Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 01, 2020

This Privacy Policy explains how Boys Love Cafe Hub (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information in connection with your use of our website, https://www.boyslovecafehub.com (the “Service”), which is a community page dedicated to news and entertainment about Boys Love (BL) series, movies, and digital content.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our Service. The types of personal information we may collect include:

  • Information You Voluntarily Provide:
    • Account Registration: Email address, username, and password (encrypted/hashed) when you create an account.
    • Community Interaction: Comments, forum posts, private messages, uploaded profile pictures, and any other content you submit or post to the site.
    • Communications: Information you provide when contacting us via email, support forms, or other channels.
    • Surveys/Contests: Information submitted when participating in polls, surveys, or contests.
  • Information Collected Automatically (Technical Data):
    • Usage Data: Information about your activity on the site, such as pages viewed, time spent on the Service, search queries, and content clicked.
    • Device Information: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, device type, and unique device identifiers.
    • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience, analyze site usage, and potentially serve advertisements. See our separate [Link to Cookie Policy] for more details.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

  • To Provide and Maintain the Service: To create and manage your account, allow you to post and interact, and ensure the site functions correctly.
  • To Improve and Personalize the Service: To understand how our community uses the content, to develop new features, and to customize the content and features you see.
  • For Communication: To send you service announcements, administrative messages, and newsletters (if you opt-in), and respond to your inquiries.
  • For Security and Safety: To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and other malicious activities, and to maintain the security of our Service.
  • To Enforce Our Terms: To enforce our Terms of Service and community guidelines.
  • For Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable legal obligations and requests from government authorities.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

  • With Other Users: Any information you post in public areas of the Service (e.g., comments, forums, profile) will be visible to other users and the general public. Be mindful of what you choose to disclose publicly.
  • With Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with companies that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting providers (e.g., AWS, Bluehost), website analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics), and email delivery services (e.g., Mailchimp, SendGrid). These providers are only given access to the information necessary to perform their services and are obligated to keep the information confidential.
  • For Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
  • For Legal Reasons: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request).
  • With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or with your express consent.

4. Third-Party Links and Services

Our Service contains links to other websites, including those related to the BL series and content we feature, and may integrate third-party tools or advertisements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every site you visit.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Boys Love Cafe Hub uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

  • We use cookies to remember your login status, analyze anonymous site traffic, and improve the overall user experience.
  • You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. See our full Cookie Policy for more information.

6. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not directed to anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

7. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification: Request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Object/Restrict Processing: Object to our processing of your personal data or request that we restrict the processing of your data, under certain conditions.
  • Data Portability: Request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided in the “Contact Us” section.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

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