Privacy Policy

ChristianSinglesFunFriends Privacy Policy Statement

ChristianSinglesFunFriends is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.

This policy will let you know:

What personally identifiable information is collected from you

The ChristianSinglesFunFriends collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site.

Some personal information is gathered when you register. During registration, we ask for your name and email address. The system will also ask for your street address, city, state/province, zip/postal code, country and telephone number, although only fields that are marked with an asterisk (*) on the registration field are required. This information is used solely to assist you in navigating the system by automatically filling in certain forms (such as the profile posting form) with your information so that you don't have to continually re-enter it. Once you register you are no longer anonymous to ChristianSinglesFunFriends - you have a username and are able to take full advantage of the many offerings of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends.

In addition to registration we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you place profiles or take advantage of the other features of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Every page within the ChristianSinglesFunFriends includes a link to this Privacy Policy.

When you are asked for personal information on the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, you are sharing that information with ChristianSinglesFunFriends alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Personal information that will not be shared is your last name, address, telephone number, personal e-mail, and credit card information.

What cookies are and how they are used

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, the ChristianSinglesFunFriends may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Several features of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends require that you accept cookies in order to work properly. (See "What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information" for more information on cookies.)

Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:

(1) To identify and label all "new" profiles since your last visit to the site.

(2) Optionally to permanently save your password on your computer so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.

(3) To enable you to "mark" profiles that you want to save for future retrieval and viewing.

Advertising networks that serve profiles onto the ChristianSinglesFunFriends may also use their own cookies.

The ChristianSinglesFunFriends may also collect IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our members.

How your information is used

The primary goal of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout the ChristianSinglesFunFriends.

Who is collecting your information

When you are asked for personal information on the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, you are sharing that information with the ChristianSinglesFunFriends alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. However, some activities will, by their very nature, result in your personal information being revealed to other users of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends. For example, when you enter personal information on the profile posting form, this information will generally be included in your profile, unless specifically stated otherwise.

With whom your information may be shared

As a general rule, ChristianSinglesFunFriends will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements for each of our products and services for more detailed information about how your personal information may be shared.

ChristianSinglesFunFriends may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, other users of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. ChristianSinglesFunFriends may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.

What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information

If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you can still use most of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, but you will not be able to access areas or use features that require registration.

You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends that require registration in order to participate. These services include the identification of new profiles that have been posted since your last visit, auto-fillin of the logon form, and the Favorites feature. You can still use most of the features of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends even if you do not accept cookies.

The ChristianSinglesFunFriends does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service.

How you can access, update or delete your information

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may edit or delete your user profile at any time by clicking on the "My Profile" link or graphic provided by the system once you are logged in. Once you have logged onto the system during a given session, wherever you go on the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, your information will stay with you until or unless you click on the "Logoff" link, which is accessible from within the "My Profile" screen.

If you are a previously registered user and you have lost or forgotten your password, you may obtain it by email by using our "Forgot Password" feature. Click the button on any login page to request that your password be emailed to you. We cannot provide your password by any other means.

Your ChristianSinglesFunFriends account can be deleted, but doing so will result in not being able to access any of the features of the program that require user registration.

The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information

Other than the administrator of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends or other authorized personnel of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends, you are the only person who has access to your personal information. Your user registration is password-protected to prevent unauthorized access.

We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. ChristianSinglesFunFriends will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. As an extra security precaution, you may want to logoff once you have completed a session in the ChristianSinglesFunFriends. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, ChristianSinglesFunFriends cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

How ChristianSinglesFunFriends protects children's privacy

ChristianSinglesFunFriends is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. ChristianSinglesFunFriends does not share personal information about users under the age of 18 with third parties and we do not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age. In addition, ChristianSinglesFunFriends will not send any direct email offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 18.

What else you should know about your online privacy

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example in profiles that you post or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

Safe Dating Tips

Before the first date!

1. Get an anonymous e-mail account. NEVER post your real name anywhere online. Remove it from chat programs and any e-mail accounts that you use for recreational correspondence. If you need to get one, try www.yahoo.com or www.hotmail.com

2. TAKE TIME. Nothing will give you better prospective than time. Has your date's habits, mood or language inexplicably changed? Are you becoming more suspicious of something with time; perhaps something just doesn't feel right?

3. GET A PHONE NUMBER. Chat on the phone a few times...what can you hear in the background? Do background noises match the information you have been told? Is the household supposed to have children, pets, etc. Listen, listen, listen. Remember to block caller-ID's until you choose to give your number. Note that if you have been asked to call an 800# it's likely that your phone number will be recorded on the recipient's phone bill.

4. VERIFY THE PHONE NUMBER. Call Directory Assistance and insure that your date's phone number matches the name they gave you...If your date's number is unlisted, Directory Assistance will verify that "so and so" has a number, but it's unlisted.

