Your privacy is our business.
Our mission at Person.al is to provide a secure meeting place where members can connect privately and anonymously. It is up to you to decide if and when to reveal your identity to another member or to meet in person. We believe that the web can be the safest and most sensible place to meet new people with a view to embarking on relationships of any kind, so long as the site operators and site members cooperate to keep it that way.
Our primary concerns in drafting this Privacy Policy were our members' peace of mind and security. The practices outlined below represent our best efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information while also protecting your interests and the collective interests of Person.al and its members. This privacy policy was last revised on November 28, 2008. Each time you visit this web site or provide us with any information, you are implicitly accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, without notice provided that such changes only apply to information gathered on or after the date of such change. In the event that we do decide to make material changes regarding how we use personal information previously collected, you will be notified of such changes by email or by a prominent notice on our website. If you have suggestions as to how we might improve this policy, or any aspect of this site, please contact us.
Information gathered automatically from visitors
Automatically collected information is data that we collect directly from your computer that does not disclose any personal information about you. This includes your IP address, browser type, and browser settings. We use your IP address (the numeric code that identifies your individual computer) to avoid fraudulent registrations and to help us maintain our site and identify problems with our server. Your IP address does not disclose any personally revealing information about you. Information that we may obtain regarding your browser and browser settings is to ensure that our site's technical features are available to you. We use cookies to identify traffic that comes through advertising and to improve user experience. Cookies are small pieces of information that a web site places on your computer's hard drive to enable the website to recognize you and to save you the trouble of re-entering some basic information when you revisit. From time to time, Person.al may allow other companies that display advertisements on some of our pages to place and access their cookies on your computer. These companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, which we have no control over. We do not allow other companies to access cookies placed by Person.al. The use of cookies is a very common practice on the Internet. If you are uncomfortable with this, you can disable all cookies through your browser settings.
Information requested from visitors
When you register to use any Person.al Services you will be asked for some general identifying information which will enable us to provide you with this individualized service. We gather contact information (like your email address) and demographic information (like your city of residence, gender and age). We may share some of this information with our professional advisors, consultants, third party associates, partner sites, and in the event that any part of Person.al merged with or purchased by another company. In the event of a merger or a purchase, we will notify you by email before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy, and we will provide you with the opportunity to opt out of the transfer of your data before it takes place.
Public and Private Information
Public information is information that you enter into the Person.al database that can be viewed by visitors to the site and occasionally in promotional materials. During the registration process, you will be asked to create a "Mini Profile." The Mini Profile consists of personal but non-identifying information (i.e. your civil status, height, body type, ethnicity, religion, personal habits, etc). Once you are a registered member of the site, you will have the option of adding further text, photos and a voice recording. This Public information, collectively known within the site as your "Profile," is not linked to your personal identification in any way that can be seen by other users of the site, unless you include personally identifying information in the portions of your profile that you type yourself. Moreover, if you provide us with a photograph of yourself, your Profile may become personally identifiable.
Private information is information that can personally identify you, such as your real name, email address or credit card number. When you register to use any Person.al service, you will be asked for some general identifying information to enable us to provide you with this individualized service. We gather contact information (such as your email address) and, if you choose to sign up for a Full Membership or to purchase credits, financial information (such as your credit card number and expiry date).
Managing or removing your personal information
We keep the information you have given us for as long as you are a member on the site. You can always verify or request the removal of the personally identifiable information we have collected and change your registration information by visiting the appropriate subsection of your profile or account settings. You may make changes to your profile, suspend your account, or remove your account completely at any time through the automated tools provided in your settings, or by contacting customer support.
Monitoring online activity
Our members communicate with each other through instant messages, voice mail and onsite mail. While we do not generally censor or monitor members' private exchanges, we reserve the right to do so if we suspect users of being under 18 or of using our Services in violation of our terms of use or Privacy Statement. Member submissions that appear on the public area of the site are moderated and, if necessary, we reserve the right to edit, delete, remove or withhold any communication transmitted through the web site.
Affiliates
When you register to become an Affiliate of our site, you will be asked for contact information and information related to your site. Your information will only be used by internal staff and will never be shared with anyone external to the company other than our advisors and representatives without your consent, unless required to do so by operation of law. Your information will be used to secure your approval as an Affiliate.
