Privacy Policy

DatingSinglesGuide ("we," "us," or "our") operates datingsinglesguide.com, a farmer dating site connecting verified farmers, ranchers, and country singles across the United States. This Privacy Policy explains our data practices in clear terms - no legalese traps, no buried clauses. By creating an account or browsing our site, you agree to the terms below. Our services are for adults 18 and older only.

Information We Collect

We collect only what we need to match you with real country-minded singles and keep the platform safe. Here's the full picture:

Personal details you provide

• Account information: first name, email address, gender, date of birth, and a password (stored hashed, never in plain text).
• Profile content: photos, bio text, farming type, state, relationship preferences, faith, heritage, and lifestyle tags you choose to display.
• Verification data: phone number, live selfie, and proof of rural connection (farm address, agricultural employer, FFA/4H record, or similar) used to grant the Verified Farmer badge.
• Communications: messages you send to other members and any support tickets you open with our care team.

Technical & usage data

• Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, and approximate location derived from your IP.
• Usage information: pages viewed, features used, matches viewed, login times, and referral source (for example, which search term or state hub brought you here).

We do not collect government ID numbers, bank account details, or sensitive health information. Payment processing for paid subscriptions runs through a PCI-compliant third-party processor - we never see or store your full card number.

How We Use Your Information

Your information powers five specific activities on our platform, and nothing else:

1. Service provision: creating and maintaining your account, showing you your dashboard, and enabling profile editing.
2. Matching: recommending members who fit your stated preferences for state, farming type, faith, and lifestyle.
3. Communication: delivering messages between members, account notifications, and responses from our support team.
4. Promotions: sending occasional newsletters, feature updates, and special offers - which you can turn off anytime from your account settings.
5. Security: detecting fake profiles, stopping scams, enforcing our Terms & Conditions, and investigating reports from members.

Cookies & Tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to keep you logged in, remember your preferences, and measure site performance. You'll see three categories of cookies on DatingSinglesGuide:

• Essential cookies keep your session active and secure - these cannot be disabled without breaking the site.
• Analytics cookies tell us which pages help members succeed (for example, which state hubs lead to the most matches) so we can improve them.
• Marketing cookies help us show relevant ads on partner sites - these are optional and can be disabled at any time.

For the full breakdown and instructions on managing cookies in your browser, see our Cookie Policy.

When We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. Ever. We only share data in three narrow circumstances:

• Service providers: vetted vendors who host our servers, process payments, send transactional emails, and run fraud detection - all bound by strict data-processing agreements.
• Legal authorities: when we receive a valid subpoena, court order, or law-enforcement request, or when disclosure is required to protect a member from imminent harm.
• Business transfers: if DatingSinglesGuide is ever acquired or merged, your data would transfer to the new owner under the same privacy commitments you agreed to here.

Other members only see what you publish on your profile. Your email, phone number, and precise location stay private on our end.

Your Rights and Choices

Under our Privacy Policy, you have meaningful control over your information:

• Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct: update inaccurate details directly in your account or by writing to our privacy team.
• Delete: request account and data deletion at any time - processed within 30 days.
• Withdraw consent: opt out of marketing emails, analytics cookies, or other processing based on consent.
• Contact us: ask any privacy-related question and expect a plain-English response from a real person.

To delete your account or data, email our team at [email protected] from the address associated with your account. For general privacy questions, use the contact page.

How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain your information only as long as your account is active or as needed for legitimate business purposes - things like fraud prevention, tax records, and enforcing our terms. When you delete your account, we remove your profile from public view immediately and purge personal data from our active systems within 30 days. A limited set of records (transaction logs, reports of policy violations) may be kept in secure archives for up to 7 years where required by U.S. law.

Questions About Privacy

We'd rather answer your questions than hide behind a policy. Reach our privacy team at [email protected] or through our contact page. For broader safety topics, see our Safety Tips. If you'd like to understand how the platform itself works before creating an account, our How It Works page walks through the full sign-up and verification process.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we'll notify active members by email and post a prominent notice on the site at least 14 days before changes take effect.