OWNERSHIP
Welcome to the Darkmatter Productions website at Yachtdates.com (the Site) which is owned by Darkmatter Productions LLP (DP). This Site is operated by DP and materials on the site are primarily owned or licensed by DP or posted by third parties. The Site may also include materials owned by third parties and posted on the Site by virtue of a license, grant or some other form of agreement between the third party and DP.
DP has created the Site for your personal enjoyment, entertainment and education. These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute a legal agreement (Agreement) between you and DP. Use of the Site is also governed by the DP privacy policy, [W1] which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a Visitor
(which means that you simply browse the Site) or you are a Member (which means that you have registered your Member Profile with the Site). The term User refers to a Visitor or Member. You are only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials and services contained in the Site (regardless of whether our access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding, or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator at www.Yachtdates.com\contact .php. DP reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without motive at any time, and such modification will be effective upon posting by DP on the Site. You agree to be bound by any changes to this Agreement when you use the Site after any such modification is posted. It is therefore important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
(which means that you simply browse the Site) or you are a Member (which means that you have registered your Member Profile with the Site). The term User refers to a Visitor or Member. You are only authorized to access this Site or to use the materials and services contained in the Site (regardless of whether our access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully and save it. If you do not agree with it, you should leave this Site immediately. Any questions or comments regarding, or problems with, this Site should be sent to the Site Administrator at www.Yachtdates.com\contact .php. DP reserves the right to modify or amend this Agreement without motive at any time, and such modification will be effective upon posting by DP on the Site. You agree to be bound by any changes to this Agreement when you use the Site after any such modification is posted. It is therefore important that you read this page regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
If you become aware of misuse of this Site by any person, please contact the Site Administrator at www.Yachtdates.com\contact.php with your concerns.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
The Site is offered from the exclusive operations of DP in the United States of America. The Site makes no representations or warranties that the Sites services are appropriate or available in other locations worldwide. If you access the Site from other locations, you do so on your own initiative, do so at your own risk, and are required to pay the sites membership fees in US Dollars, and for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. As a member, you agree that DP and the Site may collect, use and transfer your personal information as described in the Privacy Policy, including transfer outside the country where you live.
MEMBERSHIP ACCESS AND USE
You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to register as a Member of this Site. MINORS MAY NOT BECOME MEMBERS. Membership in the Site is void where prohibited. By using this site, becoming a member you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old, have the right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You are also strictly prohibited from creating works or materials that derive from or are based on the materials contained in the Site including, without limitation, fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper, desktop themes, on-line postcards and greeting cards unlicensed merchandise. This Prohibition applies regardless of whether the derivative materials are sold, bartered or given away.
MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS
The Site is initially FREE to join for up to 45 days. No credit card information or fee/payment is required to join to become a Member of the Site. After the free 45 day trial/use period has expired, the Member will be sent an email notification of the required fee/payment now due in United States Dollars (USD) funds to continuing using the Site and services. The Member will be prompted and directed to the Sites online credit card payment plan, or when the Member logs into the Site to view their profile. The payment options offered are; 1) An ongoing, continuing, recurring automatic monthly credit card payment for $12.95 USD, or; 2) A onetime annual payment for $79.95 USD, good for up to 12 months use of the Site. Should the Member wish to continue using the Site and make an online payment/purchase to DP, the Member will be instructed to enter their valid credit card number and all required information to process the online secured credit card payment to DP. All processed and completed credit card payments per the Members choice of either payment plans to DP are final. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS. ALL SALES ARE FINAL, NON REFUNDABLE AND ONLY ACCEPTED IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD) FUNDS. The Member warrants and represents they are the only authorized and named user on the credit card of their choice when using and making any and all credit card purchases or monthly recurring payments to DP.
PRIVACY OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
DP will use the Members credit card information you provide to bill the Member for the Site use and services. By registering for a for-fee Site service and providing your credit card details and information, you agree to be billed by DP for your services in advance. DP will not share your financial information with third- parties, except as necessary to process your credit card payment. By providing your credit card details to DP, you consent to and authorize DP to provide your credit card details to such credit card processors and financial institutions as are necessary to process your payment.
