Hoody - Discover Friends

 Privacy Policy

By using this platform, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) and any updates to it. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please stop using our platform immediately.

Information we collect

We collect the data you provide only to ensure that we can provide you access to our platform in the best manner possible.

Data you input.

We collect the information that you actively enter into the platform:

Hoody Account data: We collect the data you provide us when you create or update your Hoody Account. This includes your phone number, phonebook, and any information provided therein by you. We may require you to share further data at a later date to confirm the veracity of your information or under any additional features added to the platform.

Location and Contacts.

We are not collect data regarding the location and contacts from our users.

 Data collected from your use.

We collect the following data generated while you use the Platform:

Platform usage data: We collect data on your interaction with our platform, i.e., platform access dates and times, features or pages viewed, crashes, and other system activity like posts, comments, likes, shares, tags, and type of browser used to access the platform, and third- party sites or services used before or in the course of interacting with our platform.

Device data: We may collect data about the devices used to access our platform, including the hardware models, device IP address, operating systems and versions, software, preferred languages, unique device identifiers, serial numbers, browser type, mobile app, file names and types, and plugins.

Cookies, log files, web beacons, and tracking pixels: We also collect information through the use of “cookies”, “log files”, “web beacons” and “tracking pixels”, and similar technologies to understand how you navigate through the platform to learn your preferences. Cookies are small text files that web servers place on your device; they are designed to store basic information and to help websites and apps recognize your browser. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be accessed every time you use the Platform. Log files track actions that occur on our platform and collect data including your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring and exit pages, and the date and time stamps. Web beacons, tags, and pixels are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the platform.

 Information received from third parties.

We may also be working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, technical sub-contractors, and analytics providers such as Google Analytics) and may receive information about you from such sources. If you link your account with social media platforms, we may receive information about you from such platforms. Such data may be shared internally and combined with data collected under Sections 1.1 and 1.2 above. Please note that we do not control what these third parties do with your personal data. Their activities are not covered under this Policy. They would be covered by their respective privacy policies. It is such third parties' responsibility to ensure that your consent was duly taken by them for sharing your personal data or information. We are not liable for their acts or omissions, in any manner whatsoever.

Use of collected data

The data we collect from you will be used for the following purposes:

 For enabling the Platform.

We use the data collected to operate, personalize, maintain, and improve our platform. This includes using the data to

 Sharing of data

We do not share any personal data about you with any third parties unless necessary. We may enter into agreements or arrangements to enable the use of our platform. We have detailed how we share the collected data below:

Service Providers.

We work with third-party service providers to execute various functionalities of the platform, and we may share your information with such service providers to help us provide you with our services on the platform.

Consent

By setting up a Hoody Account, you agree to our processing, storage, usage, and sharing of data provided by you under this Policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms of this policy or the Terms of Use or wish to revoke any consent you have provided to us, please write to us at developer mail id. However, if you revoke any mandatory permissions then we may have to cease providing you with access to the Platform and services therein.

Your rights

It is important to us that you remain in control of your data. Please write to us at developer mail id. if you wish to exercise any of your rights provided below:

Right to rectification.

If any personal data provided by you is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated, then you shall have the right to provide us with accurate, complete, and up-to-date data and have us rectify such data at our end immediately. We urge you to ensure that you always provide us with accurate and correct information to ensure that your use of our platform is uninterrupted.

5.2. Right to erasure.

You have the right to demand us to erase your data and we will do so without undue delay, provided that the data is no longer required by us and there is no legal requirement to retain the data. Do note that multiple legal bases may exist in parallel and we may still have to retain certain personal data at any time, despite your request to delete it. We may not be able to provide you with our services and access to the platform, once your personal data is deleted.

5.3. Right to confirmation and access.

You can seek confirmation from us as to whether any of your data is being or has been processed. If we are processing such data, then you may ask us for a summary of such processed data. You also have the right to ask us for a summary of our processing activities.

Changes to the Policy

We may periodically update this Privacy Policy. Whenever we make any changes to this Privacy Policy we will post the updated Privacy Policy at this link. It is your responsibility to keep checking this page from time to time in order to be aware of any changes made to this Policy. By continuing to access or use the platform and/or our services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.