SaucyDates Privacy Policy: Protecting Your Personal Data & Information

1. Introduction and General Provisions

Welcome to SaucyDates. Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by SaucyDates.net and how it is used. We are committed to safeguarding your personal data and respecting your privacy in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR.

This policy applies to all services offered by SaucyDates ("the Platform") and describes our practices concerning the information we collect from you when you use our website, mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the "Services"). By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect information to provide, improve, and personalise our Services. The data we collect can be categorised as follows:

• Information You Provide Directly: This includes data you submit when creating an account, such as your username, email address, date of birth, gender, sexual orientation, location, profile pictures, biography, and preferences. It also includes any messages, photos, or content you share on the Platform.
• Information Collected Automatically: When you use our Services, we automatically collect technical data such as your IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and clickstream data. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for this purpose.
• Information from Third Parties: We may receive information about you from other sources, such as social media platforms (if you connect your account), advertising partners, or data enrichment services, to help us improve our Services and for security purposes.
• Payment Information: If you purchase premium features, our third-party payment processors will collect your payment card details and billing address. We do not store full payment card numbers on our servers.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect for various legitimate business purposes, including:

• To create, maintain, and secure your user account.
• To provide, personalise, and improve the core dating functionalities, such as matching you with other users and displaying relevant profiles.
• To communicate with you about your account, service updates, security alerts, and promotional offers (where you have consented).
• To ensure the safety and integrity of our community by detecting, preventing, and addressing fraud, abuse, and illegal activities.
• To conduct research, analytics, and development to enhance user experience and develop new features.
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.

We process your data based on the following legal grounds: your consent, the necessity to perform our contract with you, our legitimate interests (e.g., security and service improvement), and compliance with legal obligations.

4. Sharing Data with Third Parties

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

• Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party companies to perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, customer support, email delivery, and marketing assistance. These providers are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
• Safety and Security: We may share information to protect the rights, property, or safety of SaucyDates, our users, or the public, including for fraud prevention and to enforce our policies.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change.
• With Your Consent: We will share your personal information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

5. Data Protection and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage. Our security measures include encryption of data in transit (using SSL/TLS) and at rest, regular security assessments, access controls, and staff training.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential.

6. Your Rights

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

• Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the processing of your data.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable copy of your data for transfer to another service.
• Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data based on our legitimate interests.
• Rights related to Automated Decision-Making: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling.

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

7. Cookies (Cookies)

We use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to enhance your experience, analyse site traffic, and personalise content and ads. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.

Types of cookies we use:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off.
• Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the website.
• Functionality Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalisation.
• Advertising/Targeting Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements and track ad campaign performance.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Services. For more detailed information, please see our separate Cookie Policy.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other reasons. 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). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the revised Privacy 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 (DPO):

By Email: [email protected]

By Post:
Data Protection Officer
SaucyDates Ltd.
123 Connection Lane
London, EC1A 1BB
United Kingdom

We aim to respond to all legitimate inquiries within 30 days.