TERMINATION OF SERVICES FOR NON-PAYMENT
Where payment for the Site use is required by DP, and we are unable to charge your credit card for any reason, we may discontinue any and all Member Site services to the Member either temporarily or permanently.
CANCELLATION OF SERVICES
The Member may request cancellation of the Site and services at any time. Where, however, a fee/payment has been paid for the Site use to DP, all such payments for Site use and service are non refundable. Where billing for the Site is recurring on a monthly, yearly or other periodic basis, the unused portion of the current period will not be refunded.
YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. You understand that DP does not in any way screen its Members, nor does DP inquire into the backgrounds of its Members or attempt to verify the statements of its Members. DP makes not representations or warranties as to the conduct of Members or their compatibility with any current or future Members. In no event shall DP be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of or relating to the conduct of you or anyone else in connection with the use of the Site, including without limitation, bodily injury, emotional distress, and/or any other damages resulting from communications or meetings with other Members of this Site or persons you meet through this Site. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other Members on this site, particularly if you decide to meet offline or in person. You understand that DP makes no guarantees, either express or implied, regarding your ultimate compatibility with individuals you meet through the site. You should not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information) to the other Members. You should review the Sites FAQs link for additional Member safety tips and suggestions.
CONTENT ON THE SITE
DP owns and retains all proprietary rights to the Site. The Site contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of DP, and its licensors. Except for that information that is in the public domain or for which you have been given written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.
Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available though the Site, but not directly by DP, are those of the respective authors or Members, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. DP does not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the Site, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears on the Site. Under no circumstances will the DP or its affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or other content posted on the Site or transmitted to or by any Members.
Members are welcome to post, transmit or submit messages or other materials (which include uploading files, inputting data or any other materials to a Profile, or engaging in any form of communication with this site). DP does not endorse and has no control over the Content submitted by others to the Site. Content submitted to the Site is not necessarily reviewed by DP prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of DP. DP makes no warranties, express or implied, as to such Content or its accuracy and reliability. Nonetheless, DP reserves the right to prevent you from submitting content to the Site and to edit, restrict or remove such Content for any reason at anytime. DP may remove any form of cursing contained in the Content with a DP swear filter application.
DP assumes no responsibility for actively monitoring the Site for inappropriate Content. If, at any time DP chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Site, DP nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any Content.
You agree to release DP, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, officers, directors and shareholders, from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from your use of the Site. If at any time you are not happy with the Site or object to any material within the Site, your sole remedy is to cease using the Site.
CONTENT POSTED BY MEMBERS ON THE SITE
You are solely responsible for the Content that you publish or display (hereinafter, post) on the Site, or transmit to the other Members. You will not post on the Site, or transmit to other Members, any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, racially offensive, or illegally material, or any material that infringes or violates another partys rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and [publicity). You will not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to DP or to any other Member. If information provided to DP, or another Member, subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify Site administrator at www.yachtdates.com/contact.php of such change.
You understand and agree that DP may review and delete any Content you post, in whole or in part, that in the sole judgment of DP violate this Agreement or that might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of Members.
By posting Content to any public area of the Site, including your Profile, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to DP, its affiliates, licensees and successors, and irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy , perform, display, reproduce, adapt, modify and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing,. You further represent and warrant that public posting and use of your content by DP will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.
Your use of the Site, including but not limited to the Content you post on the Ste, must be in accordance with any and all applicable laws and regulations. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on the Site. DP reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Site and terminating the membership of such violator. It includes, but is not limited to, Content that:
- Is obscene, patently offensive, or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
- Harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
- Contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter;
- Involves transmission of junk mail or chain letters or unsolicited mass mailing;
- Promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory, or libelous;
- Exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
- Violates the copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights of any other person;
- Furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal weapons, violating someones privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
- Solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; or
- Involves commercial activities and/or sales without our poor written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, and solicitation of donations, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes.
