How to Protect Your Privacy Withing the Swing Lifestyle

OUR COMMITMENT

Swingers Style, which is operated by Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC, respects your privacy. At Swingers Style, your privacy is a top priority. Your privacy is at the core of the way we design and build the services and products you know and love so that you can fully trust them and focus on building meaningful connections. We appreciate that you put your trust in us when you provided us with your information, and we do not take this lightly. We do not compromise your privacy. We design all of our services with your privacy in mind. We involve experts from various fields, including legal, security, engineering, product design, and others to make sure that no decision is taken without respect for your privacy.

We strive to be transparent in the way we process your data. Because we use many of the same online services you do, we know that insufficient information and overly complicated language are common issues in privacy policies. We take the exact opposite approach; we have written our Privacy Policy and related documents in plain language. We actually want you to read our policies and understand our privacy practices!

We work hard to keep your information secure. We have teams dedicated to keeping your data safe and secure. We constantly update our security practices and invest in our security efforts to enhance the safety of your information. This Privacy Policy applies to websites, apps, events, and other services operated by Swingers Style. For simplicity, we refer to all of these as our “services” in this Privacy Policy. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users and we want to provide a safe and secure member experience. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private and is used only for the purposes set forth herein. This policy details how data about you is collected, used, and shared when you access our websites and services or interact with us (collectively, Swingers Style).
 

APPLICABILITY OF PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy applies to all information we collect through our web and mobile applications from current and former Swingers Style users and visitors. When you are no longer a member of ours, we continue to share your information as described in this policy. This policy only applies to the Swingers Style services and does not apply to the practices of any other Swingers Style. This policy also covers our treatment of any personally identifiable information that our business partners share with us.

Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES

INFORMATION COLLECTED

When you use the Swingers Style Services, you may be asked for certain personal information, including your state ID for background checks, name, email address, zip code, phone numbers, credit card information, hobbies and interests. Our website also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, browser type and Swingers Style Cookie (defined below) information. As previously stated, we are committed to providing you with a safe and secure user environment. Therefore, before permitting you to use Swingers Style’s Services, we may require additional information from you that we can use to verify your identity, address, or other information or to manage risk and compliance throughout our relationship. We may also obtain information about you from third parties such as identity verification, fraud prevention, and similar services. Swingers Style collects data to operate effectively and provide better quality experiences. If you do not agree to our collection of this information, you may be limited or restricted in the Swingers Style Services available to you. We also track specific events for statistical purposes like conversion rates and testing new designs.

How Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC/ Swingers Style.com USES PERSONAL DATA:

Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC/ Swingers Style.com uses this information to:

 

  1. Provide, maintain, and improve the Swingers Style Services.

  2. Legal Compliances.

  3. Personalize the content you see.

  4. Provide Customer Service.

Help protect the safety of Swingers Style.com and its members by blocking suspected spammers, investigating, and addressing abuse, and enforcing the Swingers Style Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We will inform you of updates to our services, security alerts, and other support and administrative messages, as well as communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events. We will also provide other news and information we think will be of interest to you (for information about how to opt out of these communications, see “Choices” below); and Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Swingers Style Services.
 

WEBSITE VISITORS

We gather information about all users collectively, such as what areas users visit most frequently and what services users access the most. We only use such data anonymously. This information helps us determine what is the most beneficial for our users and how we can continually create a better overall user experience. We may share anonymized information with our partners so that they may also understand how users and visitors use our services. We may use data stitching, which is the process of combining your datasets from multiple sources to better track website use. Our website uses Google Analytics. To learn more about how Google Analytics collects and uses data, or to opt out, click HERE

How is my information stored?

We use third-party vendors and hosting partners for hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology we need to run Swingers Style. All data is written to multiple disks instantly, backed up daily, and stored in more than one location.

Our Use of Profiles in Promotions

We don’t use our member profiles for any promotions.

Billing Information

Swingers Style, which is operated by Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC, uses a third-party payment processor to handle electronic payments and billing information shared with our vendor. It is intended to be used solely to allow this third party to process payments. All payments will appear on your bank statement as Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC.

