We understand that the privacy of its members, subscribers, guests and/or visitors ("Members", "you" or "your") is very important. We’ve developed this Policy to ensure that your privacy is protected while using any of our Sites. We reserve the right to change it at any time, and all changes are effective upon posting.

This Privacy Policy applies to all Qpid Network sites offered by Qpid Network. In addition, where more detailed information is needed to explain our privacy practices, we post supplementary privacy notices to describe how particular Sites process personal information Please review the Privacy Policy of these Sites.

1. About Qpid Network and Information We Collect From You
   
   Qpid Network provides you with access to rich collection of resources, including without limitation various communication tools, products, content, software, forums, services through its network of web sites (collectively "Services"). In order to provide full range of services, we may ask you to create a Qpid Network Account (the “Account”) to be our member.
   In the course of these various offerings, we often seek to collect from you various forms of personal information. We may ask you to create a profile and it generally includes three types of information:
   
   a) Personal Data
   To access Qpid Network Services, you can start creating a profile on one of our member sites that includes your personal data, such as your gender, first, middle and last names, date of birth, ethnicity, email address and residence country, plus other content such as your relationship status, your ideal match age range. This information may be accessed and viewed by others, as determined by your agreement on the specific privacy practices with respect to certain Services.
   
   b) Basic Information
   You may include your personal information, such as your height, weight, whether smoker or not, alcoholic or not, primary language, education level, ethnicity, religion, profession, whether have children or not, current income range. Besides, you may also include other content, such as your own personal description and photo(s). This information is stored on our systems, and may be displayed in your public profile on Qpid Network sites, or included in any communication between Members sent via the Site and other Qpid Network sites.
   
   c) Contact Information
   It consists of your email address, your postal address such as street address, city, state/province, country as well as postal code. Besides, your telephone or fax number are required when filling in the registration form. Generally, contact information will not be shown on your profile or other public places.
   
   
2. How We Use Your Information
   
   We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our Services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, to offer you other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you, to enforce the legal terms that govern your use of our Sites, to identify problems, to resolve disputes and/or for the purposes for which you provided the information.
   
   You agree that we may use personally information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze the web site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our Sites' content, layout, and services. These uses improve our Sites and may better tailor them to meet your needs.
   
   
3. Cookies and Historical Information
   
   Each time you access the Services, various information is gathered automatically, such as: domain, computer platform, browser type, IP address and country. We gather this information in order to administer and optimize the Services for you and to diagnose problems with our Services and enhance the user experience.
   
   
4. Your Credit Card Details
   
   If you pay by your Qpid credit card online, to protect your privacy we use highly secured industry order processing provided by third-party billing companies (such as 2CheckOut, and PayPal). Those companies we cooperate with enjoy good reputation and reliability in the industry of its kind. With use of the third-party credit card processors, your credit card information is entered using a secure server, and transferred internally using PGP, the most powerful encryption tool available. Your customer details may not be sold or made available to anyone else and your credit card details are only known by our order processors.
   
   
5. Communications
   
   If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other Qpid Network members or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on any Qpid Network Site, we may collect such information into a file that is accessed only by authorized Qpid Network personnel or representatives. We may also collect other members' comments about you.
   
   
6. Our Disclosure of Your Information
   
   Under no circumstance can Qpid Network sell or release your contact information to any third party without your permission, but we may disclose your personal information to affiliates or unaffiliated third parties if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary: (a) to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (b) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Qpid Network or others; (c) to enforce any terms of service of Qpid Network sites; (d) to provide you with the services or products requested by you, and to perform other activities related to such services and products, including billing and collection; (e) to provide you with information, special offers, or promotions from Qpid Network to which you consented. Qpid Network makes reasonable efforts to limit its designated service providers' disclosure of your personal information in the same manner as set forth in this paragraph.
   
   Further use and/or disclosure of your personal information by Third-Party Providers is not the responsibility of Qpid Network. Rather, such use and/or disclosure is governed by the Third-Party Providers' privacy policies.
   
   As Qpid Network Account is inter-linked to all of our member sites (which means you can activate multiple memberships when you successfully obtain an Account), we may also share your personal information with these member sites when they are interested in serving you. You may notify us your membership preferences any time in our member account settings area. Unless and until you choose to cancel your membership on a certain member site, personal information such as your name, profile information may be used by Qpid Network for providing goods and services to you.
   
   
7. Update/Delete the information in your profile
   
   If you want to update or correct inaccuracies in your information, you may login to your account and modify it. In case you want to permanently remove profile from our database or Qpid Network, you may contact us, and we can do it for you.
   
   
8. Security
   
   Qpid Network has security measures in place to protect and prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identity information such as firewalls. While "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet, our technical experts work hard to ensure your secure use of our services.
   
   
9. Transfer of Personal Information To Other Countries
   
   Some of the uses and disclosures mentioned in this privacy policy may involve the transfer of your personal information to various countries around the world that may have different levels of privacy protection than your country. By submitting your personal information via any Qpid Network site, you consent to such transfers.
   
   
10. Links To Third-Party Web Sites
    
    Qpid Network may provide links to third-party web sites. Since we do not control third-party sites and are not responsible for any personal information you may provide while on such sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those web sites before providing any of your personal information on such sites.
    
    
11. Your Agreement to This Privacy Policy
    
    By using Qpid Network Services, you understand that this privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the Network, and you agree to the collection and use of your personal information by the Network as outlined in this Privacy Policy statement.
    
    If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the practices of the Network, or your dealings with the Network, you can contact us.