Effective Date: January 15, 2023

Welcome to Wavelino (also known as the Platform, "We," or "us"). We pledge to respect and safeguard your privacy. This policy explains how we handle the personal information we get from you or that you give us. You should not use the Platform if you disagree with this policy.

Collecting Information

• What kind of data do we gather about you?
  • We collect and process information you give us when you create an account and upload content to the Platform. This includes technical and behavioural information about your use of the Platform. We also collect information about you if you download the app and interact with the Platform without creating an account.
     
• How will the information about you be used by us?
  • We use your information to provide you with the Platform, enhance it, and manage it. We use your information, among other things, to show you interesting suggestions in the feed, improve and expand the Platform, and guarantee your safety. We will also use your personal information to promote the Platform and serve you relevant advertisements, as necessary.
     
• Who else do we share your data with?
  • We share your data with third party service providers who help us to deliver the Platform, such as cloud storage providers. We also share your information with business partners, content moderation services, measurement providers, advertisers, and analytics providers. Where and when required by law, we will share your information with law enforcement agencies or regulators, and with third parties pursuant to a legally binding court order.
     
• How much time do we keep your information?
  • We retain your information for as long as it is necessary to provide you with the service. Where we do not need your information in order to provide the service to you, we retain it only as long as we have a legitimate business purpose in keeping such data or where we are subject to a legal obligation to retain the data. We will also retain your data if we believe it is or will be necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• How will we notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy?
  • We will generally notify all users of any material changes to this policy through a notice on our Platform. However, you should look at this policy regularly to check for any changes. By accessing or using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read this policy and that you understand your rights in relation to your personal data and how we will collect, use and process it.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We would collect and store the following data while using Wavelino:

• Information about your profile. When you sign up for the Platform, you give us information like your username, date of birth (if applicable), email address, and/or phone number. You also give us information about what you say in your user profile, like your picture or the content of your profile, like audios, images, clips, etc.
• Information about user behavior and content. We process the content you create on the Platform, including your preferences (such as the language you choose), uploaded photos and audio, and comments (collectively, "User Content"). We also get information about how you use the Platform, like how you interact with the content we show you, the ads you see, the images and audios you download, problems you have, content you like, and users you follow. For the purpose of personalizing content, we also infer your preferences, such as your gender, age, and interests. For the purpose of promoting your content to other users, we process information about your followers, the number of likes you receive, the number of downloads your content receives, and responses to content you upload. We will also use this information to provide you with personalized advertising and inform you of new services and opportunities when necessary.
• Information from outside sources We may automatically collect data from third parties if you use the Platform, or you can choose to share certain data with us. The following is additional information regarding the data we receive from third parties:
  • Partners in Business : You will provide us with your username and public profile, including but not limited to your name, city, birthday, and contact list, if you choose to register to use the Platform using the details of your social network account (such as Facebook or Google). Additionally, we will provide your social network with your Platform ID, access token, and referring URL.
  • Networks of Advertisers : We use the information we get from you and how you use the Platform and other websites to figure out what you might be interested in so that we can show you ads that are more relevant to you. This information tells us about websites you've visited, apps you've downloaded, and purchases you've made. It helps us figure out how well our advertising on our Platform is working and predict what else might interest you in the future. This information is gathered from third parties who advertise on our Platform and whose websites you visit as well as through the use of Cookies and technologies similar to them.
• We gather technical information about you. When you use the Platform, including the App without an account, certain data about you is gathered automatically. Your IP address, browsing history (which includes the content you've viewed on the Platform), mobile carrier, time zone settings, an identifier for advertising purposes, and the version of the app you're using are all examples of this kind of information. Additionally, we will gather information about the device you are using to access the Platform, including its model number, operating system, network type, and device ID. We will be able to identify your activity across devices using your profile information when you log in from multiple devices.
• Location. If you opt in, when you access the Platform or use it, we use information about your location. We may collect your GPS (Global Positioning System) data and mobile device location information with your permission. You can disable location services in the settings of your mobile device if you do not want to share your precise location with us.
   

Cookies

• We use cookies to automatically collect information, measure and analyze the pages you visit and how you use the Platform, improve our services, and provide you with targeted advertising across all of your devices on the Platform and elsewhere. Cookies are small files that enable the Platform to provide certain features and functionality when they are placed on your device. You acknowledge that we may use Cookies if you use the Platform.
• In addition, we grant our business partners, advertising networks, and other advertising vendors and service providers, as well as analytics vendors and service providers, permission to use Cookies to collect data about your online activities. Using your email address or other log-in or device information, we link your contact or subscriber information with your activity on our Platform across all of your devices. This information may be used by these third parties to show you ads based on your interests, preferences, and characteristics on our Platform and elsewhere online. The information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we are not accountable for their privacy practices.
• By altering the settings of your browser, you may be able to reject or disable Cookies. Please refer to the instructions provided by your browser because each one is unique. Please be aware that in order to reject or disable certain kinds of Cookies, you may need to take additional steps. For instance, opting out of cookies used for targeted advertising in a browser and opting out of targeted advertising in a mobile application, which you can control through your device's settings or mobile app permissions, may require different steps because browsers and mobile apps operate differently. You may not be able to use all of the Platform's features if you reject, disable, or delete cookies.

