This Service is for adults only. You must be 18 or older to post a personal
ad.
Please also read our user agreement.
The
following chapters will explain our privacy policy:
About theSingle.com and the Information
We Collect
TheSingle.com is an online meeting place for singles
and other users. Users can publish and reply to personal ads, and interact with
other users in various ways. Though users can browse the site as visitors without
registration, theSingle.com is mainly a membership based service and the full
content is only available to members. They will have to fill out a registration
form, provide information about themselves (name, address, email address etc.).
This information is used to identify users for internal and technical reasons.
None of the information we gather can be used by the public (visitors, other members,
and anyone not affiliated by theSingle.com) to identify a specific individual.
We collect information only from those who choose to join. We will not sell, share,
or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in
this statement.
theSingle.com Affiliate Partners: To provide
our users with the best service, theSingle.com have teamed up with Affiliate Partners
through various Affiliate agencies as a vehicle for providing e-commerce. For
instance, certain information and personal information you may give is required
for shipping purposes or communication purposes between you and our affiliate
partner. Please read their Privacy Statements on their website. No personal member
information is exchanged with the Affiliate partner.
Information Collected/Tracked
by theSingle.com
theSingle.com gathers two types of information:information
that users submit to us and information not directly submitted by users.
Information
submitted to theSingle.com
There are two types of information we collect
that users submit: private and public. We define private information to be any
information that allows others to contact a user other than through theSingle.com
or allows the collection of information about the user other than what is displayed
on the site. Public information is personal information that may be displayed
on the site, such as content of published personal ads which cannot be linked
to a particular user.
PRIVATE
This information
is gathered from members. This information includes, but is not limited to, email
address, first name, last name, address, sex and the answer to 5 different help
questions (date of birth, favorite band/orchestra or musician/composer, 4 last
digits of credit card or social security number, mothers maiden name).
PUBLIC
The amount of public information the member wants to give is up to the member,
though we ask you to do so in sole discretion. The member displays information
in a personal ad which is written und then published on the site. This information
is meant to be seen by members and visitors to the site but cannot be used to
identify a specific member by name, address, etc.
Information that users
do not submit to us
AGGREGATE
This is information we collect
that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This
information is gathered for all visitors to the site.
What
this site does with the information it gathers/tracks
Information
submitted to theSingle.com
PRIVATE
Email addresses submitted
by members are used for notification of other members concerning a communication
between members (One2One) or for notification published ads have been replied.
Members who wish not to receive any form of email notification may do so by going
to www.theSingle.com,
logging in as a member, and clicking on My Preference" link. We may
use a user's email address to send news regarding our site. The user may choose
not to receive email of this type by sending us an email at unsubscribe@thesingle.com.
Make sure to send your email from the email address you registered with and type
the following in the subject field of the email: REMOVE FROM SINGLE-LIST. Email
addresses may also be used in private correspondence with the user for customer
service issues. All other private information submitted by the user is confidential
and will not be disclosed except as required by law or to protect members of theSingle.com.
theSingle.coms Affiliate Partners: Information submitted by
the Affiliate Partner is used for establishing and maintaining a business relationship.
No personal or business information is shared outside the relationship between
theSingle.com and the Affliate Partner. Affliate Partners may not view or access
private information on members or users of our site.
PUBLIC
Public information supplied by the user is intended to be viewed by members and
guests to the site. This information is used by members for searching and entertainment
purposes.
Information that users do not submit to us
AGGREGATE
We use your server, IP address, and browser-type related information in the general
administration of our website.
Sharing
of the Information Obtained by theSingle.com
We do not sell,
rent, share, trade or give away any of your private information without your permission.
Links
Our site contains
links to other websites. Please be aware that once you click on one of these links,
you are moving to another website and our privacy policy no longer applies. Such
links would be from an advertiser, sponsor, partner or affiliates. TheSingle.com
cannot be responsible for the privacy policies of all the Web sites to which it
is linked, or links from those other Web sites to which a user may be further
directed.
Use of Cookies
We
currently use temporary cookies, session cookies", throughout the member
area for identification purposes. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the users
hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way
linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the
user closes their browser, or the login expires due to inactivity after 20 minutes,
the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the
user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while
on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The drawback
to this is that the user will not be able to access the member area, receive a
mailbox or post ads.
Please note that advertisers on theSingle.com site
may send cookies to users of the site and theSingle.com does not control or have
access to this information.
Protecting yourself
It is a good practice to refrain from disclosing your email address
or any other information in your personal ads, chat rooms, public forms or any
other place unless it's properly protected. Information disclosed may be used
by other persons for many purposes, including spamming.
Change/Delete
theSingle.com
gives members the following options for removing their information from our database:
- You can send an Email to unsubscribe@thesingle.com
- You
can send mail to the following email address: Boxx Media, Inc., 100 John Street
#3104, New York, NY, 10038