Privacy Policy

AHS Ventures LLC practices a firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: HoustonConnect.com. This statement may be updated from time to time, so please check back periodically.

The information collected from our members at the time of registration is divided into the following four sections:

1. Confidential information: Your name, zip code and telephone zip code are confidential and will not be posted in your Profile. We may contact you for administrative purposes regarding your account. Also, we may use this information to customize your experience with HoustonConnect.com. Your confidential information will never be sold or disclosed or otherwise made available to third parties. We will only disclose your personal information if required by law.



2. Email Address: We do not disclose your email address nor do we sell it or make it available to any third party. However, there may be promotions and surveys which may appear on the site in which your participation is optional and your taking part in same may be shared with a third party. These circumstances will be disclosed on the site. By being a member, you agree to receive email correspondence from us.



3. Profiling information: Your profile is available for other members to view at HoustonConnect.com. Member's profiles include a description and photos, individual essays and other information helpful in determining matches. Your viewable profile does not include any identifying information about you, except the screen name ("Online Handle") you chose upon registering.

Additional information collected:

Contact Us
When you contact HoustonConnect.com through the 'Contact Us' feature, we use the email address and information entered to respond to questions or problems about the HoustonConnect.com web site. We may document your IP address, browser type and other technical information for use in diagnosing problems with our server, managing security and for demographic reference. We also sometimes collect this information for internal business purposes but not available to any person outside the HoustonConnect.com organization. We will only disclose this information if required by law.

Security
We may use 'cookies' to simplify the user's experience. If you set your browser to reject cookies, the Service may not function properly.The HoustonConnect.com database resides behind firewalls in order to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We have taken preventive measures to restrict access to sensitive data, as well as to detect and prohibit certain connections and operations by unauthorized users. While our measures exceed industry standards, no claim is made as to the impenetrability of the system under unusual circumstance or its resilience to future attacks.

Links
HoustonConnect.com contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are 'clicking' to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.

Protect Yourself from Spam
It is a good practice to refrain from disclosing your email address or any other information in chat rooms, public forms or anywhere else unless it's properly protected. Other persons may use information disclosed for many purposes, including spamming.

Choice/Opt-Out
HoustonConnect.com sends email newsletters to members and periodically sends emails about new services, improvements, scheduled service interruptions, etc. Our members can opt-out of receiving communications from us by suspending their membership.

To suspend or cancel your membership and no longer receive our service or communications from us:
Go to the Member Services area. You can change or update all your personal information (except your first name, last name, and birth date) online by going to the change your profile section in Member Services.

Notification of Changes
If we materially change our privacy practices or how we use your personally identifiable information, we will post a prominent notice on our site 30 days prior to the change.

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you should first contact HoustonConnect.com by clicking on the 'Contact Us' button, or by sending a letter to the following address:

HoustonConnect.com
c/o AHS Ventures LLC
11152 Westheimer, Suite 157
Houston, TX 77042
U.S.A.