The Badge pioneered the online personals industry when it launched on the Web in March of 2006, and privacy and safety were built into the site from day one. The Badge will continue to diligently keep our site secure for its members. It’s a fact that we collect information from our members. This allows us to deliver products and services to help those members in their search for love. Most importantly, this information helps us do what we’re here for – match people and create successful relationships. We don’t sell any information to third parties, and any data that is shared is purely to enhance the site experience for all involved.

When it comes to privacy on our site, all member profiles are screened by real people for appropriateness before being posted to the site. That includes making sure that the profile does not include any specific identifying information. In addition, all communication between members is done through The Badge’s proprietary double-blind email system, with members using an anonymous username and not his or her real email address. This ensures that no personal contact information is revealed until a member is ready to do so. Please take a moment to read our detailed Privacy Policy below and review our dating safety tips. Protecting our members and keeping their personal information private is as important to us as helping them find love. And that’s really important.

The Badge Privacy Policy
We at The Badge have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your personal information and informing you about how we handle it. This privacy policy only applies to transactions and activities in which you engage, and data gathered, on the The Badge Website and double blind email communications between The Badge members (collectively, the "Site") but does not apply to any other Website or offline point of contact between The Badge, or any other company, and consumers. Please review this privacy policy periodically as we may modify it from time to time. This privacy policy was last revised on June 14, 2006. Each time you visit the Site or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time.

Your IP Address
Like most e-commerce Websites, each time you visit the Site, we automatically collect your IP address and the web page from which you came. In order to administer and optimize the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our Site, we use your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you.