Welcome to A2Date's online community and networking service ("Service"). The Service is made available subject to this Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy. This policy may be updated from time to time, so please check back here periodically.

What information is collected?

When opening an account, the Service collects your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, and fax number. We collect this information because it may be necessary to contact you about your account. Also, we occasionally send our members free products and contest prizes, and we use your contact information for delivery purposes.

In addition, when you open an account, the Service asks you to create a username and password. The Service uses your username for identification purposes only, and uses your password for verification of your identity only.

If you are placing an order, the Service collects your credit card number and/or other billing information. This information is used only to collect payment for services rendered.

What information is shared?

The Service does not share your information with any external third party except when absolutely necessary or when authorized by you. If you create a member profile, your username and any other information which you choose to include in your profile will be listed in our database. Your member profile will be viewable by other members and visitors to the web site. When placing an order, we submit your billing information to the payment processor. Otherwise all information is kept private. We do not sell information to mailing lists, or send advertisements on behalf of other companies.

Though the Service makes every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on us. (Please see our Subpoena Policy.)

What emails or postal mails will you send me?

We send emails updating you on the status of your order and the status of your membership. We may email you a renewal notice if a service is about to expire. We may email you about a matter directly concerning your account. We may email you if we update a policy that affects your account. We may also send you an A2Date newsletter periodically, but you have the option of disabling this feature. We may email you about other A2Date members, products, and services that might be of interest to you, but you can turn off this feature. We may send any or all of these notices to you via U.S. postal mail as an alternative.

Do you use "cookies"?

The Service uses cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies only. Once a user closes the browser, the session cookie simply terminates. We use cookies to remember where you are in our web site. For example, by setting a cookie when you sign into your account, we know that you are an authorized user. If you reject the cookie, you will not be able to enter the account area of the site.