Masseurfinder.com is owned and operated by Intrepid Web Services LLC ("IWS"). Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At IWS, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
IWS gathers two types of information about users:
1. Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. Masseurfinder.com's search function depends on an optional, voluntary submission of data regarding the location and type of service that the user is seeking. In addition, users may opt to submit personal data for the following purposes: (a) to send us questions or feedback, (b) to receive our electronic newsletters, (c) to participate in our myMasseurfinder "favorites" program, (d) to send an email through the Masseurfinder system, (e) to write reviews of Masseurfinder members, (f) to participate in polls, surveys and contests, and (g) to use other personalized features and/or programs;
2. Information that IWS gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because IWS derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does IWS divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.
We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:
1. Search queries
We allow users to search for bodywork professionals in our directory. This function requires the user to enter a location (a ZIP city, city and state, or airport code) and the type of bodywork in which they are interested. We save this information on our servers while the user is visiting the site. This data is also saved in aggregate for later analysis. However, it is not saved in a way that it can be associated with any other personal information that you submit, unless you expressly request us to save your search preferences.
2. Browsing history
For the convenience of our users, Masseurfinder.com saves a short list of recently viewed masseur profiles in a cookie on the user's computer. This data is not saved on Masseurfinder's servers and we only access it while the user is browsing our website.
3. Electronic newsletters
We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. IWS gathers the email addresses, names and other information of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page.
4. Testimonials/reviews
Users may submit testimonials of Masseurfinder.com's bodywork advertisers. Doing so requires them to provide an email address and information about the massage session. The information about the massage session is intended for publication, and by submitting it, the user provides IWS a nonexclusive, perpetual, nonrevokable license to use it. IWS will use the email address to verify the user's identify. However, IWS will not (a) publish the email address, (b) provide it to a third-party, or (c) use it for any purpose other than verification (unless consent is provided through another submission elsewhere on the website). IWS is under no obligation to publish reviews that have been submitted.
5. E-mail forwarding
Masseurfinder.com users can choose to electronically send messages to our members, or to a friend, via our e-mail relay service. The user must provide their email address (and, if sending to a friend, the recipient's email address). This information is used only to transmit the email and notify the recipient of the sender's address. In addition, in the case of e-mails sent to Masseurfinder members, we will store the message and address data on our secure servers for access by the Masseurfinder member only. We will not use the email addresses for any other purposes, unless the user has separately opted-in to a newsletter.
6. Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. IWS may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.
7. Surveys
IWS may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party.
8. Customer Suport Inquiries
Users may contact IWS with comments, feedback and questions regarding Masseurfinder.com. In such a case, IWS will use the personal information to reply to the user. 9. Other Voluntary Submissions
A user may provide information, including personal details, to IWS as part of other features or programs on Masseurfinder.com. In general, IWS will use the personal information to fulfill the service that has been requested. IWS will not enroll members in email newsletters unless specifically requested.
Persons under the age of 18 are prohibited from using Masseurfinder.com. By using this Website, the user certifies that he or she is at least 18 years or older. We will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent, as mandated by the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).
IWS tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. IWS does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
IWS sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is not associated with individual users unless they have opted to save their search preferences. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. IWS uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, Masseurfinder.com's search function depends on the use of cookies. Turning off cookies may cause errors and omissions.
IWS uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters, to relay e-mail messages, and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. IWS never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
IWS creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
IWS uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
IWS operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers. However, our liability is limited as detailed in our Terms and Conditions of Service.
You may opt not to participate in any site features that require you to provide personal information about yourself, such as your email address.
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by IWS. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.