Privacy Policy – The Courtship Network

How your data is collected and used.
This Policy was last revised on January 4, 2024.

INTRODUCTION

At the Courtship Network, we hold your privacy in high regard and want to ensure you have a clear understanding of how we handle your data, who we may share it with, and the rights you have concerning your data. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies when you use our services through our websites, mobile applications, and related products (collectively referred to as the “Services”).

We recognize the importance of safeguarding your trust and privacy. We take the security and privacy of your data seriously and strive to reflect this in our service design and product development. Transparency is vital to us, so we encourage you to read our policies and familiarize yourself with our commitment to your data security.

This Policy contains the following sections:

THIS POLICY AND WHO WE ARE
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
YOUR RIGHTS AND PROTECTION
MISCELLANEOUS

1. THIS POLICY AND WHO WE ARE

This privacy policy explains how The Courtship Network handles your personal information and data, and applies to all of the products, services and websites offered by The Courtship Network Pty Ltd except where otherwise noted. The Courtship Network products, services and websites are collectively referred to as the “services” in this policy. Unless otherwise noted, all services are provided by The Courtship Network Pty Ltd, which is based in Australia.

In this policy, “you” refers to those who use and/or interact with any or all of our products, services, and websites, and “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to The Courtship Network. “Customer”(s) refers specifically to those who use The Courtship Network services.

THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND LINKS

The Services may include content or links from third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When we use the term “personal data” or “personal information” in this Policy, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you. It does not include aggregated or deidentified information that is not reasonably capable of being associated with or linked to you.

You choose to give us certain information when using our services. This includes:

Personal details. When you submit an application, you provide us with basic personal details – name, age, gender, location, plus your contact information including email address and links to your social media pages.

Location data will be collected if you have provided a location field on your profile, however we do not use device location data or any other GPS tracking.
Media and communications. When you create your profile and share photos on the Courtship Network, such activity may result in sharing information about you as a person, your interests or your life in general.
Payment information. When making a payment, you provide us with information related to the purchases you make and our payment processors with information such as your debit or credit card number or other financial information.
Survey data. When you participate in surveys, focus groups or market studies, you give us your insights into our products and services, responses to our questions and testimonials.
Messaging. If you contact us (e.g., through our customer care team or on social media), we collect the information you give us during the interaction. We process your chats with our support team on the platform or other mediums including social media and email.

We do have the capability to store and access your private messages with other members.
Information provided by others. Other users may provide information about you as they use our services, for instance as they interact with you or if they submit a report involving you.

INFORMATION GENERATED OR AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED WHEN YOU USE OUR SERVICES

When you use our services, this generates technical data about which features you’ve used, how you’ve used them and the devices you use to access our services.

Usage Information. Using the services generates data about your activity on our services, for instance how you use them (e.g., when you logged in, features you’ve been using, actions taken, information shown to you, referring webpages address and ads that you interacted with).
Device Information. We collect information from and about the device(s) you use to access our services, including hardware and software information such as IP address, device type and identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify a device or browser.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR DATA

Generally, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

To process your registration on our services, including verifying your information to ensure its accuracy and validity.
To fulfill your purchases (e.g., to process credit card payments in connection with your transaction) and fulfill your requests (e.g., to provide you with information that you request).
To operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Services.
To send you important information regarding the Services, such as certain changes to our terms, conditions, policies and/or other administrative information. Because this information may be material to your use of the services, you may not opt out of receiving such communications.
To help maintain the safety, security and integrity of our service, technology assets and business.
For our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, customer research, audits, fraud prevention, developing new products and/or features, enhancing the Services, improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you for the Services.
Where you have given consent for us to use your personal data and your sensitive personal data to provide certain Services.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, such as to respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order or governmental regulations and enforce our corporate reporting obligations and our Terms of Use here, or to comply with applicable laws.
For purposes disclosed at the time you provide your personal data or as otherwise set forth in this Policy.

It’s important to note that we do not engage in the “sale” of your personal data, use it for “targeted advertising” or “profiling” that could significantly impact your legal rights, as defined by applicable state laws. We do not use any data to train machine learning, however we cannot guarantee that any data collected by third parties social networks or services will be used for machine learning purposes.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION

We keep your personal information only as long as we need it for legitimate business purposes and as permitted by applicable law. If you decide to stop using our services, we may keep the information we have collected up until you left. The information we keep will be limited on the basis of our legitimate interest and data that is necessary for the investigation of unlawful conduct, legal data retention obligations, anticipation of potential litigation or any matter pertaining to the safety of our users.

we maintain information on the basis of our legitimate interest where there is an outstanding or potential issue, claim or dispute requiring us to keep information.

4. YOUR RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

We aim to empower you with control over your information, so we’d like to highlight the various options and tools at your disposal:

Access / Update settings in the service. Account settings can help you access, rectify or remove information that you provided to us and that’s associated with your account directly within the service.
Device permissions. Mobile platforms can have permission systems for specific types of device data and notifications, such as phone contacts, pictures, location services, push notifications and advertising identifiers. You can change your settings on your device to either consent or oppose the collection or processing of the corresponding information or the display of the corresponding notifications. Of course, if you do that, certain services may lose functionality.
Uninstall. You can stop all information collection by an app by uninstalling it using the standard uninstall process for your device. Remember that uninstalling an app does NOT close your account. To close your account, please use the corresponding functionality on the service.
Account closure. You can close your account by using the corresponding functionality directly on the service.

Also, we want you to be aware of your privacy rights and protect yourself accordingly. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

Access. You may have the right to request a copy of the information we keep about you, and in certain circumstances to receive this in a portable format.
Delete. You may request that we delete the personal information we keep about you. Please note that we may not be able to provide you with the Services if we do not have information from you that pertains to the essential function of the service.
Update. You can correct most information you provided to us by editing your profile directly in the service. If you believe the information we hold about you is inaccurate, you may contact us to rectify it.
Restrict. You may also have the right to object to or request that we restrict certain processing.

For the safety and security of all our users, we may require you to verify your identity before addressing the aforementioned inquiries. Please be aware that we may decline requests under various circumstances, including if we cannot authenticate your identity, if the request is unlawful or invalid, or if it could potentially infringe upon trade secrets, intellectual property rights, or the privacy of others.

In certain countries, you have the right to file a complaint with the relevant data protection authority if you have concerns regarding the handling of your personal information. The appropriate data protection authority for filing a complaint may be based on your usual place of residence, your workplace, or where an alleged violation occurred.

5. MISCELLANEOUS

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

We reserve the right to modify this Policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Policy, we will change the “Last Revision” date below and will post the updated Policy on this page.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact us via email at contact@thecourtshipnetwork.com.