 

INFORMATION FROM MINORS

We do not knowingly solicit, collect, or share information from any individuals under the age of 18.

 

COOKIES

We use and may allow others to use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to recognize you and/or your device(s). You may read our Cookie Policy for more information on why we use them (such as authenticating you, remembering your preferences and settings, analyzing site traffic and trends, delivering and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, allowing you to use social features) and how you can better control their use, through your browser settings and other tools.

Certain aspects and features of the Swingers Style website are only available through the use of Cookies, so if you choose to disable or decline Cookies, your use of the Swingers Style Services may be limited or not possible.

 

DO NOT TRACK

Some web browsers (including Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome) have a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) feature that tells a website that a user does not want to have his or her online activity tracked. If a website that responds to a DNT signal receives a DNT signal, the browser can block that website from collecting certain information about the browser’s user. Not all browsers offer a DNT option and DNT signals are not yet uniform. For this reason, many businesses, including Swingers Style website, do not currently respond to DNT signals.

SHARING INFORMATION

When you use the Swingers Style website, certain information may be shared with other users and the public. For example:

When you submit a post or comment to the Swingers Style website, members of the Swingers Style website will be able to see the content of your posts and comments, the username associated with your posts or comments, and the date and time you originally submitted the posts or comments. Although some parts of the services may be private or quarantined, they may become public and you should take that into consideration before posting to the website.

When you send private messages or messages, the recipients of those messages will be able to see the content of your message, your username, and the date and time the message was sent. Please use caution when sharing information about yourself to third parties, as we have no control over how they will use the information you share with them.

When other users view your profile, they will be able to see information about your activities on the Swingers Style Services, such as your username, prior posts and comments, and more.

We will not share, sell, or give away any of our users’ personal information to third parties. We don’t sell your email address to 3rd parties. We don’t share or sell any information in our database.

Swingers Style is an innovative revolutionary community. DUE TO LEGAL COMPLIANCE, THE FOLLOWING CLAUSES IS TO CONTINUE INTO A PERPETUAL TIMELINE * TERMS AND CONDITIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT DISCLOSURE CLAUSE, NON-DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSE, QUALIFIED IMMUNITY WAIVER CLAUSE, EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES CLAUSE, MEDIA DISCLOSURE CLAUSE, BUSINESS /CORPORATE EMPLOYER DISCLOSURE CLAUSE, NON-DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSE, WEBSITE MEMBERS PROHIBITION CLAUSE, REPORTING OR DISCLOSE EVENTS LOCATIONS WITH MALICIOUS INTENT CLAUSE, NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (NDA) AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY AGREEMENT.

We may share information with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work for us. These companies may have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, and they are Legally obligated to maintain the confidentiality of any personal information in which they come in contact as part of their services to Swingers Style. We may share information in response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, including, but not limited to meeting national security or law enforcement requirements.

 

How Long We Retain Your Information

Swingers Style is a No-fly zone highly regulated community. Due to legal requirements, it is necessary to keep all our user agreements permanently in our data infrastructure. That is necessary because if someone is trying to harm you 5, 10, 20, 30 or 50, 60, 70 years from now, we need their legal contracts to move forward with legal actions. We do not store your credit card number. Your billing information never leaves the secure credit card merchant account processor. We may share your information in response to an emergency if we believe it is necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily harm to you or a different person. We may share aggregated or anonymized information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

 

ONLINE TRANSACTIONS

When you place an order online, your personal details and credit card information are encrypted using SSL encryption technology before being sent over the Internet. Although we cannot guarantee encryption or the privacy of your personal details, SSL makes it very difficult for your information to be stolen or intercepted while being transferred All information sent to our payment processor is in the secure SSL environment, which will protect it against disclosure to third parties. When we receive your order, it is on an SSL server.
 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OR COLLECTIONS

It is your duty to make sure that you keep your account(s) in good standing with us and turn on or turn off your automatic renewal. If you have an outstanding balance, or if you dispute your payment to us with your credit card or financial institution for any reason, please note that all information collected from your activity on our website may be disclosed to the bank and/or collections agency we work with for the purposes of establishing proof of users’ identity, proof of use, proof that service was provided, and/or collecting any outstanding debt owed to us.

