This is Winkle 's Privacy Policy. Winkle is a live chat application. You can meet interesting people from all over the world on this app, enjoy unlimited chat, and make new friends.
This Privacy Policy covers how Winkle (“ Winkle ”, “ Winkle App”, “we”, “our”) handles the personal information you share with us (as defined herein) and what we collect when you visit our Apps data and/or our services. Personal information about our users is an integral part of our business, so please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using or accessing our App or our Services, you agree to the Privacy Policy outlined below.
This Privacy Policy covers Winkle 's treatment of the personal information we collect when you use the Apps and Services. This Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Winkle does not own or control, including but not limited to third-party services that you access through Winkle , the Apps or Services, or individuals that Winkle does not employ or manage. Because our Services integrate with third-party websites, other websites and social networks, we assume you are using our App and/or our Services and when you allow us to communicate with these websites and networks on your behalf.
Winkle is a live chat mobile application where users can meet cool and interesting people from all over the world, enjoy interesting chats and make new friends on our platform. It pairs individuals ("Users") together based on compatibility and other factors, enabling individuals to chat and communicate online through a variety of media, including text, video, links and access to third-party social networking platforms
There are three basic ways we collect information:
1. The information you choose to provide us
2. Information we obtain when you use our services
3. Information we obtain from third parties
Here are some more details on these categories.
By accessing and interacting with Winkle , its applications and/or its services, the personal information you provide to us may include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Personally identifiable information: may include, but is not limited to, the information you provide when you register to use the application and/or services, including your name, avatar, date of birth, phone number, phone book content, email address, gender, age, Birthdays and friend lists, and/or other social network usernames and "likes" and preferences, friend lists and the number of friends you have through social networks, messages sent to other users of the Apps and Services, use of information about your use of you Service, profile picture and browser information uploaded through the application or service. 2. The information you choose to provide above may be shared with your contacts on our services. You have full control over your profile information and can make changes at any time. Your personal data is available to other service users who contact you through our services. Additionally, your profile will be discoverable by other users unless you opt out (which you can do at any time in our app settings). You may choose to "block" any user on our platform to prevent unwanted access to your personal information. You may also choose to share your mobile device's contact list (including name, number, email, Apple ID, etc.) with us, which we will store on our servers to help you better improve our services, For example in our services. If you do not want us to store this information, you can opt out through your account settings or notify us by email. If we do, we will not be able to provide some of our features on our Services.
2. The information you choose to provide above may be shared with your contacts on our services. You have full control over your profile information and can make changes at any time. Your personal data is available to other service users who contact you through our services. Additionally, your profile will be discoverable by other users unless you opt out (which you can do at any time in our app settings). You may choose to "block" any user on our platform to prevent unwanted access to your personal information.
You may also choose to share your mobile device's contact list (including name, number, email, Apple ID, etc.) with us, which we will store on our servers to help you better improve our services, For example in our services. If you do not want us to store this information, you can opt out through your account settings or notify us by email. If we do, we will not be able to provide some of our features on our Services.
Of course, you will also provide us with any information you send through the Services. Remember that the user you send text, images, and any other content to can always save that content or copy it out of the app. So the same common sense that applies to the entire internet applies to Winkle : don't message or share things you don't want people to save or share.
This may go without saying, but we'll say it anyway: when you contact Winkle Support or communicate with us in any other way, we will collect any information you voluntarily provide.
When you use our services, we collect information about which services you have used and how you have used them. For example, we may know that you have used one of these filters in your application and how many times you have used this filter. Below is a more complete description of the types of information we collect when you use our Services: usage information. We collect information about your activities through our Services. The information we may collect includes, but is not limited to:
1. How you interact with the service, such as which filters you have viewed or how many times an app has been discovered.
2. Content created when using the service. It includes creating or uploading different types of content to the App, including but not limited to photos, texts, messages, posts, html, URLs, pictures, videos and other content (collectively, "User Contributed Content"), as well as providing metadata Content. When you upload User Contributed Content, you should be mindful of your privacy as well as the privacy of others.
3. How you communicate with other Winkle users, such as their names, the time and date of the communication, the number of messages you exchange with your friends, which friends you communicate with the most, and your interactions with messages (such as when you open a message or capture screenshots). We allow you to share text messages, photos, screenshots, videos and other forms of communications with other users on our Services, and if you choose to do so, your text messages, photos, screenshots, videos and other communications may be stored with us on our servers. Additionally, if you choose to share these items with other users, we may not be able to remove them from our servers or make them unavailable to anyone you share with. Sending and sharing text messages, photos, screenshots, videos or other communications on our Services is your decision. By choosing to share this information, you should understand that you may no longer have control over how this information is used and that this information may be made public. We are not responsible for any use or misuse of the information you share.
