Current as of August 2026. Written by the team behind internationaldatingsite.org — questions to [email protected].
Rather than write another wall of defined terms, we have answered the questions people actually ask. Together these answers are our privacy notice, and they apply to everything published at internationaldatingsite.org.
Who are you and what is this site?
We are the publisher of internationaldatingsite.org, an independent comparison and review site. We rank and describe services operated by other companies, and we earn a commission when a reader signs up with one of them. Nothing on the site is sold by us, so there is no order, no account and no invoice anywhere in the picture.
Do I have to give you personal data to read the site?
No. Every page is open. You never have to register, and we have no facility for you to do so even if you wanted to.
So what data do you end up with?
Two kinds. The first is anything you deliberately send us: if you email [email protected] to correct a review, report a broken link or ask a question, we have your message, your address and whatever else you chose to include. The second is the ordinary technical trail any web server records — IP address, browser and operating system, screen size, which pages were opened in which order, how long each one was open, and where the visit came from.
What do you do with it?
We reply to messages. We look at aggregate traffic to decide what to write next and which comparisons need updating. We use technical data to keep the site up, spot attacks and diagnose faults. And we count how often a partner link was followed, because that is how our commission is calculated and checked. We do not build advertising profiles of individual readers, and we do not sell data to anybody.
What is the legal basis for that?
For correspondence and for keeping the site running and improving, our legitimate interest in operating an editorial business — an interest we have weighed against your privacy, which is why the data involved is so limited. For optional cookies, your consent, which you may withdraw whenever you like. For anything a tax authority or regulator obliges us to retain, legal obligation.
What about cookies and tracking?
We use a small number of cookies. Some are strictly necessary — they carry your consent choices and help us keep bots out. Some are analytical and tell us, in aggregate, how the site is being used. Some belong to advertising partners and may be set when their content or links appear on a page. Your browser is the master switch: block or delete cookies there and our preferences are overridden. Note that the site does not react to “Do Not Track” headers, because there is still no agreed standard for what reacting to them should mean.
Who do you share data with?
With the suppliers that make the site work — hosting, content delivery, analytics, email, and the advertising and affiliate networks that track referrals. Each is bound by contract to use the data only for the service it provides to us. We will also hand data over when the law compels us to, when it is needed to defend a legal claim, or as part of a sale or reorganisation of the business, in which case whoever takes over is bound by this notice.
Does data leave my country?
Possibly. Our providers run infrastructure in several regions, mostly in the European Union and the United States. Where a transfer out of the EEA or the UK is involved, it happens under the safeguards those regimes provide, such as standard contractual clauses or an adequacy decision.
How long do you keep it?
Only as long as the reason for having it lasts. Emails are archived while a topic is live and cleared out once it plainly is not. Raw logs age out in weeks. Aggregated statistics, which no longer identify anybody, we keep to compare one year against another.
What can I ask you to do?
Ask us what we hold, ask for a copy, ask us to fix something wrong, ask us to delete it, object to a use you disagree with, or take back a consent. If you are in the EEA or the UK these are GDPR rights, and you can also complain to your national data protection authority. If you are in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut or another US state with a privacy statute, you have comparable rights, including the right to opt out of any sale or sharing for targeted advertising — which for us is a request we can honour immediately, because we do neither.
Is the site for children?
No. internationaldatingsite.org is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has sent us something, tell us and we will delete it.
Is my data safe with you?
We take the usual precautions — encrypted connections, patched software, access limited to the few people who maintain the site, and as little data collected as we can get away with, which is the only protection that never fails. What nobody can honestly promise is perfect security, and we do not.
Will this page change?
When our practices change, yes, and the date at the top will move with it. The version published here is always the one in force. Continuing to use internationaldatingsite.org after an update means you accept it; if you do not, stop using the site and write to us.