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What information
does Masmarriage.com collect/track about me? |
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Masmarriage.com
is an online matrimonial service designed to provide
an easy way for our members to meet each other on
the Web. To accomplish this, our members create their
own unique profiles and our matching technology provides
them matches based on their pre-selected criteria.
In order to do this, we ask for certain personal
information. (Of course, all Masmarriage.com visitors
may browse the site, search member profiles and view
any articles or features our site has to offer without
entering any personal information.) |
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Information
Collected/Tracked by Masmarriage.com |
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Masmarriage.com
gathers two types of information: |
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1. Information users submit;
and
2. Information not directly submitted. |
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• Information users
submit |
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MEMBERS
There are two types of user-submitted information we
collect: Public and Private. We define Public information
as personal information that may be displayed on
the site at the behest of the member, such as gender,
age, height, photograph, etc. Private information
is defined as any information that allows others
to contact a user other than through Masmarriage.com
or allows the collection of information about the
user other than what is displayed on the site. |
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Public: To
accomplish our goal of bringing compatible people
together, we must gather personal information, which
may or may not include: customer-specified Masmarriage.com
username, gender, age, religion, income range, occupation,
preference/lifestyle information, general geographic
location and photograph. |
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Private: This
information is gathered from members and guests who
apply for the various services our site offers. This
information includes, but is not limited to: email
address, first name, last name, credit card number
or checking account information for payment, a user-specified
password, mailing address, zip code and telephone
number. |
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SURVEYS & CONTESTS: From
time-to-time our site requests information from users
via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys
or contests is completely voluntary and the user
therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose
this information. Information requested may include
contact information (such as name and shipping address),
and demographic information (such as zip code, and
age). |
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MASMARRIAGE.COM
AFFILIATE PARTNERS: The Affiliate Partner
program is a vehicle for other websites to link
to Masmarriage.com. No personal member information
is exchanged with the Affiliate Partner. |
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• Information
not directly submitted |
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AGGREGATE: This
is information we collect that is not personally
identifiable, such as browser type and IP address.
This information is gathered for all users to the
site |
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What does Masmarriage.com
do with the information it collects/tracks? |
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Masmarriage.com uses the information
it collects in the following ways. |
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• Information users
submit |
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MEMBERS
Public: Public information supplied
by members is intended to be viewed by visitors
to the site. This information is used by visitors
for searching and matching purposes. Public information
cannot be used to identify a specific member
by name, address, etc (except photograph, posting
of which is voluntary). |
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Private: We
primarily use members' email addresses to verify
enrollment and to send system emails on behalf of
other members. Email addresses are not disclosed
to members. We may also use users' email address
to send news regarding our site, but the users may
choose not to receive such emails by unsubscribing.
Email addresses may also be used in private correspondence
with the user for customer service issues. Financial
information that is collected is used to bill the
user for products and services. All other private
information submitted by the user is confidential
and is not disclosed except as required by law or
to protect members of Masmarriage.com. All private
information can be updated or deleted by the user
at any time. |
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SURVEYS & CONTESTS: Contact
and other information collected for contests is used
to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information
collected is used to monitor or improve the site
usage experience. |
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MASMARRIAGE.COM'S
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 Masmarriage.com and the Affiliate Partner.