4. Device information. We collect device-specific information such as hardware model, operating system version, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, browser type, language, wireless network, non-direct display content moderation, and mobile network information ( including mobile number).
5. User content you create on the service, such as photos, screenshots, comments and other materials, may also be collected. Your photos and videos may be captured by other users on the Services, which may be stored and used by us or by third-party services for content moderation and community safety monitoring purposes. You can change third-party sharing options in our product settings or write to us directly.
6. Device phone book. Since the purpose of Winkle is to communicate with friends, we may collect information from your device's phone book with your consent.
7. Location information. When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your consent, we may also collect information about your general location using methods including GPS, Wi-Fi, cell towers, Wi-Fi access points, and other sensors such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, and compasses Information.
8. Information collected through cookies and other technologies. Like most online services and mobile applications, we may use cookies and other technologies (such as web beacons, web storage and unique advertising identifiers) to collect information about your activities, browser and device. We may also use these technologies to collect information when you interact with the services we provide through one of our partners, such as commercial functions. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually delete or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. However, please keep in mind that deleting or rejecting cookies may affect the usability and functionality of our services. To learn more about how we use cookies and your choices, please review our Cookie Statement.
9. Log information. We also collect log information when you use our website. Among other things, this information includes:
(1) Details about how you use our services.
(2) Device information, such as your web browser type and language.
(3) Access time.
(4) View the page.
(5) IP address.
(6) Identifiers related to cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
(7) The pages you visit before or after navigating to our website. If you contact us by email and otherwise, we may record your contact information and correspondence, which we will use if we respond to you.
We may collect information about you provided by other users while using our services. For example, if another user allows us to collect information from their device phone book - and you are one of that user's contacts - we may combine the information we collect from that user's phone book with the information we collect combined with other information about you. We may also obtain information from other companies that we own or operate or any other third-party sources and combine it with the information we collect through our Services.
We offer you an amazing range of products and services that are constantly improving. But we also do more, such as:
1. To develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain and protect our products and services.
2. Communicate with you.
3. Monitor and analyze trends and usage.
4. Personalize services by referring friends or profile information, or by customizing the content we show you (including advertisements).
5. Enhance the security of our products and services.
6. Verify your identity and prevent fraud or other unauthorized or illegal activities.
7. Use the information we collect from cookies and other technologies to enhance the service and your experience.
8. Enforce our terms of service and other usage policies.
We may also store some information locally on your device. For example, we may store information as a local cache so that you can open applications and view content faster.
In certain circumstances, we may share your personal information with third-party service providers to further improve and optimize our services to you. We may share information about you in the following ways:
1. With other users. We may share the following information with other users
2. Information about you, such as your username and name;
3. Information about how you interact with the service, such as the name of your friend user, and other information that helps users understand your connection with other people who use the service. For example, we may share whether you and the requester have Winkle friends in common since it may not be clear whether a new friend request is from someone you really know;
4. Any other information you agree to share with us. For example, when you give us access to your device phone book, we may share your information with other users who have your phone number in their device phone book;
5. With all users and the public. We may share the following information with all users and the public:
6. Public information, such as the profile picture you submit to the local. If a local service is streamed on the web or broadcast in some other medium, it may be viewed by the general public.
7. Through our affiliates, we may share information with entities within the Winkle family of companies.
8. For third parties, we may share your information with the following third parties:
9. Together with service providers, sellers and partners. We may share your information with service providers who provide services on our behalf, sellers who provide goods through our services, and business partners who provide services and features.
10. Cooperation with third parties for legal reasons. If we have reason to believe that the disclosure is for:
11. To comply with any valid legal process, governmental request or applicable laws, rules or regulations;
Investigate, remedy or enforce potential Terms of Service violations;
12. To protect the rights, property and safety of us, our users or others; or to detect and resolve any fraud or security concerns.
13. Cooperation with third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Winkle is involved in a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation or bankruptcy, or the acquisition of all or part of our business to another company, we may share your information with that company before or after the transaction is completed.
