FlingRadar Privacy Policy: Protecting Your Personal Information

1. Introduction and General Provisions

Welcome to FlingRadar. This Privacy Policy governs the collection, processing, and use of your personal data when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Platform"). By accessing or using FlingRadar, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this policy.

Our commitment is to handle your information responsibly, transparently, and in compliance with applicable data protection laws. This policy applies to all users, visitors, and individuals who interact with our Platform.

2. What Data We Collect

To provide and improve our services, 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, and photos.
• Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our Platform, we automatically gather technical data like your IP address, device type, browser information, operating system, and pages you view.
• Usage Data: We collect information about your interactions, such as search queries, matches, messages (subject to our monitoring for safety), features used, and time spent on the Platform.
• Location Data: With your explicit consent, we may collect approximate location data (city/region level) to show you potential matches nearby. Precise GPS data is never collected without separate, clear permission.

3. How We Use Your Data

Your data is utilized for specific, legitimate purposes to enhance your experience and maintain platform integrity:

• To create, manage, and secure your user account.
• To facilitate matches and connections based on your stated preferences.
• To personalize your experience, including showing relevant profiles and content.
• To communicate with you about service updates, security alerts, and promotional offers (you can opt-out of marketing).
• To monitor and analyze Platform usage to improve functionality, safety, and user interface.
• To enforce our Terms of Service, prevent fraud, spam, and abusive behavior, and ensure a safe community.
• To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from authorities.

4. Sharing Data with Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: Trusted third-party vendors who assist with hosting, analytics, payment processing, customer support, and email delivery. These partners are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the services we request.
• Legal Requirements: If required by law, subpoena, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of FlingRadar, our users, or the public.
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, user information may be transferred as a business asset. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Platform of any change in ownership.
• Aggregated/Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized data that cannot reasonably be used to identify you for research, analytics, or marketing purposes.

5. Data Protection and Security

We implement robust technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These 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, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We encourage you to use strong passwords and protect your login credentials.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

• Access & Portability: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: Update or correct inaccurate or incomplete data in your profile.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Objection & Restriction: Object to our processing of your data or request we restrict its use.
• Marketing Preferences: Opt-out of receiving promotional communications by using the "unsubscribe" link in our emails or adjusting your account settings.
• Account Control: You can deactivate or delete your account at any time via your account settings, which initiates the process of removing your profile data from public view and our active databases.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 9. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe as required by law.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance functionality, analyze trends, and personalize content. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Platform to function (e.g., login sessions).
• Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our Platform (e.g., Google Analytics).
• Functionality Cookies: Remember your preferences (e.g., language, region).
• Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver relevant ads on and off our Platform, and to measure ad campaign effectiveness.

You can control cookie settings through your browser. Disabling certain cookies may limit some features of our Platform. For more details, please see our dedicated Cookie Policy (if applicable) or manage preferences via our cookie consent banner.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, services, or legal requirements. The "Last Updated" date at the bottom 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 a notification via email or through the Platform. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the latest information on our privacy practices.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Data Protection team:

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address: Data Protection Officer, FlingRadar, 123 Connection Lane, Suite 500, Digital City, DC 10101.

We are committed to working with you to resolve any issues promptly and fairly.