Privacy Policy

At SquareNet Media, we specialise in developing sites, apps and creative solutions for our evolving brands that enable like-minded people to connect with one-another. Our Privacy Notice applies to all SquareNet Media products unless otherwise stated.

At SquareNet Media we want to demonstrate our respect for your privacy and that you have control over the personal data that you entrust to us, so we have created this privacy notice to inform you about:

• The Terms that we use in this Notice
• Categories of data
• When we collect data from you
• Special Category Data
• Cookies and other data stored on your browser
• Children's Privacy
• Why we need the data that you provide
• Advertising
• What we do with your data
• An overview of the security measures that we take to look after your data
• How we process your photos and images

SquareNet Media takes privacy very seriously, especially given the sensitive nature of some of the data that we handle. This notice sets out how we treat your personal data and how we expect you to treat any personal data with which you come into contact on our sites. Please read it carefully before using any of our sites as it concerns use of your personal information.

The data protection law in the UK changed on 25 May 2018. Although this privacy notice sets out most of your rights under the new laws, we reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy notice.

These terms apply equally irrespective of whether the products or services are accessed via a desktop browser, mobile browser, mobile phone, tablet device, or any other digital device.

Categories of Data

Depending on which of our sites you are using, we may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
• Contact data includes billing address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Transaction data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
• Technical data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our services.
• Profile data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage data includes information about how you use our websites, apps, products and services.
• Marketing and communications data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and third parties and your communication preferences.

When We Collect Data

We collect data from you:

• Directly, when you enter information (active data)
• Indirectly when you take some action on the site (passive data)
• When you contact our Customer Services Team

⚠️ Note: This section requires specific details about how you handle sensitive personal data such as:

• Health information
• Sexual orientation
• Religious beliefs
• Any other special category data specific to The Fetish Network

Please provide the specific content for this section to ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

We restrict the use of our service to individuals aged 18 years and above. We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under the age of 18 years.

Photos that you upload onto The Fetish Network must meet the standards that we set out in our Terms and Conditions, or the terms under which we are permitted to provide our mobile apps. The photos, which remain on the servers in the EEA

To provide the best service to you, we may need to share your personal data with the following third parties:

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

We employ several security measures to help limit the loss, damage, misuse and defacement of information that we control. Information that is gathered by us is stored on our secure servers in the European Union, which are protected by physical and electronic security. Your personal data is encrypted and stored on encrypted drives.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us:

• By email: support@thefetishnetwork.com
• By post: SquareNet Media Limited, 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ

The terms of this notice are governed and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. If any of the terms is held to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

We may at any time revise the terms of this notice by posting changes on our sites, and/or, where appropriate, notifying to you by email or by notifying you of a change when you next start log onto one of SquareNet Media sites. The new terms may be displayed on-screen and you may be required to read and accept them to continue your use of that site. The continued use our services after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the modified terms. If you choose not to accept the modified terms and you are a fee-paying member, we will upon request return a fair proportion (related to the time left unexpired on your membership) of the membership fee.