Privacy Policy

   Privacy of Member Information

TheCult.com will only use your personal data for the purpose[s] specified upon collection.We will use your data in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
TheCult.com is committed to safeguarding your privacy. TheCult.com recognizes the importance of our Members' privacy. We will not knowingly disclose, sell or otherwise transfer our Members' personal information to any individuals or entities outside of TheCult.com without prior permission from our Members. This includes a Member's name, email address, mailing address, post or zip code, phone number, age, interests, historical Web site usage or any information related to a Member's use of our Web site, www.theCult.com. During Login or at other times, we will ask Members for contact information necessary to provide a high quality entertainment service, personalize entertainment offerings, award prizes, extend special promotional offers we believe may be of personal interest and provide our advertisers with an efficient means to reach the right audience. We require members' e-mail addresses so that we may update them of any changes to their account or the site and also to notify them if they win a prize. We have established our privacy statement to ensure that all personal and usage information obtained as a result of Members' direct usage of our Web site is kept confidential. We do, however, like most commercial Web sites, provide our advertisers with aggregate consumer information about the usage of our Web site and offer the ability to target their advertising to the appropriate audience. We ask users for their age so that we may provide a personalised service to you and to provide targeted advertising. Using targeted advertising, we are able to deliver advertising messages to the types of audiences that our advertisers most want to reach. We use the personal information that our Members provide to assist in the identification of Members that meet these criteria. (For example, males between the ages of 20 and 30 years old). However, our advertisers are not provided with access to Members' personal information. All information related to a Member's account is intended to be accessible only via a password-protected Member Profile area of our Web site. This area contains all information provided by the Member from the Member Registration area of our Web site. Members may change any information stored in their profiles at any time.

TheCult.com has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. The servers for our site are stored in a physically secured and climate controlled off site facility. Beyond the physical protection of the servers, we protect against data loss by regularly backing up data, performing consistency checks with independently recorded log files to prevent tampering, and restricting access to information on our servers via several user authentication technologies. While it is a goal of TheCult.com to safeguard all Members' personal information, TheCult.com cannot ensure or warrant, nor shall TheCult.com be liable for any breach in the security of any information that you transmit to us, which you do so at their own risk. Members are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of their usernames, passwords and/or any other account information. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of our Web site. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.

Your Privacy at TheCult.com

This statement discloses the privacy practices for TheCult.com.

Here you will learn:

1.What personally identifiable information is collected from you;
2.What cookies are and how they are used;
3.How your information is used;
4.Who is collecting your information;
5.With whom your information may be shared;
6.What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information;
7.How you can access, update or delete your information;
8.The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information;
9.How TheCult.com protects children's privacy; and
10.What else you should know about your online privacy.

What personally identifiable information does TheCult.com collect from
me?

TheCult.com collects some personal information when you register. During registration, TheCult.com asks for your name, email address, and other personal information. The more information you volunteer (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to customize your experience. Once you register you are no longer anonymous to TheCult.com - you are given a Username and Password and are able to start using the TheCult.com website.

In addition to registration we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you Login to TheCult.com You will not be forced to answer any of these questions in order to proceed to using the TheCult.com website. If you contact TheCult.com we may keep a record of that correspondence. TheCult.com also occasionally asks users to complete surveys from time to time. Wherever TheCult.com collects personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.

What are cookies and how does TheCult.com use them?

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, TheCult.com may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Whenever you Login to TheCult.com, it might be required that you accept cookies.

We may use cookies to:

(1) Remind us of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver to you a better and more personalized service. This cookie is set when you register or "Log In" and is modified when you "Log Out" of our services.

(2) Estimate our audience size. Each browser accessing TheCult.com is given a unique cookie which is then used to determine the extent of repeat usage, usage by a registered user versus by an unregistered user, and to help target advertisements based on user interests and behaviour.

(3) Assist our Advertising at TheCult.com to track aggregate visits to their Advertisements. I.e. TheCult.com discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 55% of our users are male) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. This aggregated data does not include any personally identifiable information about any individual user.

(4) Measure certain traffic patterns, i.e. which areas within TheCult.com you have visited, and your visiting patterns in the aggregate. We use this research to understand how our users' habits are similar or different from one another so that we can make each new experience on TheCult.com a better one. We may use this information to better personalize the content, advertisements, and promotions that you and other users will see on our site.

Note: Advertising networks that serve ads onto TheCult.com may also use their
own cookies.

TheCult.com also collects IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. I.e. TheCult.com discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 55% of our users are male) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. This aggregated data does not include any personally identifiable information about any individual user.

How does TheCult.com use my information?