Affiliate Partners may not view or access private
information of Masmarriage.com subscribers. |
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• Information
not directly submitted |
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AGGREGATE: We
use your server, IP address, and browser-type related
information in the general administration of our
website. |
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With
whom does Masmarriage.com share the information
it collects/tracks? |
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Except
where you are expressly informed otherwise or as
described immediately below, we do not sell, rent,
share, trade or give away any of your personal information
except to the financial institution that processes
your credit card, or check transactions unless required
by law, or for the protection of your membership. |
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If you register
with Masmarriage.com through one of our co-branded
versions, your registration and profile information
may be shared with the co-branding partner solely
for the purpose of fulfilling the services provided
by the co-branded site and any related promotional
offers. We encourage you to review the privacy policy
of the co-branded partner for questions about their
use of your personally identifiable information and
how you can modify or delete it. |
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Tell
me about links with other sites. |
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Masmarriage.com
may contain links to other websites. Please be aware
that Masmarriage.com is not responsible for the privacy
practices of other Web sites. We encourage you to
be aware of this when you leave our site, and to
read the privacy statements of each and every web
site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by Masmarriage.com. |
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Tell
me about Cookies. |
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Masmarriage.com
uses cookies to deliver various services and to keep
track of your personal preferences. A cookie is a
small text file that can be entered into the memory
of your browser to:- |
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• help
a website recognize repeat users;
• facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site;
• allow a site to track usage behavior;
• compile aggregate data for content improvements; and
• undertake targeted advertising. |
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If
you do not want information collected through the
use of cookies, most browsers contain a function
that allows a user to deny the cookie feature. You
can also delete cookie files from your computer at
your discretion. Please note that the use of cookies
is a necessary part of the Masmarriage.com technology
and is necessary if you wish to access Masmarriage.com.
Disabling the cookie feature on your browser or deleting
cookie files from your computer will render you unable
to access certain features on Masmarriage.com and
participate in its services. Cookies may also be
necessary to provide the user with certain features
such as customized delivery of information. |
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Masmarriage.com
uses cookies to provide its services, to deliver
content specific to your interests, to save your
password so you don't have to re-enter it each time
you visit different pages on our site, and for other
purposes. We do not and will not use cookies to collect
private information from you! |
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Please note
that cookies are used only to recollect information
sent to your computer from Masmarriage.com. We CANNOT
access any information not sent by Masmarriage.com. |
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Some of
our business partners may use cookies on our site
(for example, advertisers). However, we have no access
to or control over these cookies. |
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Tell
me about Masmarriage.com policy on correcting,
updating or removing personal information. |
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Masmarriage.com
allows you to modify or remove both public and private
information from our database. |
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How
will I know of changes in Masmarriage.com privacy
policy? |
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If we change
our privacy policy, we will prominently post a link
to those changes on our Homepage so you are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use
it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose
it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated
at the time it was collected, we will notify you
by way of an email. We will give you a choice as
to whether or not we can use information in this
different manner and act accordingly. |
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Tell
me about security of my personal information. |
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Masmarriage.com
takes every precaution to protect your information,
both online and offline. |
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When our
registration/order process asks you to enter sensitive
information (such as a credit card number), such
information is encrypted and is protected with the
best encryption software in the industry - SSL. |
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While we
use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information
online, we also do everything in our power to protect
your information offline. All your information, not
just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices. Only employees who need
the information to perform a specific job (for example,
a billing clerk or a customer service representative)
are granted access to personally identifiable information. |
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We have
also done everything in our power to prevent misuse
of photographs. Apart from not allowing photographs
to be downloaded or copied, we have watermarked them
with the Masmarriage.com logo. This acts as a further
deterrent for illegal use elsewhere. |
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If you have
any questions about the security at our website,
please email us. |
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Tell
me about Masmarriage.com's email policy. |
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Your email address: |
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We use email
extensively to help you find your match on Masmarriage.com.
Our main email products and services include: |
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• Member
responses to your profile (called Contact Lens);
• Partner matches for you; and
• Newsletters updating you of the latest features on our site. |
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Occasionally,
we may also send you: |
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• Announcements
of special events which Masmarriage.com is associated
with; or
• Special offers from partner sites, which we believe are useful for you. |
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We reiterate
that we will never sell / rent out your email address
to any third party, unless you expressly permit us
to do so. In fact, we do not allow ANYONE to see
your email address, not even other Masmarriage.com
members. |
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Your friend's
email address: Throughout Masmarriage.com, you have
the option to send interesting profiles / articles
to your friends. Do make full use of this option,
because your friends are also covered by Masmarriage.com's
spam-free privacy policy. We will use your friend's
email address only to send your message to them.
Then they will never ever hear from us again … unless
they voluntarily subscribe to our services. |
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Tell
me how to contact Masmarriage.com. |
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If you have
any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this Web site,
please email us . |
