Last updated: October, 9th 2024

1. Acceptance of Privacy Policy:

By using or accessing 55plusExplorers you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE. In case of any conflict among this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions shall govern unless expressly stated therein.

Once you accept the Terms and conditions and Privacy Policy and provide us with your personal data, you agree and consent that 55plusExplorers will store and manage your personal data. The User entered their data for the purpose of creating a profile and making it available on this platform and consents to disclosure of certain elements of this profile and its data upon registration. The data that all members of this platform make available to other platform members includes: first name, location: city, state, country, the name of your senior living community, profile photo, the places you want to visit, your interests, the photos you have uploaded in regards to your home and location, your personal motto and description.

2. Data protection:

Personal data is collected, saved, processed and used within the context of rendering the contractual services.

Data relating to visits to this Website is recorded on the server (date, time, viewed pages). This data is not personal, but is completely anonymized. It is only used for statistical purposes.

Forwarding data to third parties, for commercial or noncommercial purposes, does not occur. The exception to this is the publication of parts of the profile so that other members can see it, because the member entered their data for the purpose of creating a profile and with that consented to the disclosure of this data upon registration. We point out that in regards to unsecured data transmission in the internet for instance via your private email, security cannot be guaranteed.

If governmental authorities request data to conduct an investigation, we may transfer and/or disclose your information in good faith, including your personal information, to comply with legal obligations and the law.

In case you cancel your membership, your account will be deleted in the front end, but it may not be completely removed in the backend from our stored and backup copies due to technical and legal constraints. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your information will be completely removed from our databases in response to any request you may submit.

The use of contact data published in the context of this legal notice/imprint obligation by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly excluded. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam and emails.

3. Payment information:

The membership fee is FREE until 31st of December 2024. As of 1st of January 2025 the annual membership fee is USD 120.-, unless the membership is terminated by the user before.

A member can terminate the membership at any time before the 12-month term ends, but no refund will be due, not even a partial refund of the current year. The cancellation is made in the Personal Profile section: My Profile/Membership/Delete. Cancelling your membership implies that you lose the access to your account and all data in the profile.

The 55plusExplorers online community is different. We are an alternative to social media, because we do not sell any personal data and we do not allow any advertisement on our website. This enables our members to be authentic and engage in an open manner. The annual subscription fee of USD 120.- for a 12 month period helps us maintain the website and keep the platform ad free.

Subscriptions are renewed automatically for successive 12-month periods unless cancelled on or anytime before the last day of the current 12-month term.

In case you wish to participate in a chargeable tour, co-living or any other payable offer 55plusExplorers provides, we would collect and use your payment information, including your name, address, credit card number or PayPal account number and other information to bill you for the offer. By engaging in any kind of activity or transaction that uses financial information on this Website, you consent to our providing of your financial information to our service providers and to such third parties as we determine necessary to support and process transactions.

4. Third Party offers:

In case we publish offers from third parties on the website (such as products and insurances for users) and you wish to make a purchasing decision, you enter into a legal contract with the third party provider, not with 55plusExplorers. Whatever data you are requested to provide for the purchase will be subject to the third parties' privacy policy, not ours.

5. Confidentiality and Security:

We use Two-Factor-Authentication (2FA), firewalls and the industry-standard secure socket layers (SSL) encryption on this website and SiteLock Secure to protect data transmissions. Your account information is protected by a password that you select; you are responsible for your actions taken with your login information and password. No company can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information. You use the website and provide us with your information at your own risk.

6. Your use of other members' information:

By accepting this privacy policy you agree to use other Members' Personal Information, that you might obtain by using this website, only for 55plusExplorers related communication. You may not disclose any personal information about another member to a third party, nor use it for commercial purposes, you may not contact other members for commercial purposes. You are not permitted to add a member's mail or email address to your personal mailing list, unless the member agrees to this.

7. Google Analytics [where applicable]:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

8. How to prevent being tracked by Google Analytics:

• You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
• Furthermore you can prevent Google's collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in.

9. Google Adsense:

This website uses Google Adsense, a web advertising service of Google Inc., USA (''Google''). Google Adsense uses so-called 'cookies' (text files) which are stored on your computer and which allows you to analyze the use of the website by you. Google Adsense also uses so-called 'web beacons' (small invisible graphics) to gather information. By using the web beacon, simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website can be recorded and collected. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website in terms of advertising, to compile reports on website activity and advertisements for website operators, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or as far as third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will in no case associate your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies on your hard disk and the display of web beacons by selecting 'Do not accept cookies' in your browser settings. The help section of your browser may tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies. However, please be aware that in this case you may not be able to fully use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy might be changed from time to time. We will notify you about any changes to this Privacy Policy by changing the last Updated date at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.