Last revised on April 07, 2022
In this Cookie Policy we explain the cookies which Meetville uses, the purposes for which cookies are used and how you can manage your preferences in relation to cookies.
We aim to provide trustworthy, industry-leading products and services so that you can focus on building meaningful connections. Our approach to privacy is to provide you with clear information about our data practices. That’s why we've tried to keep legal and technical jargon to a minimum.
Meetville is committed to protecting your privacy.
This Cookie Policy does not address how we deal with your personal information generally. To learn more about how we process your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device’s memory. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the cookie originated, the 'lifetime' of the cookie (i.e. when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using our services.
2. Are there different types of cookies?
2.1. First-party and third-party cookies
There are first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are placed on your device directly by us. For example, we use first-party cookies to adapt our website to your browser’s language preferences and to better understand your use of our website. Third-party cookies are placed on your device by our partners and service providers. For example, we use third-party cookies to measure user numbers on our website or to enable you to share content with others across social media platforms.
2.2. Session and persistent cookies
There are session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies only last until you close your browser. We use session cookies for a variety of reasons, including to learn more about your use of our website during one single browser session and to help you to use our website more efficiently. Persistent cookies have a longer lifespan and aren't automatically deleted when you close your browser. These types of cookies are primarily used to help you quickly sign in to our website again and for analytical purposes.
3. What do we use cookies for?
When you visit our website, some or all of the following types of cookies may be set on your device.
Like most providers of online services, we use cookies to provide, secure and improve our services, including by remembering your preferences, recognising you when you visit our website and personalizing and tailoring ads to your interests. To accomplish these purposes, we also may link information from cookies with other personal information we hold about you.
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Strictly necessary Cookies |
These Cookies are necessary for the App and Websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems, or our App and Websites will not work properly. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request of services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms, making payments, uploading photographs, chatting or to localise your experience, such as when you’ve requested to view Meetville’s Site in your local language or when you’ve asked Meetville to ‘remember me’, etc. You can always control the Websites’ strictly necessary Cookies in your browser, as explained below. We also use Cookies to help keep Meetville and our members safe and secure. These Cookies do things like protect Meetville users from spam and fraud by ensuring the safety of your personal data when you pay for things on Meetville like Meetville’s premium services. We may use persistent Cookies, which will help us to ensure we have identified that the same device is logging in to the correct account. These types of Cookies also help with our anti-spam measures and help us to prevent phishers, scammers, unauthorised login attempts to your account and accessing any hacked accounts. Some of these strictly necessary Cookies are third parties’, as some social media platforms can be used as an entry point to register for our services. |
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Analytics cookies |
These Cookies allow us to collect information about how visitors interact with our App and Websites. We use this information to compile reports and to help measure and improve the performance of the App and Websites. Meetville uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use the Meetville Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site or App. The Cookies collect information in an aggregated form, including the number of visitors to the Site or App, where visitors have come to the Site from and the pages they visited. |
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Advertising cookies |
These Cookies may be set on our Websites and App by us or our advertising partners. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on our App and Websites or other Websites you visit, as well as to improve reporting on any advertising campaign and to avoid showing you ads that you have already seen. |
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Social Media Cookies |
These Cookies help provide experiences, such as links to other social media Websites and social plugins, including making it easier for you to share content between Meetville and your other favourite social networks. In some cases, the Site feature you choose may allow a third party to place Cookies on your device. |
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Performance |
These Cookies may be set on our Websites and App by us or our marketing services providers. They help us and our marketing services providers improve and measure the effectiveness of Meetville ads on other apps and Websites. For example, they help us understand which Meetville ads lead people to download our App or sign-up for Meetville. You can find out more information about this in our Privacy Policy (under the heading “Sharing your personal data with Marketing Services Providers”). |
4. What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Other technologies such as web beacons (also called pixel tags or clear GIFs), tracking URLs or software development kits (SDKs) are used for similar purposes. Web beacons are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our service or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. Tracking URLs are custom generated links that help us understand where the traffic to our web pages comes from. SDKs are small pieces of code included in apps, which function like cookies and web beacons.
For simplicity, we also refer to these technologies as “cookies” in this Cookie Policy.
5. How can you control cookies?
There are several cookie management options available to you. Please note that changes you make to your cookie preferences may make browsing our website a less satisfying experience. In some cases, you may even find yourself unable to use all or part of our site.
Some web browsers allow you to monitor or reject cookies, as well as receive notifications when a cookie is placed on your device. Each internet browser has a slightly different procedure for handling cookies. You can find the basic steps in your browser's support tab.
Below you may find more information on how to manage cookies in your browser:
You may also be able to reset user identifiers on your mobile device by triggering the appropriate setting. The process for handling user identifiers differs slightly depending on the device. You can find the same steps in your device’s settings menu.
6. Social cookies
To allow you to share content on social media, some features of this website use social media plugins (e.g. Twitter™ 'Share to Twitter' or LinkedIn™ 'in' buttons). Depending on your social media account settings, we automatically receive information from the social media platform when you use the corresponding button on our website.
To learn more about social media cookies, we suggest you refer to your social media platform’s Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.
7. Google™ Cookies
We use Google Analytics, which is a Google service that uses cookies and other data collection technologies to collect information about your use of the website and services in order to report website trends.
You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting www.google.com/settings/ads or by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .
Some features of our website and some Avanta Inc.
services rely on the use of Google™ Maps API Cookies and they will be
stored on your device.
When you browse this website and use the services that depend on Google™ Maps API cookies, you agree to the storage and collection of such cookies on your computer, as well as the access, use, and sharing of the data collected by Google.
Google™ manages the information and your choices pertaining to Google™ Maps API Cookies via an interface separate from that supplied by your browser. For more information, please see https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies .
8. Adobe Flash Player™ Flash cookies
Adobe Flash Player™ is a program that allows you to display and interact with interactive content created with the Flash platform. Flash (and similar applications) use cookie-like technology to remember parameters, interests, and uses of this data. However, Adobe Flash Player handles this information and your options through a different interface from the one provided by your browser.
If your terminal is likely to display content developed using the Flash platform, we suggest you access your Flash cookie management tools directly via https://www.adobe.com
9. Other services
Trusted partners assist us in serving ads on and off the Avanta Inc.
website (mobile app), and analytics companies such as Google Analytics, New
Relic, Alexa Metrics, Google+ Platform, Twitter Button, and Facebook Social
Plugins may also place cookies on your computer. Please read their privacy
policy to ensure that you are convenient with how they use cookies.
10. How to contact us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us.
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