Privacy Policy

Safe Date Privacy Policy and Conditions of Use

We take user privacy seriously and want you to be informed. This Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into our Terms and Conditions, outlines the privacy practices of Safe Date (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) in connection with your (“you” or “your”) access to or use of our website, mobile app, products, and services (collectively, the “Service”). By accessing or using our Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by our terms, including this Privacy Policy.

WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVER?

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and disclose information, both online and offline. Please also see our separate Terms and Conditions, which incorporate by reference this Privacy Policy and include applicable definitions. Terms not defined in this Privacy Policy will have the same meaning as in the Terms and Conditions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, this Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party practices, websites, or services (collectively, “Third-Party Platforms”), whether referenced in or linked from our Services. Each Third-Party Platform will have its own privacy practices and policies, which you should review before using.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

“Information,” as used in this Privacy Policy, means personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular user or household.

Generally, we collect information about you, such as your name, email address, and your use of our Service such as access logs. Like many companies, we also collect internet and device information, such as from cookies and other automated technologies. We may also collect information from third parties.

More specifically, we collect and/or have collected the following categories of information about you and other users of the Service:

• Verification Information. In order to apply for membership to the Service, you will be asked to provide information which may include your first and last name, address, telephone number, and birth date. In limited circumstances, we may ask you to submit a photo of yourself holding your driver’s license (or other government issued identification card). This information is used to verify your identity.
• Information You Provide Us. In order to provide the Service and to help you develop connections with other users, we need to collect some information about you including basic profile details and the types of people you are interested in connecting with. Some of this information is provided directly by you when you use the Service, for example:
   

  When you create an account you provide us with an email address, phone number, username, and password. Further, you may be asked if you would like to display your specific location to other users. The disclosure of your location to other users is not required for you to use the Service and may be enabled or disabled by you at any time through your mobile app settings

  When you fill out your user profile, you can share information like photos of yourself, your gender, date of birth, race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, what city/state you are located, your hobbies and interests, details about your job/career path, and who you would like to connect with. By choosing to provide this information, you consent to our processing of that information.  

  You can also share with us additional information, such as details on your personality, lifestyle, interests and other details about you, as well as content such as photos and videos. To add certain content, like pictures or videos, you may allow us to access your camera or photo album.

  Some of the information that you provide may be considered “special” or “sensitive” in certain jurisdictions. By choosing to provide this information, you consent to our processing of it. Any information you provide may be viewable by other users of the Service. If you communicate with other users within the Service, you provide us the content of your conversation. Should you contact us with an inquiry, we may collect the content of that correspondence or interaction. 

• Content You Make Public. We may collect information from you that you voluntarily upload when using the Service or otherwise post for public display (“Public Information”), such as your Content, which may include photos, videos, or comments. Once you submit Public Information, neither you nor we can control how it may be copied, shared, or used by third parties, even if you or we later delete such Public Information. Accordingly, you should carefully consider what personal information you choose to include within your Public Information.
• Transaction and Payment Information. When you subscribe to a paid service or make a purchase through the Service, you provide us with information related to the purchases you make. You provide our payment processor with information to make the purchase, such as your debit or credit card number or other financial information. See also California Civil Code Section 1798.80(e).
• Internet, Device, and Network Activity Information. When you use the Service, we automatically gather information made available by your web browser (such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome), internet service provider (such as Comcast or Cox), and device (such as your computer, phone, tablet, or smart watch), depending on your settings for each. For example, we may collect your IP address, information about the operating system or type of device you use, the device ID associated with your device, the date and time you access the Service, and your log in attempts. We may also collect information about your browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with a particular website, application, or advertisement, including the Service. We may also collect information regarding the websites, applications, or advertisements you visited immediately before and after your use of the Service.
• Geolocation Information. We may collect your approximate location from your IP address. Additionally, we may collect your location when you provide it while creating a user profile or when you are asked to provide your zip code and/or billing address to complete a purchase.
• Protected Class Information. As mentioned above, due to the specific nature of the Service, you will be asked to provide information about your gender, age, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation when filling out your user profile.
• Personal Information from Third Parties. We use a third-party service provider to assist with user identification verification. As part of our verification process, we may collect information about you including all known email addresses associated with you, all known phone numbers associated with you, criminal background information and other information made available via public record searches.
• Other Information. From time to time, we may collect other information from you, such as when you make a claim for a promotion, contest, or event, when you request assistance through the Service, or when you voluntarily subscribe to promotions, reminders, or newsletters.

