The owners of this Service have
created this Privacy Statement (Policy) in order to demonstrate our
firm commitment to helping our users better understand what
information we collect about them and what may happen to that
information.
The following discloses our information gathering and
dissemination practices for the Websites listed below.
Overview
As part of the normal operation of our services we collect and, in
some cases, may disclose information about you. This Privacy Policy
describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to
that information. By accepting this Privacy Policy and our Terms and
Conditions, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your
personal information in the manner prescribed in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of
the Terms and Conditions.
This Privacy Statement applies to all related sites. All other
worldwide sites operate under similar privacy practices as described
in this Privacy Policy, and subject to the requirements of applicable
local law, we strive to provide a consistent set of privacy practices
throughout the online personals sites.
1. A Special Note About Children
Children are not eligible to use our services, and we ask that
minors (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information
to us.
2. Information We Collect
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide
you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows
us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs
and to customize our service to make your experience easier. Your
name, address and telephone number are confidential and will not be
posted in your profile. Your profile is available for other members
to view. Members' profiles include a description and photos, likes
and dislikes, individual essays and other information helpful in
determining matches. Your viewable profile does not include any
identifying information about you, except the username you chose upon
registering.
Please note that your personally identifiable information will be
stored and processed on our computers in the United States. The laws
on holding personal data in the United States may differ from the
European laws but as we explain below, We will hold and transmit your
information in a safe, confidential and secure environment.
We automatically track certain information based upon your
behavior on our Websites using cookies and other devices. We use this
information for internal research on our members' demographics,
interests, and behavior to better understand and serve you and our
community. This information may include the URL that you just came
from (whether this URL is on our site or not). Which URL you next go
to (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser you are
using, and your IP address.
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on
certain pages of our Websites. "Cookies" are small files
placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customized
services. We also offer certain features that are only available
through the use of a "cookie". Most cookies are "session
cookies", meaning that they are automatically deleted from your
hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to decline
our cookies if your browser permits.
3. Our Use of Your Information
We use information in the files we maintain about you, and the
other information we obtain from your current and past activities on
the Websites to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce
our Terms and Conditions. At times, we may look across multiple
members to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular
we may examine your information to identify members multiple Member
ID No. or aliases.
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, and
customize our Site's content, layout, and services. These uses
improve our site and better tailor it to meet your needs.
You agree that we may use your information to contact you and
deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your
interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative
notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use
on the Websites. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you expressly
agree to receive this information.
4. Our Disclosure of Your Information
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that
all of your private communications and other personally identifiable
information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described
in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting and
foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the
government, law enforcement agencies or third parties. Under certain
circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions or private communications, or members may abuse or
misuse your information that they collect from our Websites.
Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect
your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your
personally identifiable information or private communications will
always remain private.
As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any
personally identifiable information about you to any third party.
However, the following describes some of the ways that your
personally identifiable information may be disclosed.
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, as well as to bill you for
use of our services. We use your financial information to check your
qualifications, to bill you for services and/or products, to enable
you to participate in discount, rebate and similar programs in which
you may elect to participate. By making a purchase, or engaging in
any other kind of activity or transaction that uses financial
information on the Websites, you consent to our providing of your
financial information to our service providers and to such third
parties as we determine are necessary to support and process your
activities and transactions, as well as to your credit card issuer
for their purposes. These third parties may include the credit card
companies and banking institutions used to process and support the
transaction or activity. By purchasing, or registering or making
reservations for products or services of third parties offered on the
Websites, or by participating in programs offered on the Websites
that are administered by third parties and that require you to submit
financial information in order to use them, you also consent to our
providing your financial information to those third parties. Any of
these various third parties may be authorized to use your financial
information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such
third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over
which we have no control, and you agree that we are not responsible
or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Additionally, you
agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted
to such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to
use and disclose any other information that you submit to us.
External Service Providers. There may be a number of
services offered by external service providers that help you use our
Websites. If you choose to use these optional services, and in the
course of doing so, disclose information to the external service
providers, and/or grant them permission to collect information about
you, then their use of your information is governed by their private
policy.
Other Corporate Entities. We share much of our data,
including personally identifiable information about you, with our
parent and/or subsidiaries that are committed to serving your online
needs and related services, throughout the world. To the extent that
these entities have access to your information, they will treat it at
least as protectively as they treat information they obtain from
their other members. Our parent and/or subsidiaries will follow
privacy practices no less protective of all members than our
practices described in this document, to the extent allowed by
applicable law. It is possible that We and/or its subsidiaries, or
any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired by another
business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect
that we would share some or all of your information in order to
continue to provide the service. You will receive notice of such
event (to the extent it occurs) and we will require that the new
combined entity follow the practices disclosed in this Privacy
Policy.
Legal Requests. we cooperates with law enforcement
inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as:
intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. We can (and 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.
5. Your Use of other Members Information
Our services also include access to instant messaging and chat
rooms. As a member you have access to the Member's ID No., and you
might gain access to other contact information of the Member(s)
through the regular use of the instant messaging and chat rooms. By
accepting this Privacy Policy, you agree that, with respect to other
Members' personally identifiable information that you obtain through
instant messaging communication, the chat rooms and email, Under no
circumstances, except as defined in this Section, can you disclose
personally identifiable information about another member to any third
party without our consent and the consent of such other member after
adequate disclosure. Fourcities and our members do not tolerate spam.
Therefore, without limiting the foregoing, you are not licensed to
add a Fourcities member to your mail list (email or physical mail)
without their express written consent after adequate disclosure. To
report spam from other sites, please Contact
Us.
6. Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Profile
Following registration, you can review and change the information
you submitted during registration through the Member Service Menu
including: Your password and e-mail address. If you change your
password and email we keep track of your old password and email. You
can also change your registration information such as: name, address,
city, state, zip code, country, phone number, profile, likes and
dislikes, desired date profile, essays and saves search criteria.
Upon your written request, we will suspend your membership,
contact information, and financial information from our active
databases. Such information will be suspended as soon as reasonably
possible in accordance with our suspension policy and applicable law.
To remove your profile so that others cannot view it, visit the
Remove Your Profile section
of Member Services.
We will retain in our files information you have requested to
remove for certain circumstances, such as to resolve disputes,
troubleshoot problems and enforce our terms and conditions. Further,
such prior information is never completely removed from our databases
due to technical and legal constraints, including stored 'back up'
systems. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personally
identifiable information will be completely removed from our
databases in response to your requests.
7. Control of Your Password
You are responsible for all actions taken with your login
information and password, including fees. Therefore we do not
recommend that you disclose your Fourcities password or login
information to any third parties. If you choose to share this
information with third parties to provide you additional services,
you are responsible for all actions taken with your login information
and password and therefore should review each third party's privacy
policy. If you lose control of your password, you may lose
substantial control over your personally identifiable information and
may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf.
Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you
should immediately change your passwod
8. Other Information Collectors
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy,
this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we
collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to
other parties, whether they are on our Websites or on other sites
throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or
disclosure of the information you disclose to them. To the extent
that we use third party advertisers, they adhere to their own privacy
policies. Since Fourcities does not control the privacy policies of
the third parties, you are subject to ask questions before you
disclose your personal information to others.
9. Security
Fourcities uses industry standard practices to safeguard the
confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, including
"firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. Fourcities treats
data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized
access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such
data from unauthorized access by members inside and outside the
company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the
Internet.
10. Notice
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time based on your
comments and our need to accurately reflect our data collection and
disclosure practices. Please review the Policy regularly.