Last updated: December 17, 2020
Version: 2.0
At ThereOrSquare, protecting privacy and maintaining our users’ trust is a priority for our organization. As regular users of web and mobile applications ourselves, we know how you feel about privacy, and we will do everything within our power to protect your personal data as if it were our own. We assure you that your data will be processed strictly in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We strive to continuously improve our privacy and security practices in order to keep your information safe.
1. INTRODUCTION
ThereOrSquare (“we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or mobile application (the “Application”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE APPLICATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will notify you of the policy changes via the Application or email. You must agree with the terms of our Privacy Policy in order to use the Application.
2. COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The purposes for which we collect personal information will be identified before or at the time we collect the information, or in this Privacy Policy. By voluntarily providing us with personal information, you are consenting to our processing of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The information we may collect via the Application depends on the content and materials you use, and includes:
a. Personal Data
Demographic and other personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) that you voluntarily give to us when choosing to participate in various activities related to the Application, such as data related to events, your social network, chat and communication, financial and transactional, posting messages in comment sections, responding to posts or events, and sending feedback. If you choose to share data about yourself via your profile, online chat, or other interactive areas of the Application, please be advised that all data you disclose in these areas may be public, depending on the privacy settings configured by you, other users or the Application.
b. Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Application, such as your native actions that are integral to the Application, including responding to a post or event, as well as other interactions with the Application and other users via server log files.
c. Geo-Location Information:
We may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using the Application, to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
d. Mobile Device Access:
We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s bluetooth, calendar, camera, contacts, microphone, reminders, sensors, SMS messages, social media accounts, storage, and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
e. Mobile Device Data:
Device information such as your mobile device ID number, model, and manufacturer, version of your operating system, phone number, country, location, and any other data you choose to provide.
f. Push Notifications:
We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or the Application. If you wish to opt-out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings.
g. Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys:
Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
3. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
In general, the personal information you provide to us is used to help us provide you with Application-related services. Specifically otherwise, we may use personal information collected about you via the Application to:
a. Provide Event Planning Services and Tools
This includes creating and managing your account, generating a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Application more personalized, enabling user-to-user communications, processing user-entered data to perform the Application’s tools and functions, including those related to events.
b. Personalized Advertising on the Application
We gather data and work with third parties to show you personalized ads on behalf of advertisers. This includes delivering targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Application to you.
c. Communicating with you
This includes emailing you regarding your account, notifying you of updates to the Application, sending you a newsletter, offering new products, services, mobile applications, and/or recommendations to you, requesting feedback and contacting you about your use of the Application, resolving disputes and troubleshoot problems, and responding to product and customer service requests.
d. Administer contests, giveaways, surveys, and promotions
e. Security and Legal Requirements
This includes assisting law enforcement and responding to subpoena, as well as preventing fraudulent activities, monitoring against theft, and protecting against criminal activity.
f. Improving the Application
This includes monitoring and analyzing usage and trends to improve your experience with the Application.
g. Compile anonymous statistical data
In general, we use non-personal information to help us improve the Application and customize the user experience. We also aggregate non-personal information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Application. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of non-personal information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such non-personal information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.
h. Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Application.
4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
a. Third-Party Service Providers
We share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. Those vendors use your personal information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
b. Interactions with Other Users
If you interact with other users of the Application, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, following and interacting with events. We may share information of you and your events when making recommendations to other users.
c. Online Postings
When you post comments, contributions or other content to the Applications, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Application in perpetuity.
d. By Law or to Protect Rights
We may share personal information with outside parties if we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process or enforceable governmental request; to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies or Terms of Service; address fraud, security or technical concerns; or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others. We may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
e. Third-Party Advertisers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Application. These companies may use information about your visits to the Application and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
f. Marketing Communications
With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
g. Business Partners
We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
h. Sale or Bankruptcy
If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
5. TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
a. Cookies and Web Beacons
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Application to help customize the Application and improve your experience. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Application. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.
b. Internet-Based Advertising
Additionally, we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Application, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us.
c. Website Analytics
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Play Services, Google Analytics for Firebase, and Expo, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Application through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Application, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. By accessing the Application, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. You should be aware that erasing or otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also clear certain opt-out cookies, plug-ins, or settings.
6. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The Application may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Application, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites or applications, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website or application, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information.
7. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
8. POLICY FOR MINORS
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to minors under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from minors under age 18, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
9. OPTIONS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION
You may at any time access, rectify, or delete the information in your account by contacting us using the contact information provided below.
a. Access:
Upon request, you will be informed of the existence, use and disclosure of your personal information, and will be given access to it. However, in certain circumstances permitted by law, we will not disclose certain information to you. For example, we may not disclose information relating to you if other individuals are referenced or if there are legal, security or commercial proprietary restrictions.
b. Rectification:
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We work to maintain your personal information as accurately, completely and as up-to-date form as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is to be used. However, if you find that your information is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request that it be amended.
c. Deletion:
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.
10. EMAILS AND COMMUNICATIONS
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:
- Noting your preferences at the time you register your account with the Application
- Logging into your account settings and updating your preferences.
- Contacting us using the contact information provided below
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
11. CONTACT US
If you have questions, concerns or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: chris@thereorsquare.com.