1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
They can be used to:
- Keep you signed in.
- Remember your preferences.
- Protect your account.
- Understand how the website is used.
- Improve website performance.
- Support advertising where permitted.
Some cookies are necessary for PostedLove to function correctly. Others are optional and should only be used where the required consent has been obtained.
2. Who Uses Cookies on PostedLove?
PostedLove is operated by:
[Legal Company Name] Trading as: PostedLove Registered address: [Address] Registration number: [Company Registration Number] Email: [Privacy Email Address]
PostedLove may use its own cookies and cookies or similar technologies provided by selected service providers.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for PostedLove to function properly.
They may be used for:
- Account login.
- Maintaining secure sessions.
- Protecting against fraudulent or malicious activity.
- Preventing unauthorised access.
- Remembering essential privacy choices.
- Protecting forms and website functions.
These cookies cannot normally be disabled through the PostedLove cookie settings because the website may not function correctly without them.
Examples may include:
- Login session cookies.
- Security tokens.
- CSRF protection.
- Cookie-consent preference storage.
4. Preference Cookies
Preference cookies help PostedLove remember choices you make across Personal Introductions, Join Me, and other website features.
These may include:
- Website language.
- Search preferences.
- Display settings.
- Previously selected options.
- Accessibility preferences.
Where legally required, these cookies will only be used after you have provided consent.
5. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use PostedLove.
They may provide information such as:
- Number of visitors.
- Pages viewed.
- Time spent on pages.
- General navigation patterns.
- Browser or device type.
- Website errors.
- Performance problems.
We may use this information to improve PostedLove and understand which parts of the website are most useful.
Where possible, analytics information should be aggregated or privacy-protective.
Non-essential analytics cookies will only be activated where permitted by law and, where required, after you have given consent.
6. Advertising Cookies
PostedLove may display selected advertising, including:
- Display advertisements.
- Sponsored placements.
- Short promotional videos.
- Film or television trailers.
- Book promotions.
- Travel or lifestyle campaigns.
- Other approved advertising.
Advertising cookies may be used to:
- Measure whether an advertisement was displayed.
- Measure clicks.
- Limit how often the same advertisement is shown.
- Measure campaign performance.
PostedLove intends to avoid using sensitive relationship-profile information for advertising purposes.
Information such as:
- Religion.
- Relationship preferences.
- Whether someone wants children.
- Private messages.
- Private photographs.
should not be provided to advertisers for individual behavioural targeting.
Where advertising cookies are not essential, they will only be used after the required consent has been obtained.
7. Relationship and Search Information
PostedLove uses profile, search, and post information to help members find relevant Personal Introductions and Join Me posts.
This may include:
- Age.
- Country.
- City or region.
- Language.
- Relationship intention.
- Lifestyle.
- Search preferences.
- Contact-country settings.
- Join Me location, date, activity type, and other search preferences.
This information does not automatically need to be stored in advertising cookies.
PostedLove should keep Personal Introduction, Join Me, relationship-search, and private messaging data separate from third-party advertising systems wherever reasonably possible.
8. Third-Party Cookies
Some services used by PostedLove may place their own cookies or similar technologies.
These may include providers used for:
- Website analytics.
- Security.
- Video delivery.
- Advertising.
- Payment processing if paid services are introduced.
- Technical infrastructure.
Where third-party cookies are used, PostedLove will aim to identify the relevant providers through the cookie settings or cookie table.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
9. Video Advertising
PostedLove may display short promotional videos or trailers.
Where an external video provider is used, that provider may attempt to place cookies or collect technical information.
Where possible, PostedLove should use privacy-enhanced or consent-controlled video embedding.
Non-essential third-party video cookies should not load until the appropriate consent has been provided where required.
10. Cookie Consent
When you first visit PostedLove, you may be shown a cookie banner or consent panel.
Where required by applicable law, you will be given a genuine choice regarding non-essential cookies.
The options should include:
Accept All Allows permitted optional analytics, preference, and advertising cookies.
