Welcome to Exchangelanguages.org, an online service designed to facilitate language exchanges and foreign language practice. Exchangelanguages.org is owned and operated by Gloria International. Exchangelanguages.org is committed to safeguarding your privacy, and this privacy policy explains our data collection, use, and disclosure practices. If you have specific questions about these practices, please contact us by email at webmaster@exchangelanguages.org.

1. Information Collection

We receive and store any information you enter through the Site or give us in any other way. This includes information that can identify you ("personal information"), including your first and last name, telephone number, postal and e-mail addresses. We also may ask you to provide additional information about yourself, including your age, hobbies, and interests in learning languages. You can choose not to provide this information to us, but in general some information about you is required in order for you to register and participate in the features offered through the Site. When you visit the site, we may assign your computer a "cookie" (a small, unique identifier text file) to remember who you are. For example, if you register on the Site, we may record your username in a cookie for verification purposes. We also may include other information in our cookie files; for example, if you arrived at our Site via a link from third party site, we may include the URL of the linking page. Please note that, at this time, the site is not designed for children under 13 years old. Accordingly, Exchangelanguages.org will not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from children under 13 through the Site.

2. Use of Personal Information

We will use personal information about you for the following general purposes: to provide you with the products and services you request; to respond to your questions and comments; to communicate with you via regular mail and email (or other electronic means) about our programs and services; to measure interest in and improve our services; to solicit information from you, including through surveys; to resolve disputes, collect fees, or troubleshoot problems; to prevent potentially illegal activities; to enforce our Terms of Use; and otherwise as described to you at the point of collection. Please review "Your choices with respect to the Collection and Use of Personal Information" below.

3. Disclosure of Personal Information

We display your profile information (minus your email address, username and password) to people browsing for members at Exchangelanguages.org, and to support other site functions. We also may disclose your personal information to the following entities:

(a) Third-party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including customer service, business analytics, marketing, and services to us in connection with operating the Site. These companies have access to personal information needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use the information for any other purpose.

(b) To business partners with whom we may jointly offer a product or service offering. You can tell when a third party is involved because the third party’s name will appear on informational materials. If you choose to take advantage of these offerings, we may share information about you, including personal information, with those named partners. Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party business partners;

(c) When advisable or necessary to conform to legal and regulatory requirements;

(d) As necessary, in Exchangelanguages.org’s sole discretion, to protect the perceived rights, safety and property of EXCHANGELANGUAGES.ORG, users of the Site, and the public; and

(e) In connection with a change of control or operations, including without limitation in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring or any other transfer of Exchangelanguages.org’s assets, or a transfer of the Site operations.

We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors to the site. This information does not contain any personal information and is most often used to develop content and services that we hope you find of interest.

4. A Special Word About Chat Rooms and Email

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, that information can be collected and used by others. By posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

5. Access To Personal Information

You may obtain a copy of any personal information about you that you provide through the site or otherwise request that Exchangelanguages.org update or make changes to such personal information by sending an email to webmaster@exchangelanguages.org .

6. Your Choices With Respect To The Collection and Use of Personal Information

(a) As noted above, you can choose not to provide Exchangelanguages.org with personal information, although it may be needed to register as a member on the site and to participate in certain features offered through the site.

(b) You can access or update you personal information by sending an email to webmaster@exchangelanguages.org .

(c) You may stop the delivery of commercial email communications by following the instructions accompanying a particular communication or by contacting us at postmaster@exchangelanguages.org .

7. Security

While no web site can guarantee security, Exchangelanguages.org has implemented appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security procedures to help protect personal information. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they only may do so for permitted business functions.

8. Changes To This Privacy Policy

Exchangelanguages.org may update this Privacy Policy in the future to reflect changes in our privacy practices, our website functionality, or applicable legislation, so please check back often. We will notify you about material changes to this Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the e-mail address you provided to us or by placing a prominent notice on the site.