At Chat50s, accessible from https://chat50s.com/ and https://chat50s.co.uk/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Chat50s and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our websites and users of our platform with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Chat50s. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than our websites and platform.

Consent

By using our websites and platform, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our services.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, date of birth (to verify you meet our minimum age requirement of 40 years), address, email address, profile picture, and telephone number.

When you use our platform, we may collect information about your activities, preferences, and interactions with other users, including content you post, messages you send, connections you make, groups you join, and features you use.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our websites and platform
• Improve, personalize, and expand our services
• Understand and analyze how you use our platform
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website and platform, and for marketing and promotional purposes (with your consent where required by law)
• Send you emails and notifications
• Find and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents
• Comply with our legal obligations
• Enforce our terms, conditions, and policies

Legal Basis for Processing (for EEA Users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the specific information concerned and the context in which we collect it. We generally collect personal information from you only:

• Where we need it to perform a contract with you (such as our Terms of Service)
• Where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms
• Where we have your consent to do so
• Where we have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you

Log Files

Chat50s follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites or use our platform. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website and platform, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Like any other website, Chat50s uses 'cookies' and similar technologies. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: These are necessary for the website and platform to function properly.
• Preference cookies: These allow us to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features.
• Analytics cookies: These help us understand how users engage with our website and platform.
• Marketing cookies: These are used to track visitors across websites to enable us to display relevant advertisements.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To learn more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, please visit the browsers' respective websites. You can also manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent mechanism when you first visit our website.

Our Advertising Partners

Some of advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners each have their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we've listed the Privacy Policies of our main advertising partners below:

• Google

  https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Chat50s.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Chat50s, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Chat50s has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Chat50s's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

Data Transfer

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our websites is at your own risk.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Age Restrictions

Chat50s is specifically designed for individuals aged 40 years and above, with a focus on serving those over 50 years of age. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from individuals under the age of 40. If you are under 40, please do not attempt to register for or use our services. If we learn we have collected personal information from an individual under 40, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and, where appropriate, sending you a notification. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: [email protected]

By visiting this page on our website: https://chat50s.com/contacts