Safety & Security Issues

Your safety, security and privacy are key issues for OpenMinders.com and therefore we have taken the following measures to help and ensure your safety and security.

• OpenMinders.com will NEVER sell or give your email address to third parties. The email address you supplied during the logon procedure will only be used for communication between OpenMinders.com and yourself. 
• OpenMinders.com provides an internal mailing system to exchange messages between Members. 
• Only Plus and Full Members are able to send personalized messages via this mail system.
• Irrespectively of your membership status you will always have access to your private OpenMinders.com mailbox and are able to read the messages that have been sent to you.
• As a OpenMinders.com member you are able to activate email alerts.
• To ensure your safety and privacy OpenMinders.com advises against using personal and private information in the first couple of messages.
• All profile characteristics are stored in a secure database and are only accessible for a limited number of staff.
• None of the provided information will be disclosed to other parties.
• All information that you provide is voluntary. 
• Do not exchange your login name and password with any one on the site. A selected group of OpenMinders.com staff have access to your details at all times and therefore do not need to ask for your password or other site related information.
• All provided information will only be used in the matching process.
• OpenMinders.com will NEVER ask for any personal details like addresses, phone numbers, bank details etc.
• OpenMinders.com is entitled to store your IP-address and preform a reference check of this IP address in realtime against blacklists in order to prevent abuse and discourage fakers and scammers of entering and using the OpenMinders.com services.
• OpenMinders.com is entitled to request details about your connection if abuse of the system has been detected.
• OpenMinders.com does not allow access to our service via open proxies services. This rule has been implemented to minimize fakers and scammers of entering and using OpenMinders.com.
• When connecting to OpenMinders.com your IP address will be checked against the so called DNS blacklists. These blackliste are generally available and they list all IP addresses from which mallicious activies, such as open mail relays, open proxy servers, spam abuse, hackers etc, have been recorded.  Please check out the FAQ what to do if you get a message that your IP address has been blacklisted.
• OpenMinders.com has implemented an advanced system to monitor and early detect abuse and unproper behaviour of the OpenMinders.com services. Please note that OpenMinders.com has done everything to minimize the effect of these measures for the majority of our members.

Although we have implemented and actively monitor for unintented behaviour we can not 100% guarantee that no person with unintented behaviour will still be able to enter the site and use our services. Therefore your help in detecting unwanted behaviour is highly appreciated.

Please report all members immediately via email at abuse@OpenMinders.com if you suspect or have evidence that these persons are not who they say they are, or do have other intentions then dating or getting to know you.

The following list will give you an indication what we consider as unintended and unwanted behaviour on the site:

• people who will try to sell you a product or service.
• people who are after any of your personal details, especially bank details and credit card numbers but also phone numbers, mobile numbers etc, as from the first contact. Please note: you should never ever share your bank details and credit card numbers with any one on the Web!
• stories where you have won a big prize, mostly huge amount of money, but need to send money to release the funds.
• stories where they claim you have unpaid depts or bills.
• people who say that they know who you are and/or where you live. Don't believe them because this is simple not possible through our site.
• people who pretend they are working for or are the site administrators of OpenMinders.com. Never respond to these requests as OpenMinders.com staff will only communicate directly via email with you.
• people who will tell you a very sad story and will then ask you to contribute to help them out. Please be very mindfull when people start telling you anything like the following:
• stories about a mum, dad, friend or relative who has recently died, in a tragic accident,  and now the person needs to move and doesn't have the money.
• stories where their kids or themselves are very ill and need life saving and obviously very expensive surgery.
• stories where the person wants to come over and visit you for marriage and eternal happiness but just doesn't have enough money for the ticket.
• very sad stories in general concerning, family, relatives, friends, housing, pets, lost jobs, natural disasters etc etc
• when female members give you all their personal details, like phone numbers and email addresses, in the first couple of messages. 

Please use the OpenMinders.com internal mail system to remain anonymous for the first couple of messages. It is important to know and realize that as soon as you start communicating outside OpenMinders.com, these people will then have your email address and might use it for spam and other unwanted messages.

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Any questions regarding safety or privacy can be directed to privacy@OpenMinders.com.