In addition, users are prohibited from using the Site in a manner inconsistent with its purpose, namely, to match adults for friendship or romantic relationships. The following is a partial list of the kind of activity that is prohibited on the Site. DP reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, bit is not limited to:
- Advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the Site. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. Although DP cannot monitor the conduct of its Members off the Site, it is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect Members from such advertising or solicitation, DP reserves the right to restrict the number of emails that a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number that DP deems appropriate in its sole discretion;
- Any automated use of the system;
- Attempting to impersonate another User or person;
- Using the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
- Selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
- Covering or obscuring the banner of advertisements on Forums, or any DP page via HTML/CSS or any other means; or
- Interfering with, disrupting, or creating and undue burden on the site o the networks or services connected to the Site.
You may not include in your profile any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs or email addresses. All information you include in your profile must be accurate, current and complete.
LINKED SITES AND ADVERTISING
If DP had provided links or pointers to other web sites, no interference or assumption should be made and no representation should be implied that DP is connected with, operates or controls these web sites.
DP is not responsible for the content or practices of third party web sites that may be linked to this Site and makes no representation or warranty regarding such web sites or their content. This Site may also be linked to other web sited operated by companies affiliated or connected with DP. When visiting other web sites, however, you should refer to each such web sites individual Terms of Use and not rely on this Agreement.
DP takes no responsibility for third party advertisements that are posted on this Site, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES
While DP does its best to ensure the optimal performance of the site, you agree that you use this Site and rely on material contained in this site at YOUR OWN RISK.
The site, and all materials in this Site, are provided AS-IS and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, are provided without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This means, without limitation, that DP DOES NOT WARRANT that the Site is fit for any particular purpose; that the functions contained in the materials in the Site will be interpreted; that defects will be corrected; that the Site is free of viruses and other harmful components or that the Site is accurate, error free or reliable.
You acknowledge that DP, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers, and shareholders, ARE NOT LIABLE for any delays, inaccuracies, failures errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, viruses, communication line failures or for the theft, destruction, damage or unauthorized access to your computer system network.
You acknowledge all payments made with your credit card online for use and access to the Site to DP are final, and there are no refunds.
You acknowledge that DP is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or material found in connection with this Site, including such conduct or material transmitted by any means by any other person.
You acknowledge that DP is not liable for any damages, including, without limitation, direct, incidental, special, and consequential or punitive damages, in connection with or arising from your use or form your inability to use the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall DP liability exceed the sum of $75.00 U.S. Dollars.
INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DP, its parents and affiliates together with their respective employees, agents, directors, officers and shareholders, from and against all the liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and costs) arising out of your use of this Site; your inability to use the Site; your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or your breach or alleged breach of the copyright, trademark, proprietary or other rights of third parties.
TERMINATION
DP reserves the right to immediately terminate your use of, or access to, this Site at any time if DP decides at its sole discretion that you have breaches this Agreement or any relevant law, rule or regulation or you have engaged in conduct that DP considers to be inappropriate or unacceptable.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT
If you believe that any material contained in this Site infringes your copyright, you should notify DP of your copyright infringement claim in accordance with the following procedure.
DP will process notices of alleged infringement that it receives and will take appropriate action as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable intellectual property laws. The DMCA requires that notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to this Sites Designated Agent who is:
Darkmatter Productions, C/O Yachtdates Site Administration
P.O. Box 10996, Marina Del Rey, California 90295
Contact us at www.yachtdates.com/contact.php
To be effective, the notification must be in writing and contain the following information (DCMA, 17 U.S.C. AS512(c) (3)):
- Physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be remove or access to which is to be disables, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, and electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive tight that is allegedly infringed.
E-mails sent to www.yachtdates.com/contact.php for purposes other than communication about copyright claims may not be acknowledged or responded to.
