1. Introduction
At [https://www.shophdi.com], we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you use our platform, which is associated with Amazon Affiliate and offers free dating, friendship – building, and news services.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Information
- When you register for an account on our platform for dating and friendship – building, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, date of birth, gender, and location. This information is used to create your profile, connect you with other users, and provide personalized services.
- If you choose to use certain features like the chat function, we may also collect the content of your messages, but only to the extent necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the service and to prevent abuse or harassment.
2.2 News – Related Information
- For the news section powered by https://www.shophdi.com, we may collect information about your news preferences, such as the categories of news you frequently view (e.g., U.S. news, entertainment news). This helps us to personalize your news feed and recommend relevant articles to you.
- We may also collect information about your device, such as your IP address, browser type, and device type. This information is used for analytics purposes, such as understanding how users access and interact with our news content.
3. How We Use Your Information
3.1 To Provide Services
- We use your personal information to enable you to use the free dating and friendship – building services. This includes matching you with potential friends or partners based on your profile information, and facilitating communication between you and other users.
- In the context of news services, we use your preferences and device information to deliver a customized news experience, including presenting relevant news articles, videos, and photos.
3.2 For Communication
- We may use your email address to send you important notifications related to your account, such as password reset instructions, updates about the platform, or news alerts if you have subscribed to them.
- We may also use your contact information to communicate with you about special offers, promotions, or new features related to our platform, but only if you have opted – in to receive such communications.
3.3 Analytics and Improvement
- We analyze the information we collect to understand how users interact with our platform. This includes analyzing user behavior on the dating and friendship features, as well as how users engage with different types of news content.
- Based on this analysis, we make improvements to our platform, enhance user experience, and develop new features. For example, we may use data on which news articles are most popular to curate better news sections.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
4.1 Third – Party Service Providers
- We may share your information with third – party service providers who assist us in operating the platform. These providers may include hosting companies, payment processors (if applicable in the future for premium features), and analytics providers. However, we only share the information necessary for them to perform their services, and they are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.
- For example, our hosting company may need access to certain data to ensure the proper functioning of our servers, and analytics providers may use your data to generate reports on user behavior, but they are not allowed to use your data for any other purposes.
4.2 Amazon Affiliate
- As an Amazon Affiliate – related platform, we may share certain non – personally identifiable information with Amazon for the purpose of affiliate marketing. This may include information about user traffic to our platform, the types of products or services users are interested in (if relevant to Amazon’s offerings), and conversion rates. However, this information does not include any direct personal information that can be used to identify individual users.
4.3 Legal Requirements
- We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, such as in response to a court order, subpoena, or other legal process. We will also disclose your information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, safety, or the rights, safety, or property of our users or the public.
5. Data Security
- We take data security seriously and implement a variety of security measures to protect your information. These measures include but are not limited to using secure socket layer (SSL) technology to encrypt data in transit, and storing data in secure servers with restricted access.
- We also have procedures in place to ensure that our employees and third – party service providers who have access to your data are bound by strict confidentiality and security requirements.
6. Your Choices and Rights
6.1 Account Settings
- You can review and update your personal information in your account settings at any time. You can also change your communication preferences, such as opting – in or out of receiving promotional emails or news alerts.
6.2 Deletion of Information
- If you wish to delete your account and all associated information, you can do so through your account settings. Please note that once your account is deleted, we will take steps to remove your personal information from our systems, subject to any legal or regulatory requirements. However, some non – personally identifiable information may be retained for analytics and legal purposes.
6.3 Data Access and Portability
- You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you. We will provide this information in a structured, commonly used, and machine – readable format. If you request, we will also transfer this information to another service provider, to the extent technically feasible.
7. Children’s Privacy
- Our platform is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
- We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other reasons, such as legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting a notice on our platform or by sending an email to the address associated with your account.
9. Contact Us
- If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [bkggss@hotmail.com]. We will respond to your inquiries as soon as possible.