We have created this privacy policy
in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy while visiting our
web site. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices. It is updated whenever our privacy policy is modified.
If you have any questions regarding this policy or you think we are not abiding
by our posted privacy policy, please contact us by clicking here. |
Information This Site
Collects: |
CompareGaySites is the sole owner of the information
collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others
in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. CompareGaySites collects
information from our users at several different points on our website as described
below.
1) Information you explicitly provide:
In order to use some parts of this website, a user must first provide some contact
information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact
the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest.
It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income
level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as social security number), but
may be encouraged in some cases so we can provide a more personalized experience
on our site.
AF) We offer a contact form to those who voluntarily
provide:
- name
- email address
- questions or comments
2) Information we automatically collect:
We record IP addresses, browser types, browser versions, paged visited and site
addresses that referred you to our site - all in individual and aggregate form.
We may also send cookies to your computer.
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| Use Of The Information This Site Collects: |
1) Personal information you provide:
F) If you ask a question or send us a comment using our contact form we will use the following information,
- name
- email address
- questions or comments
to read your messsage and email you a reply.
2) Automatically collected information:
- We use IP address information in the aggregate and individually for administrative & security purposes. For example, to help
diagnose problems with our server. Or to prevent visitors from violating our voting
rules.
- We use browser types and version
information in the aggregate and individually to help us design & improve
our site. For example, if we noticed many visitors using certain brand browsers,
we would be able to redesign parts of our site so that web pages are displayed
properly for those browsers.
- We use pages visited in the aggregate and individually to determine what pages
are the most popular among our visitors. This information helps us provide recommendations
as to what pages our visitors may find valuable.
- We use sites addresses that referred you to our site in aggregate and individually
to learn what sites have linked to us. This helps us determine where the majority
of our traffic is coming from (search engines, directories, guides, partners,
reviews, etc. ...).
- We may use a feature of your browser to set a "cookie"
on your computer. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable
information while on our site. In most cases, once you close your browser, the
cookie simply terminates.
This allows us to measure and report aggregate information to advertisers such
as the number of people who see their ad (reach) and the number of times people
see their ad (frequency). It also allows us to avoid delivering the same ad too
many times. If for some reason you would rather not take advantage of the benefits
made possible with cookies, most browsers allow you to reject cookies or to choose
which cookies to accept.
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| Sharing Of The Information This Site
Collects: |
We may share demographic information
in the aggregate with our partners and advertisers.
This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual
person. |
| Links to 3rd Party Sites: |
CompareGaySites contains links to other
web sites on the Internet. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the
privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when
they 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 this web site. |
| Security of User Information: |
CompareGaySites takes every precaution
to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via
the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example,
our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to
personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected
screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must reenter
their password to regain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees
are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well
as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded
about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’
information is protected.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are
kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage. If you have any questions
about the security of your personal information at our website, please contact
us. |
| Supplemental Information: |
In order for this website to properly
fulfill its obligation to our customers, it may be necessary for us to supplement
the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
For example, in order for CompareGaySites to enhance its ability to tailor the site to an individual’s
preference, we may combine information about the purchasing habits of users with
similar information from our partners to create a personalized user profile. When
a user makes a purchase from one of our partners, they collect and share that
purchase information with us so we can tailor the site to our users’ preferences. |
| Correct/Update/Delete Policy: |
If your personally identifiable
information changes or if you no longer desire to use
one of our services, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove
any of your personal data you provided to us.
If instructions for doing this are not provided in the area of the site for which
you need to correct, update or delete your information, you may email your corrections,
updates or notice that you wish to discontinue use of one of our services though
our contact form and we will make the requested changes. |
| Children Policy: |
| As per our sites terms of service, minors are
not permitted access to our site. |
| Notification of Changes: |
If we decide to change our privacy
policy, we will post those changes on our home page so our users are always aware
of what information we collect, how we use it, and under 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 users
by way of an email if possible. Users will have a choice as to whether or not
we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in
accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. |
| Contact Information: |
If you have any questions regarding
this privacy policy, please direct them through our contact
form. |
Glossary of Terms: |
Aggregate
When we state that we collect information in the aggregate, we mean for summary
purposes only. For example, we collect referrer addresses "in the aggregate"
to answer such questions as: "How many people from Yahoo visited our site
last week?"
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that we store in your computer. Temporary cookies
only last as long as your browser is running. Persistent cookies are stored on
your hard disk (they take up very little space). We use cookies exclusively for
advertising purposes.
IP Address
When you are connected to the Internet, your computer has a unique Internet ID
called an IP Address. Most people that connect through a dial-up service, such
as America Online, get a different IP Address each time they login. Others might
have a permanently assigned IP Address, called a static IP Address. It is difficult
or impossible for a web site to collect personal information about you (i.e.,
your name, email address, etc.) from your IP Address alone.
Browser Types
Browser types refers to the brand of browser that you are using to access pages
on our site. Some examples of popular browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer,
Netscape Navigator & Web TV. By tracking what browser types are accessing
are site, we can make sure that our pages are displayed properly to our visitors.
Browser Version
Browser version is a number the browser developers assign to their software programs
in order to keep track of different versions of their browsers. For example Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.5. |