Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.


Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Service or parts of Our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either the Company, We, Us or Our in this Agreement) refers to Akaleap LLC.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to United States.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to this Website and/or Mobile App operated by Company.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Akaleap, accessible from https://www.akaleap.com.
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: email address, first name and last name, phone number, address, state, postal code, city.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Service. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, Our Service may use Cookies. The technologies We use for this automatic data collection for Service may include:

  • Essential Cookies. These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies. These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Google Analytics. The Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc.. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on Your computer, to help analyze how You use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about Your use of the Website will normally be transmitted to and stored by Google. The IP address that Your browser transfers within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in Your browser. You can also opt-out from the storage by Google of the data that is created by the cookie and is related to the use of the Website (including Your IP address) and the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the Google Analytics opt-out Browser add-on available here.
  • Google Analytics for Firebase (Google). The Mobile App uses Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics, an analytics service provided by Google. In order to understand Google's Firebase Terms, please view and grasp the details here. Firebase Analytics may share Data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. The Mobile App uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service.

For more information about the cookies We use and Your choices regarding cookies, please visit the Cookies section of Our Privacy Policy over time.

 

Device Permissions for Personal Data Access

Depending on the Your specific device, Mobile App (Android/iOS version), when released, may request certain permissions that allow it to access the Your device Data as described below.

By default, these permissions must be granted by the user before the respective information can be accessed. Once the permission has been given, it can be revoked by the user at any time. In order to revoke these permissions, users may refer to the device settings or contact Us for support at the contact details provided in this document.

The exact procedure for controlling app permissions may be dependent on the user's device and software. Please note that the revoking of such permissions might impact the proper functioning of Mobile App. If user grants any of the permissions listed below, the respective Personal Data may be processed (i.e. accessed to, modified or removed) by Mobile App.

  • Camera permission. Used for accessing the camera or capturing images and video from the device.
  • Photo Library permission. Allows access to the user's Photo Library.
  • Geolocation data permission. Allows narrowing down search results only when Mobile App is being used at the very moment for search purposes.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service: To monitor the usage of Our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: To manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with special offers: To inform You of other services and events which We offer that are similar to those that You have already purchased or inquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about Our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve Our Service, products, services, marketing and Your experience.

We may collect Your personal information in the following situations:

  • Service Providers: We may collect and store Your personal information within our Service Providers to monitor and analyze Your use of Our Service.
  • With other users: When You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

 

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations (for example, if We are required to retain Your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

 

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows You to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when We have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice 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 if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

 

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Where We have given You (or where You have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Service, You are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask You not to share the password with anyone other than Your Representatives.

While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. Any transmission of Identifying Information is at Your risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service.

 

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the Last updated date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

Information for Californian consumers

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running Mobile App (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “We”, “Us”, “Our”).

The provisions contained in this section apply to all users who are consumers residing in the state of California, United States of America, according to The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (users are referred to below, simply as “You”, “Your”, “Yours”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy. This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Categories of personal information collected

In this section We summarize the categories of personal information that We've collected and the purposes thereof.

We have collected the following categories of personal information about You: identifiers, commercial information and internet information. We will not collect additional categories of personal information without notifying You.

How We collect information: what are the sources of the personal information We collect? We collect the above mentioned categories of personal information, either directly or indirectly, from You when You use Our Service.

Purposes for which we use Your personal information

We may use Your personal information to allow the operational functioning of Mobile App and features thereof (“business purposes”). In such cases, Your personal information will be processed in a fashion necessary and proportionate to the business purpose for which it was collected, and strictly within the limits of compatible operational purposes.
We may also use Your personal information for other reasons such as complying with the law and defending Our rights before the competent authorities where our rights and interests are threatened or We suffer an actual damage.

We will not use Your personal information for different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without notifying You.

 

Your California privacy rights and how to exercise them

The right to know and to portability

You have the right to request that We disclose to You:

  • The categories and sources of the personal information that We collect about You, the purposes for which We use Your information and with whom such information is shared.
  • In case of disclosure for a business purpose, where We disclose for a business purpose, the personal information categories obtained by each category of recipient.

The disclosure described above will be limited to the personal information collected or used over the past 12 months.

If We deliver Our response electronically, the information enclosed will be portable, i.e. delivered in an easily usable format to enable You to transmit the information to another entity without hindrance – provided that this is technically feasible.

The right to request the deletion of Your personal information

You have the right to request that We delete any of Your personal information, subject to exceptions set forth by the law (such as, including but not limited to, where the information is used to identify and repair errors on Mobile App, to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activities, to exercise certain rights etc.). If no legal exception applies, as a result of exercising Your right, We will delete Your personal information and direct any of Our service providers to do so.

 

How to exercise Your rights

To exercise the rights described above, You need to submit Your verifiable request to Us by contacting Us via the details provided in this document.

For Us to respond to Your request, it’s necessary that We know who You are. Therefore, You can only exercise the above rights by making a verifiable request which must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative.
  • Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We will not respond to any request if We are unable to verify Your identity and therefore confirm the personal information in Our possession actually relates to You.

If You cannot personally submit a verifiable request, You can authorize a person registered with the California Secretary of State to act on Your behalf. If You are an adult, You can make a verifiable request on behalf of a minor under Your parental authority. You can submit one request over a period of 12 months.

We will confirm receipt of Your verifiable request within 10 days and provide information about how We will process Your request.
We will respond to Your request within 45 days of its receipt. Should We need more time, We will explain to You the reasons why, and how much more time We need. In this regard, please note that We may take up to 90 days to fulfill Your request.

Our disclosure(s) will cover the preceding 12 month period. Should We deny Your request, We will explain to You the reasons behind Our denial.

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to Your verifiable request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In such cases, We may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act on the request. In either case, We will communicate Our choices and explain the reasons behind it.

 

Contact

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact Us by email: compinfo@akaleap.com.

Last updated: August 18, 2024