Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 2025-03-18
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information, including personal information, in conjunction with your access to and use of our location-sharing and messaging application ("App").
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Information you provide to us:
- Account Information: When you register for an account, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, username, and password.
- Profile Information: Information you choose to add to your profile, such as a profile picture, bio, or other details about yourself.
- Location Data: When you choose to "pin" your location, we collect and store your geographic location.
- Communications: Messages you send to other users through our App.
1.2 Information we automatically collect:
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our App, such as the features you access, the time and duration of your activities.
- Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our App, including hardware model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Log Data: Technical details, including IP address, browser type, pages visited, and other statistics.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our App and its features
- Process and display your location when you choose to pin yourself
- Enable communication between users
- Verify your identity and prevent fraud or unauthorized use
- Send you service-related notifications
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our App
- Address technical issues and troubleshoot problems
- Comply with legal obligations
3. Sharing and Disclosure
3.1 Sharing with other users:
- Location Information: When you pin your location, it becomes visible to other users of the App.
- Messages: When you send messages to other users, those messages are shared with the recipients.
- Profile Information: Information in your profile may be visible to other users of the App.
3.2 Sharing with third parties:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
- Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
4. Your Choices and Rights
- Account Information: You can review and update your account information through your account settings.
- Location Data: You can choose when to pin your location and when to remove it. You can also disable location services for our App through your device settings.
- Communications: You can delete messages you have sent, although recipients may have already seen or copied them.
- Account Deletion: You can request to delete your account by contacting us.
- Data Access and Portability: Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to request access to and receive a copy of certain information we hold about you.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
7. Children's Privacy
Our App is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you through the App or by other means. Your continued use of the App after the changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
info@waveformslab.com