Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY


Last Updated April 5, 2018 




Spot Loc8r, LLC (“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 (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.  


COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION


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:   


Personal Data


Demographic and other personally identifiable information (such as your name, telephone number 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.   


Derivative Data, Usage Details, and IP Addresses


Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Application, such as your native actions that are integral to the Application, including suggesting a spot or adding a tip, as well as other interactions with the Application and other users via server log files.  


As you navigate through and interact with the Application, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to the Application, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Application.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data. It helps us to improve the Application and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Application according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to use the Application.


Facebook Permissions


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.  


Data from Social Networks


User information from social networking sites, such as Instagram, 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.


You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Application or transmitted to other users of the Applications or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although [we limit access to certain pages/you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile], please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Application with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

 


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.  


Mobile Device Access


We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s camera, social media accounts, and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.


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.  


Push Notification


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.  


USE OF YOUR INFORMATION


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:   

  • Create and manage your account.  
  • Email you regarding your account or order.  
  • Increase the efficiency and operation of the Application.  
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Application.  
  • Notify you of updates or changes to the Application, or any products or services we offer through it.  
  • Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Application.  
  • Respond to product and customer service requests.  
  • Send you a newsletter.  
  • Solicit support for the Application.  
  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.  
  • Perform other business activities as needed.
  • Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including billing and collection.  
  • Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.  
  • Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests.
  • Fulfill any purposes we may describe when you provide the information.
  • Fulfill any other purpose with your consent.  

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION


We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. We may disclose aggregated information about our users without restriction. Your information may also be disclosed as follows:


By Law or to Protect Rights


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.  


Online Postings


When you post tips, contributions or other content to the Application, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Application in perpetuity.  


Social Media Contacts


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. 


Other Third Parties


We may share your information with advertisers, contractors, service providers 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.


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 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. 


TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES       


Website Analytics


We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, 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. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.


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.  


Web Beacons 


Pages of the Application and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).


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, 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.  


GOOGLE MAPS


This mobile application uses Google Maps APIs. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here. To better understand Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.


By using our Maps API Implementation, you agree to be bound by Google’s Terms of Service.


The Maps APIs that we use store and access cookies and other information on your devices.


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. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Application, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. .Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information, and we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Application.  


POLICY FOR CHILDREN


We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Application or on or through any of its features/register on the Application, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Application or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.  


CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES 


Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems 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.  


OPTIONS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION


Account Information


You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by: 

  • Logging into user account settings and updating the user account.   
  • Contacting us using the contact information provided.   

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.


Emails and Communications


If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by: 

  • 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 PRIVACY RIGHTS


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.


CONTACT US


If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:


Spot Loc8r, LLC    

701 Brazos St.     

Ste. 501  

Austin, TX 78701    

[email protected] 

EDIT POLICY

Last edit by: Ashley Behnke

on April 5, 2018