HessenLadies Privacy Policy: Our Commitment to Your Data Security and Confidentiality

1. Introduction and General Provisions

Welcome to HessenLadies. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring you have a secure and positive experience on our platform. This Privacy Policy explains how HessenLadies ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service").

By accessing or using HessenLadies, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, you must discontinue use of our Service immediately.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked with you ("Personal Data"). The categories include:

• Account Data: Information you provide when registering, such as your chosen username, email address, age, gender, and a password.
• Profile Data: Details you add to your public or private profile, which may include biographical information, interests, preferences, and photographs.
• Communication Data: Messages you send and receive through our platform, including forum posts, private chats, and customer support inquiries.
• Technical & Usage Data: Automatically collected data such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent, and referring URLs.
• Payment Data: If you purchase a premium membership, our secure payment processors handle your financial information. We do not store full credit card numbers on our servers.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your Personal Data for legitimate business purposes, including:

• To create, manage, and secure your account.
• To facilitate connections and communication between members based on shared preferences.
• To personalize your experience, showing you relevant profiles and content.
• To process transactions and manage your membership.
• To send you important service-related announcements (e.g., security updates, policy changes).
• To analyze usage trends and improve the functionality, safety, and performance of our Service.
• To prevent, detect, and investigate fraud, abuse, or illegal activities.

We process your data based on your consent (for optional features), the necessity to perform our contract with you, and our legitimate interests in operating and improving a safe platform.

4. Sharing Data with Third Parties

We value your privacy and do not sell your Personal Data. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted vendors who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, payment processing, analytics, customer support), under strict confidentiality agreements.
• Legal Obligations: If required by law, subpoena, or legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of HessenLadies, our users, or the public.
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
• With Your Consent: We will share information with third parties when you have given us explicit permission to do so.

5. Data Protection & Security

We implement robust technical and organizational measures designed to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols.
• Secure server infrastructure with firewalls and access controls.
• Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing.
• Limited internal access to Personal Data on a need-to-know basis.

Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security but promise to notify you and relevant authorities of any data breach as required by law.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Data. You can exercise these rights by contacting us via the details in Section 9.

• Access & Portability: Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction: Update or correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your Personal Data, subject to legal obligations.
• Restriction & Objection: Object to or restrict certain processing activities.
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.
• Complain: Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content.

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function (e.g., login sessions).
• Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site.
• Functionality Cookies: Remember your preferences (e.g., language, region).
• Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements, both on and off our site.

You can control cookie settings through your browser. Disabling certain cookies may limit the functionality of our Service. Our Cookie Banner provides initial consent management.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date and, where appropriate, through an in-platform notification or email.

We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer: