1. Introduction
We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our free online chat room.
2. Data Collection
We may collect personal data such as your name, email address, and IP address. We also collect non-personal data such as browser type and chat logs.
3. How Data is Collected
We collect data when you register, use our chat room, and through cookies and similar technologies.
4. Purpose of Data Collection
We use your data to provide and improve our chat service, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations.
5. Data Sharing
We may share your data with third-party service providers and to comply with legal requirements.
6. Data Storage and Security
We implement security measures to protect your data and retain it only as long as necessary.
7. User Rights
You have the right to access, correct, delete, and object to the processing of your data. You also have the right to data portability.
8. Cookie Policy for chat-buddy.com
This is the Cookie Policy for chat-buddy.com, accessible from https://chat-buddy.com
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics website.
The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.
For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
If you are looking for more information about our website then you can contact us through our preferred contact methods:
By visiting this link: contact us
9. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy and will notify you of any significant changes. The effective date of this policy is 01/06/2024.
10. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected]