Privacy Policy of SnapTik

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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines our guidelines and procedures concerning the gathering, utilization, and disclosure of your information when you access our Service. It also informs you about your privacy rights and the legal protections available to you. We employ your personal data to deliver and enhance the Service. By engaging with the Service, you consent to the collection and usage of information as detailed in this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Terms with initial capital letters have specific meanings defined below. These definitions apply equally in both singular and plural forms.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account: A unique account created for you to access our Service or specific parts of it.
Affiliate: An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another party, where "control" signifies ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authorities.
Application: The software program provided by the Company that you download on any electronic device.
Business: For CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) purposes, the Company refers to the legal entity that collects consumers' personal information and decides the purposes and methods of processing that information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and determines the purposes and means of processing consumers' personal information, operating in California.
Company: Referred to as "the Company," "We," "Us," or "Our" in this Agreement, meaning Samuel Yaakv. For GDPR purposes, the Company is the Data Controller.
Consumer: Under CCPA, a natural person residing in California. A resident includes anyone in the USA for more than a temporary or transitory purpose or domiciled in the USA but outside for a temporary or transitory purpose.
Country: Refers to the USA.
Data Controller: For GDPR, the Company as the legal entity determining the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Device: Any device capable of accessing the Service, such as a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
Do Not Track (DNT): A concept promoted by US regulatory authorities, especially the FTC, allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. Under GDPR, this includes names, identification numbers, location data, online identifiers, or factors specific to physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity. Under CCPA, it encompasses information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you directly or indirectly.
Sale: For CCPA, selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating a consumer's personal information to another business or third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
Service: Refers to the Application.
Service Provider: Any natural or legal person processing data on behalf of the Company, including third-party companies or individuals employed to facilitate, provide, perform services related to the Service, or assist in analyzing Service usage. Under GDPR, Service Providers are Data Processors.
Third-party Social Media Service: Any website or social network through which a user can log in or create an account to use the Service.
Usage Data: Data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or its infrastructure (e.g., duration of page visits).
You: The individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service. Under GDPR, "You" can also be referred to as the Data Subject or User.

Collection and Use of Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

When using our Service, we may request that you provide certain personally identifiable information to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to, Usage Data.

Usage Data is automatically collected when you use the Service. It may include details such as your device's IP address, browser type and version, the pages you visit on our Service, the time and date of your visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. If you access the Service via a mobile device, we may also collect information like the type of mobile device, unique mobile ID, mobile operating system, type of mobile Internet browser, and other diagnostic data. Additionally, your browser may send information whenever you visit our Service or access it through a mobile device.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may utilize your Personal Data for the following purposes:

Service Provision and Maintenance: To deliver and sustain our Service, including monitoring its usage.
Service Improvement: To enhance our Service, using tools like Firebase Crashlytics to collect crash reports and anonymous statistics for bug fixes.
Account Management: To manage your registration as a Service user, granting access to various Service functionalities available to registered users.
Contract Performance: To develop, comply with, and fulfill purchase contracts for products, items, or services you acquire through the Service.
Communication: To reach out to you via email, phone calls, SMS, or other electronic communications regarding updates, informative communications related to functionalities, products, or contracted services, including necessary or reasonable security updates.
Marketing: To provide news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, unless you opt out of receiving such information.
Request Management: To handle and manage your requests to us.
Business Transfers: To evaluate or conduct mergers, divestitures, restructurings, reorganizations, dissolutions, or other sales or transfers of some or all of our assets, where Personal Data held about Service users may be among the assets transferred.
Other Purposes: For data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We may share your personal information in the following scenarios:

With Service Providers: To monitor and analyze Service usage, display advertisements, support and maintain the Service, process payments, and contact you.
For Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition, your personal information may be transferred.
With Affiliates: Sharing information with our affiliates, including our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies under common control.
With Business Partners: To offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
With Other Users: If you share personal information or interact in public areas with other users, such information may be visible to all users and publicly distributed. If you register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, your contacts on that platform may see your name, profile, pictures, and activity descriptions.
With Your Consent: Disclosing your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company retains your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We use your Personal Data to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies. Additionally, we retain Usage Data for internal analysis, typically for shorter periods unless needed to enhance security or functionality or required by law.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and other locations involved in processing. This means your data may be transferred to and stored on servers outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction with different data protection laws. By consenting to this Privacy Policy and submitting your information, you agree to such transfers. The Company ensures that your data is handled securely and in compliance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer occurs without adequate safeguards in place.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

In events like mergers, acquisitions, or asset sales, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will notify you before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data to comply with legal obligations or respond to valid requests by public authorities, such as courts or government agencies.

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose your Personal Data in good faith if necessary to:

Comply with legal obligations
Protect and defend the Company's rights or property
Prevent or investigate wrongdoing related to the Service
Safeguard the personal safety of Service users or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

Protecting your Personal Data is crucial to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is entirely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to safeguard your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers

Our Service Providers may have access to your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about your activity on our Service in line with their Privacy Policies.

Advertising

We may use Service Providers to display advertisements to you, supporting and maintaining our Service. For example, we work with Google’s AdMob. You can opt out of AdMob by following Google's instructions: Google AdMob Opt-Out. For more details on how Google uses collected information, visit Google's Partner Sites Policy or Google's Privacy Policy.

