Effective Date: October 20, 2025

InternationalDatingSites.org (“InternationalDatingSites.org,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and what choices you have. If you do not agree with this Policy, please discontinue use of our website.

If you do not agree to any content of this policy, please immediately stop using the services of this website.

1) Scope

This Policy applies to your use of InternationalDatingSites.org and any pages where it appears, including articles, reviews, city guides, comment sections (if enabled), and contact forms. It does not apply to third-party websites or services that we link to or embed (e.g., dating platforms we review, ad networks, analytics providers, social media, maps, or video players). Their practices are governed by their own privacy policies.

2) Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide

  • Comments (if enabled): Display name, email (if required), comment text, timestamp; to combat spam/abuse we may also collect IP address and browser user-agent.
  • Contact/Business Inquiries: Name, email, company and role, and message content.

We do not offer account registration on this site and we do not request passwords or payment details.

B. Information Collected Automatically

  • Usage & device data: IP address, browser type/version, device type, OS, language, referring/exit pages, timestamps, page views, scroll/click events, crash/diagnostic logs.
  • Cookies & similar tech (pixels, tags, local storage, SDKs): Used for remembering preferences, analytics, performance, security/anti-fraud, and (where applicable) advertising measurement. See Section 5.

C. Information From Third Parties

  • Analytics & measurement tools (e.g., audience statistics, content performance).
  • Advertising/affiliate networks (for ad delivery, frequency capping, conversion/attribution, anti-fraud).
  • Security & anti-spam vendors.
  • Hosting/CDN & performance providers.

3) How We Use Information (Purposes & Legal Bases)

We use personal information to:

  • Provide, maintain & secure our site (site functionality, availability, anti-fraud/abuse).
  • Understand and improve content and user experience (aggregated analytics, A/B testing).
  • Communicate with you (respond to inquiries, partnerships, feedback).
  • Comply with laws and enforce our terms (detect, investigate, and prevent harmful or illegal activity).
  • Advertising & affiliate measurement where applicable, including attribution; we seek consent when required by law.

For users in the EEA/UK, our legal bases include legitimate interests, consent (where required), performance of a requested service, and legal obligations.

4) How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money. We may share information with:

  • Service providers/processors under contract (analytics, security/anti-spam, hosting/CDN, maintenance, advertising/affiliate measurement).
  • Legal and safety recipients when required by law or to protect our rights, users, or the public.
  • Business transfers (e.g., merger, acquisition, or asset sale), subject to this Policy or comparable protections.

5) Cookies & Similar Technologies

We and our partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and SDKs to:

  • remember preferences (e.g., language),
  • perform audience measurement and site performance analytics,
  • prevent abuse and ensure security, and
  • (where permitted) deliver/measure advertising and affiliate conversions.

Your choices:

  • Most browsers let you delete or block cookies; doing so may affect site functionality.
  • If we provide a Cookie Preferences tool, you can adjust non-essential categories at any time (see footer).
  • Some partners provide their own opt-out mechanisms on their privacy pages.

6) Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure

Our content may include advertisements and affiliate links. If you click a partner link and later sign up or make a purchase, we may earn a commission. This does not change your price and helps support our editorial work. Affiliate tracking is typically handled by third-party networks via cookies/pixels/link parameters. Please review their privacy notices for details and opt-out choices.

Embedded content (e.g., videos, maps, social posts) and links to external sites may allow those third parties to collect information about you independently (e.g., IP address, browser details, interaction metrics). Your interactions are subject to the third party’s privacy policy.

8) Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Public comments or security logs may be kept longer for anti-spam/abuse, audit, or legal reasons. When data is no longer needed, we will delete or de-identify it within a reasonable time.

9) Information Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards (e.g., encrypted transport, access controls, least-privilege, logging) to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

10) International Transfers

We and our service providers may process information outside your country (including the United States). Where applicable (e.g., under GDPR/UK GDPR), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or equivalent mechanisms.

11) Children

Our site is intended for adults 18+. We do not knowingly collect information from minors under 18. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, contact us (Section 15) and we will take appropriate steps to remove it.

12) Your Rights & Choices

A. EEA/UK (GDPR/UK GDPR)

Subject to law, you may request: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection to processing, and withdrawal of consent (where processing is based on consent). You can also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

B. United States (e.g., California CPRA and similar state laws)

Depending on your state, you may have rights to know/access, correct, delete, limit use of sensitive personal information, and opt out of “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising. While we do not sell personal information for money, some laws treat certain ad/affiliate activities as a form of “share.”
If provided on our site, you may use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link (or Privacy Choices) to exercise these rights. You may also contact us via Section 15.

Categories we may collect (CPRA): identifiers (e.g., IP, cookie IDs), internet/network activity (e.g., browsing, interactions), geolocation (coarse, from IP), inferences (content preferences). We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information.

C. How to Exercise Your Rights

Submit a request using the contact details in Section 15. We may take steps to verify your identity to protect your privacy. Authorized agents may act on your behalf where permitted by law and after appropriate verification.

13) Do Not Track

Because there is no industry consensus on responding to DNT signals, our site currently does not respond to them. You can still manage cookies and personalized ads as described above.

14) Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect legal, technical, or business developments. The Effective Date at the top indicates when it last changed. For material changes, we will provide more prominent notice on the site. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised Policy.

15) Contact Us

Questions, requests, or complaints regarding this Policy or your personal information:

Please include your jurisdiction and the type of request (e.g., access, deletion, correction, opt-out).

16) Reference: Common Third-Party Types We Use (Examples)

Actual providers may change over time; this list illustrates typical categories:

  • Analytics & measurement (audience stats, content performance).
  • Advertising & affiliate networks (ad delivery, frequency capping, attribution, anti-fraud).
  • Security/anti-spam (bot detection, spam filtering).
  • Hosting/CDN & performance (faster loading, uptime).
  • Embedded content (video players, maps, social widgets).
  • Email/communications (routing messages you send via our contact form).

We contractually require processors to handle personal information only per our instructions and to implement appropriate security measures.