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Scope and Definitions
This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") governs all mobile applications (the "Applications") made available by BenAppz (the "Developer") through the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. References to the "User" are to any individual who downloads, installs, or otherwise uses an Application. The Developer is committed to describing, with reasonable particularity, the manner in which User data is accessed, collected, used, and disclosed.
This Policy has been prepared with regard to the requirements of Google Play, the App Store Review Guidelines, and applicable data protection legislation, including the GDPR and the CCPA. It is to be read in conjunction with the Data Safety disclosures (Google Play) and the App Privacy disclosures (App Store) published on the store listing of each Application, and with the Developer's Terms of Use. The Applications are offered to the User free of charge and are funded by third-party advertising.
The Applications are available on Google Play at: play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=benarrousse
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Categories of Data Collected and Purposes of Processing
In order to operate and improve the Applications, the Developer collects the categories of information described below, for the purposes stated in respect of each category.
A. Information Collected Automatically
The model of the User's device, the operating system version, the browser type, and unique device identifiers, including the advertising identifier on Android and the IDFA or IDFV on iOS, together with a push notification token where the User has enabled notifications. On iOS, the IDFA is accessed solely where the User has permitted tracking in response to the App Tracking Transparency prompt.
Purpose: ensuring compatibility, optimizing performance, and maintaining security.
Crash reports, diagnostic records, and interaction data, including the features accessed, the duration of sessions, and the screens viewed.
Purpose: identifying defects, evaluating performance, and improving the User experience.
The User's IP address is processed in order to infer an approximate location at country or city level. The Developer does not collect precise GPS coordinates.
Purpose: delivering region-appropriate content and advertising, and compiling demographic analytics.
B. Information Supplied by the User (Where Applicable)
Where the User corresponds with the Developer, for example by email, the Developer may retain the User's name, email address, and the content of the correspondence.
Purpose: responding to enquiries, providing support, and improving the Applications.
In Applications that include community features, the comments, usernames, and reports submitted by the User, together with a device or application identifier used for moderation and blocking. Such content may be visible to other Users.
Purpose: operating community features, enforcing the Terms of Use, and preventing abuse.
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Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
The Developer does not sell personal data in exchange for money. Because the Applications are free and financed by advertising, advertising partners receive device identifiers and usage data for the purpose of delivering and measuring advertisements, which certain laws (including the CCPA) may characterize as "sharing" for advertising purposes. Data is disclosed to third parties solely in the circumstances set out below:
- Advertising Partners: third-party advertising networks may collect device identifiers and usage data for the purpose of serving personalized advertisements within the Applications.
- Analytics Providers: analytics services receive pseudonymous or aggregated usage data, which enables the Developer to evaluate trends and improve the Applications.
- Service Providers: undertakings engaged by the Developer to supply services on its behalf, such as push notification delivery and cloud hosting, may access data only to the extent necessary to supply those services.
- Fraud and Abuse Prevention: the Developer and its advertising partners may analyze and exchange usage and device data in order to detect invalid advertising traffic, fraud, and abuse.
- Legal and Safety Disclosures: information may be disclosed where required by law, where necessary to protect the rights of the Developer or the safety of the User or others, or in connection with the investigation of fraud.
Principal Third-Party Partners
The User is encouraged to consult the privacy policy of each partner named above in order to understand that partner's data practices.
An Application does not necessarily integrate every partner named above, and the store listing of each Application indicates the data that Application collects. Google and its partners rely on device identifiers and comparable data to deliver and measure advertising; further information is available at How Google uses information from apps that use its services.
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Rights and Choices Available to the User
- Cessation of Collection: the User may terminate all further collection of data by an Application by removing it from the device through the standard uninstall procedure.
- Personalized Advertising Controls (Android): the User may navigate to Settings → Google → Ads (or Settings → Privacy → Ads, depending on the Android version) and select "Delete advertising ID" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization".
- Personalized Advertising Controls (iOS): the User may navigate to Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking and deactivate "Allow Apps to Request to Track". The iOS Applications access the advertising identifier only where tracking is permitted, and that permission may be altered for each Application in the same menu. Personalized Ads may additionally be disabled under Settings → Privacy & Security → Apple Advertising.
