2008-2012
Privacy Policy


At AvMatch.com, we have the utmost respect for all personal information that you may provide while using our website. This privacy policy exists to inform you about how we handle, use and protect your personal information. This policy applies to visitors and members.

This policy and the terms within apply to the domain AvMatch.com and any potential sub-domains. Any website linked to from AvMatch.com should have their own privacy policy and we are not responsible for the policies or practices of any such linked site, or lack there of. You are encouraged to check the privacy policy of any site before sharing any personal information with any such site.

Information Collected from This Site
When you visit AvMatch.com, some information, such as the website that referred you to us, your IP and navigational information, may be collected automatically as part of the Site's operation. If you become a member, we may combine this information with some personally identifiable information. This information is used to generate user profiles and to personalize the Site to your particular interests. On some occasions we may ask you to provide information on online forms. For example, we may ask for your username, password, place of birth, email address or other information to register online, or for your credit card number or other personally identifying information to receive products or services. Providing information on online forms is always voluntary, and you are free not to complete any online forms. If you choose not to, however, some products and services may not be available to you. Your account is mostly anonymous, and we only really need your real email address. The name you use to register is your avatar name. If we offer direct payment options in the future via this site, at that time we may require more real world information. Our immediate plans are to offer payment via SL and via PayPal. This give your account added privacy protection!

How We Use Your Information
AvMatch.com does NOT sell or rent information about it's customers to third parties. Information collected online may be stored indefinitely and is used for various purposes, including processing your transactions, customer service, product and service development and marketing analysis, facilitating your use of this Site and customizing your product selection to your particular interests. The information we collect may be used by AvMatch.com and may be shared with our service providers for fulfilling their service obligations to AvMatch.com, such as credit card processors. In addition, unless you opt out of receiving promotional materials from AvMatch.com, we may notify you of special promotions, new products or services or other information that may be of interest. (See Opting-Out section, below.)

Your Email
AvMatch.com does NOT sell or rent email addresses. AvMatch.com will send you email to notify you about your recent orders, to deliver special offers or deliver our recent newsletter. These emails will be sent to the email address you provided AvMatch.com when signing up for your membership. You can change your email address at any time.

About Cookies
AvMatch.com does not currently use cookies that save or store sensitive information on any computer you use to access our website. We do use a temporary 'session' cookie, which simply allows our site to recognize you, as a member, while logged in. This session cookie expires when you close your browser. We also use a simple cookie with an anonymous unique id which allows us to learn about our traffic flow, which enables us to serve our visitors better. You can set your browser to reject cookies and still browse our site anonymously until such time as you wish to register for AvMatch.com services. Other sites cannot read our cookies, and we do not share information with other sites. Our cookie policy may change in the future, if it's required to serve you better and/or to speed up the processes of our site. We will notify you if this policy changes.

Opting-Out
If you do not want to receive promotional information (newsletters and special offers) from AvMatch.com, you can opt out by unchecking the appropriate boxes on your online registration form, membership details page or, in the event these are is not available, by notifying us directly.

Reviewing, Updating or Correcting Your Information
If you would like to review or revise information you previously provided on an online form, or believe that the information we currently have on record is incorrect, you may update your information in the Membership Details section of this website.

Children
We do not intend to solicit or collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18 you should not use or enter information on this Site.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
AvMatch.com reserves the right to change the terms of our privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to review this privacy policy whenever you visit our website to make sure you understand how we use the information we collect. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.

Security
The security of your personal information is very, very important to us. We use the latest 256 bit SSL encryption to protect confidential data during online transactions. Personal information cannot be intercepted or stolen while in transit to our site. We also follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us once we receive it. However, perfect security that is 100% foolproof does not currently exist. Therefore, while we use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot 100% guarantee its absolute security.

Legal Disclaimer
This Site is operated by AvMatch.com in the United States and abroad. By using this Site, you understand and agree that (1) that the information collected from this Site may be retained indefinitely, and may be stored, accessed and used in jurisdictions whose privacy laws may be different and less protective than those of your home jurisdiction; (2) AvMatch.com may use this information for a variety of purposes, such as emailing you newsletters and special offers (You can opt out from receiving newsletters and special offers from AvMatch.com); (3) AvMatch.com may disclose some information to necessary service providers, such as payment processors. These service providers have no right to use your information for secondary purposes. We use an outside credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services. We use a data storage facility to securely house back-end data that may include some personally identifiable information. This information is always stored in a secure, password-protected database. These companies do not know the password and do not have access to your personally identifiable information; they are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any purpose; (4) information about our customers, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, sale of the company assets or acquisition, as well as in the unlikely event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company, with notification of such transfer provided directly to account holders through email or post; and (5) we reserve the right to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims or protect the rights, property or safety of our company, employees, customers or the public.

Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions regarding this privacy statement, please do not hesitate to contact us by using our contact form. We will make reasonable efforts to identify and correct any problem.

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