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1. Users and visitors of Bear4.Me 

What information does Bear4.Me collect if I decide to join the Bear4.Me social community?

To access Bear4.me you must be a gay man, over 18 and be classified in one of the denominations of the Bear community (Bear, Hunter or Admirer and its derivations) and post at least one photo.

We will never accept fake, mischaracterized photos, landscapes, children, women, cartoons, phrases / words and logos or other unidentifiable things in our photo albums. The posting of this type of photo reserves the right to ban your IP, profile and e-mail of the site in definitive character.

To become a member of the site, fill out our online application form, where we ask you to provide us with information about you, such as your name, email address, gender, date of birth, location details. You also have the opportunity to provide other details about yourself, but these are optional. As you control your user profile, these details are available at any time by accessing your "Profile" page, which gives you the chance to correct or update (in addition to the gender and email address) your information at any time, just do login to Bear4.Me.

Once you have created a profile, confirm your identity via the email you sent. You will have 48h to confirm. If you do not, we reserve the right to ban your IP, profile and e-mail from the site in a definitive way.

What information does Bear4.Me collect about me if I am under 18?

You can only become a Bear4Me member if you are 18 years of age or older. This means that Bear4.Me does not intentionally collect any information about children. minors or minors. We do not intentionally market products and services to children, minors or children under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, we request that you do not register and do not send information to us. If we become aware that a child, a minor, or anyone under the age of 18 has registered with us and provided us with personal information, we will take steps to terminate that person's registration and delete your Bear4Me profile information. If we exclude a profile because you have violated our rules, we may maintain your email and IP address to ensure that you do not attempt to circumvent our rules by creating a new profile. 

If I put other information about me on the site, what does Bear4.Me do with it?

Bear4.Me is designed to make it easy to find, connect, and interact with other members of Bear4.Me by posting information about you. When using the application, you should assume that everything you publish or submit will be publicly viewable and accessible by both application users and non-users of the application. For example, to make it easy to find other Bear4.Meers and connect to them, we allow you to share profiles from other sites like Facebook, Instagram, VK or Twitter. This feature can be disabled in your settings at any time. You can also use our electronic messaging system, which allows you to communicate with other users. We encourage and encourage you (and all our members) to think carefully about the information they reveal about themselves. We also do not recommend that you enter email addresses, URLs, instant messaging details, phone numbers, names or full addresses, credit card details, national identity numbers, driver's license details, and other information in public areas. confidentiality on your Profile, that are open to abuse and misuse.

Please be careful when posting confidential details about yourself in your profile, such as your religious denomination and health details. While you may voluntarily provide this information to us when creating your profile, there is no need to do so. Please remember that photographs or any video you publish on Bear4.Me may reveal these types of sensitive personal data. When you upload and choose to inform us of sensitive information about you, you are explicitly consenting that we process your information and make it public to other users.

When you post information about yourself or use the messages, the amount of personal information you share is at your own risk.

What does Bear4.Me collect about me if I use the mobile app?

Bear4.Me gives you the opportunity to keep in touch with the friends and contacts you have created, no matter where you are, either by using the www.bear4.me website as a mobile experience whether by the browser on your mobile or tablet as downloading the Android app.

When you use your mobile or desktop application, we collect location information about longitude and latitude. This information helps us identify your physical location so that it can be viewed and shared with other members who choose to display "upcoming" posts.

If you do not want your site to be known, do not download the desktop application or use the site via mobile device.

What is collected from me if I use Bear4Me Premium Services?

When you take advantage of Bear4Me premium features, we collect the financial information necessary to process your payments according to your chosen payment method. Please note that we do not keep any credit card details or other details recorded by the payment intermediary upon accession. However, our payment service providers do (and are approved to do so by all applicable regulatory bodies).

Can Bear4Me collect information about me from other sites I use, such as Facebook?

Absolutely not. Only if you registered using a social network login will we collate your email. We will never publish anything on your timeline or we will have access to your data like password and network of friends.

If you created a Bear4.Me profile through a partner site and do not want to link your Bear4.Me profile to your partner site profile, Bear4.Me can not change these settings. Please visit the application settings in your partner's website profile and follow the instructions to remove Bear4Me access permissions. 

Bear4.Me will contact you on your Settings page. Bear4.Me offers you the opportunity to receive our emails about new message notifications or other purposes related to your use of the site. 

Does Bear4.Me use my personal information for any other purpose?

We may use material you post in the Open Access areas of Bear4.Me in promotional materials. We believe these uses allow us to improve our site and better tailor your online experience to suit your needs.

What are 'cookies' and what cookies does Bear4.Me use?

We collect information by placing cookies on your computer or mobile phone. A cookie is a piece of text stored on your computer or mobile by your web browser. They are basically a tool that stores information about visits to the site, recognizes you and your preferences every time you visit Bear4.Me, and guarantees the functionality of the site and allows us to provide the services requested by our members. For example, when you set the option to remember login data, or when you set the language you want to use in Bear4.me, cookies help you memorize this information.

When you visit the publicly available sections of Bear4.Me, a session ID cookie is placed on your computer that lasts only as long as you visit it. We also put persistent cookies (also known as local storage devices) on members' computers so that Bear4Me reminds them and makes your login experience faster and easier. We may use persistent tracking cookies on your mobile device, primarily for security protection purposes, such as to prevent phishers, scammers, unauthorized login attempts, and to help you access your hacked account. We do not use any information while you are offline.

