We at It’s About Time Master Matchmaker, INC. ("we" or "Master Matchmakers") have
created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your
personal information and informing you about how we handle it. This privacy policy
only applies to transactions and activities in which you engage, and data gathered,
on the Master Matchmakers Website and/or in the Members’ Lounge (the "Site") but
does not apply to any other Website or offline point of contact between Master Matchmakers,
or any other company, and consumers. Please review this privacy policy periodically
as we may modify it from time to time. This privacy policy was last revised on November
8, 2006. Each time you visit the Site or provide us with information, by doing so
you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time.
Your IP Address
Like most e-commerce Websites, each time you visit the Site, we automatically collect
your IP address and the web page from which you came. In order to administer and
optimize the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our Site, we use your IP
address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you.
Cookies
Like most Websites, the Site uses cookies to keep track of your activity on the
Site and enhance your experience on the Site. We also use cookies to deliver content
specific to your interests, to save your password, and if you choose, to save other
personal and financial information so you do not have to reenter it each time you
visit the Site. Third party advertisers on the Site may also place or read cookies
on your browser. If you wish to disable these cookies, the "help" portion of the
toolbar on most browsers will tell you how. However, if you set your browser to
disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas on the Site.
Information We Collect From You
In order to operate the Site and to provide you with information about products
or services that may be of interest to you, we may collect "personal information"
(i.e. information that could be used to contact you directly (without using the
Site) such as full name, postal address, phone number or email address), "financial
information" (i.e. credit card numbers or passwords) or "demographic information"
(i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect, that is neither personal
information nor financial information; this may include, but is not limited to,
zip code, postal code, hometown, gender, username, age/birth date, purchase history
information, browsing history information, searching history information, registration
history information, and the content of communications between you and Master Matchmakers
over the Site), subject to the rest of this paragraph. Demographic information is
divided into two categories: 1) "non-public information", which consists of purchase
history information and one-on-one communications between you and Master Matchmakers;
and 2) "public information", which consists of all other demographic information.
We ask that you do not enter personal information or financial information into
the "Getting Started Form" on the Master Matchmakers’ website or in the "Profile"
in the Members’ Lounge, because if you do then it will be treated as "demographic
information" that is "public information." Please note that nowhere on the Site
do we knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18,
as we require that all users represent to us that they are at least 18 years old.
Information Other Websites Collect From You
On the Site, we place links to other Websites operated by other parties. Some of
these other Websites contain our brand names and trademarks and other intellectual
property that we own; others do not. When you click on these links and visit these
other Websites, regardless of whether or not they contain our brand names, trademarks
and other intellectual property, you need to be aware that we do not control these
other Websites or these other Websites’ business practices, and that this privacy
policy does not apply to these other Websites. Consequently, the operators of these
other Websites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use
and disclose that information in different ways than we would if it were collected
on the Site. We encourage you to review their privacy policies and remind you that
we will not be responsible for their actions.
How We Use Personal Information
We use your email address and your other personal information to help us efficiently
operate the Site and determine who may be an ideal candidate for the matchmaking
services of Master Matchmakers, to contact you in connection with your transactions
and other activities on the Site (including, but not limited to, confirmation emails
and important news that could affect your relationship with Master Matchmakers).
These types of communications, are known as "Operational Communications." In some
cases, Operational Communications may also contain commercial messages, such as
banner ads and special offers.
We also use personal information to send you newsletters, information, offers and
other promotional materials for Master Matchmakers’ or third parties’ goods or services.
We attempt to send you offers that are of value to you, such as discounts, exclusive
offers or special event information. The Site provides you with options to decline
to receive communications from Master Matchmakers (other than those contained in
Operational Communications). Some of these options may only be for a certain category
of communications; others may be more general. By submitting and personal or public
information on the Site, you are opting in to receive Master Matchmakers’ emails.
To stop receiving Master Matchmakers’ emails after opting in, please contact Master
Matchmakers with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field.
To operate the Site, including processing your transactions and supporting your
activities on the Site, we may share your personal information with our agents,
representatives, contractors and service providers so they can provide us with support
services such as authorization of credit card transactions, email origination, receipt
or support services, and other customer relationship management services. We require
these entities not to use your information for any other purpose.
By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services offered
or sponsored by third parties on the Site, or electing to receive communications
(such as emails or magazine subscriptions) or electing to participate in contests,
sweepstakes or other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered or
sponsored by third parties on the Site, you consent to our providing your personal
information to those third parties. Those third parties may use your personal information
in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact those third
parties to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your
personal information by them. 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 you submit to us.
In some cases, we may enter into a promotional relationship with another company
in which we prominently display their brand name or trademarks on pages of the Site.