 

CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS

Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), we are required to disclose the categories of Personal Data we collect from You and how we use it, as well as the third parties with whom we share it, which we have explained above and in Appendix I.

 

Please note: If You have used our services in the preceding twelve (12) months, then we have collected Personal Data from You, the devices You use, our partners, and from sources otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

The CCPA provides California consumers, defined as “natural persons who are California residents,” with certain rights under the CCPA. These rights are as follows:

 

You have the right to know and request information regarding the categories of Personal Data:

We collect, use, or share;

The purposes for which these categories are collected or used by us;

The sources from which we collect Personal Data; and

The specific Personal Data we have collected about you.

You have the right to equal service. Swingers Style will not discriminate against You for exercising your privacy rights under California law.

You have to right to request deletion of your Personal Data. Swingers Style does not sell the Personal Data of our users.


 

INTERNATIONAL DATA

Swingers Style is a worldwide service. We are based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. By accessing or using the Swingers Style Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information in and to the U.S. and other countries, where you may not have the same rights as you do under local law.

European Union; European Economic Area; Switzerland

In connection with Swingers Style’s processing of personal data received from the European Union and Switzerland, we adhere to the E.U. General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (the “SFADP”) and comply with their frameworks and principles. Please direct any inquiries or complaints regarding our compliance with GDPR or SFADP to the email listed in the “Data Protection Officer” section below. If we do not resolve your complaint, you may submit your complaint free of charge to the International Centre For Dispute Resolution-American Arbitration Association (ICDR-AAA) based in the United States. Under certain conditions, you may also be able to invoke binding arbitration to resolve your complaint. We are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the E.U. and Switzerland. If we share E.U. or Swiss data with a third-party service provider that processes the data solely on our behalf, then we will be liable for that third party’s processing of E.U. or Swiss data in violation of the GDPR or SFADP, unless we can prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

 

United Kingdom

In connection with Swingers Style’s processing of personal data received from the United Kingdom (the “U.K.”), we adhere to the U.K. GDPR/2018 Data Protection Act (the “U.K. GDPR”) and comply with its frameworks and principles. Please direct any inquiries or complaints regarding our compliance with U.K. GDPR to the email listed in the “Data Protection Officer” section below. If we do not resolve your complaint, you may submit your complaint free of charge to the International Centre For Dispute Resolution-American Arbitration Association (ICDR-AAA) based in the United States. Under certain conditions, you may also be able to invoke binding arbitration to resolve your complaint. We are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.K. If we share U.K. data with a third-party service provider that processes the data solely on our behalf, then we will be liable for that third party’s processing of U.K. data in violation of the U.K. GDPR, unless we can prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

 

Brazil

In connection with Swingers Style’s processing of personal data received from Brazil, we adhere to the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados Pessoais) (the “LGDP”) and comply with its frameworks and principles. Please direct any inquiries or complaints regarding our compliance with LGPD to the email listed in the “Data Protection Officer” section below.

 

New Zealand

In connection with Swingers Style’s processing of personal data, we adhere to the New Zealand Privacy Act. Please note that while Swingers Style strives to ensure the privacy of your personal data, by using the Swingers Style Services your personal data may not be given the same protection as provided by the New Zealand Privacy Act.

 

PROTECTION & STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information is protected by physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state regulations. We also use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption. For example, we use SSL encryption to safeguard your credit card data when used in e-commerce transactions. In addition, we enforce physical access controls to our offices and files, and we authorize access to users’ personal information only for personnel who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.

