Privacy Policy

Our commitment to your privacy.

• We will not disseminate, sell, or trade your email address, location, or any personal information with any unauthorized persons or companies. (Your email address is used solely by us to contact you when you have new messages or matches, to inform you of your account status, and to inform you of any enhancements in our service or of services of our associated companies).
• When you register a profile at our site we collect demographic information along with your name and location. Any information that is on your Profile (e.g. your first name and demographic information) will be available to other members to view. We do not disclose your email address and last name to other members.
• When you communicate with others online, you should be aware that, when disclosing personal information such as your name, e-mail address, etc., on a web page, or in a chat room, that information may be collected and used by others to send a person unsolicited e-mail. Therefore, in order to protect the privacy of members we do not allow the posting of email addresses or other contact information on member profiles.
• We only give member account passwords to the e-mail address that a given member account is registered to.
• We do not store credit card details.
• Minors Under 18 years old are not permitted to use our site.

Information we collect from our Web site

Information that we collect includes the following:

• Profile Information
• Contact Information
• Non-personally identifiable information
• Financial Information

Profile Information and contact Information: If you become a member we collect all of the information that you fill out in the registration form. With the exception of your email address and family name, this information is made available to other ChineseLoveLinks.com members as part of your profile. In order to assist our members to meet each other we may feature members' profiles in our promotional pages or promotional emails that we send out from time to time to our members. We do not disclose your email address or family name to other ChineseLoveLinks.com members or any other companies, individuals or organizations.

Non-personally identifiable information: We collect the following non personally identifiable information to evaluate our Web site performance and to improve our service to you:-

• The number of visitors to our site
• The type of browser used
• The referring URL
• The IP address
• The number and type of pages viewed
• The date and time of visits
• The exit URL

Like most Web sites, our site uses cookies to keep track of your purchases and other activity on our site and enhance your experience on our site.
Third party advertisers on our site may also place or read cookies on your browser. If you wish to disable cookies, the help section on the toolbar on your web browsers will tell you how. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features on our site.

Financial Information: Under some circumstances we may require some additional information, such as, but not limited to credit card details. We use this financial information, including your name, address, and other information to bill you for use of our services. By making a purchase, or engaging in any other kind of activity or transaction that uses financial information on our Web site, you consent to our providing of your financial information.

Information other Web sites or parties collect from you

We place links to other Web sites operated by other third parties. When you click on these links and visit these other sites the operators of these other Web sites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use and disclose that information in different ways than we do. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Information we may provide to law enforcement agencies

ChineseLoveLinks.com cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. You authorize us to disclose any information about you to law enforcement and other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability.

Our use of your information

We may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our site's content, layout, and services.On occasions, we may analyze information to identify problems, resolve disputes or detect possible fraudulent behavior.We may use public information to enable other users to find your profile, to determine whether they are a match for you and to communicate with you. We may also use demographic information to customize our site to your interests.

You agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, customize our site's content, identify problems or detect possible fraudulent behavior and facilitate interaction between members.

How we store your information

Your personal information is stored electronically. We take reasonable steps to ensure that your email address and family name remain confidential and to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

Accuracy of your personal information

We allow members to change their personal details using a password protected feature. Please contact us if you have any problems using this feature, or if your email address changes. We will then update your information.

How to improve your privacy

• If you require an added level of privacy, you can use PGP (Pretty Good Privacy at www.pgp.com) or another encryption program.
• Make your password more difficult to crack. Never use your first name or an easily guessable password. Its always better to use a combination of letters and numbers.
• Never give your password out to anyone, including your friends.

Application of our Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement was last reviewed in May 2005. It is subject to change from time to time due to developments in technology and new laws.