- Consent (EEA, UK and Other Jurisdictions): where the law so requires, the Developer obtains the User's consent to personalized advertising by means of a consent form presented in the Application. The User may amend that choice at any time through the privacy or consent settings of the Application, where available.
- Access and Deletion: the User may request access to, or the deletion of, data that the User has supplied, by writing to contact@benappz.com. The Developer will respond within a reasonable period.
- Rights under the GDPR and the CCPA: a User located in the European Union or California may hold further rights, including data portability and the right to object to processing, and may exercise them by contacting the Developer.
- Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing (US States): the Developer does not sell personal data for money. A User wishing to opt out of the sharing of data for targeted (cross-context behavioral) advertising may use the device controls described above or the consent settings of the Application, or may write to contact@benappz.com. Residents of California and of other US states with privacy legislation may further request access, correction, and deletion, and may appeal a refusal by replying to the Developer's decision.
- Removal of Comments: to have comments or other posted content removed, the User may use the in-Application option where available, or may write to contact@benappz.com stating the name of the Application and the username concerned. The content will be withdrawn from public view and deleted, save for records that the Developer is required to retain for reasons of safety, fraud prevention, or legal compliance.
- Period for Response: verified requests will be answered within 30 days (extendable to 45 days where California law permits), or sooner where the law so requires. The Developer may require verification of identity, and is unable to act upon any request that cannot be linked to the requester, since the Developer generally holds neither names nor accounts.
- Non-Discrimination: the User will not be refused access to the Applications, nor treated differently, by reason of exercising any privacy right.
- Authorized Agents and Complaints: a request may be submitted through an authorized agent. A User in the EEA or the UK may also lodge a complaint with the competent local data protection authority.
- Do Not Track: the Applications are mobile software and do not respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals; the device-level controls described above should be used instead.
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Retention, Security and Related Safeguards
Data supplied by the User is retained for the period during which the User continues to use the Applications and for a reasonable period thereafter. Information collected automatically is retained in aggregated form for a period not exceeding 24 months.
The Developer applies commercially reasonable security measures to protect data. No method of transmission over the internet, and no method of electronic storage, is entirely secure, and the Developer therefore cannot warrant absolute security.
Legal bases (EEA/UK): where the GDPR applies, data is processed on the basis of the User's consent (for example, in relation to personalized advertising), the legitimate interests of the Developer (namely operating, securing, and improving the Applications and preventing fraud and abuse), and compliance with legal obligations.
International transfers: service providers and advertising partners may process data in jurisdictions other than the User's own, including jurisdictions whose data protection laws differ. Where required, such transfers are made subject to safeguards, such as the standard contractual clauses relied upon by those partners.
Third-party SDKs: third-party advertising, analytics, and service SDKs collect and use data in accordance with their own privacy policies and, in certain cases, as independent controllers. The Developer does not accept responsibility for their practices, but selects partners that publish privacy terms, and keeps the Data Safety and App Privacy disclosures on each store listing consistent with this Policy.
Sensitive data: the Developer does not intentionally collect precise location, contacts, photographs, health, financial, or biometric data, or government identifiers. The User is requested not to transmit such information to the Developer or to include it in comments.
Security incidents: in the event of a breach affecting the User's personal data, the Developer will notify the User and the competent authorities to the extent required by law.
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Children
The Applications are not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). The Developer does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from persons below those ages, and does not knowingly display personalized advertising to them.
A parent or guardian who becomes aware that a child has supplied personal information to the Developer should notify the Developer without delay at contact@benappz.com, whereupon the Developer will take prompt steps to delete it.
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Amendments
The Developer may amend this Policy from time to time. Any significant amendment will be notified by publishing the revised Policy on this page under an updated date, and the User is advised to review this page periodically. Amendments take effect upon publication.
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Contact Details
Any question, concern, or request in relation to this Policy or the Developer's data practices may be addressed as follows:
Privacy enquiries are welcome at the address below
contact@benappz.com ↗