Nowadays, privacy is a major concern for everyone, and we at Your Friend My Friend (also referred to as "we," "us," "our," or "Your Friend My Friend") understand this. Many companies collect sensitive information, which understandably makes users curious about how their personal information is being used. To assist you in comprehending how we collect, use, store, and manage the personal information you provide us, we created this Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy pertains to your use of our website, yourfriendmyfriend.ie (the "Website"), as well as any applications, tools, or services we provide, including but not limited to our newsletter and speed dating events (collectively known as the "Services").

By utilising the Services, you consent to the collection and utilisation of your information as explained in this Privacy Policy. We retain the right to modify the provisions of this Privacy Policy at any time. We will indicate on this Privacy Policy the date it was last updated to notify you that changes have been made.

We urge you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure that you comprehend how your personal information will be utilized. If you use the Services after we have revised this Privacy Policy, you accept that you have read the updated conditions and consent to our revised privacy practices. Your use of the Services after changes have been made to the Privacy Policy will be regarded as your agreement to the new terms.

The Young at Heart

The Services are intended for individuals who are 20 years of age or older. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect, keep, or maintain personal information from people under the age of 18. The Website is not directed toward people under the age of 20. If you are under the age of20, then we ask that you please do not access, visit, or use the Website or the Services in any manner or at any time.

How We Use the Information We Collect About You

To use our Services, we require certain information from you. When you sign up for our Website, we collect information that you enter, such as your name, phone number, and email address, in order to identify you. Only authorised employees have access to this information and it is solely for the purpose of providing you with our Services.

When you use our Website or Services, we automatically collect additional information such as your IP address, browser type, language, visit time, referring website addresses, profile information, aggregated user data, and cookie information. This helps us manage and maintain the Website, track usage, improve our Services, and prevent click fraud. We may also use tracking pixels or cookies to track your use of the Website and include them in advertisements or promotions. We use this information to customize our Services and measure the effectiveness of our content, advertising, and other activities.

If you provide us with sensitive information, such as religious beliefs, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or political views, we will only use it to provide you with our Services. We may share non-personally identifiable and aggregated information with third parties, including advertisers, partners, affiliates, and investors, to provide more effective services overall. We may also share your information with authorised service providers who perform specific services or processes on our behalf, but we contractually restrict them from using your personal information for any other purpose.

You have the option to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, but please note that this may affect certain features on our Website. We are not responsible for the actions of third parties or for any additional information you provide directly to them. However, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with their privacy practices before disclosing any information to them. We may also share aggregated or anonymized information with third parties without your consent. You are entitled to access, correct, delete and limit processing of personal data (GDPR)

Additional Situations in Which We May Disclose Your Information

We may also use, store, and/or disclose your personal information:

• in response to a subpoena, court order, investigative demand, or request for cooperation by law enforcement, legal authorities, or government agencies;

• to enforce our Terms of Use or other policies;

• to defend ourselves against legal claims, or exercise our legal rights;

• to prevent, investigate, or take action against illegal activity, fraud, suspected fraud, or violation of the Terms of Use;

• to defend our employees, our company, our safety, or our users;

• to comply with legal data retention obligations, including without limitation tax and accounting legal requirements and documents evidencing our compliance with applicable law;

• to support our customer care decisions, enforce our rights and enable us to defend ourselves in the event of a claim, in anticipation of potential litigation, for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;

How Long We Retain Your Information

We retain the personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our services, resolve disputes, establish legal defences, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws. Your consent to such purposes remains valid after termination of your relationship with us.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research, statistical, or other purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Measures We Take to Protect Your Personal Information

We want to help you to feel comfortable and confident using the Your Friend My Friend Services. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. Our data is accessed, transmitted, recorded, encrypted, and secured via best practices according to web and cloud computing standards. These transmittal and storage standards are applied to all data received and managed by Your Friend My Friend, including personal information and web traffic.

In reality, however, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Therefore, even though we take efforts to secure your information, we do not guarantee or promise that your communications or personal information will always remain safe and secure. In particular, email sent to the Website may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to the Website via email or other electronic means. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY THEFT, LOSS, OR INTERCEPTION OF OR ANY UNAUTHORISED ACCESS OR DAMAGE TO ANY DATA OR COMMUNICATIONS. BY USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ASSUME THESE RISKS.

You are responsible for all uses of our Services by any person using your password. Please advise us immediately if you believe your password has been misused.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will make changes to this Privacy Policy occasionally and at our discretion, which will reflect changes in our practices and services. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 

If we change the manner in which we gather, collect, or share your personal information, we will notify you through email and/or posting a notice of an updated Privacy Policy on our Website. We suggest that you visit our Privacy Policy periodically to remain aware of any changes made to it.

If you have questions about your data and how ut is used, please contact Samantha at hello@yourfriendmyfriend.ie

Updated August 2024