Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

A. Introduction

The privacy of our visitors is extremely important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. This policy explains how we handle your personal data.
By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy.

B. Collection of Personal Information

We may collect, store, and use the following types of personal information:

  • Information about your computer, including IP address, geographic location, browser type and version, and operating system;

  • Information about your visit and use of the website, including referral source, length of visit, page views, and navigation paths;

  • Information you provide when registering, such as your email address;

  • Information provided when creating a profile on our site, including name, profile picture, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests, hobbies, education, and employment details;

  • Information you provide when subscribing to our emails and/or newsletters;

  • Information provided while using our services;

  • Information generated while using the website, including when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it;

  • Information relating to purchases, services used, or transactions conducted through our site, including name, address, phone number, email, and payment details;

  • Information you post to our website for internet publication, including username, profile pictures, and content of posts;

  • Any communications you send via the website or email, including metadata;

  • Any other personal information you send to us.

If you submit another person’s personal information, you must have that person’s consent to share and process the data under this policy.

C. Use of Your Personal Information

Personal information submitted to us via our site will be used for the purposes outlined in this policy or on relevant site pages. We may use your information to:

  • Administer our website and business;

  • Personalize the website for you;

  • Enable your use of available services;

  • Send products you purchase;

  • Provide services purchased through the site;

  • Send billing and payment reminders, and collect payments;

  • Send non-marketing commercial communications;

  • Send email notifications you specifically requested;

  • Send our newsletter (you can opt out anytime);

  • Send marketing communications from us or selected third parties (with your explicit consent);

  • Provide statistical data to third parties (without identifying any individual);

  • Handle inquiries and complaints;

  • Keep the website secure and prevent fraud;

  • Verify compliance with our website terms and conditions, including monitoring private messages sent through our messaging service.

If you submit personal information for publication on our site, we may publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant us.
You can adjust your privacy settings using your site account controls.

We will not supply your personal data to third parties for their direct marketing without your explicit consent.

D. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to:

  • Our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy;

  • Any member of our group of companies;

  • As required by law;

  • In connection with legal proceedings;

  • To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights, including fraud prevention and credit risk reduction;

  • To a buyer or prospective buyer of any business or assets we may sell;

  • To any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or competent authority for disclosure of that personal data.

We will not share your information with third parties except as provided in this policy.

E. International Data Transfers

Information we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between any countries where we operate to allow us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
This may include countries without equivalent data protection laws, such as the United States, Russia, Japan, China, and India.
Any information you submit for publication on the site may be available worldwide. We cannot prevent others from using or misusing such information.

F. Retention of Personal Information

We have data retention policies and procedures to ensure we comply with legal obligations.
Personal data will not be kept longer than necessary for its purpose.
Without affecting other provisions, we will usually delete personal data as follows:

  • Personal data type: [ENTER DATE/TIME]

  • Deletion date: [ENTER DATE/TIME].

We may retain documents containing personal data:

  • To comply with legal obligations;

  • If we believe the documents may be relevant to ongoing or future legal proceedings;

  • To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights.

G. Security of Your Personal Information

We take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information.
All personal data is stored on secure servers protected by passwords and firewalls.
Financial transactions are protected by encryption technology.
However, we acknowledge that internet data transmission is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
You are responsible for keeping your password confidential.

H. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy by posting a new version on our website. Please check this page occasionally to ensure you understand any changes. We may also notify you of changes via email or site messaging.

I. Your Rights

You may request access to the personal data we hold about you, subject to:

  • Payment of a fee;

  • Providing appropriate proof of identity (such as a copy of your ID or passport).

You can instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes at any time.

J. Third-Party Websites

Our site may include links to third-party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies or practices of third parties.

K. Updating Information

Please let us know if the personal information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

L. Cookies

Our site uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier sent by a web server and stored by the browser.
Cookies may be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain until the set expiry date or deleted by the user; session cookies expire at the end of the user session.
We use both types of cookies to:

  • Analyze website use;

  • Prevent fraud and enhance security;

  • Personalize the website for each user.

You can block cookies in most browsers:

  • Internet Explorer (v10): Tools → Internet Options → Privacy → Advanced;

  • Firefox (v24): Tools → Options → Privacy → Use custom settings → Uncheck “Accept cookies from sites”;

  • Chrome (v29): Menu → Settings → Show advanced settings → Content settings → Block sites from setting data.

Blocking all cookies may negatively impact website usability.
You can also delete stored cookies, but doing so may affect site functionality.