How we use your private information

The following are some of the ways in which we might use the information we get from you:

• Identify you and possibly modify or enhance the platform
• send you account or administrative notifications
• Answer questions and comments from customers and address inquiries
• Manage the information in your account profile and administer your account
• send you mail and newsletters, including emails
• Personalize certain Platform content and create a more individualized user experience
• analyze the data, look for patterns, and figure out how well our advertising, promotions, and other service offerings are working
• Enhance your user experience and the Platform's service and functionality offerings' efficiency and effectiveness
• Check user messages, content, and metadata for violations of our Community Guidelines and other inappropriate content to ensure your safety and security
• to make it possible for you to socialize on the Platform, such as by letting other users find you through their phone contacts or the "Find other friends" function
• in order to verify that you are of legal age to use our Platform.
• Other purposes that we think are necessary to safeguard our rights and those of others, or as you were told at the time of collection
• We use your data to assist us in detecting abuse, fraud, and illegal activity on the Platform in order to meet our legal obligations.

How we share your private information

We disclose your information to the following carefully selected third parties:

• Partners in Business : You will either provide us with your username and public profile or permit your social network to provide us with them if you choose to register to use the Platform using the details of your social network account (such as Facebook or Google). Your app ID, access token, and referring URL are just a few of the pieces of information that we will also disclose to the appropriate social network. If you choose to share content on social media platforms, the audio, image, username, and text that goes along with it will be shared on those platforms. If you share content on instant messaging platforms like Whatsapp, a link to the content will be shared.
• Providers of services : In order to guarantee that the Platform is a safe and enjoyable environment, we provide content and information to service providers who support our business, such as cloud service providers and providers of content moderation services.
• Analytics Providers : In order to optimize and enhance the Platform, we employ analytics providers. If you have chosen to receive personalized advertising from us and/or our partners, our third-party analytics providers also assist us in serving targeted advertisements. Please refer to our Cookies Policy for additional information regarding the methods by which our analytics providers collect Platform-based data.
• Networks of Advertisers : To show how many and which Platform users have viewed or clicked on an advertisement, we share information with advertisers and third-party measurement companies. In order to connect your Platform activity with your activity on other websites, we share your device ID with measurement companies; After that, we use this data to show you ads that might be of interest to you.
• Our Business Unit : In order to provide the Platform, we may also share your information with other members, subsidiaries, or affiliates of our corporate group in order to support users, prevent illegal use, and improve the Platform.
• Enforcement of Law : If we are legally required to do so, or if such use is reasonably necessary, we will share your information with public authorities, law enforcement agencies, and other organizations.
  • comply with a request, process, or legal obligation
  • identify, prevent, or otherwise address technical, security, or fraud issues
  • protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our users, a third party, or the general public as required or permitted by law (including the sharing of information with other businesses and organizations for the purpose of preventing fraud and lowering credit risk).

Where we keep your personal information

• We may store and process the information we collect in Germany or any other country where we or our agents have facilities. You expressly consent to any such transfer and storage of information outside of your home country, where data protection laws may be different or less stringent, by using the Platform. However, when we share your Personal Information with these countries, we will make every effort to take reasonable precautions to maintain an adequate level of data protection.
• Any Personal Information we hold about you may be transferred to the reorganized entity or third party in accordance with applicable law in the event that we undergo a reorganization, are sold to or merged with a third party, or sell some or all of our assets.
• We may not be able to control how your personal information is handled, transferred, or used in the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally.

Your Options

By signing into Wavelino, you can access and edit the majority of the information on your profile. The User Content that you have uploaded can be removed. In addition, there are a number of tools in Settings that let you control the content you upload. Please contact us at info@wavelino.com if you have any questions about how to use those tools or about your rights in your home country.

Web Beacons

Together with cookies, Web beacons—also known as single-pixel gifs—may be present on our platform. These images are used to compile aggregated statistics on platform usage. We get information about how you and other people use the Platform from third parties. We will, for instance, be aware of the number of Users who access a particular page and the User Content that they click on. We make use of this compiled data to comprehend and optimize Platform usage.

The safety of your personal information

• We take measures to ensure that your information is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy because protecting your information is important to us. Sadly, information transmission over the internet is not completely secure. Even though we will do everything in our power to safeguard your Personal Information, such as by encrypting it, we are unable to guarantee the safety of your data transmitted through the Platform; You are responsible for any transmission.
• We have implemented the necessary organizational and technical safeguards to guarantee a level of security that is proportional to the risk, which may or may not have a significant impact on your rights and freedoms or those of other users. In order to enhance the overall security of our systems, we will periodically modify these organizational and technical measures.
• Links to and from our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates' websites may appear from time to time. Please be aware that these websites have their own privacy policies, and that we are not responsible for or liable for them if you follow a link to them. Before you submit any information to these websites, please review these policies.

How long we keep your private information

• For as long as it is necessary to provide the service, we keep your information. We only keep your information for as long as we have a legitimate business reason to keep it if we don't need it to provide the service to you. However, there are times when we may need to keep this data for a longer period of time to fulfill our legal obligations or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
• We store your information in an aggregated and anonymized format after you stop using our platform.

Complaints

If you wish to complain about the way we handle your personal data, please first get in touch with us at info@wavelino.com. We will try to respond to your request as soon as possible.

Changes

Any significant changes to this policy will typically be communicated to all users via the platform in a notice. However, you should review this policy on a regular basis to see if anything has changed. The "Effective Date" date at the top of this policy will also be updated to reflect the policy's effective date. After the date of the updated policy, your continued use of the platform or access to it indicates your acceptance of the updated policy. You must stop accessing or using the platform if you disagree with the updated policy.

Contact

You can contact us via email at info@wavelino.com with any questions, comments, or requests regarding this policy.