Reject Optional Cookies Allows only cookies necessary for the operation and security of PostedLove.
Manage Preferences Allows you to choose which categories of optional cookies you accept.
Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from using the essential functions of PostedLove.
11. Changing Your Cookie Preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time through:
Cookie Settings
A link to Cookie Settings should remain available in the footer of the PostedLove website.
Changing your preferences will apply to future cookie use.
Some cookies already stored on your device may need to be removed through your browser settings.
12. Withdrawing Consent
Where cookies are used based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Withdrawing consent should be as easy as giving it.
You can do this through the PostedLove Cookie Settings.
Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before consent was withdrawn.
13. Browser Controls
Most browsers allow you to:
- View stored cookies.
- Delete cookies.
- Block certain cookies.
- Block all cookies.
- Prevent third-party cookies.
- Clear cookies when closing the browser.
The exact controls depend on the browser you use.
Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent some PostedLove features from working correctly.
14. Similar Technologies
PostedLove may also use technologies similar to cookies, such as:
- Local storage.
- Session storage.
- Pixels.
- Tags.
- Device identifiers.
- Server-side identifiers.
Where these technologies perform similar functions to cookies, they will be treated according to applicable privacy and consent requirements.
15. How Long Cookies Remain
Cookies can be:
Session Cookies
These generally expire when you close your browser or end your session.
Persistent Cookies
These remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The duration depends on the purpose of the cookie.
PostedLove should not retain cookies longer than reasonably necessary for their purpose.
16. Cookie List
Before launch, PostedLove should maintain an up-to-date cookie register.
The website may present information in the following format:
This table should be updated whenever cookies or technology providers change.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [session cookie] | PostedLove | Maintains user login session | Necessary | Session |
| [security cookie] | PostedLove | Website and account security | Necessary | [Duration] |
| [preference cookie] | PostedLove | Remembers user preferences | Preferences | [Duration] |
| [analytics cookie] | [Provider] | Measures website usage | Analytics | [Duration] |
| [advertising cookie] | [Provider] | Measures advertising performance | Advertising | [Duration] |
17. Logged-In Members
Some cookies are necessary to keep a PostedLove member logged into their account securely while using account features such as Personal Introductions, Join Me, Responses, Conversations, and settings.
These may be used to:
- Authenticate the member.
- Maintain the session.
- Prevent unauthorised access.
- Protect private messages.
- Protect account settings.
- Maintain security controls.
These essential cookies are required to provide the account service.
18. Security and Fraud Prevention
PostedLove may use cookies, device information, or similar technologies where reasonably necessary to:
- Detect suspicious logins.
- Prevent account abuse.
- Detect automated attacks.
- Prevent spam.
- Protect members.
- Enforce account restrictions.
- Investigate security incidents.
Where processing is necessary for security, it may not depend on optional cookie consent where applicable law permits such use.
19. Advertising and Sensitive Information
PostedLove is a relationship platform and may process personal information that users consider particularly private.
For this reason, advertising systems should be designed conservatively.
PostedLove does not intend to allow advertisers unrestricted access to:
- Member profiles.
- Private conversations.
- Private photographs.
- Identity-verification documents.
- Sensitive relationship information.
Advertising should preferably be based on broad contextual information such as:
- Country.
- Website language.
- Section of the website.
- Advertising placement.
rather than sensitive individual-profile characteristics.
20. Changes to This Cookie Policy
PostedLove may update this Cookie Policy when:
- New technologies are introduced.
- Cookie providers change.
- Advertising systems change.
- Analytics systems change.
- Legal requirements change.
- New features or material changes to features such as Join Me are introduced.
The latest version will be published on PostedLove with an updated date.
21. Contact
If you have questions about cookies or privacy on PostedLove, contact:
PostedLove.com Operated by: [Legal Company Name] Registered address: [Business Address] Privacy email: [Privacy Email Address] Registration number: [Company Registration Number]
You can also review our:
- Privacy Policy
- Terms & Conditions
- Safety
- Cookie Settings