5. CALL AT UNANTICIPATED TIMES. someone WHO CHERISHES YOU WILL ALWAYS DELIGHT TO TAKE YOUR CALL. does SOMEONE UNEXPECTED ANSWER THE PHONE? does YOUR DATE SEEM IRRITABLE THAT YOU ARE CALLING UNEXPECTEDLY? PERHAPS THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. don't be a pest, but try a couple of unanticipated times just to sense the temperature.

6. ALWAYS CONDUCT EARLY DATES IN VERY PUBLIC PLACES. Go to a restaurant in the mall. Go to a club at a hotel. Always be near other people. If you want to take a walk hand in hand, let it be in the mall. Want the great outdoors? Walk near the surf on a popular beach.

7. AVOID RELYING ON YOUR DATE FOR TRANSPORTATION. If you want to end the date or need to end the date, don't be left in the unenviable position of being hostage to transportation. DO NOT leave your car behind!

8. THINK AHEAD. Know in advance where police and fire stations are so you know where you can get help if needed. Anticipate some snags, and pre-plan your response.

9. NEVER LEAVE YOUR FOOD OR BEVERAGES UNATTENDED. Powerful new drugs exist that can make you prey to the other person's wishes and hardly recall anything in the morning. If you start to feel ill, insist on calling a friend or taking a cab if you are too ill to drive home.

10. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR PLANS Tell someone who you are going to be with, including name and phone number. If it's convenient, notice your date's license plate number and leave the information on your answering machine at home or with a friend. Agree to be home at a certain hour, or to call someone to let them know you will be late.

Of course there is no practical way to make meeting a stranger absolutely safe, but here are some effective ways to help reduce the risk. When you have finally decided on a online dating site, meeting new people will be inevitable. Exercising a little caution is always sensible. When making your personal profile, never give out personal information that could be used to trace you. Don't give out your private telephone number, your business or personal e-mail addresses and especially not your home address. Most of the sites use an internal e-mail address to disguise your private e-mail but for the ones that don't, we recommend you obtain an anonymous e-mail account from sites like yahoo or hotmail to send personal e-mails to other singles. When you start chatting to someone we advise that you use the instant messaging service which most dating sites provide. When chatting to a new contact, ask lots of questions so that you have a good background of information. If you notice any inconsistencies in what they say, break off all contact with that person. If your chosen site does not have an online chat facility, you can use Yahoo messenger, msn messenger or ICQ. After communicating and feeling comfortable with your prospective match, the talk of going on a date may arise. Be sure you know all the information you can about the person before going out. When a date is finally arranged, you should notify a close friend as to where you are going. Give them as much information as you know about the person (i.e., name, picture and if you have become acquainted enough with your potential date, an address.) It is also wise to arrange your own transportation to and from the date so you can leave quickly if you need to. Never have your date pick you up from your home on the first date and always carry a cell phone with you if possible. Don't be afraid to ask for help on your date. If you are unhappy with anything or feel uncomfortable about your date, then call a friend or family member and if necessary, call the police. It is also wise to arrange to ring a friend half way through the date to tell them everything is OK. Remember to make your first date take place in a public place that is full of people. Lunch or coffee is a good starting point to get acquainted. Never go some place with your date that means you will be alone with them even if your date wants to , say no and leave. And finally, bare this one last thing in mind. Just because you have been exchanging e-mails, when you finally meet, they may not be what you were expecting. If you follow these few guidelines then you should be perfectly safe and you will enjoy your dating experience. Try and get information such as:

Why did his other relationships end? how does he feel about his ex's?
Does he have female friends?
Does he like animals?
Does he have a temper?
Is he close with his family?

If you don't like the answers you are getting, re-evaluate your relationship and consider leaving early. If you are not interested in a relationship with someone, be up front and tell them. Here are some ways women say that they are not interested , and some ways in which males can misunderstand the intended meaning behind the words: She says: I have a boyfriend" and he thinks" All I have to do is get rid of him" She says: "I am not ready for a serious relationship: and he thinks: "All I have to do is wait" She says: "I just like you as a friend" and he thinks: "I just have to prove my love to her" The right way, "I am not really interested in having a relationship with you" And it is best to let someone know early on when there is less of an emotional investment at stake. Many women who have been assaulted in dating relationships felt that something was not right about the date. Most said that there were several things that their date did or said that made their instincts tell them that something was not right. For some women it was a sudden change of plans, or their date constantly trying to get into their personal space, or perhaps things that he would say--inappropriate comments about women or sexual remarks. Most importantly, these assaults all happened in isolation. Most women did not act on their instincts. Even though many of the women had chances to escape the situation, they were afraid to over react and be embarrassed. By the time they chose to react, they had already lost control of the situation. Remember stay in a public place and act on your instincts. Get out if something does not seem right.

See Access Agreement. You expressly agree that your use of the ChristianSinglesFunFriends.com IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. Neither the ChristianSinglesFunFriends nor any of its subsidiary companies or affiliates or their respective directors, officials, employees, agents, contractors, affiliates, licensors are responsible.