You can configure your browser and your mobile settings to block cookies and local storage devices, but if you do, you may not be able to access the features Bear4.Me offers.

Bear4.Me uses cookies and local storage devices for a variety of reasons, including to ensure the security of our site, provide resources you requested, and review how members and visitors use Bear4.Me. Uses cookies and shared local devices on Bear4.Me so we can know who you are, what interests you and to get things online you want, like chatting with new people, sharing your content and buying Super Powers knowing that your data will be safe. Our use of cookies and local sharing devices, including specific cookie names, may change over time, but generally fall into the categories above. Please visit this page regularly so you are aware of any changes. 

If you want to know more about cookies, including flash cookies / local storage devices, the following websites provide useful information:

www.allaboutcookies.org 
www.youronlinechoices.eu  
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html

2. Friends and other users of Bear4.Me 

When I post information about myself on Bear4.Me, what do other users see?

To ensure that you find as many people as possible on Bear4.Me, other members will be able to see your username and any information you post on your profile, including photos, if you select the "Any User" access setting. Any information you choose to provide should reflect how much you want other Bear4.Me members to know about you. You can also choose to limit the information that other users see by adjusting their privacy settings on the Settings page. 

What can I do with the personal information of other users?

Use it to meet new friends and make new contacts! Please note that you may not use information from other users for commercial purposes, for spam, to harass or to make illegal threats. Bear4.Me reserves the right to terminate the accounts of those who abuse the information of other users. 


3. Third parties 

Does Bear4.Me sell my information to other parties?

Not at all. We do not sell or rent any personal information about you to third parties.

Does Bear4.Me disclose my information to other parties?

No. But Bear4.Me also wants to maintain a healthy community, and we will cooperate with all police investigations and with all third parties to assert their intellectual property or other rights. We may also disclose your personal information to government, law enforcement, or private agencies as required by law when, in our sole discretion, we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our legal rights or third parties and / or to comply with a process judicial order, or a legal process that has been notified to us.

In the case of Bear4.me go through a commercial transition or change of ownership, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, reorganization or sale of all or part of its assets, or in the event of insolvency or administration, we may be required to disclose your information.

4. Data storage 

Where is my personal information held?

Bear4.Me is a global site that operates through servers located in several countries around the world. If you live in a country with data protection laws, the storage of your personal data may not provide the same protections that you enjoy in your country of residence. By submitting your personal information, or by choosing to update the services you use, or by making use of the applications available on Bear4Me, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to, and storage and processing of your personal information in, any of these countries and destinations exclusively for the purposes of our website or application. 

As a precautionary measure, we are limiting or preventing use of the site or application in some countries.

5. Security 

How does Bear4.Me protect my personal information?

Bear4.Me has implemented reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, including your personal information. Bear4.Me uses reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of your personal information, such as servers protected using firewalls. Our technical experts work hard to ensure the safe use of our site. Bear4.me and its contents have encrypted SSL connection. Note this when viewing https when entering our address in a web browser.

While we take reasonable precautions against possible security breaches of our site, member database and records, no website or webcast is completely secure and we can not guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss or other violations never occur. We urge you to take steps to keep your personal information secure (including your password) and to leave your account after use.

We can not guarantee the security of your personal data while it is being transmitted to our site and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we have procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access. 

How can I help keep my information secure?

You may not disclose your password to a third party or share it with a third party. If you lose your password or distribute it, your personal information may be compromised. You must change your password immediately through the Settings page. Bear4.Me can not be held responsible for its failure to keep your password secure. 

6. Your Rights 

How do I change my profile?

You can review and review your profile information at any time. After you register, you may review and change most of your personal information, including:
Your contact email address;
Your profile, photos and videos;
Your city, region and country of residence;
Your password.

Please update your information immediately if it is changed by signing in to your account and following the instructions on the screen. We strongly recommend that you periodically change your password to help reduce the risk of unauthorized access to your account information.

Users in certain jurisdictions are, in accordance with applicable law, authorized to exercise their right to access personal information about themselves by requesting a copy of the information we hold about them (for which, where permitted by law, we may charge one small fee). 

Can I disable or delete my profile?

At any time, just go to the "Settings" page both via www.bear4.me and by the Android application.

In order to avoid abuse and / or misuse by a user after termination or deletion of a profile, we will retain the information we deem, in our sole discretion, to ensure that the user does not open a new account and profile.

Warning: Since you can only use Bear4.me when posting at least one photo, non-users can not use any website or app tool, including the Settings feature, where the profile exclusion option is. Therefore, profiles without photos are automatically canceled after 7 days without moving. Do not worry. If you have registered and verified a valid email you will receive a message confirming the deletion of the profile.

Even after removing information from your profile or deleting your account, copies of this information may still be viewed and / or accessed on the Internet provided that information has previously been shared with others or copied or stored by other users or to the extent that that this information has been shared with the search engines.We can not control this, nor do we accept any responsibility for it. If you have given third parties applications or websites access to your personal information, they may retain this information to the extent permitted by your terms of service or privacy policies. 

What happens if I do nothing?

If you have not logged into Bear4.Me for three months, we may remove your profile as part of our data cleansing process. Your Bear4.Me account is non-transferable and any rights to your profile or content in your account will be canceled after your death. If you have questions about our Privacy Policy or how we collect and use the information, please access the Help Page or send us a message in Contact Page.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 1, 2018.