We strive to ensure security on our systems. Despite our efforts, we cannot guarantee that personal information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of our administrative, managerial, and technical safeguards. Therefore, we urge you to take adequate precautions to protect your personal data as well, including never use public WiFi or sharing the username and password used in connection with your participation in the Swingers Style Services. If Swingers Style learns of a systems security breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using the Swingers Style Services, you agree that Swingers Style may communicate with you electronically. Swingers Style may post a notice on the website or mobile application if a security breach occurs. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.
 

UPDATING ACCOUNT INFORMATION

Swingers Style allows you to change your personal information at any time. To do so, simply log on to Swingers Style with your username and password, and you will be able to update the information you have submitted.
 

CHOICES

We also provide you with the opportunity to opt-in to receive these types of communications at the time of registration, but later decide to opt out of several types of communications at the time of registration. If you no longer want to receive them, simply change your preferences on your account settings or communicate your preferences to us via email. You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as information about your account or your use of the Swingers Style Services. With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device. As a Data Subject in the European Economic Area, you have the right to request, access, rectify, withdraw, delete, and restrict how we process your Personal Data.

These rights include the ability to review the Personal Data we have in our Information and Communications systems concerning you, the ability to make any corrections to that Personal Data, the ability to be informed of who that data may have been shared with, the ability to withdraw your consent for Swingers Style to process your Personal Data, the ability to request that we delete all of your Personal Data, and the ability to restrict how we process your Personal Data.

If you deactivate your account or request that Swingers Style delete your Personal Data, Swingers Style may still retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and record-keeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce our terms and conditions, take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our website or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by the General Data Protection Regulation. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in our Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties’ policies.
 

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will place any updates to this policy on our website. You may also request a paper copy of the Privacy Policy by contacting us at the email or address noted below. You are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy by using the Swingers Style Services after such changes have been posted to the website.

 

Children's Privacy

Our services are restricted to users whom are 18 years of age or older. We do not permit users under the age of 18 on our platform and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you suspect that a user is under the age of 18, please use the reporting mechanism available through the service.

 

Privacy Policy Changes

Because we’re always looking for new and innovative ways to help you build meaningful connections, this policy may change over time. We will notify you before any material changes take effect so that you have time to review the changes.

When required by law

We may disclose your information if reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with a legal process, such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant, government / law enforcement investigation or other legal requirements; (ii) to assist in the prevention or detection of crime (subject in each case to applicable law); or (iii) to protect the safety of any person.

To enforce legal rights

We may also share information: (i) if disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit; (ii) as necessary to protect our legal rights and legal rights of our users, business partners or other interested parties; (iii) to enforce our agreements with you; and (iv) to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.

 

With your consent or at your request

We may ask for your consent to share your information with third parties. In any such case, we will make it clear why we want to share the information.

 

Cross-Border Data Transfers

Sharing of information sometimes involves cross-border data transfers, for instance to the United States of America and other jurisdictions. As an example, where the service allows for users to be located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), their personal information is transferred to countries outside of the EEA. We use standard contract clauses approved by the European Commission or other suitable safeguard to permit data transfers from the EEA to other countries. Standard contractual clauses are commitments between companies transferring personal data, binding them to protect the privacy and security of your data.

 

DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

CONTACT US

Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC

1095 Sugar View Dr Suite 500

Sheridan, WY 82801

 

Whether you live in the United States or outside the United States, Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC is responsible for your information. If you have any questions, You can contact Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC via the  the following address:

Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC

1095 Sugar View Dr Suite 500

Sheridan, WY 82801

Types of Swingers Style/ Grafenberg Entertainment Networks, LLC Vendor Third Parties:

 

  • Web server hosting

  • Attorneys

  • Investigators

  • Information Technology

  • Data analysis

  • Marketing services

  • Security services

  • Card and payment processors

To receive a copy of the complete list of third parties, please contact [email protected] and use the subject line "Third Party Request". The list is proprietary and confidential and may not be used for any other purpose or distributed in any form; violation of this requirement is a violation of the Terms of Use governing this site, and its use and is subject to the Commercial Use provisions in the Terms of Use.