HOW DO WE COLLECT AND USE INFORMATION?

We collect personal information directly from you at various points during your sign-up, purchase, setup, and use of the Service, for example:

• When you apply for membership to the Service;
• When you register a user account;
• When you install or use our app;
• When you click a link on an advertisement for the Service;
• When you upload and share your Content through the Service;
• When you post reviews or comments on the Service or our social media channels;
• When you communicate with us, such as by speaking to one of our customer service agents;
• When you sign up to receive email, text/SMS or other communications from us;
• When you participate in a survey or contest; or
• When you fill out a form on the Service.

We also collect personal information from third parties, such as:

• Service Providers: When you apply for membership, we collect information about you from our identification verification service providers.
• Users: Other users may provide information about you as they use our Service, for instance as they interact with you or if they submit a report involving you.
• Social Media: You may decide to share information with us through your social media account, for instance if you decide to create and log into your account via your social media or other account (e.g., Facebook, Google or Apple) or to upload onto our Service information such as photos from one of your social media accounts (e.g., Instagram).
• Other Partners: We may receive information about you from our partners where our ads are published on a partner’s service (in which case they may pass along details on a campaign’s success).

Finally, like most websites and apps, we also collect personal information through automated technologies, such as cookies, web beacons, and pixels. These practices are discussed more fully in the section below entitled “How Do We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies?”

We collect and use personal information for our business purposes, namely, to provide and improve our Service. Part of this includes compliance with applicable laws, such as responding to legal requests, enforcing this Privacy Policy and our rights, and protecting others and our Service. We may also use information for short-term, transient use for an interaction with you and to personalize your experience and communications. We also use your information to provide the features of our Service, including allowing you to create your account/user profile, provide you with customer support, and communicate with you about the Service. We use information for security purposes and to protect against harmful activity. We may use information for debugging for functionality, auditing interactions, and internal research. We also use information as instructed by you and with your consent.

In addition, we collect and use information for commercial purposes, meaning to market our goods and services. For example, we collect device and other data to better target advertisements and other content in an effort to create a more personally relevant experience.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?

As with many companies, we may use cookies, pixels, gifs, web beacons, log files, and/or similar technologies to automatically collect certain information when you use the Service or interact with our digital media content, such as when you visit our website. This allows us to track individual users, determine when content is accessed, and customize user experiences. For example, unless you have opted out of cookies or changed your cookie settings in your internet browser, your browser automatically sends us certain device, browser, internet connection, and general geolocation information and certain internet activity information. For instance, we may collect your mobile device identifier or MAC address, ISP carrier information, date and time you access the Service, the pages you visit, and whether you click on ads. You can change your cookie settings in your internet browser and use settings on your device to manage your privacy controls. For more information and ways to opt out, see https://www.allaboutcookies.org/, and learn how to disable these tools by opting-out of third-party cookies and mobile device ID practices.

As part of our practices, we may use third-party advertising companies to display ads tailored to your individual interests based on your online activity and to provide ad-related services such as analytics and market research. Third parties, in turn, may use a cookie, web beacon, or other similar technology to collect information. To opt-out of cross-device linking, visit www.aboutads.info/choices or perform a global opt-out on each browser and device. 


In particular, we may use Google cookies and tools, such as Google Analytics for analytics and advertising and to improve the user experience, and your information may be shared with Google; for more information, visit the Google Cookie Policy, Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On, or Ads Settings.

Please note that there are different types of cookies and related technologies, which may be placed by us or third parties, including essential cookies that are required to display and provide the Service; preference cookies that are used to store preferences and improve user experiences; analytics cookies to determine how the Service is used and that often collect non-personalized information; and marketing cookies to deliver personalized and targeted advertisements that may be of interest to you and others, and which are used for business purposes for advertising to those that visit the Service, and commercial purposes for marketing to others.

HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION?

As part of our business, we disclose information as follows and for the purposes outlined above, which include business purposes to provide and improve the Service and comply with legal and contractual obligations, as well as commercial purposes, such as to market our business:

• Service Providers and Contractors. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us, for example, our identification verification service provider. We may share information with these third parties, but only for the purposes of performing these functions and providing such services. We may likewise share information with “contractors” that are not service providers but to whom we disclose information for a business purpose. Such disclosure is for business purposes of providing you with products and services that you have requested or considered.
• With Other Users. Your information will be shared with other users when you voluntarily disclose it through your use of the Service. Please be careful with your information and make sure that the content you share is something you would be comfortable being publicly viewable. Remember, neither you nor we can have total control over what others do with your information once you share it. We may also share your public content, such as reviews and comments about the Service, including by reposting your reviews in our advertising and through our social media accounts.
• Disclosure in Connection with the Service. We may disclose information when necessary to provide the Service, including without limitation, with those who perform technical, administrative, and data processing tasks such as hosting, billing, customer support, marketing, and data storage.
• Affiliated Entities. Should we be subject to an acquisition, merger, sale or other change of control or business entity status, or a bankruptcy, we reserve the right to transfer or assign your information as part of that acquisition, merger, sale, or bankruptcy. We may also share your information with any affiliated entities, which are businesses that are directly related to us and have common ownership, where your information is still treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• Government Officials and Other Parties. To comply with any legal obligations, we may disclose your information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and other valid legal processes. We may also disclose personal information when we believe it is necessary to prevent illegal, fraudulent, or injurious actions that may cause harm to individuals. Advertising Partners. We may disclose information as needed to advertising partners. For example, we may share information gathered through cookies and tracking tools to allow a third party to advertise our products to you after you leave the Service.
• Consent. We may disclose information as requested or consented to by you. Such disclosure may be for any business or commercial purpose as described to you.

DO WE SELL OR SHARE INFORMATION?

We only sell or share data as outlined in this Privacy Policy. For example, our use of online tracking technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under applicable law. To opt out of these practices, contact us as outlined below and see our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link.

HOW DO WE PROTECT AND TRANSFER INFORMATION?

Consistent with others in our industry, we take efforts to employ technical, administrative, and physical security measures for personal information, taking into account reasonable security procedures and accessible technology. However, no system can be completely secure; and we cannot promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information will always remain secure. Your provision of personal information is at your own risk. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Take steps to safeguard your passwords and other data and notify us as soon as possible if you believe your account security has been breached. We transfer, process, and store data only via reputable and trusted cloud service providers.

If you are visiting the Service from a location outside of the United States, your connection will be through and to servers located in the United States, and all information you provide will be processed and securely maintained in our web servers and internal systems located within the United States. By using the Service, you authorize and specifically consent to the transfer of personal data to the United States and its storage and use as specified in this Privacy Policy.

HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN INFORMATION?

We retain personal information for the length of time necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a different retention period is requested by you or required or permitted by law. For example, we will retain your personal information for as long as it is needed to provide you with the Service or fulfill a legal or contractual obligation. We may also aggregate, deidentify, or anonymize personal information as applicable for use in analytics, such as to analyze trends over periods of time without specifically identifying you.

We use the following criteria to determine how long we retain personal information: (a) our relationship with you, such as if there is an open contract or account or a pending transaction or request; (b) legal obligations to retain personal information for certain purposes, such as to maintain transaction records; and (c) other obligations or considerations relating to the retention of data, such as contract requirements, litigation holds, investigations, or statutes of limitation.

WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

We value consumer privacy rights and strive to provide flexibility with how your personal data is used and shared. If you want to make a privacy request or have any questions, please contact us through our Contact Form or email info@safedate.net with your name and email address or other identifier used in connection with our Service so that we can verify your request. If an authorized agent is making a request on your behalf, the agent should provide its name and contact information, such as an email address, in addition to your information. There may be situations where we cannot grant your request; for example, if you make a request and we cannot verify your identity, or if you request deletion of data that we have a legal obligation to keep. Where we deny your request in whole or in part, we will take steps to inform you of the denial and provide an explanation of our actions and the reasons for the denial.