OTHER
This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This Agreement is governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California or, if appropriate, the United Stated District Court for the District of California for resolution of any dispute, action or proceeding arising in connection with this Agreement or your use or non-use of the Site, and you further irrevocably waive any right you may have to trial by jury in any such dispute, action or proceeding
MANDITIRY ARBITRATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES
PLEASE READ THIS PROVISION CAREFULLY. THS PROVISION MEANS THAT, EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW IN THE SECTION ENTITLED CLASS ACTION WAIVER, YOU AND DP AGREE TO ARBITRATE ANY AND All CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN US THAT IN ANY WAY ARISE OUT OF OR RELATE TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE USE OF THE SITE, OR BILLING DISPUTES. ALL SUCH CLAIMS AND DISPUTES SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO FINAL, BINDING ARBITRATION BEFORE THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA). The arbitration shall be conducted under the AAA Rules and supplemental Procedures for consumer-related disputes and shall take place in Los Angeles, California. You acknowledge that the Agreement affects interstate commerce and that the Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to arbitrations under this Agreement. Before instituting arbitration, you agree to provide DP with an opportunity to resolve your claim or dispute by sending us a written description of your claim and negotiating with DP in good faith regarding your claim if valid. If we are not able to resolve your claim or dispute within 90 days of receipt of your notice, then you may initiate arbitration proceedings with the AAA.
CLASS ACTION WAIVER
IF YOU INITIATE AN ACTION AGAINST DP, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU MAY ONLY BRING CLAIMS IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR A CLASS MEMBER IN A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. IF AN ARBITRATOR DETERMINES THAT YOUR WAIVER OF ANY ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS IS UNENFORCEABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY, AND YOU AND DP AGREE SUCH CLAIMS WILL BE RESOLVED BY COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION, WITHOUT A JURY, OTHER THAN SMALL CLAIMS COURT.
COPYRIGHT A©/ TRADEMARK TM
A© 2010 Trademark and Copyright Notice: A® and A© Darkmatter Productions and its related entities or used under license. All rights reserved. Use of this Site assumes acceptance of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. All materials contained in DPs websites are protected by copyright and trademark and shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than private, non-commercial viewing purposes. Reproduction, duplication, distribution, derivative works, and other unauthorized copying or use of stills, audio, video footage, or any other materials contained in DPs websites are expressly prohibited. If you have any questions please send an email to www.Yachtdates.com\contact.php
Privacy Policy
Darkmatter Productions LLP (DP) (including www.Yachtdates.com\contact.php an online site and services offered from Darkmatter Productions) respects the privacy of our users and has developed this privacy policy to demonstrate its commitment to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy is intended to describe for all Members (you as an individual who is a user of Yachtdates.com or our services) the information we collect, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared with and your choices about such uses and disclosures.
DP encourages you to read this privacy policy carefully when using our website or services or transacting business with us. By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this privacy policy for information on how to contact us.
Information we collect about you
In General, we may collect personal information that can identify you such as your name and email address and other information that does not identify you. When you provide personal information though our website the information may be sent to servers located in the United States and other countries around the world.
- Information you provide. DP may collect and store any personal information you enter on our website or provide to us in some other manner. This includes identifying information, such as your name , address, e-mail address, and telephone number, and, if you transact business with us, financial information such as your payments method (valid credit card number, type, expiration date or other financial information). DP also may request information about your interests and activities, your gender and age, and other demographic information such as your hometown, your gender or your username.
- Information from other sources. DP may also periodically obtain both personal and non-personal information about members from other IAC businesses, business partners, contractors and other third parties and add it to our account information or other information we have collected. Examples of information that DP may receive include: updated address information, purchase history, and additional demographic information.
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Information about others. DP may also collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us. If you use our website to send others (friends, relatives, colleagues, etc.) contact information, we may store your personal information, and the personal information of each such recipient.
Use of cookies and other technologies to collect information: DP may use various technologies to collect information from your computer and about your activities on our site.
- Information collected automatically. DP automatically collects information from your browser when you visit our website; this information includes your IP address, your browser type and language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously affected from us (see Cookies below), and the referring website address.
- Cookies. When you visit our website, DP may assign your computer one or more cookies, to facilitate access to our site and to personalize your online experience. Through the use of a cookie, DP may also automatically collect information about your online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, please note that you may not be able to sign in or use some of the interactive features offered on our websites.
