At IMVU, our number one goal is for our users to have the best possible experience. As part of making your experience great, we understand the importance of being open and transparent about the personal data we collect in order to provide our service, how the data is used, and with whom we share it.
IMVU has always aimed to provide its users with clear and simple information about how personal data is collected and protected through our Privacy Policy. We have recently made some changes to our Privacy Policy, most of which reflect the increased transparency requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (known as the ‘GDPR’). Check out the full policy here:
http://im.vu/privacy Our enhancements to the Privacy Policy are intended to provide even more transparency about:
how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal data,
the legal bases we rely on to process your personal data, and
your privacy rights and how to exercise them (based on where you are located).
Many of you have seen or heard of some of the changes we’ve made recently, including:
New age restrictions in EU countries; each EU member-country has adopted their own official age of consent. Even though IMVU’s youngest allowed age is 13, some IMVU members the EU may not be permitted to join until they are 14, 15, or 16 years old. This affects existing users as well. If a user in France, for example, joined IMVU at the age of 13 and is now 15, they will be prompted to get their parent’s or guardian’s consent before being able to access their account again.
IMVU users who live in the affected EU countries were required to accept our cookie policy beginning May 25th.
Some email settings were reverted to opt-out by default. For example, if you used to receive email for each Friend Request, these were stopped and you will need to opt-in to getting them, if you want to continue receiving them, by going to your Account Settings.
In updating our Privacy Policy, we have also made it easier to read so that users can easily understand how we use personal data to make our platform work and to provide related services – as well as how to make certain privacy-related choices.
Over the next few weeks, we will also be rolling out new tools which will help you more easily understand and manage your privacy choices, including a new feature allowing you to download your account data. Check back on this page for the latest updates. If you reside in an EU member-country and are required to take any of the steps listed above, you will be prompted to do so when you login. If you aren’t asked for anything, no action is required.
Please click here to read the revised Privacy Policy, which is effective starting May 25, 2018:
http://im.vu/privacy Thank you for using IMVU!
Jeff
Director, Customer Care & Education
