1. Introduction and General Provisions
Welcome to AvventureFocose. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data with transparency and care. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect about you, how we use it, and the rights you have regarding your data when you use our platform to forge genuine connections.
By accessing or using the AvventureFocose website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our services.
2. What Data We Collect
To provide you with a personalized and secure dating experience, we collect several types of information:
- Information You Provide: This includes data you submit during registration, profile creation, and communication, such as your name, email address, date of birth, gender, preferences, biography, photos, and any messages you send to other members.
- Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our site, we automatically gather technical data like your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits.
- Usage and Interaction Data: We collect information about how you interact with our platform, including profiles you view, likes you send or receive, search queries, and features you use.
- Payment Information: If you purchase a premium subscription, our secure payment processors will handle your payment details. We do not store full credit card numbers on our servers.
3. How We Use Your Data
Your data enables us to create a functional, safe, and engaging environment. We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To create, manage, and secure your user account.
- To provide personalized match suggestions and improve your compatibility results.
- To facilitate communication between members through our private messaging system.
- To process transactions and manage your subscription.
- To monitor and analyze platform usage to enhance features, security, and user experience.
- To send you important service-related communications, updates, and (with your consent) promotional offers.
- To enforce our Terms of Service, prevent fraud, and ensure community safety.
Legal Basis: Our processing of your personal data is based on your consent, the necessity to perform our contract with you, compliance with legal obligations, and our legitimate interests in improving our services and ensuring a safe community.
4. Sharing Data with Third Parties
We value your privacy and do not sell your personal data to advertisers or data brokers. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party companies (e.g., for hosting, payment processing, analytics, and customer support) that assist us in operating our platform. These partners are contractually bound to protect your data and use it solely for the services they provide to us.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of AvventureFocose, our users, or the public.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change and outline your choices.
- With Your Consent: We will share your personal data with other parties when you have given us your explicit consent to do so.
5. Data Protection and Security
We implement robust technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our security measures include encryption (SSL/TLS), secure server infrastructure, regular security assessments, and strict access controls for our staff.
While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We encourage you to use strong, unique passwords and to keep your login credentials confidential.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at the email below:
- Access & Portability: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: You can update or correct inaccurate or incomplete data in your profile.
- Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
- Restriction & Objection: You can request that we restrict the processing of your data or object to certain types of processing.
- Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
- Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
7. Cookies (Cookies)
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to remember your preferences, understand how you use our site, and deliver personalized content. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.
You can control cookie settings through your browser. Disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our platform. For detailed information, please see our separate Cookie Policy.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will indicate when revisions were made.
We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and, where appropriate, sending you a notification via email or through our platform. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection team.