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Privacy Policy FlingXXX

FlingXXX takes data protection very seriously, will treat all your personal data with the utmost care and assure you that your personal data will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy. This privacy policy sets out how FlingXXX uses and protects any information that you provide to FlingXXX when you use our website and services. In short, we use your personal data to offer you our services, to contact you, to inform you about our services and to make you personal offers. If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, please contact compliance@festivusmedia.com.

Who is FlingXXX?

FlingXXX provides a service through a platform (“Platform”) through which users can contact each other and communicate through messages. The services of FlingXXX are provided by Festivus Media BV. Festivus Media BV is located at Bezuidenhoutseweg 161 (2594AG) in Gravenhage and is registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 60194235. Festivus Media BV is responsible for the manner in which your Personal Data is collected, used and stored.

The data we process

Account and Messages
To use our platform, you must create an account. To create your account, we ask you to provide us with your name, email address and password. This information is mandatory. You can also add additional information such as profile picture, phone number, location, gender, age, date of birth, physical characteristics, relationship status and sexual orientation or flirting preferences. Your additional information will be stored in your account and you may update or delete this information at any time. In addition, this additional information may be classified as a special category of personal data, which we will only process with your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to compliance@festivusmedia.com. Please note that your messages to platform users contain (special) personal data that we process in order to provide you with the service.

Payment Details
In order to gain full access to the Platform, which includes sending and receiving messages, you must purchase Credits. For this purchase we process your payment details, including your telephone number. To process your payment, you will be redirected to the website of your bank, credit card company or other payment provider. You will be redirected back to the platform after completing your payment.

Contact form
You can contact us using the contact form on the platform. In this contact form we ask you to provide us with the following information: name, email address and message. We use this information to respond to your questions, inquiries and complaints.

Newsletter
You can register for our newsletter. If you have registered for the newsletter, we will use the email address you provided to send you our newsletter. If you no longer wish to receive newsletters, you can use the unsubscribe option included in each newsletter.

Personal offers
A profile is created based on the personal data collected by Festivus Media BV. Based on this profile, we try to tailor our offers to you as best as possible. These offers will be sent to you via email.

To do this we use:

  • The functions you use;

  • Your surfing behavior on the website;

  • The amount you spent on credits.

  • Your flirt settings;

  • Data collected using cookies.

    • This use of your personal data is based on your consent. If you no longer want your data to be used for this purpose, you can withdraw your consent by sending an email to compliance@festivusmedia.com.

    Statistical Research
    Festivus Media BV aims to provide services of the highest quality. To achieve this, Festivus Media BV must carry out statistical research. Based on the results of the research, we may make adjustments to our services and/or the platform. Festivus Media BV uses your personal data for this statistical survey. The research results are always aggregated. This means that the data in the research results can no longer be traced back to you.

    Automatically generated data
    Festivus Media BV requires certain information in order for the platform to function as optimally as possible (e.g. to display content correctly and to keep the platform secure) . Therefore, we collect automatically generated data about your use of the platform. This information consists of:

  • the type of device you use (e.g. tablet or smartphone);

  • your device's IP address (and geolocation);

  • Operating system of your device;

  • Browser software you use;

  • visited websites;

  • the internet service provider you use.


    • Disclosure to third parties
    We will not pass on your personal data to third parties without your consent, unless the following cases apply:

  • We make your personal data available to (sub-)processors (including, without limitation, the hosting party and entities that employ the people who respond to your messages) who may process personal data under the responsibility of Festivus Media BV Festivus Media BV assures that it has been contractually guaranteed that these (sub-)processors will not process data that does not fall within the scope of this Privacy Policy and that technical and organizational measures will be taken to protect your personal data against (among other things) unintentional Intentions to protect l loss or destruction or damage to your personal information.

  • We may disclose your personal information to third parties if you have expressly consented to the disclosure so that they can process your personal information and/or if such information cannot be traced back to you.

  • We may disclose your personal data to third parties if we are required to do so as a result of a legal dispute and/or if we believe that it is necessary to do so in accordance with applicable laws and/or regulations to protect our rights.

    • What do we do with your information?

