Privacy Policy
This website is operated by mSALES GmbH, Albert-Nestler-Straße 24, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. We attach the utmost importance to your person-related data. For services offered we compile, process and use your person-related data. This process is in accordance with both German and European laws pertaining to personal privacy.

Data Used
To carry out our services, we require that you provide various person-related data. This includes contact data (e.g. mobile number) and personal data (e.g. age and sex). We use the personal data that you actively provide us (e.g. your profile data when registering). Provided that we use this data for a purpose, which, in accordance with legal stipulations, requires your consent, will we ask for your express permission in each individual case. You may revoke this consent and/or any further use of your data at any time, even after providing it. Within the framework of the current legal requirements, we may evaluate user profiles via pseudonyms for the purposes of marketing, market research and improving our services, provided that you have not exercised your right to prohibit the use of your data.

Providing Data to Third Parties
Whenever we provide other parties with data within the framework of carrying out our services, we only do so in conjunction with anonymous descriptions. For contact requests we do not provide other members with any kind of direct contact information (e.g. names, phone numbers, addresses or e-mail addresses) whatsoever. For our services contact is exclusively established via SMS text messaging, so that you may determine who you provide your contact data to. Generally speaking, we do not provide third parties with person-related data, unless it is required to carry out the offered service (e.g. payment processing for services subject to charges, embedding your profile in partner sites, so-called whitelabel brands). For this purpose you have either provided us with your consent, or the data transfer is permissible on the basis of relevant legal requirements.

Use of Cookies
A portion of our services require us to use so-called cookies. Cookies are small data fragments that your browser saves to your hard drive. Cookies enable information to be saved pertaining to the visit to our website. In addition to session cookies, permanent cookies are also used. The majority of browsers are preset to accept the use of cookies. You may, however, configure your browser to refuse the use of cookies or so that you are asked if you would like to accept the use of cookies. If you refuse the use of cookies, portions of our services offered to you may not function properly.

Use of Analysis Programs
To optimize our services offered, we use analysis programs. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, text files, which are saved to your computer and which enable the analysis of your use of this website. The information complied via cookies pertaining to your use of this website (including your IP address) are transferred to a Google server in the USA, where it is also saved. Google uses this information to analyze your use of the website, to create reports pertaining to the web activity for the website operator and to provide additional services in conjunction with the use of the website and the internet in general. Google will also provide this information to third parties, if required, provided that this is permitted under law or provided that these third parties have been commissioned by Google to process the data. In no case whatsoever will Google associate your IP address with other data. You may prevent cookies from being installed via the corresponding setting in your browser software. By using this website, you have agreed to allow Google to process the data provided by you in the aforementioned manner and for the aforementioned purposes.
Furthermore, we occasionally use additional analysis programs to use the acquired information anonymously or via pseudonyms in accordance with the law to accommodate a demand-oriented design of our offers and for promotional and marketing purposes. We will in no way whatsoever use this information in a person-related manner, i.e. in direct connection with your name.

Data Transfer and Recording for Internal System and Statistical Purposes
For technical reasons your browser automatically transfers data to our web server when you access our website. This data includes, amongst others, the date and time of access, the URL of the referring website, files accessed, amount of data sent, type and version of the browser used, operating system and your IP address. This data is saved separately from additional data that you provided within the framework of the use of our offer. We have no means of allocation this data to a specific person. This data is evaluated for statistical purposes and is then subsequently deleted.

Data Protection
Provided that payment information is required to calculate our services, we shall use the secure socket layer (SSL) software to transfer data. This software encrypts all of your data required for the payment process and includes your credit card number, bank routing number, bank account number, name and address.

Your Right to Information, Amendment or Deletion
You have the right to view, correct, augment or delete the personal data and settings of your user account that has been saved to your person at any time. You may revoke your consent of use of your voluntarily provided information at any time. Please acknowledge that the revocation of certain data could prevent us from carrying out our services within the framework of our offer.
We would like to point out that your right to the deletion of data could be restricted by statutory retention periods, which we must observe. Furthermore, courts, judicial authorities or certain additional legal authorities may access data or demand information on a legal basis. For requests pertaining to information, amendments or deletion, please send a mail, along with your name, mobile number, e-mail contact address and your user name, to the following address: support.uk@gay-sms-contacts.com.