14. After aggregation or de-identification. We may also share aggregated or de-identified information with third parties, such as advertisers, that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
15. You expressly agree to the information you provide when registering for the app and/or the content you create while using the app (including but not limited to photos, text, messages, posts, html, URLs, pictures, videos and other content) May be recorded, stored, published and made available to other Winkle users. Additionally, other users may follow you on the app, and your followers can see, for example, user-contributed content you have uploaded to the app. Individuals who read this information may use or disclose it to other individuals or entities in circumstances beyond our control and without your knowledge. Therefore, we urge you to carefully consider including any specific information you may consider private in the information you provide or in the content you create in the app. Due to server facilities and third-party service teams, your information may also be stored and processed in any country where we provide services. By using our services, you agree to the transfer of any such information outside of your country.
If you do not agree to all the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our services. Community safety is our number one priority and some of the user information above is mandatory in order to create a safe community for all users.
The Services may also contain third-party links and search results, including third-party integrations, or co-branded or third-party branded services, and by accessing these links, using third-party integrations, or using co-branded or third-party branded services, you may directly Provide information (including personal information) to third parties, us, or both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how these third parties collect or use your information. If you use Personal Data that is available to others on our Services, you are always responsible for its content and accuracy. As always, we encourage you to review the privacy policy of each third-party website or service you visit or use, including those you interact with through our services.
Lastly - and this is important - you should understand that users who see what you offer can always save it using any number of techniques: screenshots, in-app functionality, or any other image capture technique. As with any digital information, it's also possible that someone will be able to forensically access the messages or find them in the device's temporary storage. In the event of any deletion of user information from our application, we cannot guarantee that the deletion will occur within a specific time frame. We may also keep certain information in backups for a limited period of time or as required by law.
Protecting user privacy and personal information is our top priority. We process your personal information to improve and enforce our security measures, combat spam, malware, malicious activity or security risks, and monitor and verify your identity so that unauthorized users cannot access you with us Account. Access to any user information is limited to our employees, contractors, agents and third-party service providers who only need to know it to provide, operate, develop, maintain, support and optimize our service experience and security. We use password protection, access logs and system monitoring to protect the confidentiality and security of all user information. Due to the inherent nature of the Internet and related technologies
We want you to be in control of your information, so we provide you with the tools below.
1. Access and update. We strive to give you access to and control over the personal information we hold about you. There are limits to the requirements we will meet. We may deny a request for a variety of reasons, for example, the request would compromise the privacy of other users or be illegal. You can access and update your account information directly within the app by visiting the app's settings page. If you need to access, update or delete any other personal information we may have, you can make a request here. Because your privacy is important to us, we may ask you to verify your identity or provide other information before we allow you to access or update your personal information. You may also delete our services from your mobile device or process account deletion.
2. Revocation of permissions. If you change your mind about our continuing ability to collect information from certain sources that you have already consented to (such as your phone book, camera, photos or location services), you can withdraw your consent by changing the settings on your device if you The device provides these options. Of course, some services may lose full functionality if you do this.
3. Account deletion. You can delete your data at any time. Account deletion can be accessed within the app. At your request, we will temporarily disable your account in preparation for removal. During this time, you can cancel the deletion request and we will restore your account. After 30 days, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your data from our servers. Please note that some information may be retained in archived/backup copies for legal purposes or legal requirements (for example, some "traffic data" may be retained for one year to comply with statutory data retention obligations).
4. You can choose to delete your data at any time. If you ask us to delete your account, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your data from our servers, subject to any applicable legal or other requirements to maintain certain records of your personally identifiable data. Please note that deleting your personally identifiable data from our database may result in us being unable to provide you with services. If you need to delete any data or personal information we may have, you can simply click "Me-Settings-Delete Account", but we may ask you to verify your identity or provide other information before we can allow you to delete your personal information information.
We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons and similar tracking technologies on the Services. These companies may collect information about how you use the Services and other websites and online services over time and across different Services. This information can be used, among other things, to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and to better understand your online activity.
Additionally, some companies may use the information they collect on our Services to serve targeted advertising on our behalf or other companies, including on third-party websites and applications. Winkle does not currently respond to do not track signals that may be sent from your device. If we do so in the future, we will provide information about that practice in an updated version of this Privacy Policy.
Children.Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18, nor do we direct them to anyone. This is why we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18.
Amendments to the Privacy Policy.We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. But when we do, we'll let you know in one way or another. From time to time, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the Privacy Policy available on our website and mobile applications. At other times, we may provide you with additional notices (such as adding a statement to the home page of our website or providing you with an in-app notice).