Vote Social (“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 mobile application Vote Social (referred to as 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.
We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date
of this Privacy Policy. You are
encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of
updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and
will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by
your continued use of the Application after the date such revised Privacy
Policy is posted.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the
third-party online/mobile store from which you install the Application or make
payments, including any in-game virtual items, which may also collect and use
data about you. We are not responsible
for any of the data collected by any such third party.
Content may not be submitted in public posts to Vote Social , who will moderate all content and ultimately decide whether or not to post a submission to the extent such content includes, is in conjunction with, or alongside any, Objectionable Content. Objectionable Content includes, but is not limited to: (i) sexually explicit materials; (ii) obscene, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, violent and/or unlawful content or profanity; (iii) content that infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary right, or that is deceptive or fraudulent; (iv) content that promotes the use or sale of illegal or regulated substances, tobacco products, ammunition and/or firearms; and (v) gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo or poker.
We may collect information about you in a
variety of ways. The information we may
collect via the Application depends on the content and materials you use, and
includes:
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 chat, posting messages in comment sections or in our
forums, liking posts, sending feedback, and responding to surveys. 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 is public and your
data will be accessible to anyone who accesses the Application.
Information our servers automatically collect
when you access the Application, such as your native actions that are integral
to the Application, including liking, re-blogging, or replying to a post, as
well as other interactions with the Application and other users via server log
files.
The Application may by default access your Facebook basic
account information, including your name, email, gender, birthday, current
city, and profile picture URL, as well as other information that you choose to
make public. We may also request access to other permissions related to your
account, such as friends, checkins, and likes, and
you may choose to grant or deny us access to each individual permission. For
more information regarding Facebook permissions, refer to the Facebook Permissions Reference page.
User information from social networking sites,
such as Apple’s Game Center, Facebook, Google+ Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter,
including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth
date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you
connect your account to such social networks. This information may also include
the contact information of anyone you invite to use and/or join the
Application.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Information from third parties, such as personal
information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party
and grant the Application permission to access this information.
Personal and other information you may provide
when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
Having accurate information about you permits us
to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information
collected about you via the Application to:
1. Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and
contests.
2. Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoena.
3. Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis
for use internally or with third parties.
4. Create and manage your account.
5. Deliver targeted advertising, coupons,
newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Application to
you.
6. Email you regarding your account or order.
7. Enable user-to-user communications.
8. Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments,
and other transactions related to the Application.
9. Generate a personal profile about you to make
future visits to the Application more personalized.
10. Increase the efficiency and operation of the
Application.
11. Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve
your experience with the Application.
12. Notify you of updates to the Application.
13. Offer new products, services, mobile
applications, and/or recommendations to you.
14. Perform other business activities as needed.
15. Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against
theft, and protect against criminal activity.
16. Process payments and refunds.
17. Request feedback and contact you about your use
of the Application.
18. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
19. Respond to product and customer service
requests.
20. Send you a newsletter.
21. Solicit support for the Application.
We may share information we have collected about
you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
If we believe the release of information about
you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy
potential violations of our policies, 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.
This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud
protection and credit risk reduction.
We may 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.
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.
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 blogs.
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
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.
We may share your information with our
affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this
Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries,
joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under
common control with us.
We may share your information with our business
partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
The Application
may display a third-party-hosted “offer wall.”
Such an offer wall allows third-party advertisers to offer virtual
currency, gifts, or other items to users in return for acceptance and
completion of an advertisement offer.
Such an offer wall may appear in the Application and be displayed to you
based on certain data, such as your geographic area or demographic information.
When you click on an offer wall, you
will leave the Application. A unique
identifier, such as your user ID, will be shared with the offer wall provider
in order to prevent fraud and properly credit your account.
If you connect to the Application through a
social network, your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile
photo, and descriptions of your activity.
We may share your information with advertisers
and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may
also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as
permitted by law.
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 that such transfers may occur
and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy
Policy.
We are not responsible for the actions of third
parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no
authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive
correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you are
responsible for contacting the third party directly.
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking
pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Application to help customize
the Application and improve your experience. When you access the Application,
your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking
technology. 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.
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. For more information about opting-out of
interest-based ads, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
We may also partner with selected third-party
vendors[, such as MixPanel 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 getting a new computer,
installing a new browser, upgrading an existing browser, or erasing or
otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also clear certain opt-out
cookies, plug-ins, or settings.
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, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies
and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and
should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy
of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and
security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites,
services or applications that may be linked to or from the Application.
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.
We do not knowingly solicit information from or
market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please
contact us using the contact information provided below.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating
systems and our Vote Social application include a
Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy
preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and
collected. No uniform technology
standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As
such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism
that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted
that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a
revised version of this Privacy Policy.
You may at any time review or change the
information in your account or terminate your account by:
● Logging into your account settings and updating
your account
● Contacting us using the contact information
provided below
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.
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.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also
known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California
residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge,
information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to
third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all
third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately
preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to
make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact
information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in
California, and have a registered account with the Application, you have the
right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the
Application. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the
contact information provided below, and include the email address associated
with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly
displayed on the Application, but please be aware that the data may not be
completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.
If you have questions or comments about this
Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Vote Social
20812 Ventura Blvd #201
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
818-313-8833
support@votesocial.app