Privacy policy for www.chaton.chat

1- A Special Note About Children

Children are not eligible to use our services, and we ask that minors (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor (under the age of 18), you are not eligible use this service in any situation, even with the supervision of a parent or guardian.

2 - Information We Collect

Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs and to customize our service to make your experience easier. You agree that in order to assist our members to meet each other we may feature members' profiles in our editorials and newsletters that we send out from time to time to our members. We will ask you for your birthday and, optionally, your email address. Your birthday and email address are confidential and will not be posted in your profile. Your profile is available for other members to view. Your viewable profile does not include any identifying information about you, except the username you chose upon registering.

Please note that your personally identifiable information will be stored and processed on our computers in the European Union and the United States. The laws on holding personal data in the United States may differ from the European laws but as we explain below, We will hold and transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment.

We automatically track certain information based upon your behavior on our Apps and Websites using cookies and other devices. We use this information for internal research on our members' demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand and serve you and our community. This information may include your device type, operating system version and type, certain device settings, device time zone, device carrier, current IP address and platform-specific advertising identifiers.

We may also collect location information, such as your device GPS coordinates, unless you configure your device operating system settings to prevent our collection of location information. We may collect and pass to third parties precise geolocation information linked to your mobile device or advertising identifiers and may do when you use the app or when the app runs in the background on your device.

We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of our Apps and Websites. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customized services. We also offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". Cookies can also help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies", meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits.

We use a third party advertising company, to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet. The third party may also collect anonymous information about your visits to our apps and Websites. We has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the advertising opt-out page

• Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website/app uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your computer/mobile device and which allow your use of the website/app to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website/app (including part of your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This website uses the AnonymizeIp plugin to crop your IP address in accordance with the IP masking requirements of German privacy laws. This means that your IP address is shortened in such a way that it can not be used to identify you and is no longer considered Personal Information. Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities for the website operators and to render other services associated with use of the website and use of the Internet.

Google may, as the case may be, also transmit said information to third parties if this is statutorily prescribed or if third parties process said data on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data stored by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at this link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

By using this site, you agree to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described above and for the aforementioned purpose.

For more information, see http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html .

Google Analytics is used in accordance with the provisions that have been agreed between Google and the German data protection authorities.

Information relating to the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.

Terms of use: https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en

Privacy policy explanation: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

CLOUDFLARE

The Internet presence of this company is provided by the technology partner CloudFlare Inc., based in the USA.

All data passed to or from this website pass through the worldwide network of CloudFlare, Inc.

The data is buffered, accesses are logged. Hereby, the nearest data center is regularly used.

CloudFlare also operates data centers outside the European Union! According to CloudFlare, the cached data are basically deleted within 4 hours, but at the latest after three days.

For more information, see CloudFlare's Privacy Statement at: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy/

Third-party Service Providers and Other Partners.

We share personal information with Partners only according to ZiMAD’s instructions to provide the Service, such as hosting, player support, app performance tracking, and fraud prevention.

In all the above cases and purposes, we may analyze, profile and segment all collected personal information. With your consent, we may process information for additional purposes.

Our Partners are obligated to use personal information we share through our Service in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. We ensure we have appropriate agreements in place with Partners to protect your information.

We have identified the provider names of some of our Partners. Please see the links below to learn more about the data practices of our third-party service providers (including opt-out mechanisms they may offer):

Google adsense – https://www.google.com/adsense/policies

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

The inclusion of a hyperlink to any third party privacy policies does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us.

Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, or any other social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including any personal information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our app.

You should always read the privacy policy of any website you access or social network page through which you share information carefully in order to understand their specific privacy and information usage practices.

3 - How We Use Your Information.