Privacy Policy
Throwback Dating LLC
Effective Date: July 28, 2026
Last Updated: July 28, 2026
This Privacy Notice also explains the choices and rights that may be available to you. Please read it carefully. This Privacy Notice is a notice of our information practices and is not intended to create contractual rights beyond those provided by applicable law.
Throwback Dating LLC ("Throwback Dating," the "Company," "we," "our," or "us") provides dating, matchmaking, concierge, event, and related services through www.throwbackdating.com and any related websites, applications, pages, features, events, or services that link to this Privacy Notice (collectively, the "Services"). We are committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for our users. This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, safeguard, and otherwise process the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Services.
The Services are intended only for adults who are at least eighteen (18) years old and are located in the United States. We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from anyone under the age of eighteen (18) or knowingly permit anyone under the age of eighteen (18) to use the Services. If you believe we have collected Personal Information from a person under the age of eighteen (18), please contact us at megan@throwbackdating.com.
BY USING ANY PART OF THE SERVICES OR BY COMPLETING ANY REGISTRATION, MEMBERSHIP, EVENT REGISTRATION, PURCHASE, OR OTHER TRANSACTION THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE INFORMATION PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY NOTICE AND AGREE TO THE COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE, AND PROCESSING OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY NOTICE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES. PLEASE ALSO REVIEW OUR TERMS OF SERVICE, WHICH GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.
Where applicable law requires your affirmative consent for a particular processing activity, including certain marketing communications, the processing of sensitive Personal Information, or the use of certain cookies or similar technologies, we will obtain that consent separately before engaging in that processing.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we make material changes, we will revise the "Last Revised" date above and provide any additional notice or obtain any additional consent required by applicable law.
1. Types of Data We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked to you ("Personal Information"), as well as information that does not reasonably identify an individual ("De-identified Information"). The Personal Information we collect depends on how you interact with the Services. We may also create aggregated or de-identified information from Personal Information. We will not attempt to re-identify de-identified information except as permitted by applicable law to verify our de-identification processes.
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Primary Purpose for Collection and Use of Data
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Website User Information
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We collect your first and last name, email address, telephone number, and any information you voluntarily include in your communication.
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We have a legitimate interest in contacting our customers and communicating with them in relation to the Services.
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Member Account Information
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We collect your first and last name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, username, password, date of birth or age, gender, relationship preferences, family or marital status, dietary restrictions or food allergies, photographs you choose to provide, availability, interests, hobbies, and any additional information you voluntarily provide through our Compatibility Questionnaire, membership profile, communications with us, or participation in our events.
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We have a legitimate interest in contacting our customers and club members and communicating with them in relation to the Services. We process this information to administer memberships, evaluate compatibility, facilitate introductions and events, communicate with members, improve the Services, and provide personalized experiences. Certain categories of sensitive Personal Information are processed with your consent where required by applicable law. If you opt-in to receive text messages from us, we may send you a text message that contains promotional information or invitation to a future event that may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of receiving future text messages by replying "STOP." Your name and email address may be used to send you information about our Company, upcoming events, special offers, and newsletters that may be of interest to you. You may select the "unsubscribe" button at the bottom of the email to stop receiving these emails. If you unsubscribe from the promotional emails described above, you will still receive emails with event confirmations.
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Cookies and First Party Tracking
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We use Cookies and clear GIFs. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that a website sends to a computer's hard drive while a website is viewed.
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We use first party Cookies to make the Services operate efficiently and to analyze Website performance for the purpose of improvement. We also have a legitimate interest in making the Services operate efficiently. You may manage nonessential cookies through our cookie preference tool where available, or through your browser settings.
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Cookies and Third-Party Tracking
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We and our advertising, analytics, and social media partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, SDKs, local storage, and similar technologies to collect information regarding your interactions with the Services. Depending on applicable law, these activities may constitute targeted advertising, sharing, or the sale of Personal Information.
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We have a legitimate interest in engaging in behavior-based advertising, capturing Website analytics, and engaging third parties to assist with providing Services to you.
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Email Inter-connectivity
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If you receive email from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to when you open our message, click on any links or banners it contains, and register for events or otherwise interact with our communications.
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We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our communications to you.
