Privacy Policy: How Horny People Protects Your Personal Data

1. Introduction & General Provisions

Welcome to Horny People. Your privacy is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Horny People Network ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service").

By accessing or using the Service, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the terms, please do not access or use the Service. This policy applies to information collected through our Service and does not extend to information collected offline or via other channels.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect several types of information to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Identification Information:

• Account Data: Name, email address, date of birth, gender, and preferences you provide during registration.
• Profile Information: Photos, bios, interests, location data (city/region), and any other details you choose to share on your public or private profile.
• Verification Data: Information submitted for identity verification purposes (e.g., age verification), which is processed securely and deleted after verification is complete.

Automatically Collected Information:

• Usage Data: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent, clickstream data, and other diagnostic data.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Data collected via cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies. See Section 7 for details.

Communication Data:

• Content of messages sent through our private chat system (subject to our automated safety scanning for policy violations).
• Customer support inquiries and feedback you provide.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the collected data for various legitimate business purposes:

• To create, manage, and secure your user account.
• To personalize your experience, show relevant profiles, and facilitate connections.
• To operate, maintain, and improve the Service's functionality and safety.
• To communicate with you, including sending service-related announcements, security alerts, and support messages.
• To enforce our Terms of Service, community guidelines, and prevent fraud, abuse, and illegal activity.
• To process transactions for premium subscriptions and other paid features.
• To conduct analytics and research to understand user trends and improve our offerings.
• To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from authorities.

4. Sharing Data with Third Parties

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, email delivery). These partners are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.
• Legal Requirements: If required by law, subpoena, or other legal process, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company, where user information may be among the transferred assets.
• With Your Consent: We may share information for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time of collection with your explicit permission.

Aggregated, anonymized data that cannot be used to identify you may be shared for analytical or marketing purposes.

5. Data Protection & Security

We implement robust technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our security measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols.
• Secure storage practices and access controls limiting data access to authorized personnel only.
• Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing.
• Procedures to handle any suspected personal data breach and to notify you and applicable regulators where we are legally required to do so.

Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include:

• Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
• Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure: The right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
• Data Portability: The right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format and transmit it to another controller.
• Objection: The right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, the right to withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 9. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

7. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information to enhance functionality and user experience.

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function (e.g., login session, security).
• Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the website.
• Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver relevant ads and measure ad campaign effectiveness (we may allow third-party partners to set these).

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept essential cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. You can manage your cookie preferences via our Cookie Settings tool or your browser settings.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We may also provide additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification via email).

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised policy constitutes your acceptance of the terms.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer: