Introduction
This is the Privacy Policy of RingaChat (hereinafter collectively referred to as “RingaChat”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) and is incorporated into and is subject to our Terms of Use. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to our products and services as the “Service”. Please read on to learn more about our data handling practices. Your use of the Service signifies that you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service.
Sharing of your information
We will not rent or sell your information to third parties (or the group of companies of which RingaChat is a part) without your consent, except as noted in this Privacy Policy.
Parties with whom we may share your information :
We may share User Content and your information (including but not limited to, information from cookies, log files, device identifiers, location data, and usage data) with businesses that are legally part of the same group of companies that RingaChat is part of, or that become part of that group (“Affiliates”). Affiliates may use this information to help provide, understand, and improve the Service (including by providing analytics) and Affiliates’ own services (including by providing you with better and more relevant experiences). But these Affiliates will honor the choices you make about who can see your contents.
We also may share your information as well as information from tools like cookies, log files, and device identifiers and location data, with third-party organizations that help us provide the Service to you (“Service Providers”). Our Service Providers will be given access to your information as is reasonably necessary to provide the Service under reasonable confidentiality terms.
We may also share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of users our app receives. This information does not contain any personal or personally identifiable information, and is used to develop content and services that we hope you will find of interest.
We may remove parts of data that can identify you and share anonymized data with other parties. We may also combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information.
Parties with whom you may choose to share your User Content :
Any information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service, such as User Content, becomes available to the public. With this feature, RingaChat can be protected from exhibitionism. Once you have shared User Content or made it public, that User Content may be re-shared by others.
If you remove information and contents (e.g. Screenshots, etc.) that you created on the Service, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Service, or if other Users or third parties have copied or saved that information (e.g. Facebook, etc.).
Your User Profile
The information you enter into your user profile (your ‘Profile’) may be shared with your RingaChat contacts. You control your Profile and you can access and modify your Profile from the RingaChat application at any time. In addition, if you register with Reallive using your Facebook account (e.g. Facebook Connect), we may store your Facebook ID and corresponding token on our servers and, if you give us your express consent, we will have access to and may collect certain information that you make available on Facebook (for example, your first and last names, email address, profile picture, your friend lists and birthdays). Your Profile is available to other users of the Service who are connected to you on RingaChat. In addition, unless you opt-out (which you may do at any time in the Reallive application), your Profile is discoverable by other Reallive users, including by way of example in listings of contacts that will include your proximity to other users. You may also ‘block out’ any Reallive user in your contact list from discovering your Profile at any time. In addition, Reallive may pre-populate your Profile with certain information such as your name and Facebook profile picture if you or your friends have logged onto the Service using Facebook.
Data Access and Removal
You can always control what information you choose to share with us on the Service. To do so, you can change your settings in the Service or in your mobile device. Alternatively, you can remove the Service from your mobile device entirely.
You can remove your data anytime you want. If you ask us to delete your account, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove your data from our servers.
Any personally identifiable information that (i) you share in text messages, photos, videos or otherwise in or through the RingaChat application with other users, or (ii) submit on a blog, bulletin board or chat room on our website or elsewhere, can be viewed and used by others, including to send you unsolicited messages or to commit identity theft. RingaChat is not responsible for any use or misuse of your information that might result from your disclosure of information.
Service Providers
In certain instances RingaChat may have contracts with third parties to provide products and/or services in connection with the Service. In those cases, RingaChat may share your personal information with RingaChat’s third-party service providers, but only in connection with providing the services to you. For example, Reallive shares your phone number or email with third party SMS and email providers to deliver the authentication SMS or email to you when you register with Reallive. We contractually require that these third parties use your information solely to deliver SMS or email to you and to use appropriate security measures to protect your information. In addition, certain Reallive servers are owned and hosted by third party service providers. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third party service providers.
Outbound Links
If you accessed a website, product or service provided by a third party, including through the Service or RingaChat website, such third party may also collect information about you. Please see the privacy policies of each such third party for more information about how they use the information they collect. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any exchange of information between you and any third party.
Opt-Out – Promotional Communications
RingaChat allows you to choose not to receive promotional email messages from RingaChat and its service providers. You may opt-out by following instructions in the message sent by RingaChat or its service providers on how to unsubscribe from that particular mailing. You may also opt-out by contacting us at ringachat@gmail.com
Security
Protecting user privacy and personal information is a top priority for RingaChat. We make substantial efforts to ensure the privacy of all personally identifiable information you provide to us. Access to all personally identifiable information is restricted to those RingaChat employees, contractors, agents and third-party service providers who need to know that information in order to provide, operate, develop, maintain, support or improve the Service. RingaChat uses password protection, access logs, and system monitoring to safeguard the confidentiality and security of all member information. In addition, due to the inherent nature of the Internet and related technology, we do not guarantee the protection of information under our control against loss, misuse or alteration.
Data Transfer
Your information may be stored and processed in any country in which RingaChat maintains facilities. In this regard, or for purposes of sharing or disclosing data as described in this Privacy Policy, RingaChat reserves the right to transfer information outside of your country. By using the Service, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Age
The Service is not directed to children under the age of eighteen (18) and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen as part of the Service. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of eighteen as part of the Service, we will delete such information from our records. If we change our practices in the future, we will obtain prior, verifiable parental consent before collecting any personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen as part of the Service.
Notification of Changes
We reserve the right at our discretion to make changes to this Privacy Policy. You may review updates to our Privacy Policy at any time via links on our website. You agree to accept electronic communications and/or postings of a revised Privacy Policy on RingaChat website, and you agree that such electronic communications or postings constitute notice to you of the Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify this policy from time to time, so please review it frequently.
If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by publishing a revised Privacy Policy or by means of a notice on our website, or as required by law. You agree to review the Privacy Policy periodically so that you are aware of any modifications. You agree that your continued use of the Service after we publish a revised Privacy Policy or provide a notice on our website constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of the Privacy Policy, you should not use the Service.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at ringachat@gmail.com. Any personally identifiable information provided in connection with inquiries related to this Privacy Policy will be used solely for the purpose of responding to the inquiry and consistent with our Privacy Policy.
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