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Feedback/Support
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We collect Personal Information from you contained in any inquiry you submit to us regarding the Services, such as completing our online forms, calling, or emailing for general inquiries, support requests, or to report an issue. Calls may be monitored or recorded for customer support, quality assurance, training, and service improvement purposes, subject to applicable law.
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We have a legitimate interest in receiving, and acting upon, your feedback, issues, or inquiries.
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E-mailing List
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When you sign up for one of our e-mailing lists, we collect your name, email address, and mailing address, if provided.
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We share information about our products and services with individuals who consent to receive such information. We also have a legitimate interest in sharing information about our products and services.
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Transactional Information
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We collect transactional information, including information about the products and Services you purchase or download or about which you make an inquiry, as well as payment status and billing history. Payment card information is processed by our third-party payment processor. We do not intentionally store complete payment card numbers.
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We have a legitimate interest in our customers' transactional information to fulfill contractual obligations related to Services, and in understanding your preferences and interests so we can select offerings you might find most useful.
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Website & Application Interactions
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We use technology to monitor how you interact with the Services, including IP addresses, advertising identifiers, preferences, referring pages, browser/device/network information, and interaction data such as timestamps, clicks, scrolling, browsing times, searches, transactions, and load times.
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We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with the Services to improve them, understand your preferences and interests, select offerings you might find most useful, and detect and prevent fraud.
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Logs
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We collect information including your browser type, operating system, IP address, domain name, server logs, clickstream data, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp for visitors.
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We have a legitimate interest in monitoring networks and visitors to our Website and App, and access to and use of the Services, to provide and enhance the Services.
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Employment
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If you apply for a job posting or become an employee, we collect information necessary to process your application or retain you as an employee, which may include government-issued identification numbers, tax information, or other employment-related information where required by law.
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We use information about current employees to perform our contract of employment, and are in some contexts required by law to collect such information. We also have a legitimate interest in efficient staffing and workforce operations.
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Demographic Information
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We collect Personal Information, including your age, gender, ethnicity, family and marital status, and location.
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We have a legitimate interest in understanding our users and providing tailored Services.
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Geolocation Information
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When you use our Website, App, and Services, we collect your location from approximate location derived from your IP address or, if you enable location permissions, your device location.
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We have a legitimate interest in understanding our users and providing tailored Services. In some contexts, our use is also based on your consent.
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Surveys
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When you participate in a survey, we collect the information you provide, which may include compatibility preferences, dietary restrictions for hosted events, topics of interest and family status for group matching purposes, availability to attend events, and your opinions and satisfaction.
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We have a legitimate interest in understanding your preferences and opinions and collecting information relevant to our organization and the Services. If a survey is provided by a third-party service provider, that party's privacy policy applies.
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Referral Partners
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We may receive your name, contact information, referral source, and limited information reasonably necessary to facilitate an introduction from referral or marketing partners.
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To administer referral relationships, facilitate introductions, verify referral commissions, and improve our partner programs. We do not request or require referral partners to disclose dating profiles, compatibility information, messages, payment credentials, or other information that is not reasonably necessary to facilitate or verify a referral.
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2. Age Restrictions
The Site and the Services are intended only for individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age. We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly permit anyone under the age of 18 to create an account or use the Services. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from an individual under the age of 18, we will promptly delete such information, unless we are required to retain it by applicable law. If you believe we have collected Personal Information from someone under the age of 18, please contact us at megan@throwbackdating.com.
3. Information You Provide to Us
We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide when you create or maintain a member account, complete a compatibility questionnaire or other form, purchase or inquire about our Services, register for or attend an event, subscribe to communications, participate in a survey or promotion, contact us, or otherwise interact with the Services.
This information may include your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, username, date of birth or age, gender, relationship preferences, family or marital status, dietary restrictions or food allergies, interests, hobbies, photographs you choose to provide, and any other information you voluntarily submit in connection with your membership or use of the Services.
When you purchase a membership, event admission, or other Service, our third-party payment processor collects the payment and billing information necessary to complete the transaction. We receive limited transaction information, such as your name, billing contact information, transaction amount, payment status, and transaction date. We do not intentionally store complete payment card numbers.
If you contact us by email, telephone, text message, online form, or another method, we may collect your contact information and the contents of your communication in order to respond to your inquiry, provide support, improve our Services, or maintain our business records. Calls may be monitored or recorded for customer service, quality assurance, training, or other legitimate business purposes, subject to applicable law.
