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 can contact us
at info@mastermatchmakers.com.
You can also send us mail to: Master Matchmakers,
2 Penn Center Plaza, Suite 200, Philadelphia,
PA 19102.
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