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This service is for adults only (you must be at least 18 years old). The westernmatch.com online dating Portal is a way for adults to meet each other online.This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 08/2026.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use westernmatch.com. We do not sell or share member information, and no credit card details are ever stored on our servers. By continuing with the registration process, you acknowledge and agree to this Privacy Policy.
What are cookies and what cookies does westernmatch.com use? westernmatch.com uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the security and functionality of our site. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device by your web browser. Cookies help us recognize your device, remember your preferences, and provide features that improve your experience. Session cookies are placed on your device when you visit publicly available areas of the site. These cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used for members who log in, allowing westernmatch.com to remember your device and make your login experience faster and more secure. These cookies may also help prevent unauthorized access, automated logins, or fraudulent activity. You may choose to block cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may limit your ability to use certain features of westernmatch.com..
Complete our online registration form, where we ask you to provide us with information about you such as your name, your email address, your gender, your date of birth, your location details. You also have the opportunity to provide other details about yourself, but these are optional. Because you control your user profile, these details are available to you at any time by accessing your “Profile” page, which gives you the chance to correct or update (other than gender and email address) your information at any time by just logging in to westernmatch.com.
Once you have created a Profile, we will automatically track certain information such as your IP and email addresses.
We verify accounts by email. In rare cases where additional confirmation is needed to protect our members and prevent fake profiles, we may request a simple photo of the member holding a handwritten note with “westernmatch.com.” This step is only used when necessary to confirm authenticity and maintain a safe community.
You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your location if higher, to use westernmatch.com. . We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18, nor do we market to minors. If you are under 18, please do not submit any information to us. If we discover that a minor has created an account or provided personal information, we will immediately delete the profile and remove the associated data. In limited cases, we may retain the email address and IP information solely to prevent repeated attempts to create accounts in violation of our age policy..
No. We don’t collect any personal information about visitors to our site. If you do visit us without becoming a member, we will place session ID cookies on your computer. For more information about cookies generally, look at the answer to “How does westernmatch.com collect information about me?” below.
westernmatch.com is designed to help you find, connect, and interact with other members by sharing information about yourself in a safe and controlled way. All profile content you choose to post is visible to other members of the site. We provide a private messaging system that allows you to communicate with other members directly on the platform. We encourage all members to think carefully about the information they share and to keep conversations within the site. For your safety, personal contact details are not permitted in profiles. This includes email addresses, phone numbers, full names, home addresses, social media handles, URLs, payment information, identification numbers, and any other sensitive data. Posting such information can put you at risk of misuse, and profiles containing prohibited information may be edited or removed.
Please be careful about posting sensitive details about yourself on you Profile such as your religious denomination and health details. While you may voluntarily provide this information to us when you create your Profile, including your sexual preferences and ethnic background, there is no requirement to do so. Please remember that photographs or any video clips that you post on westernmatch.com may reveal these kinds of sensitive personal data. Where you do upload and choose to tell us sensitive information about yourself, you are explicitly consenting to our processing your information and making this public to other users.
When you post information about yourself or use the messaging, the amount of personal information you share is at your own risk.
westernmatch.com does not offer a mobile app or desktop application. Our website is fully responsive, meaning it automatically adjusts to fit all screen sizes, including mobile devices, tablets, and desktops. We do not collect GPS location data, WiFi access point information, or any other form of precise location tracking. When you access westernmatch.com on any device, we only collect standard technical information such as your IP address and browser type, which helps us maintain site security and performance. Because we do not use location‑based features, no location information is shared with other members.
When you take advantage of westernmatch.com’s premium features, we collect financial information necessary to process your payments as per your chosen payment method. Please note that we do not store any credit card or other payment card details. However, our payment service providers do (and are approved to do so by all applicable regulatory bodies).
If you contact our Customer Support team via email@westernmatch.com, we will receive your email address and may track your IP address as well as the information you send to us to help resolve your query. We will keep records of our communications with you, including any complaints that we receive from you about other users (and from other users about you).
On your “Settings” page westernmatch.com offers you the opportunity to receive emails from us about new message notifications or other purposes related to the use of the website.
We may use material that you post on the open access areas of westernmatch.com in advertising and promotional materials on our partner sites and partner products. We believe these uses allow us to improve our site and better tailor your online experience to meet your needs.
We use your personal information to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms of Use.
We collect information by placing cookies on your computer or mobile. A cookie is a piece of text stored on your computer or mobile by your web browser. They are basically a tool that stores information about website visits, recognizes you and your preferences each time you visit westernmatch.com, and ensures site functionality and enables us to provide the services our members request.
When you visit the publicly available sections of westernmatch.com, a session ID cookie is placed on your computer that only lasts while you’re visiting. We also place persistent cookies (also known an local storage devices) on members’ computers, so that westernmatch.com remembers them and makes their login experience faster and easier. We may use persistent tracking cookies on your mobile device, mainly for security protection purposes, such as to prevent phishers, scammers, unauthorized log in attempts, and to help you access your hacked account. We do not use any information whilst you are logged off.
