Privacy Policy

Effective: March 21, 2024

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When you use InPubliq, you trust us with your personal data. We're committed to keeping that trust. That starts with helping you understand our privacy practices. This policy describes the personal data ("data") we collect, how it's used and shared, and your choices regarding this data. We recommend that you read this along with our Terms of Service.

1. Data We Collect

InPubliq collects the following types of data:

Data you provide us

• When you create an account, you provide us with your phone number as well as your gender and date of birth.
• With your consent, we collect precise geolocation data (latitude and longitude) from your device if and only if the InPubliq app is running in the foreground (app open and on-screen). We do not update location data when the app is running in the background (app open but not on-screen). If the app has not been in the foreground for 10 minutes, your account is set to "Ghost Mode", where your last location is no longer visible by other users, even those at the same public address. If you decline permission for us to collect your precise geolocation, you will not be able to use the app.
• When you use our app, we collect data about your activity including when you logged in, which features you've used, and how you've used them.
• As mentioned in the Terms of Service, we process the content of the semi-public wall chats, while direct messages are end-to-end encrypted and not accessible to us.
• We collect data from and about the device(s) you use to access our app, including hardware and software data such as IP address, device ID and type, apps settings and characteristics, and app crashes.
• When you communicate with us (via email or on social media) we collect the data you give us during that communication.

Data we receive from others

• Users: Other users may provide data about you when they use our app, for instance as they interact with you or if they submit a report involving you.
• Social Media: When you create an account, you log in with an existing social media account. We receive data from that social media account, such as your name, email address, and profile picture.

2. How We Use Data

We use the data we collect to:

Provide our app experience

• Create and manage your account
• Facilitate social interactions:
  • Enable you to communicate with other users at the same public address via semi-public walls and direct messages
  • Personalize your app experience, including filters for who can view and interact with your walls, and who you see is nearby
  • Show users' profiles to one another (when at the same address, or if they have messaging history)
  • Display trending public places with the most active users in your neighborhood

Improve our app

• Develop new features and services:
  • Conduct research and analysis of users' behavior to improve our app
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose app performance issues
• Provide customer support:
  • Respond to your questions, concerns, and complaints
  • Communicate with you about our app and your account

Prevent, detect, and fight misuse

• Find and address ongoing, suspected or alleged violations of our Terms of Service, notably through the review of reports and wall content
• Better understand and design countermeasures against violations of our Terms of Service
• Retain data related to violations of our Terms of Service and prevent against recurrences
• Enforce our Terms of Service
• Communicate to individuals who submit a report, including what we've done about it

Ensure legal compliance

• Comply with legal requirements
• Assist law enforcement

3. How We Share Data

With other users

You share information with other users when you voluntarily disclose information on the app (including your public profile). If someone submits a report involving you (such as a claim that you violated our Terms of Service), we may communicate to the reporter actions, if any, we took as a result of their report.

With law enforcement / when required by law

We may disclose your information if reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with a legal process, such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant, government / law enforcement investigation or other legal requirements; (ii) to assist in the prevention or detection of crime (subject in each case to applicable law); or (iii) to protect the safety of any person.

To enforce legal rights

We may also share information: (i) if disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit; (ii) as necessary to protect our legal rights and legal rights of our users; (iii) to enforce our agreements with you; and (iv) to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.

4. Your Rights and Choices

Device permissions

We require mobile device location services permissions to provide our app experience. We need to access your location to show you users nearby. You can disable location sharing by toggling off the InPubliq switch and turning on "Ghost Mode". In this setting, your location is not visible to other users and you cannot see other users' locations.

Uninstall

You can stop all data collection by uninstalling it using the standard uninstall process for your device. Remember that uninstalling an app does NOT close your account. To close your account, please use the corresponding functionality on the app.

Account closure

You can close your account by using the corresponding functionality directly on the app.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data

We store data as long as it is necessary to provide our app experience. If you close your account, we will delete your data in accordance with below:

• We retain your account data for three months after you close your account as a precautionary measure in the event that it becomes necessary to investigate unlawful behavior.
• After three months, we delete your data except:
  • Transaction data to comply with tax and accounting legal requirements
  • Records of consents users give us as evidence of our compliance with data protection laws
  • Where it is necessary for us to comply with legal obligations

6. No Children Allowed

Our app is restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not permit users under the age of 18 on our platform. If you suspect that a user is under the age of 18, please use the reporting mechanism available on our app.

7. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We will notify you before we make changes to this policy and give you the opportunity to review the revised policy before you choose to continue using our app.

8. How to Contact Us

If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us at support@inpubliq.app.