Collecting your Personal Information:

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are joining our web site as a GayDreams Member but may also be required when entering the GayDreams Guest area and/or signing up for any special event or offerings. Personal information collected by us most often is limited to e-mail address and/or location, but may include other information when needed to provide any services you request.

For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such as purchasing a GayDreams Membership, we will request personal information necessary for billing such as: name, address, telephone number and credit card number. We keep this information on file with any information you've already given us on previous visits to our web site. This is considered your personal profile.

Information that we collect/gather:

By visiting this web site, information we may collect (but not limited to) and store includes the following information about our visitors and/or Members:

1. The name of the domain from which you access the Internet including your IP address
2. The Internet address of the web site which directed you to our site
3. The Internet address of the web site which you leave our site and go to
4. The date and time you access our site, what page(s) you visit and for how long you view each page
5. We monitor all viewing habits of Visitors/Members as necessary to improve site performance and offerings
6. Any forms that you may fill out where you provide us with personal information or request information

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

1. To make the site easier to use and to publish content most relevant to our Members/Guests
2. To deliver services that our Members/Guests request or purchase
3. To help you quickly find services or information on GayDreams
4. To alert Members/Guests to special offers, updated information and other new offerings from GayDreams

We use this information to measure the number of visitors to different pages on our web site, to help us make our site more useful to our Members/Guests and to measure the amount of traffic generated through our affiliate networks.

The personally-identifying information we collect and store is information you choose to provide to us, such as your e-mail address, street address, phone number(s), zip code, age, credit card information (in order to process Memberships that you have applied for) and/or occupation. This information may be requested in exchange for viewing content within the "Members" and/or "Guest" sections of our Web site or in order to service any requests you may make to GayDreams.

Credit card and personal home information is required for age verification and in order to process your Membership and before you can enter the "Members" only area of this Web site.

GayDreams may disclose your personal information, if required to do so, by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on GayDreams or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of GayDreams and its web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of the users of GayDreams, its web sites, or the public.

GayDreams also abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, GayDreams will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions listed above and your information will only be used for the purposes stated above.

GayDreams may send out periodic e-mail informing you of service issues related to the web site or for services you requested. You may be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, in some cases, but must agree to not hold GayDreams liable for not being informed in such cases as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information

GayDreams strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Your personal information is never shared outside GayDreams without your permission, except under conditions explained above.

Changes to this Statement

GayDreams will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of this statement. We reserve the right to change any or all of this policy at any time and without notice other then to publish the new policies on this page.

Date of issuance of this release: June 20, 2002.

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