sexual preference, the gender of people they are looking to meet as well as their interests. That information will be used to help our system recommend groups they may be interested in meeting. The specific names, email addresses, zip codes and birth dates of the users in a group will NOT be made available to any other users.
Profile
We store information that we may collect through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that detail their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to the user's personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user's visit to our Web site and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. Your profile may be shared together with your email address.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. We may use session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising.
Third Party Advertising
Ads that may appear on this Web site may be delivered to users by third party ad serving companies. Information about users' visit to this site, such as number of times they have viewed an ad (but not user name, address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to users on this site.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by www.LetsMeetOut.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We use a tracking utility called Web Trends that uses log files to analyze user movement.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We employ [or our third party advertising company employs] a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us better manage content on our site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Clear gifs are not tied to users' personally identifiable information. Clear Gifs can "work with" existing cookies on a computer if they are both from the same Web site or advertising company. That means, for example, that if a person visited "www.companyX.com", which uses an advertising company's clear gif, the Web site [or advertising company] would match the clear gif's identifier and the advertising company's cookie ID number, to show the past online behavior for that computer. This collected information may then be given to the advertiser.
In addition, we use clear gifs in our HTML-based emails to let us know which emails have been opened by the recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. If users would like to opt-out of these emails, please see the Opt-out section.
Communications from the Site
Special Offers and Updates
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on events, affiliate partners, special deals, and a bi-weekly newsletter.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email.
Customer Service
We communicate with users via email on a regular basis to provide requested services and about issues relating to their account.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
Third Party Advertisers
Let's Meet Out, LLC may share Web site usage information about users with a reputable third party for the purpose of targeting advertisements on this site and other sites. For example, Let's Meet Out, LLC uses cookies and clear GIFs on this site, which allow them to recognize a user's cookie when a user visits this site. The information they collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable.
These are the instances in which we will share users' personal information:
We may share email addresses with third parties that we engage in cross-promotional marketing efforts.
Business Transitions
In the event Let's Meet Out, LLC goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via email prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.
Choice/Opt-out
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the unsubscribe instructions in the email.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Let's Meet Out, LLC, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other 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.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request 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. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and email address), and demographic information (such as birth date and zip code). Contact information may be used/shared with the contest/survey sponsors to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use users' personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Spread the Word
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Let's Meet Out, LLC will automatically send the friend an email inviting them to visit the site. Let's Meet Out, LLC stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this email and tracking the success of our referral program and will not add them to our general database. The friend may contact Let's Meet Out, LLC at unsubscribe@LetsMeetOut.com to request the removal of this information from our database.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every year, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our users' information is protected. Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send an email to customerservice@LetsMeetOut.com.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from third party sources.
Credit Card Verification
We use a payment processor to verify the billing contact's identity, address and credit card information.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information. This can be done through the Account Options link on the My Profile page or by emailing our Customer Support at customerservice@LetsMeetOut.com.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:
privacy@LetsMeetOut.com
Web site URL: http://www.LetsMeetOut.com
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