Effective Date: 24 April 2025
Just Stop Dating (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you use our website at https://www.juststopdating.com.
1. Who We Are
We operate the website https://www.juststopdating.com. For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact us using our Contact Form. We do not provide other contact channels.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection. If you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized hash of your email address may be provided to check if you have a Gravatar profile. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors may be able to extract this data.
Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience:
- Comment cookies store your name, email, and website for 1 year.
- Login cookies last 2 days or 2 weeks if “Remember Me” is selected. They are removed upon logout.
- Display preference cookies last for 1 year.
- Post editing cookies expire after 1 day.
Some cookies are essential, while others require your consent, which can be managed through your browser settings.
Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, social media posts). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the third-party website, which may collect your data and use cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Data (GDPR)
We process personal data based on:
- Consent – e.g., for cookies or newsletters.
- Contractual necessity – e.g., to maintain user accounts.
- Legitimate interests – e.g., website security and analytics.
- Legal obligation – e.g., fraud prevention or law enforcement.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers for hosting, analytics, spam detection, and communication. These providers are required to safeguard your information and only use it as instructed by us. We do not sell your personal data.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and metadata: Indefinitely
- User profiles (if registered): As long as the account is active
- Inactive data: Deleted or anonymized after a defined period
6. Your Data Rights
You may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data
- Request correction or deletion
- Object to or restrict processing
- Withdraw consent (where applicable)
- Request data portability
To exercise these rights, please use our Contact Form.
For California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
You have the right to:
- Know what data we collect and why
- Request deletion of your data
- Opt out of data sale (note: we do not sell your data)
7. Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked by automated spam detection services. Your data may be processed outside your country (e.g., in the United States), and we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers.
8. Age Restrictions
This website is intended exclusively for adults who are of the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence. You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your country, whichever is higher) to use this site. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from individuals under this age. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the required age, we will delete it promptly.
9. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued use of our site constitutes acceptance of any changes.
11. Contact Us
For any questions or requests regarding your data, please reach out through our Contact Form.
