Black Matrimony.com - The Website For Marriage Minded Black Singles

Privacy Policy

BlackMatrimony.com is owned and operated by Black Enterprise, Inc. Black Enterprise, Inc. is located at 1115 Inman Ave. Suite 342 Edison, New Jersey 08820 U.S.A. At BlackMatrimony.com we are commitmentted to ensuring your privacy is protected. At BlackMatrimony.com we have the following standards concerning privacy

• You mostly control your personal information.
• You can terminate your membership at any time.
• We do not disclose your personal information to any third party unless you expressly give us permission to

The following discloses our information gathering and distribution practices

Overview

As part of the normal operation of our services we collect and, in some cases, may disclose information about you. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to that information. By accepting this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed in this Privacy Policy.

Minors

1. This service is for consenting adults seeking healthy, long term relationships that lead to marriage. Therefore, minors 17 years of age are under are not eligible to use our services, and we ask that minors do not submit any personal information to us or attempt to sign up for service.

Our purpose in collecting information

1. The collection of information is a necessary function of the BlackMatrimony.com information gathering process. Information collected includes but is not limited to personal information (physical features, country of origin, tribe of origin), personal preferences as well as financial information. It is essential that you provide us with this information so that we may a) Screen you b) Construct a thorough profile on you so that other members will be able to gather the necessary information about you c) For Mailing and/or billing purposes d) For other purposes not expressly stated here that are necessary for a smooth, efficient, and professional service with us.

2. You agree that in order to assist our members to meet each other we may feature members' profiles in our editorials and or newsletters. Although your name, address, telephone number and other information will not be seen by others. However, your profile will be viewable by other members. The purpose of the information displayed in your profile is to have other uses determine if you are a suitable match.

Personal Information

1. Other personal information (i.e. billing, address, phone number, etc.) are stored on our software database for the purposes and use of BlackMatrimony.com for the dissemination of newsletters, reports, promotional offers, changes in policy and other information pertinent to BlackMatrimony.com members. Please note that your information is held and transmitted in an environment that is safe, confidential, and secure.

2. We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of our Websites. Our site uses cookies to keep track of some types of information while you are visiting or using BlackMatrimony.com. Cookies are very small files placed on your computer’s hard drive. When you return to BlackMatrimony.com, the cookies allow us to identify you and also allows the site to operate properly for you. If your browser will not accept cookies, the site will not work for you.

How Your Information is Used

1. We use information in the files we maintain about you, and the other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Websites to keep contact with you, resolve issues with the service itself and enforce our Terms and Conditions. There may be times when we will have to access your account to gather information on particular issues we are researching.

2. You agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our Site's content, layout, and services. These uses improve our site and better tailor it to meet your needs.

3. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information that includes (but is not restricted to) targeted interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use on the Websites. If you do not wish to receive these communications, please contact customer service.

How we Disclose Your Information

1. Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting and foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the government, law enforcement agencies or third parties. Under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or members may abuse or misuse your information that they collect from our Website. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will always remain private.

2. As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any personally identifiable information about you to any third party. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personally identifiable information may be disclosed.

Financial Information

1. BlackMatrimony.com does not directly bill users of the service. Billing is handled by YOUR PAY, a payment gateway. Security of your payment is handled by THAWT.

Under some circumstances we may require some additional information, such as, but not limited to credit card details. By purchasing, registering or making reservations for products or services of third parties offered on BlackMatrimony.com, or by participating in programs offered on BlackMatrimony.com 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. Any of these various third parties 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.

Your Use of other Members Information

1. Our services give you access to message boards and chat rooms where you will have access to other members. Over time, you may also gain access to other members email address. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you agree that, with respect to other Members' personally identifiable information that you, under no circumstances, can you disclose personally identifiable information about another member to any third party without our consent and the consent of such other member after adequate disclosure.

2. Please note that we do not tolerate spam. Therefore, without limiting the foregoing, you are not licensed to add a BlackMatrimony.com member to your mail list (email or physical mail) without their express written consent after adequate disclosure. To report spam from other BlackMatrimony.com, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Referring a Friend

1. BlackMatrimony.com encourages you to refer a friend to our service. Refer a friend enables you to submit a friend (or friends) name and email address. We keep this information in our database, and send that person an email containing your name and invitation, requesting that they visit our website. Please do not refer people who you know will not be interested in BlackMatrimony.com

Control of Your Password

1. You are responsible for all actions taken with your login username and password. We strongly recommend that you no not disclose this information do anyone. Doing so would make you vulnerable to the (possibly inappropriate or illicit) activity of a third party. If you are unable to access your password for any reason, it is highly recommended that you change this information.

Security

1. BlackMatrimony.com uses Secure Socket Layers or (SSL) to protect against loss of data as well as unauthorized access. We also use different techniques to ensure that your privacy is protected. Please note, that we do not promise in any way shape or form that your identity and/or other information that you submit is perfectly private and/or secure.

Notice

1. This Privacy Policy is subject to change at the discretion of BlackMatrimony.com. Please feel free to notify us if you do not agree to the changes in the Privacy Policy.