Privacy Policy

​​1. Introduction & Binding Agreement
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Welcome to Parallel Paths. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data when you use our website (parallelpathsevents.com) and services, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The operator of this website and the controller of your personal data is Parallel Paths. For any privacy-related questions, you can contact us at connect@parallelpathsevents.com.

2. Collection and Storage of Information

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We receive, collect, and store information you provide to us and data generated through your use of our site.

• Information You Provide Directly: This includes all the information you enter when creating an account and completing your profile, such as, for instance, your name, date of birth, contact details (email, phone number, or any other), and your detailed responses to our questions about your personality, lifestyle, preferences, values, social habits or any others. We also collect information you provide through feedback or communications with us.

• Information from Transactions: When you purchase a ticket for an event through our website (processed via Wix Events and its integrated payment processors), we may collect all the information necessary to complete the transaction, including but not limited to your name, email, and payment details. We maintain a history of your purchases for accounting and customer service purposes.

• Information Collected Automatically: We collect the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, as well as login information. We may use software tools like cookies and analytics services to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits, and page interaction information.

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3. Why We Collect This Information (Our Legal Basis)

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We collect your personal information for the following purposes, in line with the legal grounds provided by GDPR:

• For the Performance of Our Contract with You:

  • To provide and operate our core services: creating your unique profile, finding compatible matches, and inviting you to our events.

  • To process your event ticket purchases and manage your attendance.

  • To provide you with ongoing customer assistance and technical support.

  • To communicate with you regarding your account, your matches, event invitations, and other essential service-related notices.

• For Our Legitimate Interests:

  • To improve and optimize our services. We may use aggregated and anonymized data to analyze trends, refine our matching algorithm, and enhance our form questions.

  • To ensure the security of our website and services.

  • To gather feedback on our process and concept to continually improve our service.

• With Your Explicit Consent:

  • To send you our newsletter with blog posts, insights, and other promotional content, which you will only receive if you have explicitly opted-in.

 

4. How We Store, Use, Share, and Disclose Your Information

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Your privacy and discretion are fundamental to our service.

• Data Storage: Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide our services to you. Your data is stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases, and general applications on secure servers behind a firewall.

• Payment Information: All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS, which helps ensure the secure handling of credit card information.

• Sharing Information with Your Match: We are committed to protecting your identity. We will not share your name, contact information, photos, or your detailed profile answers with a potential match before an event. At our events with matchmaking, you and your match will be identified by a number. To facilitate your first conversation, we may provide you both with a written "story" with your first names, highlighting your shared interests, values, or perspectives, using the anonymous data from your profiles.

• Third-Party Services: We use Wix's built-in analytics to understand website traffic. In the future, we may use other third-party services for advertising and analytics, such as the Meta Pixel. These services help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing. We do not share your detailed personal profile information with these services.

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5. Communication with You

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• Transactional Communications: We will contact you via email (and potentially in the future, by phone or SMS for urgent updates) with essential information about your account, your profile (including reminders to complete it), your matches, and event invitations. This is a necessary part of the service you have signed up for.

• Marketing Communications: We will send you marketing communications, such as our newsletter, if you have given us your explicit, opt-in consent. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of every marketing email.

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6. Cookies and Tracking Tools

 

Our website uses cookies that are essential for its functionality, such as for security and user login. We may also use non-essential cookies for analytics and marketing purposes (e.g., Meta Pixel). You will be asked for your consent to use non-essential cookies via a cookie banner when you first visit our site.

 

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

 

As a user in the EU, you have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you.

• Request that we correct any inaccurate personal information.

• Request that we delete your personal information ("right to be forgotten").

• Object to or restrict the processing of your personal information.

• Request a copy of your data in a portable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email address connect@parallelpathsevents.com.

 

8. Withdrawing Consent & Data Requests

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​If you no longer want us to process your data for marketing purposes, or if you wish to access or delete your information, please contact us at connect@parallelpathsevents.com.

 

9. Privacy Policy Updates

 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated so that you are aware of what information we collect and how we use it.