Privacy Policy
1. Introduction We, ("Squeaker", “us”), believe your privacy is very important.
Changes to This Privacy Policy We may modify our Privacy Policy from time to time for various reasons including but not restricted to:
Improve our privacy practices
Reflect changes to our Service
Comply with relevant laws.
When we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will provide notice to you on our Service, or by other reasonable means. We encourage you to review changes carefully. If you agree to the changes, please continue to use our Service. If you do not agree to any of the changes and no longer wish to use our Service, you may choose to deactivate your account. Continuing to use our Service after a notice of changes has been communicated to you or published on our Service constitutes your acceptance of changes and consent to the modified Privacy Policy.
To fulfill our commitment to respecting and protecting your privacy, we will adhere to our basic principles as explained in detail below, and crafted this Privacy Policy in accordance with these basic principles:
We inform you of the personal information that may be collected, and seek your consent to collect, use, or disclose any of your personal information if need be.
We identify the purposes of use for collecting your personal information.
We collect only information that is necessary to carry out the identified purposes of use.
We use or disclose your personal information only for the purposes for which it is collected, except with your consent or as required or permitted by law, and we will keep your information only as long as necessary to fulfill those purposes.
We protect your personal information by all possible security safeguards within our capacity.
We make our policies for the handling of your personal information as transparent as possible.
You will have access to your personal information and will be able to modify your personal information if need be.
2. What Is This Privacy Policy?
This Privacy Policy explains how "Squeaker" will handle and safeguard your personal information, and the choices you have to access and control your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to: personal information you provide us when you use "Squeaker" app, optional services made available within "Squeaker", or and in the future, other apps that may integrate with or work in conjunction with the "Squeaker" App (collectively “Apps”).
3. Types of Information We Collect a. What Information Does "Squeaker" Collect?
a. What Information Does "Squeaker" Collect? To provide you the Service, "Squeaker" collects and uses the following types of information:
Information for Account Creation and Registration When you register with us and create a "Squeaker" account to use the "Squeaker" App, "Squeaker" will ask you to provide your email address. This information is necessary because we send an activation link to this email through which the account can be activated, as part of the efforts to detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the Service. The email address can also be used to retrieve your logon password if you forget it. We may also use your email to provide you with important information about the Service or reply to your feedback or suggestions. Other users can see your nickname, gendre, age, country (if provided) and spoken language(s). Friends can see the above information in addition to your first, middle and last name
Device Information and Access Logs When You Use Our Service When you use the Service we may obtain and maintain certain electronic identification information or log data from your mobile device such as: OS type, IP address, device identifier or mobile application identifier, and possibly other information needed for correct operation of the services provided. This information is necessary as part of our ongoing efforts to detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the Service, an also provide you with an optimized Service environment.
b. What Other Information Might "Squeaker" Collect? To improve your experience when using the Service, we provide additional functionalities, including the ability to access your "Squeaker" account from multiple devices, help you find your friends, or help you enjoy the Service more. If you choose to use such functionalities, or use your "Squeaker" account on multiple devices, we may ask you to provide following types of information:
Email Address Your friends may use your email address to quickly add you and vice versa.
"Squeaker" password You need this to successfully log in and start using your account. iii. Location Information Geolocation may be used to help find matches close to you. Your geolocation updated periodically if you enable it from the settings page, so that other users seeking nearby possible matches can find you as well.
Location Information Geolocation may be used to help find matches close to you. Your geolocation updated periodically if you enable it from the settings page, so that other users seeking nearby possible matches can find you as well.
c. What About Information I Create About Myself and Share With Others? User-Generated Content [OPTIONAL] In addition to the information described above, you may choose to create “user-generated content,” such as your profile information (i.e., “display name,” profile picture), text, etc, the user-generated content you share with others can be copied, stored, or disseminated by the recipients and accessed by unintended recipients due to the nature of digital data. We encourage you to pay close attention when you generate and share your information or contents.
4. How We Use and Handle Your Information
a. How Does "Squeaker" Use My Information? To provide the Service, "Squeaker", as a data controller or joint data controller, uses your information for the following purposes:
to provide you the Service via your mobile device and to allow you to transmit your user-generated content to other "Squeaker" users.
to verify your identity.
to allow you to use your "Squeaker" account on multiple devices.
to help you find people you know that already are "Squeaker" users so that you can connect using "Squeaker" and, upon your request, to allow other "Squeaker" users to connect with you.
to detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the Service.
to improve and/or optimize the Service.
to enable us to provide customer support, and to respond effectively to your inquiries and claims.
to conduct user surveys.
to provide you with information regarding the Service.
to notify users of any other important information regarding the Service, if necessary.
to aggregate anonymized statistical data regarding the Service.
to comply with applicable laws or legal obligations.
to use as we see fit to further and/or enhance the service.
b. How Does "Squeaker" Protect My Information? Because no method of electronic transmission or method of data storage is perfect or impenetrable, we cannot guarantee that your information will be absolutely safe from intrusion during transmission or while stored in our systems, however the best efforts are made to secure your information using a number of security measures including sophisticated encryption algorithms and other data protection techniques. To help protect your privacy and confidentiality of your information, we also need to ask for your cooperation regarding the following: Please do not share your password with others or use the same passwords you use for other services. Also, please notify us in the event you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
c. Where Is My Information Transmitted and Stored? To provide the Service in a reliable and responsible manner, "Squeaker" processes and stores your information on secure servers which may be physically located in different countries around the world. By continuing to use the Service, you agree that your information may be internationally transferred and that "Squeaker" can process and store your information in a country other than where you submitted.
d. How Long Does "Squeaker" Keep My Information? "Squeaker" retains your personal information you provide while: your account is in existence; for the length of time needed to fulfill any of the applicable purposes of use described in this Privacy Policy; or to comply with applicable laws and regulations. We may retain your personal information even after your account is closed if retention is reasonably necessary:
to help you recover your account within a limited period of time in case you change your mind about unregistration.
to comply with applicable laws, regulations or legal obligations.
to provide and complete customer support service.
to resolve disputes between or with other users.
to detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of or abuse of the Service.
e. Does "Squeaker" Give My Information to Third Parties? Other than as described in this Privacy Policy and, where relevant, other applicable privacy policies or addendums, "Squeaker" will not provide your information to any third parties without your consent, unless we believe in good faith that we are required or permitted to do so under applicable laws or to protect and defend "Squeaker"’s rights and/or property.
5. Other Important Information for You
A Special Note about Children The "Squeaker" App service is intended for a general audience and is not directed to or intended to be used by anyone under the age of 18.