BOS is subject to data protection in the interest of the members and is an important concern. Hence, the following data protection directives are determined. With the registration, the user explains that he has read the data protection explanation and has understood it. The user accepts the data protection explanation where it states "Yes I accept the general terms of business and data protection directives." by clicking on the check box "Yes" confirmed. With this, the data protection explanation becomes a contract component.

The security and the protection of the data of the members is a special concern to BOS. BOS undertakes to follow the legal regulations for data protection. BOS uses data according to the Austrian data protection regulations, as far as this is necessary for the proper contract winding up, settlement or fulfilment of legal obligations in connection with BOS. The customer allows BOS the right to inform him via email about innovations, enlargements and changes of the service from BOS. The customer agrees to receive information to his postal address or email address until revoked, from BOS.

Within the scope of the contractual, personal data is raised, stored, processed and used. Personal data are those which contain information about personal and objective relations of a certain or determinable member. The personal filter settings which a member gives for the on-line area are also stored. It should be made sure that every member finds the personal filter settings with every new session (i.e. to every new logging in) again.

BOS will give to the member at his written desire, at any time, information about the stored data continuance, as far as this concerns the member, completely and free of charge by e-mail.

BOS points out to the members expressly, the fact that the data protection cannot be guaranteed extensively for data transfers in open nets like the Internet, according to the state of the technology. BOS will take care about data security. However, it is a job of the member to also take as much care as possible of the security from him on the Internet for transmitted data.

The member is obliged to treat e-mails and other news confidentially and to not make these originator's known/accessible without approval. The same is valid for name, telephone number and fax numbers, residential addresses or e-mail addresses and/or URLs etc. The member undertakes not to divulge names in his personal description ("My profile") to call addresses, Telephone/fax numbers and in particular e-mail addresses or URL.

BOS is not liable for the unauthorized knowledge acquisition of personal data of users / members (e.g., as a result of an unauthorized access of "hackers" on the data bank), unless, BOS and/or its fulfilment assistants from BOS have made the unauthorized knowledge acquisition of personal data by third parties deliberately or negligently, possible. BOS also is not liable for the fact that information which the members themselves have made accessible to third parties is used by abusively. www.bestofsingles.net is a service of bestofsingles.net Werner Baumann scientific consultation and event management Dr. Stumpfstrasse 75 6020 Innsbruck Austria