PRIVACY

Introduction

We take the protection of user data on our website and/or mobile application (the “Website” or “Mobile Application”) very seriously and are committed to protecting the information that users provide to us in connection with their use of our Website and/or Mobile Application (collectively referred to as “Digital Assets”). We are also committed to protecting and using your information in accordance with applicable laws.

This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our digital assets (the “Services”) by accessing the Services through your devices.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and make sure you fully understand our practices regarding your information before using our Services. If you have read this statement, fully understood it, and do not agree with our practices, you must stop using our digital assets and Services. By using our Services, you acknowledge the terms of this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your consent to this Privacy Policy and any changes to it. This Privacy Policy informs you about:

How we collect data
What data we collect
Why we collect this data
With whom we share the data
Where the data is stored
How long the data is kept
How we protect the data
How we handle minors
Updates or changes to the Privacy Policy

What Data Do We Collect?

Below is an overview of the data we may collect:

Non-personal data: Unidentified and non-identifiable information that you provide during the registration process or that is collected through your use of our Services. Non-personal data does not allow us to identify who collected it. The non-personal data we collect mainly consists of technical and aggregated usage information.
Personal data: Individually identifiable information, meaning anything that can identify you or could reasonably be identified. The personal data we collect through our Services may from time to time include requested information such as names, email addresses, addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, and more. When we combine personal data with non-personal data, we treat it as personal data as long as it is combined.

How Do We Collect Data?

The following are the main methods we use to collect data:

We collect data when you use our Services. So when you visit our digital assets and use our Services, we may collect, record, and store usage, session, and related information.
We collect data that you provide to us yourself, for example, when you contact us directly through a communication channel (e.g., an email with a comment or feedback).
We may collect data from third-party sources, as described below.
We collect data that you provide to us when you sign up for our Services through a third party like Facebook or Google.

Why Do We Collect This Data?

e may use your information for the following purposes:

to provide and operate our Services;
to develop, customize, and improve our Services;
to respond to your feedback, inquiries, and requests and to provide support;
to analyze requests and usage patterns;
for other internal, statistical, and research purposes;
to improve our data security and fraud prevention;
to investigate violations and to enforce our terms and policies, as well as to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or government requests;
to send you updates, news, promotional materials, and other information about our Services. For promotional emails, you can decide whether you wish to continue receiving them. If not, simply click the unsubscribe link in these emails.

With Whom Do We Share This Data?

We may share your information with our service providers to operate our Services (e.g., storing data on third-party hosting services, providing technical support, etc.). We may also disclose your information under the following circumstances: (i) to investigate, detect, prevent, or take action against illegal activities or other wrongdoing; (ii) to establish or exercise our defense rights; (iii) to protect our rights, our property, or our personal safety or the safety of our users or the public; (iv) in the event of a change of control of our company or one of our affiliated companies (through a merger, acquisition, or the purchase of (substantially) all of our assets or otherwise); (v) for the collection, retention, and/or management of your information by authorized third parties (e.g., cloud service providers) to the extent that this is reasonable for business purposes; (vi) to cooperate with third parties to improve your user experience. To avoid misunderstandings, we want to point out that we may share, disclose, or otherwise use non-personal information with third parties at our own discretion. Please note that our Services enable social interactions (e.g., publicly posting content, information, and comments, as well as chatting with other users). Please be aware that any content or data you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others. We advise against publishing or sharing information that you do not want to make public. If you upload content to our digital assets or otherwise make it available as part of your use of a Service, you do so at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users or the public who have access to your data or content. You acknowledge and agree that copies of your data may remain available on cached and archived pages, even after you have deleted them or after a third party has made a copy/storage of your content.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

When you visit or access our Services, you authorize third parties to use web beacons, cookies, pixel tags, scripts, and other technologies and analytics services (“Tracking Technologies”). These Tracking Technologies may enable third parties to automatically collect your information to improve the browsing experience on our digital assets, optimize their performance, provide a customized user experience, and for security and fraud prevention. To learn more, please read our Cookie Policy. We will not share your email address or other personal data with advertising companies or advertising networks without your consent. We may serve advertisements through our Services and our digital assets (including websites and applications that use our Services), which may also be tailored to you, such as ads based on your recent browsing behavior across websites, devices, or browsers. To deliver these ads to you, we may use cookies and/or JavaScript and/or web beacons (including clear GIFs) and/or HTML5 local storage and/or other technologies. We may also use third parties such as network advertisers (i.e., third parties who serve ads based on your website visits) to deliver targeted ads. Third-party advertising networks, advertisers, sponsors, and/or web traffic measurement services may also use cookies and/or JavaScript and/or web beacons (including clear GIFs) and/or Flash cookies and/or other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to tailor advertising content to you. These cookies and other third-party technologies are subject to the specific privacy policy of the respective third party and not this one.

Where Do We Store the Data?

Please note that our companies and our trusted partners and service providers are located all over the world. For the purposes explained in this Privacy Policy, we store and process all non-personal information we collect in various jurisdictions.

