1. Information collected at Matrified.com

    Matrified.com is a matrimonial platform providing targeted advertising services for matrimonial alliance. In order to provide the services, we ask for certain personal information which is displayed on the site.

    Information Collected/Tracked by Matrified.com

    Matrified.com gathers two types of information:

    i. Information users submit; and
    ii. Information not directly submitted.
    1. Information users submit

      MEMBERS
      There are two types of user-submitted information we collect: Public and Private. We define Public information as personal information that may be displayed on the site at the behest of the member, such as gender, age, height, telephone number, photograph, etc. Private information is defined as any information that allows others to contact a user other than through Matrified.com or allows the collection of information about the user other than what is displayed on the site.
      • Public:To order to make the services of advertising to the relevant targeted members, we gather personal information, which may or may not include: customer-specified Matrified.com username, gender, age, religion, income range, profession, telephone number, preference/lifestyle information, general geographic location, photograph and horoscope.
      • Private:This information is gathered from members and guests who apply for the various services our site offers. This information includes, but is not limited to: email address, first name, last name, credit card number or checking account information for payment, a user-specified password, mailing address, zip code and telephone number.
      Matrified.com also allows members to submit public and private information on behalf of others - (in the form of representatives of the concerned person for matrimony/marriage). If such a concerned person does not wish this information to be displayed, she/he has the option to request removal of such information after providing the necessary evidence that the information pertains to her/him.

      FRAMING: We utilize framing techniques to make it appear that the user is still on the web site when they are actually on a third party web site.

      MATRIFIED.COM AFFILIATE/BUSINESS PARTNERS: The Affiliate/Business Partner program is a vehicle for other websites to link to Matrified.com. Apart from its Affiliate/Business partners, Matrified.com will never share any member's personal information.

      HOROSCOPE MATCHING:The birth time and place information submitted by the users will be used for matching horoscopes with other members. This North style Kundali matching report only gives you an idea of matrimonial compatibility and NOT exact results. For a detailed and exact evaluation, members should consult a learned astrologer.

    2. Information not directly submitted

      AGGREGATE: This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered from all users of the site.
  2. Usage of above collected information at Matrified.com

    Matrified.com uses the information it collects in the following ways:
    • Information users submit

      MEMBERS
      Public: Public information supplied by members is an advertisement intended to be viewed by visitors to the site. This information is used by visitors for searching and matching purposes. Public information cannot be used to identify a specific member by address, etc (except photograph, posting of which is voluntary). If any user expresses interest in another user and both accepts the interests, then both can view their contact information like email, telephone number etc.

      Private: We primarily use member's email addresses to verify registration and to send system emails on behalf of other members. Email addresses are disclosed only to the members whose interests are accepted by you. We may also use user's email address to send news regarding our site or our group sites, but the users may choose not to receive such emails by unsubscribing. Email addresses may also be used in private correspondence with the user for customer service issues. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. All other private information submitted by the user is confidential and is not disclosed except as required by law or to protect members of Matrified.com. All private information except financial information submitted during the process of a financial transaction & certain account-related information collected at the time of registration can be updated or deleted by the user at any time.


      MATRIFIED.COM'S BUSINESS/ADVERTISING PARTNERS: Information submitted by our BUSINESS/ADVERTISING partners is used for establishing and maintaining a business relationship. No personal or business information is shared outside the relationship between Matrified.com and the Business Partner. Our Business Partners can view or access private information of Matrified.com members for business purposes.

      OTHERS:
      Matrified.com allows members to write messages to other members to advertise their personal profile for matrimonial alliance. While Matrified.com exercises reasonable care to prevent site misuse, we strongly recommend you to establish the authenticity and intent of members before giving out personally identifiable information in such messages.

    • Information not directly submitted

      We use your server IP address, and browser-type related information in the general administration of our website. We may store member login ids of users and their IP addresses for certain activities they perform for security purposes in order to track down the person in case of illegal activities.
  3. Business partners with which Matrified.com shares the information it collects

    We do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away your personal information like email and contact number with third parties except our business partners. However, we reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site. Matrified.com may tie-up with partners to bring you various services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of the partner for questions about their use, any personally identifiable information that you or Matrified.com may separately submit to such partner.
  4. Links to other websites

    Matrified.com may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that Matrified.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites. We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our site, and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Matrified.com.
  5. Use of Cookies

    • help a website recognize repeat users;
    • facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site;
    • allow a site to track usage behavior;
    • compile aggregate data for content improvements; and
    • undertake targeted advertising.

    If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers contain a function that allows a user to deny the cookie feature. You can also delete cookie files from your computer at your discretion. Please note that the use of cookies is a necessary part of the Matrified.com technology and is necessary if you wish to access Matrified.com. Disabling the cookie feature on your browser or deleting cookie files from your computer will render you unable to access certain features on Matrified.com and participate in its services. Cookies may also be necessary to provide the user with certain features such as customized delivery of information. Consequently cookies we serve are tied to the user's personally identifiable information.
    Matrified.com uses cookies to provide its services, to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit different pages on our site, and for other purposes.
    Please note that cookies are used only to recollect information sent to your computer from Matrified.com. We CANNOT access any information not sent by Matrified.com.
    Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
  6. Changing, updating or removing your personal information.

    Matrified.com allows you to modify or remove both public and private information from our database. Private information such as financial information submitted during the process of a financial transaction & certain account-related information collected at the time of registration however cannot be changed or removed by the user.
  7. Changes in privacy policy

    If we make a material change to our privacy policy, we will prominently post a link to those changes on our Homepage so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an email. We will give you a choice as to whether or not we can use information in this different manner and act accordingly.
  8. Personal information security

    Matrified.com takes every precaution to protect your information, both online and offline.
    We have also done everything in our power to prevent misuse of photographs. Apart from not allowing photographs to be downloaded or copied, we have watermarked them with the Matrified © logo. This acts as a further deterrent for illegal use elsewhere.
    If you have any questions about the security at our website, please email us.
  9. Matrified.com's email policy.

    We use emails to help you find your match on Matrified.com. Our main email products and services include:
    • Registration email
    • Forgot password email
    • Member responses to your profile.
    • Partner matches for you and
    • Newsletters updating you of the latest features on our site.

    Occasionally, we may also send you:
    • Announcements of special events which Matrified.com is associated with; or
    • Special offers from partner sites or group sites, which we believe are useful for you.

    As a Matrified.com member, you are automatically subscribed to all of the above, as an integral part of our matchmaking services to you. However, at any time, you may choose to manage your subscriptions to one or more of the above (except Member responses and registration emails). All our emails will carry a link to help you do this.
  10. Contacting Matrified.com

    If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please email us at.

    contact@matrified.com