- Other techniques. DP may use standard internet technology, such as web beacons ad other similar technologies, to track your use of our site. We also may include web beacons in advertisements or promotional or other e-mail messages o to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services DP offers our website visitors to deliver targeted advertisements and measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, programming or other activities.
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Information collected by third-parties. DP may allow third-parties, including our authorized services providers, advertising companies, and ad networks, to display advertisements on our site. These companies may use tracking techniques, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with the advertisements. Our website does not provide any personal information to these third parties. This information allows them to deliver targeted advertisements and gauges their effectiveness. Some of these third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies. (www.networkadvertising.com)
How we use the information we collect:
In General, DP may use information that we collect about you to:
- Deliver the products and or services that you have requested;
- Manage your account and provide you with customer support;
- Perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, serves or content offered by others;
- Communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about products or services that may be of interest to you either from us, our sister IAC companies to other third parties;
- Develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our site and other sites;
- Verify your eligibility and deliver any prizes in connection with any contests and sweepstakes we may offer;
- Enforce our terms and conditions;
- Manage our business and;
- Perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
Financial Information:
DP may use financial information or payment method to process payment for any purchases made on our website, may enroll you in the discount, rebate, and other programs in which you elect to participate if offered, to protect against or identity possible fraudulent transactions, and otherwise as needed to manage our business.
Job applicants:
If your personal information is submitted through our website when applying for a position without company, the information will be used solely in connection with considering and acting upon our application. DP may retain your personal information for a period of time, but only for the purpose of considering your application for current or future available positions.
DP wants you to understand when and with whom DP may share personal or other information we have collected about you or your activities on our web site or while using our services.
Personal information: DP does not share your personal information with others except as indicated below or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your personal information shared. DP may share personal information with:
Personal information: DP does not share your personal information with others except as indicated below or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your personal information shared. DP may share personal information with:
- Authorized service providers: DP may share your personal information with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, processing credit card payments, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing business and sales analysis, supporting our website functionality, and supporting contests, sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered through our website. These service providers may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such information for any other purposes.
- Business partners: When you make purchases or engage in promotions offered through our website or our services, we may share personal information with the businesses with which we partner to offer you those products, services, promotions, contests and/or sweepstakes. When you elect to engage in a particular merchant's offer or program, you authorize us to provide your email address and other information to that merchant. We will always provide you with the opportunity not to share information with these businesses.
- Direct mail partners: From time to time DP may share our postal mailing list with selected providers of goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive mailings from these providers, you can notify us at any time by contacting your account manager (bottom).
- Other Situations: DP also may disclose your information;
- In response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for cooperation from law enforcement or other government agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.
- When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our website terms and conditions or other agreements or policies.
- In connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
Any third parties to whom DP may disclose personal information may have their own privacy policies which describe how they use and disclose personal information. Those policies will govern use, handling and disclosure of your personal information once we have shared it with those third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. If you want to learn more about their privacy practices, we encourage you to visit the websites of those third parties. These entities or their servers may be located either inside or outside the United States.
Aggregated and non-personal information: DP may share aggregated and non-personal information we collect under any of the above circumstances. DP may also share it with third parties. DP may combine non-personal information we collect with additional non-personal information collected from other sources. DP also may share aggregated information with third parties, including advisors, advertisers and investors, for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors to our website and the most popular features or services accessed. This information does not contain any personal information and may be used to develop website content and services that we hope you and other users will find of interest and to target content and advertising.
Third-party websites:
There are a number of places on our website where you may click on a link to access other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. For example, if you click on an advertisement on our website, you may be taken to a website that we do not control. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. DP recommends that you consult the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit by clicking on the "privacy" link typically located at the bottom of the webpage you are visiting.
How you can access your information:
Third-party websites:
There are a number of places on our website where you may click on a link to access other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. For example, if you click on an advertisement on our website, you may be taken to a website that we do not control. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. DP recommends that you consult the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit by clicking on the "privacy" link typically located at the bottom of the webpage you are visiting.