    We will process your personal data for the following purposes and based on the following legal grounds:

    Purpose Legal basis
    Account & Message To provide the platform and its functions to you and to put you in touch with other profiles to bring you that match your preferences. Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party. If special categories of personal data are processed, the processing is based on your consent.
    Contact form To answer any questions you may have and/or to be able to contact you. The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by festivus media bv, i.e. to provide its (customer) services to you.
    Newsletter we send you updates about our service. The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Festivus Media BV, i.e. to send you the newsletter to which you have subscribed.
    Personal offer To send you personal offers Processing is based on your consent.
    Statistical research to create statistical data and use it (anonymously) for research purposes. The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of Festivus Media BV, i.e. to make and improve the website as user-friendly as possible.
    Automatically generated information To secure, customize and improve the platform. The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Festivus Media BV, namely information security.
    Disclosure to third parties Disclosure of information about you to third parties and / or to provide third parties with access to information about you, if necessary for the execution the services are required;
    You have given your consent; or
    this is required by law and/or regulation as a result of a lawsuit and/or to protect our rights.     		The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party.
    You have consented to the processing of your personal data for this purpose.
    Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Festivus Media BV is subject.

    Can this privacy policy be changed?

    This privacy policy may be changed from time to time. The changes will be published on the platform. If any material changes are made, you will be notified of this change.

    Complaints or questions?

    We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that your browser automatically creates and which are stored on your device when you visit our website.

    The cookie stores information that arises in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we receive direct knowledge of your identity.

    The use of cookies initially serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you: We use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual sub-pages of our website and, if so, Once you have registered, your password will be saved for the duration of your visit to our website and when you change sub-pages, so that you do not have to re-enter it every time. These session cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our website. In addition, to optimize user-friendliness, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically be recognized that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

    On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record and evaluate the use of our website and to optimize our offering for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our website again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

    The data processed by cookies is necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f of the GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not want us to recognize information about your computer, please set your Internet browser to delete cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or warn you before a cookie is stored. You can find out how to delete or block cookies in the help and support section of your internet browser. There you will find instructions on how to locate the file or directory where cookies are stored.

    Please note in any case that completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all of the functions of our website.

    If you reach our website via a link or by clicking on any banner advertising or leave our website and thus reach third-party sites, cookies may also be set by the addressee of the target page you clicked on. We are not legally responsible for the cookies. For information about the use of such cookies and the information stored on them by our advertising partners, please see their privacy statements and cookie policies.

    Java applets and Java script are used to provide our website. If you do not want to use these utilities or active content for security reasons, you should deactivate the corresponding settings in your browser.

    6. Online marketing/analysis tools

    The tracking measures listed below and used by us are based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, Section 15 Paragraph 3 TMG carried out. With the tracking measures we use, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the ongoing optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offering for you. These interests are to be viewed as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

    a) Google Analytics

    For the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization of our websites, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. www .google.com (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see also above) are set. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address) and the time of the server request is sent to you Transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and Internet use for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of these websites. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Section 15 Paragraph 3 TMG in conjunction with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR.

    This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of you. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that assignment is not possible (so-called IP masking).

    The data we send and linked to cookies, user identification (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs will be automatically deleted after 12 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached occurs automatically once a month.

    Further information about the terms of use and data protection of Google Analytics can be found at http://www.google. com/analytics/terms/de.html or at http://www.google. com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html .

    You can prevent the installation and storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

    You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by doing so under the following Download and install the browser plugin available from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

    b) Google Ads / Conversion Tracking

    We also use the online advertising program “Google Ads” as part of Google Ads conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google.

    If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking will be stored on your device. These cookies expire after 30 days, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification.

    If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. There is therefore no possibility that cookies can be tracked via AdWords customer websites.

    The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Here, customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Ads/Conversion Tracking is Section 15 Paragraph 3 TMG in conjunction with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR.

    If you do not want to take part in tracking, you can object to this use by preventing the installation of cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com” by setting your browser software accordingly (deactivation option). You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Further information and Google's privacy policy can be found at: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ , http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/ .

    c) Google Adsense

    This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and which enable analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages.

    The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to Google's contractual partners. However, Google will not combine your IP address with other data stored about you.

    You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of this website. By using this website, you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.


    7. Data security

    We strive to take all necessary technical and organizational security measures to store your personal data in such a way that it is neither accessible to third parties nor to the public. If you would like to contact us by email, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be fully guaranteed using this method of communication. We therefore recommend that you only send us confidential information by post.

    8. Currentness and changes to this data protection declaration

    This data protection declaration is currently valid and is valid as of May 2018. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may be necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at data protection.

    9. Name and contact details of the person responsible for processing Art. 4 Para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

    This data protection information applies to data processing by:

    Responsible person:

    Festivus Media BV
    Bezuidenhoutseweg 161
    2594 AG
    's-Gravenhage

    Email: info@flexnetmedia.com