TheCult.com's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience on our site. This includes personalization services, interactive communications, and other types of services, which are normally completely free to you. In order to provide services free of charge, we display advertisements. By knowing a little about you, TheCult.com is able to deliver more relevant advertisements and content, and hence a better service, to you.

In our role of delivering targeted advertisements, TheCult.com is playing the middleman. Advertisers give us an advertisement and tell us the type of audience they want to reach (for example, females between 20 and 30 years old). TheCult.com takes the advertisement and displays it to users meeting those criteria. In this process, the advertiser never has access to individual account information unless you, the account holder permit it. Only TheCult.com has access to individuals' accounts. This kind of advertisement targeting is done with normal advertisements as well as promotional email through TheCult.com. You will only receive special offers via email or regular mail from TheCult.com and it's advertising partners if you have indicated in your registration or account preferences that you would like to receive them, or if you indicate at any other time that you would like to receive them. You can change your account preferences at any time.

TheCult.com does internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behaviour based on the information provided to us upon registration, or from our server log files. We do this to better understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. I.e. TheCult.com discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 55% of our users are male) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. This aggregated data does not include any personally identifiable information about any individual user.

Who is collecting information?

When you are on a TheCult.com site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with TheCult.com alone, unless you give us your specific authority to share it with one of our Advertising partners of your choice. For example, if you decide that you wish to receive promotional materials or special offers from that Advertiser, we will pass on your email, age and mailing address to them. Contests and promotions that run on TheCult.com may be sponsored by companies other than TheCult.com or may be cosponsored by TheCult.com and another company. Some or all data collected during a contest or promotion may be shared with the sponsor. If data will be shared, you will be notified prior to the time of data collection or transfer. You can decide not to participate in the contest or promotion if you don't want your data to be shared.

Please be aware that TheCult.com advertisers or web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those web sites linked to TheCult.com are not covered by this privacy statement.


With whom does TheCult.com share my information?

TheCult.com will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your explicit permission as described above, or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below.

The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.

Business Partners & Sponsors: TheCult.com may disclose your personal information to business partners or sponsors, but this will be specifically authorized by you prior to data collection and therefore prior to transferring the data. Some or all data collected during a TheCult.com contest or promotion may be shared with a sponsor, but again this must be specifically authorized by you prior to data collection and therefore prior to transferring the data.

Some promotions from our Advertising Clients offer you the opportunity to request additional information from our Advertising Clients. When you request more information, we will first gain your permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor so they can fulfil your request. In many instances, only your email, name and home address will be shared. If more information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the transfer.

Third Party Data & Data in the Aggregate: Under confidentiality agreements, TheCult.com may match user information with third party data. Also, TheCult.com discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 55% of our users are male) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. This aggregated data does not include any personally identifiable information about any individual user.

Other: TheCult.com may also disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) TheCult.com's rights or property, other TheCult.com users rights or property, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. TheCult.com may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain and improve our products and services.

What are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my
information?

When you participate in TheCult.com, you will receive promotion-related email if you have indicated that you wish to do so. Occasionally these promotion-related email messages may include targeted advertisements. Therefore, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in receiving offers or information from TheCult.com and our partners, we may occasionally send you e-mail about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. Only TheCult.com (or agents working on behalf of TheCult.com and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated that you wish to receive these offers. If you do not want to receive such mailings, simply tell us when you give us your personal information. Or, you can easily edit your TheCult.com Account information to no longer receive such offers and mailings. You will need your TheCult.com Login and Password in order to access your TheCult.com Account information.

You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you may be unable to use the TheCult.com services on our website properly.

TheCult.com does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, it will not be shared.

What is TheCult.com's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete
my personally identifiable information?

You may edit your TheCult.com Account information and your TheCult.com Profile at any time by using your TheCult.com Login and password. If you have forgotten your password, please request a new password. For all other problems signing in to TheCult.com, please email us.

Your TheCult.com account can be deleted or deactivated, but doing so will result in you not being able to participate in any TheCult.com service. If you have any further questions about deleting or deactivating your TheCult.com account please email us.

What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or
alteration of my information?

Your TheCult.com Account information and TheCult.com Profile are password- protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. You may edit your TheCult.com Account information and TheCult.com. Profile by using your TheCult.com Login and Password.

We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. TheCult.com will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also remember to sign out of your TheCult.com account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information TheCult.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

What about children's privacy?

Naturally, the safety of children is very important to us. TheCult.com does not collect any information from any persons under the age of 14.

Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. TheCult.com does not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age.

What else should I know about my privacy?

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

Additional Information

If you have any further questions or comments regarding TheCult.com's Privacy Policy, please contact us with your comment or question to privacy@thecult.com

Use of this site signifies your agreement to the TheCult.com Terms and Conditions.