MGDS Ventures Pty Ltd (LonelyHearts.com.au) Privacy Policy 

MGDS Ventures Pty Ltd (LonelyHearts.com.au) is committed to protecting the privacy rights of all persons with whom it deals. We will take every step to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information. 

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the LonelyHearts.com.au website at www.lonelyhearts.com.au (Website), your use of any service offered by LonelyHearts.com.au through any software downloaded from the Website, as well as your use of any instant messaging functionality used by you in connection with the software (collectively, the "Service"). 

Accountability

LonelyHearts.com.au is accountable for all personal information under its care and control. LonelyHearts.com.au's Privacy Officer is designated as the person responsible for the Privacy Policy and for the personal information received by LonelyHearts.com.au. The Privacy Officer can be reached at:  mgdsventures@gmail.com

Any questions relating to LonelyHearts.com.au's handling of personal information should be directed to our Privacy Officer.

Purpose

The information we collect

At various times LonelyHearts.com.au will collect personal information. This includes "contact information", "billing information" and "personal characteristics." As described below, some of this information is collected automatically by LonelyHearts.com.au upon you accessing the Service, whereas other information will only be obtained when and if you provide it through your use of the Website and the Service. 

Your IP address is automatically collected each time you use the Website and the Service. Moreover, the identity of the website you came from most recently will also be collected. 

The IP address and other information such as your name, address, and e-mail address ("contact information") is collected in order to allow us to administer the Service, to identify and contact users and in order to conduct Website and Service maintenance. 

The Website and Service also use cookies to keep track of your activities and behaviour on the Service. Through the use of cookies, we can provide you with interest specific content. Cookies can be disabled. To do so, however, will impact your use of the Website. 

LonelyHearts.com.au may collect information such as credit card information ("billing information") from you in order to provide services, to access and update credit worthiness, to open, maintain and process credit card transactions, to maintain accounts, to process and deliver invoices and statements, and other internal administrative functions. 

The information you provide 

If you use the Website and Service, you may choose to provide information such as your place of residence, age, height, race, religion, certain preferences, etc., as well as photographs of yourself ("personal characteristics"). Personal characteristics are used to allow other LonelyHearts.com.au members to find and access your profile, to determine whether they want to communicate with you and to allow you to participate in the Service that we provide. 

Anything you choose to provide on your profile is public content and can be viewed by any LonelyHearts.com.au member or visitor to the site. 

Personal characteristics may also be displayed in online advertisements on other websites. If you do not wish your personal characteristics to be shown to none LonelyHearts.com.au members then please contact the Privacy Officer. 

While LonelyHearts.com.au members will have access to the personal characteristics (including photographs) you have provided, they will not be given access to your contact information or billing information. 

How we use your personal information 

LonelyHearts.com.au may provide your personal characteristics, on an aggregate basis, to potential third party advertisers. We may also provide this information to third parties who will serve advertisements on our behalf over the Internet. LonelyHearts.com.au may also use your public content, including any public content photographs, for marketing purposes. Your public content and contact information may also be provided to third parties in order to administer any promotions, contests or surveys which LonelyHearts.com.au may wish to conduct from time to time. 

LonelyHearts.com.au may also provide billing information to third parties to process credit applications, to access and update your credit worthiness, to open, maintain and process credit card transactions, as well as to maintain accounts, to process and deliver invoices and statements, and other internal administrative functions. 

Unless identified in this policy or otherwise required by law, LonelyHearts.com.au will not provide your information to third parties in such a way that would disclose your identity. 

Consent 

By using the LonelyHearts.com.au Website and Service, you consent to the uses indicated in this Privacy Policy. Should you choose, at any time, to withdraw your consent please immediately contact LonelyHearts.com.au's Privacy Officer in writing to advise of this decision. 

If LonelyHearts.com.au requires personal information for a new purpose, it will seek consent for such new use. 

Limits for Collecting, Using, Disclosing and Retaining Personal Information 

LonelyHearts.com.au, unless required or permitted by law, does not collect, use or disclose personal information, except when it has obtained consent. 

In all cases, LonelyHearts.com.au limits the amount and type of information collected to that which is necessary to meet the purposes described above. LonelyHearts.com.au undertakes to keep all personal information it collects strictly confidential. LonelyHearts.com.au will only retain personal information for the duration of its intended use or as otherwise required by law. Thereafter, all personal information that does not have a specific purpose or that no longer fulfills its intended purpose will be destroyed in a secure fashion. 

LonelyHearts.com.au will only provide personal information, to third parties on an "as needed" basis and provided that such third parties agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Private content will only be provided to third parties when required by law. 

Safeguarding Personal Information 

LonelyHearts.com.au respects individual's privacy and will protect that privacy as vigorously as possible. LonelyHearts.com.au stores personal information in electronic and physical files that are secure and to which access is restricted. 

Accuracy of Personal Information 

You will be able to change, alter or delete your personal information at any time. 

LonelyHearts.com.au also makes every effort to keep all personal information it holds, including contact information and billing information, accurate, complete, and current. LonelyHearts.com.au will update any changes to personal information when received when received from you in writing. If LonelyHearts.com.au holds personal information about an individual which can be established by the individual to be inaccurate, LonelyHearts.com.au will take reasonable steps to correct it. 

Access to Personal Information 

You have the ability to access all your personal information on the Website and Service at any time. If you have any questions regarding the personal information held by LonelyHearts.com.au, you should, in writing, contact LonelyHearts.com.au's Privacy Officer. LonelyHearts.com.au will respond to any written requests within 30 days of receiving written notice. LonelyHearts.com.au will keep records of enquiries and/or objections and will document their resolution. LonelyHearts.com.au will conduct all investigations in a timely, fair and impartial manner.