Payments

We may offer paid products and/or services within the Service and use third-party payment processors. We do not store or collect your payment card details; this information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors, governed by their Privacy Policies and adhering to PCI-DSS standards. We exclusively use Apple Store In-App Payments, and their Privacy Policy can be viewed here.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process your Personal Data based on the following conditions:

Consent: You have given consent for processing Personal Data for specific purposes.
Contract Performance: Processing is necessary for fulfilling an agreement with you or any pre-contractual obligations.
Legal Obligations: Processing is required to comply with legal obligations.
Vital Interests: Processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
Public Interests: Processing relates to tasks carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.
Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

We are happy to clarify the specific legal basis for processing, including whether providing Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement or necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under GDPR

The Company commits to maintaining the confidentiality of your Personal Data and ensuring you can exercise your rights. If you are within the EU, you have the right to:

Access: Request access to your Personal Data and receive a copy.
Correction: Request correction of any incomplete or inaccurate information.
Object: Object to the processing of your Personal Data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
Erasure: Request deletion of your Personal Data when there is no valid reason to continue processing it.
Data Portability: Request the transfer of your Personal Data to another entity in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Data, which may limit access to certain functionalities of the Service.

Exercising Your GDPR Rights

To exercise your GDPR rights, contact us. We may require identity verification before responding to requests. We aim to respond promptly, typically within the shortest possible time.

You also have the right to file a complaint with a Data Protection Authority if you believe your Personal Data has been mishandled.

CCPA Privacy

This section applies exclusively to California residents and supplements the information in our general Privacy Policy.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, can be associated with, or could reasonably link to a particular consumer or device. Categories include:

Category A: Identifiers (e.g., real name, alias, postal address, IP address, email address, account name)
Category B: Personal Information (e.g., name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license, financial information)
Category D: Commercial Information (e.g., records of products or services purchased)
Category F: Internet or Similar Network Activity (e.g., interaction with our Service or advertisements)

Excluded from CCPA: Publicly available information, deidentified or aggregated data, and information covered by specific privacy laws (e.g., HIPAA, GLBA).

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain personal information from:

Directly from You: Through forms, preferences, or purchases.
Indirectly from You: By observing your activity on our Service.
Automatically from You: Via cookies or similar technologies set by us or our Service Providers.
From Service Providers: Including third-party vendors for advertising, payment processing, or other Service provisions.

Use of Personal Information for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes, such as:

Operating and providing our Service.
Offering support and responding to inquiries.
Fulfilling the reasons you provided the information.
Complying with legal requests and obligations.
Internal administrative and auditing purposes.
Detecting and preventing security incidents or illegal activities.

Disclosure for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes, including:

Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Personal Information
Category D: Commercial Information
Category F: Internet or Similar Network Activity

Sale of Personal Information

Under CCPA, "sale" includes selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or communicating a consumer's personal information to third parties for valuable consideration. We may have received benefits in exchange for sharing personal information, not necessarily monetary.

We may sell the following categories of personal information:

Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Personal Information
Category D: Commercial Information
Category F: Internet or Similar Network Activity

Sharing Personal Information

We may share your personal information with:

Service Providers
Payment Processors
Affiliates
Business Partners
Authorized Third-Party Vendors

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16

We do not sell personal information of consumers under 16 without affirmative authorization from a parent or guardian. Consumers can opt out of future sales at any time by contacting us.

Your Rights under CCPA

California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information:

Right to Notice: You have the right to be informed about the categories of Personal Data collected and the purposes of its use.
Right to Request: You can request disclosure of the information we collect, use, sell, disclose for business purposes, or share. This includes:
Categories of personal information collected
Sources of personal information
Business or commercial purposes for collecting or selling personal information
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is shared
Specific pieces of personal information collected
Right to Opt-Out: You can direct us to stop selling your personal information by submitting an opt-out request.
Right to Delete: You can request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Right Not to Be Discriminated Against: You are entitled to equal services and prices, even if you exercise your CCPA rights.

Exercising Your CCPA Rights

To exercise your CCPA rights, contact us at samuelyaakv@gmail.com. Requests must include sufficient information to verify your identity and describe your request. We aim to respond within 45 days, with a possible extension of an additional 45 days when necessary.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. To do so, contact us, and upon confirmation of your request, we will cease selling your personal information.

'Do Not Track' Policy (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, you can adjust your web browser settings to inform websites that you do not wish to be tracked.

Children's Privacy

Our Service may include content suitable for children under 13. We strive to ensure that, before collecting personal information from children, parental consent is obtained. We may limit the collection, use, and storage of information from users aged 13 to 18, potentially restricting access to certain Service functionalities.

Information Collected from Children Under 13

We may collect and store persistent identifiers like cookies or IP addresses from children without parental consent for internal operations. We may also collect and store personal information submitted by a child with prior parental consent, including:

First and/or last name
Date of birth
Gender
Grade level
Email address
Telephone number
Parent's or guardian's name and contact information

Parental Access

Parents who have provided permission can:

Review, correct, or delete their child's personal information
Discontinue further collection or use of their child's personal information

Requests can be made by contacting us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy.

Additional California Privacy Rights

California Shine the Light Law

Under California Civil Code Section 1798, residents with an established business relationship can request information annually about how their Personal Data has been shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, contact us using the provided information.

Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

California residents under 18 can request the removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal, contact us with the email address associated with your account. Note that removal is not guaranteed and may be subject to legal constraints.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to external websites not operated by us. We recommend reviewing the Privacy Policies of every site you visit, as we have no control over and are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or policies of third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Service before the changes take effect. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy will reflect the latest changes. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about updates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please reach out to us via email at samuelyaakv@gmail.com