If you participate in a survey, promotion, or other voluntary activity, we may collect the information you choose to provide in connection with that activity.
If you subscribe to receive promotional emails or text messages, you may opt out at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the email or replying "STOP" to a promotional text message. Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may continue to send you non-promotional communications relating to your membership, transactions, events, security, or the operation of the Services.
4. Collected via Technology
We automatically receive certain information from the browser, computer, or device you use to access the Services. This information may include your IP address, approximate geographic location, browser type and language, device type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, dates and times of access, and information about how you interact with the Services. We collect this information through cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies.
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the Services, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the Services, improve the user experience, measure the effectiveness of our marketing, and, where permitted by applicable law, provide personalized content or advertising.
We use both first-party cookies, which are placed by Throwback Dating, and third-party cookies, which are placed by our service providers, analytics providers, advertising partners, and social media platforms. These third parties may collect information about your interactions with the Services in accordance with their own privacy policies.
We may use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics, and advertising technologies such as social media pixels to better understand how visitors use the Services, improve our Services, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Depending on your location, you may also be presented with a cookie preference banner or similar tool that allows you to manage certain categories of cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Services.
5. Use of Your Personal Information
We use your Personal Information to operate, maintain, improve, and protect the Services, to communicate with you, and to conduct our business. Depending on how you interact with Throwback Dating, we may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
to create, maintain, and secure your account;
to provide, administer, personalize, and improve the Services;
to facilitate compatibility matching, introductions, events, and other membership-related services;
to communicate with you regarding your account, membership, transactions, inquiries, customer support requests, or changes to the Services;
to process payments and maintain billing and transaction records;
to send administrative communications, including security alerts, service updates, and notices relating to your account;
to send newsletters, promotions, surveys, invitations to events, and other marketing communications, subject to your communication preferences and applicable law;
to develop, refine, and improve our compatibility matching process and member experience;
to analyze usage of the Services, perform research, develop new features, improve our Services, and better understand our members' interests and preferences;
to detect, investigate, prevent, or respond to fraud, unauthorized access, security incidents, or other illegal or harmful activity;
to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, legal process, or governmental requests;
to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims and protect the rights, property, or safety of Throwback Dating, our members, or others;
to facilitate corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, financing, asset sales, or similar business transactions; and
for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time the information is collected or with your consent where required by applicable law.
6. Use of Non-Personal Information
We may use de-identified, aggregated, or otherwise anonymized information to operate, maintain, analyze, improve, and develop the Services, understand usage trends, conduct research and analytics, and for other lawful business purposes. We may disclose such information to service providers, business partners, or other third parties, provided the information does not reasonably identify an individual. We will not attempt to re-identify de-identified information except as permitted by applicable law.
7. How We Share Your Personal Information
As a general rule, we do not sell your Personal Information. We may disclose Personal Information as described below and as described elsewhere in this Privacy Notice.
We may share your Personal Information with third-party service providers to provide you with the Services we offer; to host our Website and App; to conduct quality assurance testing; to perform marketing; to run data analysis; to facilitate creation of accounts; to provide technical support; and/or to provide future services to you.
We may also integrate third-party products and Application Programming Interfaces ("API") in connection with the Services we offer. User data collected via the API is subject to the privacy policies of those third parties, and their collection and use of information is governed by their own privacy policies.
Please note that if you access third-party services, including Instagram, Facebook, etc., through the Services to log in or to share information about your experience with others, these third-party services may collect information about you, including your activity on our Website or through the Services, and may notify your connections about your use of the Services in accordance with their own privacy policies.
We use third-party payment processors to securely process payments. Payment information is collected and processed directly by the payment processor in accordance with its privacy policy. We receive limited transaction information necessary to administer your membership and transactions.
If (i) Throwback Dating is acquired by, merges with, or receives investment from another company, or (ii) any of Throwback Dating's assets are or may be transferred to another company, whether as part of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other company. As part of the business transfer process, we may share certain of your Personal Information with lenders, auditors, attorneys, and consultants.
Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Information (as described below), we may disclose Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary (a) in connection with any legal investigation; (b) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; (c) to protect or defend our rights or property, or the rights or property of users of the Services; (d) to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person; and/or (e) to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Notice, or any agreements you may have with us, as applicable.
