Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 1, 2017
BOOKER Technologies (“we” or “us”) is firmly committed to your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out our practices related to the collection, use and disclosure of information you provide us when you visit our websites, mobile websites and mobile applications (collectively, the “Platform”) and use the services thereon (the “Services”). To help us meet our commitment to you, we have appointed a Privacy Officer to oversee our privacy practices and our compliance with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our policies and practices related to your information, please see the “Contact Us / Complaints” section below.
By accessing the Platform or using any of our Services you accept this Privacy Policy and agree to the terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced herein. Your use of our Platform or Services, and any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Legal / Service Disclosure .
Please note that, to the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your express consent for the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information.
What types of information do we collect?
We collect information including personally identifiable information, directly from you, from third parties and automatically through your use of our Services.
We operate a large number of dating and other websites under our group of companies and partner sites. As a large and diverse organization we manage a number of different brands and subsidiaries and some of those operate any given number of our sites on our behalf, or provide services to us, so that we may provide services to you. For data protection purposes these companies are referee to as, data processors. Our organization operates or manages all named companies under our umbrella holdings group organization.
If you are reading this policy, you are using the services of one of our sites. In this particular niche, we have a good number of commensurate sites in this same category. These sites are for adults looking for short-term consensual casual relationships. We seek to offer our members a full range of services, which will and do provide for that demand. In order to accomplish that, we will share your profile information internally, with our partners’ sites.
By joining this site and agreeing to these terms of use at sign up. And continuing use of the site, you authorize us to reproduce and broadcast the information contained in your profile, including name and photograph, description and other such information; Pertinent to you achieving your desired goals when joining. This information is shared through all or part of our network of sites, for the purposes of delivering the agreed upon services to you.
What information will you ask me for?
When you create a profile on our Platform you will be asked to provide basic information about you which we need to enable us to provide you the Services including contact information (e.g. your email address), demographic information (e.g. your city of residence, zip/postal code, age, gender and ethnicity), and personal characteristics (height, weight and body type
While creating your profile, you may choose how much personally identifiable information you share with us. You will be asked to create a username and offered the chance to upload a photograph and provide a personal description. You are encouraged to create a pseudonymous profile and are not required to include information in your profile that would allow you to be directly identified. Obviously do be careful if you want to remain anonymous, especially if you upload photographs or choose a username, which could allow you to be easily identified.
When you make a purchase off our Platform you will be asked for certain personally identifiable information for billing purposes including your name, address and details of your chosen payment method.
How will you use the information you collect?
We use the information we collect, including personally identifiable information, for the following purposes:
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To provide you with the Services, including to provide you with access to a forum focused on open-minded and discreet relationships, where members can search for and connect with other like-minded individuals;
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To allow users to find other users’ profiles based on preferences or user location;
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To promote your profile to other users of the Services;
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To maintain and improve our Platform including improving the content and functionality of our Platform or customize the layout of our pages for each individual member;
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To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, to offer location customization, and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences while using the Platform;
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To communicate with you in connection with the Services including, subject to our obligations regarding email communications in your respective jurisdiction, for the purposes of informing you of changes or additions to the Service, or of any our products and services we believe may be of interest to you;
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To detect and combat fraud,and better understand how to protect your information;
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To process your payments and to help resolve payment disputes;
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To manage your account and provide you with customer support;
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To protect our own rights and interests, such as to resolve any disputes, enforce our Terms of Use, or to respond to legal process;
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To save your user account, registration and profile data and other information (so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit or use the Services); and
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To track your return visits to, and use of, the Services.
\How will you disclose the information you collect?
We may disclose personally identifiable information in the following circumstances for any or more of the purposes described above:
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Promotion of your Profile – We may disclose your nickname or username (not your actual name) and your photo to promote your profile to other users of the Services, who may be located in any country in the world where our Services are offered. By providing us your personally identifiable information and using the Services, you consent to the transfer of your personally identifiable information to countries outside of your jurisdiction of residence consistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
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Other Platform Members/Users – Your username, profile information and any information that you post to the Platform, including, without limitation, reviews, comments, and text will be available to, and searchable by, other users of the Platform and Services.
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Legal Request – We may disclose your information to respond to law enforcement requests; or where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations; or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Platform; or to protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide false information or attempt to pose as someone else, information about you may be disclosed as part of any investigation into your actions).
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Sale or Merger – We may disclose your information in connection with the sale, assignment, bankruptcy proceeding or other transfer of the business or a portion of the business of our Platform, including a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, sale of assets or other corporate change of our direct or indirect parent companies that affects us. In connection with the due diligence review involving such a potential transaction, we also may share information (including personally identifiable information) with potential acquirers, merger partners or investors, and their agents (including professionals) where such individuals agree to use personally identifiable information under the same conditions as identified in this Privacy Policy.
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Affiliate Entities – We may share our data, including your personally identifiable information, with our parent, subsidiary and other affiliated companies, including companies operating in different countries (each an “Affiliate”) that are committed to serving your online needs and related services. Except where otherwise prohibited by applicable law, our Affiliates may use this data to communicate with you about their products and services. Our Affiliates will follow privacy practices no less protective of all users than our practices described in this document, to the extent allowed by applicable law. It is possible that we or one or more of our Affiliates, or any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired by another business entity.