PRIVACY POLICY SNAPPTHIS
1. Effective on 2014-11-09
Snappthis takes your privacy very seriously and will process/use your information safely. This document sets out snappthis' Privacy Policy. You are advised to read this Privacy Policy carefully.
2. Location Services
Snappthis displays the city or neighborhood of a photo in the app. If you allow this service, we will collect information about the Wi-fi routers closest to you, the cell IDs of the towers closest to you and GPS. We use this information to provide the requested location-based service, not to identify you.
3. Collection and Use
We collect the following personal information from you:
- Contact Information: email address
- Unique Identifiers: user (nick)name
- Information about your mobile device: the device token
- Demographic information such as age-group, gender and occupation (optional)
We use this information to:
- Send you push notifications when you are using snappthis. If you do not want these notifications, you can manage your preference either through your device or app settings depending on your device type.
- Conduct research and pattern analysis on anonymized data, by us or a third party contracted by us. All data will be disconnected from your personal information (email address, nickname ande device token).
- Improve snappthis
4. Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. We encrypt the transmission of information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on snappthis, you can contact us at support@snappthis.com.
5. Notification of Changes in Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on snappthis prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
TERMS OF USE
To guarantee the correct use of snappthis ('App') we have drawn up a number of conditions ('Conditions'). By using the app, you agree to these conditions. We request that you read them properly so that you are aware of your rights and obligations.
1. Our service
Snappthis makes associative thinking playful and social. It helps you to see your world beyond the first impression and reflect on it creatively.
Snappthis is for groups of people who share an interest. One member of the group sends out a word to the other members, via the app, and prompts them to take action: Make a photo of something you associate with this word. All photos together create a shared visual association of a word; interesting to look at or talk about!
With snappthis you can choose to (a) send out words, (b) receive words or both.
As a receiver (b) you:
- are notified by snappthis when you receive a new word
- can take one photo per word within an indicated time frame
- can see photos of all other members of the group
- can use the 'smart liking' feature to reflect upon photos
- earn gold/silver/bronze rewards with the best photo of a word
As a sender (a) you can:
- create groups
- invite people to your group
- send out a word to the group, whenever you like
- schedule your words in advance
- set a deadline for adding photos of a word
Your photos are linked to your account and stored on the servers of snappthis' hosting provider.
2. Rights to photos and other information
If you use snappthis to take photos, you authorize snappthis to use the photos and other information for purposes as described in the Privacy Policy (Collection and Use).
3. Secure use
Our intention is that snappthis helps you to see your world beyond the first impression and reflect on it creatively. To guarantee this positive characteristic of the App, we have drawn up a number of rules for our users:
- It is not permitted to place content that violates the law or infringes the rights of others or, in snappthis' opinion, is contrary to standards of decency and good taste.
- The App may not be used for commercial purposes.
- Use of the App in a manner that could disrupt its operation is not permitted.
- Snappthis is entitled to remove content at all times if snappthis is of the opinion that such content is contrary to the above rules, without snappthis being obliged to provide any further explanation about the removal.
4. Rights of snappthis
All intellectual property rights regarding the App are vested in snappthis.
- Purely for personal, non-commercial purposes, snappthis grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable and non-transferrable right to access and use the App insofar as this is necessary in relation to the App.
- It is not permitted to perform any acts that could infringe snappthis' intellectual property rights, such as registering domain names, trademarks or Google AdWords that are similar or identical to any item to which snappthis has intellectual property rights, downloading, copying, altering, reverse-engineering or communicating the App to the public for any purposes other than those referred to in the Conditions.
5. Privacy
Snappthis endeavours to process your personal data as little as possible. More information about this can be found in our Privacy Policy.
6. Correcting and Updating Your Personal Information
You can update your personal information (email address, nickname, password and demographic information) in the app. Go to your profile and tap 'Edit profile'.
7. Free App
Snappthis endeavours to offer an App of the best quality which provides enjoyment to as many users as possible. Snappthis does this free of charge. To enable us to continue offering the App free of charge, the following conditions apply:
- Snappthis does not provide any guarantees about the App. The App might not be (properly) accessible at times. In addition, it might not be safe or function (fully).
- Snappthis is not liable for any loss of content.
- Use of the App is at your own risk. You indemnify snappthis against any and all damage that arises as a result of your use of the App.
- Snappthis does not accept any liability for damage to property, financial loss or any other harm or loss connected to the use of the App insofar as this is permitted under mandatory law. In any event, snappthis is at no time liable for consequential damage, including purely financial loss, lost sales and profit, loss of data and non-economic damage relating to or arising from the App. The only action that you can take if you are of the opinion that you have sustained damage is to stop using the App and to remove it.
8. Stopping use of the App
- If you wish to stop using snappthis, you can do so by removing the App from your telephone. If before removing the App you first wish to remove all photos taken with the App, you can send an email to support@snappthis.com. Snappthis is not obliged to deliver any content to you in any way before or after you stop using the App.
- If you act contrary to the Conditions, snappthis is entitled to discontinue your use of the App. If snappthis has sustained any damage as a result of your actions contrary to the Conditions, snappthis may recover that damage from you.
9. Notification of Changes in Terms of Use
We may update the Terms of Use to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on snappthis prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our Terms of Use.
CONTACT
You can contact us about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use by emailing us at support@snappthis.com.