How you can access your information:
If you have an online account with us, you have the ability to review and update your personal information online by logging into www.Yachtdates.com\contact.php. You can also review and update your personal information by contacting us. More information about how to contact us is provided below.
If you have an online account with us, you also may choose to resign and close your account at any time by visiting the "Account Settings" page for your account. After you close your account, you will not be able to sign in to our website or access any of your personal information. However, you can open a new, separate account at any time or re-activate your previous account by following instructions DP will give you at the time you close your account. If you close your account, DP may still retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce our terms and conditions, and take actions DP deem necessary to protect the integrity of our web site or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties' policies.
Your choices about collection and use of your information:
Your choices about collection and use of your information:
- You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but that may result in you being unable to use certain features of our website because such information may be required in order for you to register as a member; purchase products or services; participate in a contest, promotion, survey, or sweepstakes; ask a question; or initiate other transactions on our website.
- At any time you can choose to no longer receive commercial or promotional emails from us by visiting the "Account Settings" page associated with your account. When you register on our website, you will be given a choice as to whether you want to receive e-mail messages about special offers. You may modify your choice during registration on the registration page, or later by visiting the "Account Settings" page associated with your account. You also will be given the opportunity, in any commercial e-mail that we send to you, to opt out of receiving such messages in the future. It may take up to 10 days for us to process an opt-out request. We may send you other types of transactional and relationship e-mail communications, such as service announcements, administrative notices, and surveys, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. Please note that changing information in your account, or otherwise opting out of receipt of promotional email communications will only affect future activities or communications from us. If DP has already provided your information to a third party (such as a service provider) before you have changed your preferences or updated your information, you may have to change you preferences directly with that third party.
- You may tell us not to share your personal information with third parties or other contacting us via email.
- In certain places on our site we may ask for your phone number. In those places where we ask for your phone number, we will always tell you how your phone number will be used either to provide you a service you requested from us or to call you to inform you about one of our products in which you have expressed an interest. We will not call you for marketing purposes unless you provide us your phone number specifically to receive such calls. If you have previously provided us your phone number but no longer wish to be contacted by phone by us, you can visit the "Account Settings" page associated with your account to let us know your wishes. Under our Do Not Call policy you may instruct us not to call you for marketing purposes by informing anyone who contacts you by phone in our behalf that you do not wish to receive marketing calls from us. You can also instruct us at any time not to call you for marketing purposes by informing us by email. We will implement your instructions as soon as possible, and in no event later than 30 days after receiving your instructions. DP has policies and procedures in place and trains our employees to honor your request. Please note that DP may still need to call you for servicing or other non-marketing purposes.
DP takes appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they may do so only for permitted business functions. In addition, DP uses encryption in the transmission of your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, and we use firewalls to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal information.
DP wants you to feel confident using our website to transact business. However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although DP takes steps to secure your information, DP does not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information, searches, or other communications will always remain secure. Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email. Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission's website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.
Information you provide about yourself while using our service:
Information you provide about yourself while using our service:
DP provides areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Member terms and agreement policies. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. For example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages. We cannot control who reads your posting or what other users may do with the information you voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to your personal information.
Children's privacy:
Although our website is for a general adult audience site, we restrict the use of our service to individuals age 18 and above. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 18.
Visiting our websites from outside the United States:
This Privacy Policy is intended to cover collection of information on our website from residents of the United States. If you are visiting our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. Please be assured that DP seeks to take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our services, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom DP shares it as described in this privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to users of the DP website.
Changes to this Privacy Policy:
Changes to this Privacy Policy:
DP will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. When DP posts changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address you most recently provided us in your account, profile or registration (unless we do not have such an email address), and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our website. DP recommends that you check our website from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.
How to contact us:
How to contact us:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information-handling practices, or if you would like to request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please contact us by e-mail or postal mail as follows:
Privacy Officer
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Privacy Officer
www.Yachtdates.com\contact.php
© 2010/All rights reserved.