8. Links to Third Party Websites and Third-Party Providers
As part of the Services, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications; however, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain.. This Privacy Notice applies solely to information collected by us in relation to the Services and your use of the Services. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
9. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
We may send periodic promotional emails to you. You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes by following the unsubscribe instructions in each promotional email, or, if applicable, in the "Notifications" section of your Account. Notwithstanding your promotional preferences, we may continue to send you administrative emails, including periodic updates to our Privacy Notice. Please note it may take up to 10 business days for us to process unsubscribe requests.
If applicable privacy laws allow, you may have rights over your Personal Information. This includes, but is not limited to:
Right to Know.
You have the right to request disclosure about our Personal Information collection practices during the prior 12 months, including the categories of Personal Information we collected, the sources of the information, our business purposes for collecting or sharing the information, and the categories of third parties with whom we shared such information. You may request a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Information we may have collected about you in the last 12 months.
Right to Delete.
You may request that we delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out.
You have the right to opt out of any "sales" of your Personal Information, if a business is selling your information. For clarity, we do not sell your Personal Information.
Non-Discrimination.
You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
You can make the following choices regarding your Personal Information:
Access To Your Personal Information.
You may request access to your Personal Information by contacting us at the address below. If required by law, upon request, we will grant you reasonable access to the Personal Information that we have about you, in a portable format if required. California residents may be entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of Personal Information (if any) we share with third parties or affiliates for direct marketing.
Changes To Your Personal Information.
We rely on you to update and correct your Personal Information. Please contact us at the address below immediately if there are any changes to your Personal Information. Note that we may keep historical information in our backup files as permitted by law.
Deletion Of Your Personal Information.
Typically, we retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. You may request information about how long we keep a specific type of information, or request that we delete your Personal Information by contacting us at the address below. In many situations we must keep your Personal Information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for another one of our business purposes.
Objection to Certain Processing.
You may object to our use or disclosure of your Personal Information by contacting us at the address below.
Online Tracking.
We do not currently recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include "Do Not Track" instructions.
Promotional Emails.
You may choose to provide us with your email address for the purpose of allowing us to send free newsletters, surveys, offers, and other promotional materials to you, as well as targeted offers from third parties. You can stop receiving promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in emails you receive. If you decide not to receive promotional emails, we may still send you communications related to your use of the Services and administrative purposes.
Revocation Of Consent.
If you revoke your consent for the processing of Personal Information, then you should not access the Services. In some cases, we may limit or deny your request to revoke consent if the law permits or requires us to do so, or if we are unable to adequately verify your identity. You may revoke consent by contacting us at the address below.
10. Security of Your Personal Information and Personal Data
We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, and/or destruction. Because the internet is not a completely secure environment, we cannot warrant the security of any information a user transmits to us or guarantee that information on the Services may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, and/or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, and/or managerial safeguards. Any account you have on our Website and/or App is protected by your account password, and we urge you to take steps to keep your Personal Information safe by not disclosing your password and by logging out of your account after each use. While we use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the Services are absolutely secure.
11. How We Retain Your Personal Information
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The precise periods for which we keep your Personal Information vary depending on the nature of the information and why we need it. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use and/or disclosure, the purposes for which we process it, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements. You can request further details of retention periods by contacting us.
Please note that in the course of providing the Services, we collect and maintain aggregated or de-identified information which we may retain indefinitely.
12. Accessibility
If you are visually impaired, you may access this Privacy Notice through your browser's audio reader.
13. Changes to This Privacy Notice
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our business practices, the Services, or applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Notice and provide any additional notice or obtain any additional consent required by applicable law. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.
14. U.S. State Privacy Rights
Throwback Dating is located in the United States, and the Services are intended for individuals located in the United States.
Certain U.S. states provide residents with privacy rights under applicable law. Depending on your state of residence and applicable law, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a copy of your Personal Information, or to opt out of certain processing activities. We will honor applicable requests in accordance with governing law.
Exercising Your Privacy Rights
To exercise any applicable privacy rights, please contact us at megan@throwbackdating.com and describe your request. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request and may request additional information reasonably necessary to verify your identity or authority to make the request. Where permitted by applicable law, you may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, subject to appropriate verification. We will respond to verified requests within the time required by applicable law.
15. Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or requests regarding this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Email: megan@throwbackdating.com
Mail:
Throwback Dating LLC
405 W. Superior St., Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60654
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to your inquiry as promptly as practicable.