Applicable privacy laws have different requirements and depend on various factors, such as where you live and how much revenue or data is at issue. Generally, we adhere to the following set of privacy rights to the extent applicable and subject to any limitations authorized by law.

• Access. You can access and obtain your data and ask us for certain information, including: the categories of personal information collected and used; the categories of the sources of data; the business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing data; the categories of third parties to whom data is disclosed; and the specific pieces of personal information collected. You also have a similar right to data portability (the ability to export, back up, and transfer data).
• Amend. You can amend, correct, or rectify your data if it is inaccurate.
• Delete. You can have your data deleted subject to certain legal limitations.
• Limit. You can limit the processing of your data, in particular any sensitive data, and limit use of automated decision making, such as profiling.
• Opt-Out. You have the right to opt-out of certain data practices. For example, you can unsubscribe from marketing communications by following the opt-out instructions in each message or by contacting us as outlined in this Privacy Policy (please note that we may still send non-marketing messages, and that consent to receiving marketing communications is not mandatory to use the Service). You may also opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” or your personal information to the extent applicable. Please see our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link. You may opt out of the use of automated decision-making technology if applicable. We will also respond to recognized global opt-out preference signals where we can verify the request. For more information, see below.
• Complaints. You have the right to make certain complaints, including for privacy concerns. We value your feedback and seek the opportunity to work with you on any issues. You have the right to no discrimination for asserting your privacy rights.
• Specific State Laws. Several states have enacted privacy laws that may apply to you, depending on the circumstances. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), updated by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), governs certain California-related conduct. Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents may also request certain information regarding Company sharing personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Further, if you are a California resident under the age of 18, California Business & Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content you have publicly posted. Please note that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of public content.
• European Laws. Generally, residents of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) have the right to access your own information that we hold; to ask that your information be corrected, updated, or erased; and the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing of your information. Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data is your consent, the fulfillment of our obligations pursuant to the contract created between you and Company, or where the collection and use is in our legitimate interests and does not violate your data protection interests or fundamental rights. You may withdraw your consent to our collection and use of your personal data. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your information used in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
• Other Laws. If certain other privacy laws apply to you that provide you with additional rights, please contact us to make a request, as we strive to comply with all privacy rights.

PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THIRD PARTIES

The Service may include content or links to content, products or services provided by third parties. This Privacy Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information by Company through your interaction with the Service. Third Party services that may be accessible through links from the Service have their own privacy policies and information collection, use, and disclosure practices. Third-party sellers, advertisers, and partners also have their own privacy practices. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy statements provided by these third parties prior to providing them with information or taking advantage of a third-party offer or promotion.

HOW DO WE PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN?

Our Service is restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. As such, we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 18. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected such information, that information will be immediately deleted from our database. Because we do not collect such information, we have no such information to use or to disclose to third parties.

CONSENT TO RECEIVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER USERS.

Without limitation, by registering for the Service and/or creating a user profile through the Service, you consent to receive electronic communications, including email, video messages, in-app messages, instant messages, push notifications, and other personal messages from other users of the Service.

DO WE OFFER FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR YOUR DATA?

No, we do not currently offer any financial incentives for your data.

DO WE RESPOND TO DNT SIGNALS OR GPC?

No, our Service does not currently respond to DNT, short for Do Not Track, requests. DNT is a feature that, when enabled, sends a signal to websites to request that your browsing not be tracked.

"GPC” is short for Global Privacy Control settings in your browser or extension. We recognize GPC signals. This means that if your browser has GPC enabled, our website will automatically recognize your GPC signal and opt you out of the sale of your personal information, if any. For more information about GPC, please click here.

HOW DO WE UPDATE THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

We will update this Privacy Policy when our privacy practices change or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Each time you use the Service, the current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Unless we receive your express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy.

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

Please contact us with any questions or concerns! We can be reached by clicking here.

Last update: 10 July 2024