You may set your browser and your mobile settings to block cookies and local storage devices, but if you do so, you may not be able to access the features that westernmatch.com offers.
westernmatch.com uses cookies and local storage devices for a number of reasons, including to ensure the security of our site, to provide you with features you have requested and to analyze how members and visitors use westernmatch.com. westernmatch.com’s uses of cookies and local shared devices so that we know who you are, what interests you and so that you can do the things online that you want to do, like chat with new people, share your content and buy memberships knowing that your data will be secure. Our use of cookies and local share devices, including the specific cookie names, may change over time, but will generally fall into the above categories. Please visit this page regularly so that you are aware of any changes.
If you would like to know more about cookies, including flash cookies/local storage devices, the following websites provide useful information:
To ensure you get to meet as many people as possible on westernmatch.com, other members get to see your username and any information you post on your Profile, including photos if you select the 'Any users' access setting. Any information you choose to provide should reflect how much you want other westernmatch.com members to know about you. You can also choose to limit the information that other users see by adjusting your privacy settings in the “Settings” page.
Use it to meet new friends and make new contacts! Beware that you may not use other users' information for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats. westernmatch.com reserves the right to terminate the accounts of those who misuse other users' information.
Not at all. We do not sell or rent out any personal information about you to any third party. westernmatch.com discloses aggregated non-personal data for marketing and promotional purposes. That means we do not disclose any information that could be used to identify you.
westernmatch.com also wishes to maintain a healthy community, and we will cooperate with all law enforcement inquiries and with all third parties to enforce their intellectual property or other rights. We may also disclose your personal information to government or law enforcement agencies, or private parties, as required by law when/or, in our sole discretion, we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our legal rights, or those of third parties and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us.
In the event that westernmatch.com or any of its affiliates undergoes a business transition or change of ownership, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, re-organization, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, or in the event of insolvency or administration, we may be required to disclose your personal information.
westernmatch.com is a global website operating through servers located in the United States. If you live in a country with data protection laws, the storage of your personal data may not provide you with the same protections as you enjoy in your country of residence. By submitting your personal information, or by choosing to upgrade the services you use, or by making use of the applications available on westernmatch.com, you agree to the transfer of your personal information to, and storage and processing of your personal information in, any such countries and destinations.
westernmatch.com has implemented reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control, including your personal information. westernmatch.com uses reasonable security measures to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information such as secured servers using firewalls. Our technical experts at westernmatch.com work hard to ensure your secure use of our site.
While we take reasonable precautions against possible security breaches of our website, member database and records no website or Internet transmission is completely secure and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. We urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe (including your password) and to log out of your account after use.
We cannot guarantee the security of your personal data while it is being transmitted to our site and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information we have procedures and security features in place to try to prevent unauthorized access.
You may not disclose your password to any third parties or share it with any third parties. If you lose your password or give it out, your personal information may be compromised. You must change your password immediately via your “Settings” page. westernmatch.com cannot be held responsible for your failure to keep your password secure.
You can review and revise your profile information at any time. Once you register, you will be able to review and change much of your personal information including:
1. Your contact email address;
2, Your profile, photographs, and videos;
3. Your city, region, and country of residence;
4. Your password.
Please promptly update your information if it changes by signing-in to your account and following the screen prompts. We strongly urge you to periodically change your password to help reduce the risk of unauthorized access to your account information.
Users in certain jurisdictions are, in accordance with applicable law, entitled to exercise a right of access to personal information about themselves by asking for a copy of the information we hold about them (for which, where allowed by law, we may charge a small fee).
Users of the westernmatch.com network have the following choices to delete their profile from our database:
Send a message via email@westernmatch.com
Sign in with your password and delete your profile. These options are available from your “Settings” page.
To prevent abuse and/or misuse of westernmatch.com by a user following termination or deletion of a profile/account we shall retain such information as we deem in our sole discretion may be necessary to ensure that user does not open a new account and profile in breach of our Terms of Use and to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations.
Warning: Even after you remove information from your profile or delete your account, copies of that information may still be viewable and/or accessed on the Internet to the extent such information has been previously shared with others, or copied or stored by other users or to the extent such information has been shared with search engines. We cannot control this, nor do we accept any liability for this. If you have given third party applications or websites access to your personal information, they may retain such information to the extent permitted under their terms of service or privacy policies.
We do not automatically delete profiles due to inactivity. Western Match offers lifetime memberships, and your profile will remain active unless you choose to delete it yourself. Members may remove their profiles at any time through their account settings.
Your westernmatch.com account is non-transferable and any rights to your profile or contents within your account will be cancelled upon your death.
If you have questions about our Privacy Policy or how we collect and use information, drop us a line via email@westernmatch.com