These pages are known as "Co-Branded Pages" and these companies are known as "Co-Branded
Companies." If the page on which you submit information is a Co-Branded Page, or
was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may share your
personal information with the associated Co-Branded Company. Co-Branded Companies
may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
You will need to contact Co-Branded Companies to instruct them directly regarding
your preferences for the use of your personal information by them. Additionally,
you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such
Co-Branded Companies in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose
any other information you submit to us. Some Co-Branded Pages may contain an action
tag (also known as a Web Beacon or a 1 pixel .gif file) that a third party may use
to read cookies that it, or its clients, may have placed on your browser at other
(non-Master Matchmakers) web sites before your visit to the Site. This technology
is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements on such other Websites that
promote Co-Branded Pages. Further, third parties may use the information collected
through this technology to learn more about your visits to this Site and other Websites
in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Any third party with whom we are allowed to share your personal information is authorized
to use your personal 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. Those who contact you will need to be instructed
directly by you regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information
by them.
Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share
Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your
personal information.
How We Use Financial Information
We use your financial information to check your qualifications, to bill you for
products and services and 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 Site, you consent to our providing 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 Site, or by participating in programs offered on the Site
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. Additionally, if the page on which you submit
information is a Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded
Page, then we may share your financial information with the associated Co-Branded
Company. Any of these various third parties (including Co-Branded Companies) 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. Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which
we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may
share your financial information.
Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information
Your personal information or financial information may be passed on to a third party
in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or a bankruptcy. We may also
disclose personal information or financial information when we determine that such
disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with law enforcement
or to protect the interests or safety of Master Matchmakers or other visitors to
the Site. We also may disclose your personal information or financial information
to any affiliated legal entities and businesses with whom we are under common corporate
control. Whenever personal information or financial information is disclosed under
this paragraph, we may also disclose your demographic information along with it,
on a non-anonymous basis. All of our affiliated legal entities and businesses that
receive your personal information, financial information, or non-anonymous demographic
information from us will comply with the terms of this privacy policy with respect
to their use and disclosure of such information.
How We Use Public Information and Other Demographic Information
We may review all demographic information. We may use public information to enable
third parties to determine whether they are suitable service for you. We may use
demographic information to tailor the Site and communications to your interests.
We may also share demographic information with advertisers on an anonymous and aggregated
basis (i.e., without telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons
we may do this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers’ goods and services
will appeal to the Site’s users, so that we may target specific ads at specific
demographic groups. Our sharing of demographic information with advertisers is anonymous
(i.e., we do not tell advertisers which particular visitors of the Site are members
of which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this privacy policy. When you
respond to an advertisement, however, we ask you to remember that if that ad that
is targeted to a demographic group and you decide to give the advertiser your personal
information, then the advertiser may be able to identify you as being a member of
that demographic group. Please also be aware that when we disclose your financial
information or personal information to a Co-Branded Company, as described above,
we may also disclose to that Co-Branded Company your demographic information, along
with the content of one-on-one communications between you and Master Matchmakers.
Please also be aware that we may disclose your demographic information on a non-anonymous
basis as described above in the paragraph titled "Special Cases in which we Share
Personal and Financial Information." Also, to read further details about how we
may use your public information, see our Members’ Lounge Agreement.
Our Security Precautions
The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information under our control. Our secure server software (SSL)
is the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure
commerce transactions. We encrypt all of your personal and financial information
as it travels over the Internet and we store your financial information on our servers
in encrypted form. Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computer
networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other governmental
jurisdiction in which you reside, and the country or jurisdiction in which these
computer networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective as the laws
in your country or jurisdiction.
Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered Information
If at any point we decide to use particular 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 or by providing 30 days notice on the Site. Please note
that we will continue to have the right to change our privacy policy and practices,
and how we use your personally identifiable information, without notice, as described
in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy, provided that such changes shall
only apply to information gathered on or after the date of the change.
How You Can Access and Update Your Email Preferences, Personal Information and Public
Information
We give you the opportunity to opt-out of certain communications and modify personal
information or demographic information you have provided to us, and to hide demographic
information from, or make demographic information visible to, Master Matchmakers
or other users of the Site, at anytime by going to the Account Settings within the
Members’ Lounge or by contacting Master Matchmakers. Please be aware that it may
take several hours for the changes you make to take effect within the Members’ Lounge.
We thank you for your patience. Please note that changing or deleting your information
through the "Account Settings" or "My Profile" section of the Site, or otherwise
opting-out of receipt of email communications from Master Matchmakers, will only
change or delete the data in our database for purposes of future activities on the
Site and for managing future communications from Master Matchmakers. These changes
and deletions will not change or delete emails or information that we may have already
forwarded to other users or credit card companies or any other third parties, all
as provided above in this privacy policy.
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the practices of
the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you may contact us. You can also send us mail to: Master Matchmakers,
2 Penn Center Plaza, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19102.