Non-personal Data

Personal Data

Personal data may be maintained, processed, and stored in the United States, Ireland, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, and, to the extent necessary for the proper provision of our Services and/or required by law (as explained in more detail below), in other jurisdictions.

How Long Is the Data Retained?

Please note that we retain the data we collect for as long as is necessary to provide our Services, fulfill our legal and contractual obligations to you, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We may correct, amend, or delete inaccurate or incomplete data at any time at our sole discretion.

How Do We Protect the Data?

The hosting service for our digital assets provides us with the online platform through which we can offer you our Services. Your data may be stored through the data storage, databases, and general applications of our hosting provider. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall and offer secure HTTPS access to most areas of their Services. All payment options offered by us and our hosting provider for our digital assets adhere to the PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) regulations of the PCI Security Standards Council, a collaboration between brands such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card data (including physical, electronic, and procedural measures) by our business and our service providers. Despite the measures and efforts we and our hosting provider take, we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of information that you upload, post, or otherwise transmit to us or others. For this reason, we ask you to use strong passwords and, if possible, to avoid transmitting confidential information that you believe could cause you significant or permanent harm if disclosed. Since email and instant messaging are not considered secure forms of communication, we also ask you not to send confidential information through these communication channels.

How Do We Handle Minors?

The Services are not intended for users under the legal age. We will not knowingly collect information from children. If you are a minor, you should not download or use the Services or provide us with any information. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any time so that we can verify that minors are not using our Services. In the event that we learn that a minor is using our Services, we may prohibit and block that user from accessing our Services and delete all information we have about that user. If you have reason to believe that a minor has provided us with information, please contact us as explained below. Children can use our Services, but if they want to access certain features, they may need to provide certain information. The collection of some information (including information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies) may be automatic. If we knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from a child, we will provide a notice and obtain parental consent in accordance with applicable laws. We do not condition a child's participation in an online activity on the child providing more contact information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity. We only use the collected information in connection with the services requested by the child. We may also use a parent's contact information to communicate about the child's activities on the Services. Parents can review the information we have collected from their child, prohibit us from collecting further information from their child, and request the deletion of all information we have collected from our records. Please contact us to review, update, or delete your child's information. To protect your child, we may ask you to provide proof of identity. We may deny you access to the information if we believe your identity is in doubt. Please note that certain information cannot be deleted due to other legal obligations.

General Information on Personal Data

We will only use your personal data for the purposes set out in the Privacy Policy and only if we are convinced that:

the use of your personal data is necessary to fulfill or conclude a contract (for example, to provide you with the services themselves or with customer or technical support);
the use of your personal data is necessary to comply with relevant legal or regulatory obligations, or
the use of your personal data is necessary to support our legitimate business interests (provided this is always done in a way that is proportionate and respects your privacy rights).

Your Rights as an EU Citizen

As an EU citizen, you can:

request confirmation of whether personal data about you is being processed and request access to your stored personal data and certain additional information;
request to receive personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format;
request the correction of your personal data stored with us;
request the deletion of your personal data;
object to the processing of your personal data by us;
request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, or
file a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Please note, however, that these rights are not absolute and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. If you have general questions about the personal data we collect and how we use it, please contact us as indicated below. As part of providing the Services, we may transfer data across borders to affiliated companies or other third parties and from your country/jurisdiction to other countries/jurisdictions around the world. By using the Services, you consent to the transfer of your data outside the EEA. If you are located in the EEA, your personal data will only be transferred to locations outside the EEA if we are convinced that an adequate or equivalent level of protection for personal data exists. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that we have appropriate contractual agreements with our third parties to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to minimize the risk of unlawful use, alteration, deletion, loss, or theft of your personal data and that these third parties comply with applicable laws at all times.

Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act

If you use the Services as a resident of California, you may have the right to request access to and deletion of your information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). To exercise your right to access and delete your information, please see how to contact us. The website does not sell user data. We do not sell the personal data of users for the purposes and intentions of the CCPA.

Blog or Forum

Users of the Services who are residents of California and are under 18 years of age may request and obtain the removal of their posted content by sending an email to the address provided in the "Contact" section below. All requests must be labeled as "California Removal Request". All requests must contain a description of the content you wish to remove and sufficient information to enable us to locate the material. We do not accept emails that are not labeled or are improperly submitted, and we may not be able to respond if you do not provide sufficient information. Please note that your request does not guarantee that all or part of the material will be removed. For example, material you post may be republished or reposted by other users or third parties.

Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion, and the version published on the website will always be the most current (see "Effective Date" note). We recommend that you regularly check this Privacy Policy for changes. If material changes are made, we will post a notice on our website. Your continued use of the Services after we have posted a notice of changes on our website constitutes your consent and agreement to the changes to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of these changes.

Contact

If you have general questions about the Services or the information we collect about you and how we use it, please contact us at: Name: Address: hello@locobanana.de