Pure Match Inc. and its affiliates (“Pure Match,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) value the privacy of individuals who use our application, websites, and related services (collectively, our “Services”). This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and share information from users who use our Services (collectively, “Users” or “you”). By using our Services, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures this Privacy Policy describes. Beyond the Privacy Policy, your use of our Services is also subject to our Terms of Service (https://www.Purematch.org/terms)
Information We Collect
We may collect a variety of information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.
A. Information You Provide to Us
Registration and Profile Information
When you sign up for an account, or sign up for notifications or updates, we may collect your name, email address, and phone number. If you sign up using a LinkedIn or Facebook account, we will also receive information from that service such as your name, email, and workplace.
Location Information
When you use our Services, we receive your precise location information. We use your location information to provide personalized job opportunities. We also infer your general location information, for example by using your internet protocol (IP) address.
Information Related to App and Website Use
Users may provide information about themselves in connection with relationship and connection opportunities, contact information, interests, profile photo, race, minority affiliations, and similar information
Communications
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you. For example, when you contact our customer support team or request to receive updates about our product launches, we may receive your name, email address, phone number, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide.
Forums
If you post on one of our community forums, we collect the information you choose to provide, including comments, messages, and posts.
Payment Information
If you post on one of our community forums, we collect the information you choose to provide, including comments, messages, and posts.
B. Information We Collect When You Use Our Services
Device Information
We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Services, including IP address, web browser type, operating system version, phone carrier and manufacturer, application installations, device identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.
Usage Information
To help us understand how you use our Services and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with our Services, like the pages or other content you view, the searches you conduct, locations and listings you follow, any content you post, and the dates and times of your visits.
Your Contacts
We collect information about your contacts if you invite them to use our Services or share information or content with them from our Services.
Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and third party partners collect information using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies. Our third party partners, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Services. Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from the Service, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Service to their fullest potential.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We use the information we collect:
- To provide, maintain, improve, and enhance our Services;
- To personalize your experience on our Services such as by providing tailored content and recommendations;
- To communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information relating to our Services, provide information that you request, respond to comments and questions, and otherwise provide customer support;
- To use for marketing and advertising purposes, including serving personalized advertisements, and developing and providing promotional and advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you;
- To find and prevent fraud, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise;
- To use for compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Service or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency;
- To use for other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time the information is collected.
How We Share the Information We Collect
Users
We may share users’ information with other users in order to match said users with prospective connections and significant others. We provide you with settings which allow you to choose what information is shared with other users.
Vendors and Service Providers
We may share any information we receive with vendors and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Services.
User Content
Our Services are social in nature, allowing you to review content posted by others and post content yourself. In addition to the content you post, your username, profile picture, and public profile content will also be accessible to other Users on the Service. We are not responsible for the other Users’ use of available information, so you should carefully consider whether and what to post or how you identify yourself on the Services.
Analytics Partners
We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising Partners
We work with third party advertising partners to show you ads that we think may interest you. Some of our advertising partners are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/)or the Digital Advertising Alliance (http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN). If you do not wish to receive personalized ads, please visit their opt-out pages to learn about how you may opt out of receiving web-based personalized ads from member companies. You can access any settings offered by your mobile operating system to limit ad tracking, or you can install the AppChoices mobile app to learn more about how you may opt out of personalized ads in mobile apps. You may also opt out of seeing personalized ads on our Services by choosing this setting in your account. If you opt out, you may still see contextual ads that are not tailored to you.
As Required By Law and Similar Disclosures
We may access, preserve, and disclose your information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a courtorder or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of your information may occur if you post any objectionable content on or through the Services.
Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers
We may transfer your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The use of your information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time the applicable information was collected.
Consent
We may also disclose your information with your permission.
Your Choices
Sharing Preferences
We provide you with settings to allow you to set your sharing preferences for content you post to the Services. You may edit certain information, such as the contents of your profile, and you may delete your account.
Marketing Communications
You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails via the link provided in the emails. Even if you opt-out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us.
Location Information
You can prevent your device from sharing precise location information at any time through your device’s operating system settings. However, location is core to our Services and without it, you may not be able to successfully use our Services.
Third Parties
Security
We make reasonable efforts to protect your information by using physical and electronic safeguards designed to improve the security of the information we maintain. However, as our Services are hosted electronically, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information.
Security
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of our Services are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at [email protected].
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of our Services are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at [email protected].
International Visitors
Our Services are hosted in the United States and intended for visitors located within the United States. If you choose to use the Services from the European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. Also, we may transfer your data from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating the Services. By providing any information, including personal information, on or to the Services, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.
Update Your Information or Pose a Question
You can update your account and profile information or close your account through settings within the Services. If you have questions about your privacy on the Services or this privacy policy, please contact us at [email protected].
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be effective when it is posted. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share personal information previously collected from you through the Services, we will notify you through the Services, by email, or other communication.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email us at [email protected]. or write to us at 6548 Bradley Place, Los Angeles, CA 90056.