At Hopeful Me, we appreciate your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy is intended to explain what data we collect from Users of the Site. The terms Site, Service and Member that are used in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Terms of Use. A “User” means either a Member or a non-Member who is simply visiting the Site (a “Visitor”). Our Service is intended for Users over thirteen (13) years of age and we will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under thirteen (13) years of age. This Privacy Policy may be revised or updated at any time and we encourage you to check back often to ensure that you are familiar with the most recent version and the terms of our Privacy Policy. When do we collect your personal information? You may provide personally identifiable information to us in the following ways: + by registering as a Member + by contacting us, or by emailing us at one of our email addresses listed on the Site, like our Contact page What personal information do we collect? Depending on the portion of the Site and Service that you interact with, we collect may include your: + Full name (and username) + Email address + Phone Number + Photos you submit or posts both on the site and across any of our platforms + Role, Location, Work/Career, hobby, gender Technically what we collect when you visit the Site may include: + Your IP address + Your approximate geographic location + The operating system you are using + The Internet browser you are using + The Web page you requested to visit How is my personal information used? Depending on the portion of the Service and Site that you have subscribed to or interacted with, we may use your information in a number of ways: The email address that you use when contacting us will not be used for any reason except for responding to your inquiry. + If you comment on the Site, and your comment violates our Terms of Use, we may use the contact information you provided in order to comment to notify you of the policy violation. + With your profile details you can help you meet people of related interests. + We may send you mails relating to our services. + We may use your details to monitor Site usage trends and improve the User experience + We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by process of law, or if necessary in order to investigate fraud, a violation of our Terms of Use or in connection with any harm being caused to a third party or their rights Who else has access to my personal information? Our Site may contain links to Internet sites or third party applications or widgets operated by other companies that we don’t own or control. These links might have been added by us or by a User, such as in a submitted comment. Regardless of who added a given link, we’re not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or other services operated by third parties. Once you leave the Site via such a link or access a third party application or widget, you should check the applicable privacy policy of that third party to determine how they will handle any your account they collect from you. For the majority of our events, we use a registration system that does not require any personal registration data to be shared with a third party provider. What about cookies? Cookies are small bits of information that we might place on your computer. We would use cookies to identify your Internet browser, store Users’ preferences, and determine whether you have installed sufficient enabling software needed to access certain parts of the Service. Data in cookies may be read to authenticate user sessions or provide features of the Service. You can program your computer to warn you each time a cookie is being sent, block third party cookies or block all cookies. However, by blocking all cookies you may not have access to certain features of the Service. How do I edit my personal information? Click “Edit Profile” to edit your personal information. While most of the information in your profile can be edited, many of the fields are required in order to complete the modification to your profile. Also please note that you cannot change your username. How do I delete my Membership account? If you would like to delete your Membership account, please send us an email from the email address that is associated with your Membership account. Please let us know your username in that email, so that we may complete your request accurately. You should be aware that it may not be technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our servers. The need to back-up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your profile may still exist in a non-erasable form that may be difficult or impossible for us to locate. In addition, we have the right to delete any account at any time if required to do so by process of law, or if necessary in order to investigate fraud, a violation of our Terms of Use or in connection with any harm being caused to a third party or their rights. How secure is my personal information? We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures to safeguard your account against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification. However, we cannot completely guarantee the security of your account. Although we make commercially reasonable efforts to protect your your account from loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties, you should be aware that there is always some risk involved in transmitting information over the Internet. We don’t collect or retain your personal financial information (“PFI”), such as credit card data. If in the future we offer services that require you to provide your PFI, your PFI will be collected by, provided to and processed by a third party payment processor – not us – and their treatment of your PFI will be covered by their privacy policy.