Vas Technology Apps Privacy Policy for Fotto

Your privacy is important to us.

Fotto Apps ("Fotto", "us", "our" or "we") is dedicated to protecting the privacy rights of our users ("users" or "you") regarding any information we may collect while operating our website and while you are operating our mobile applications available on Apple App Store and the iOS mobile platform (collectively, the "Services"). Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose and otherwise make use of personal information you provide or we collect.

BY USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ARE EXPRESSING YOUR CONSENT TO THIS POLICY AND THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, INCLUDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN THIS POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY OR REVISED VERSION, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR APPS OR SERVICES.

Important information about Data Collection and Storage

1- We don't collect any face data in our application.

2- We combine photos with our API to produce entertainment content from user-submitted 2 photos.

3- We only take photos for instant processing. We don't sharing them with third parties. After instant processing then we deleting them.

Device Information

When you use our Services on your mobile device, we may collect and recort certain information about your device, such as its International Mobile Equipment Identity ("IMEI"), Identifier for Advertising ("IDFA") and Identifier for Vendor ("IDFV"), Integrated Circuit Card Identifier ("ICCID"), Media Access Control ("MAC") address, model and resolution, which will be used by us to calculate the number of devices that use our products and Services and analyze data on device models and graphics adaptation.

We may collect your location based information for the purpose of providing you with a correct version of the application and our better Services. Except otherwise provided in the Policy, we will not share this information with any third party. If you no longer wish to allow us to track or use such information, you may turn the internet access and/or GPS off at the device level or disable the relevant permission to our application.

Metadata

Metadata is usually technical data that is associated with user content ("Content") and can describe what, when, where, how, and by whom a piece of Content has been generated. When using our Services, we will use the metadata of the photos to provide more precise functions of "Facial Detection", "Key-Points Recognition", "Region Segmentation", "Content Tags" and the other customized function on the basis of the combination of the mentioned basic functions. This metadata is used to improve our Services and is NOT USED to identify and track our users individually. Additionally, we may from time to time with your consent, such as by the way of a special user program, collect and record photos to improve the technology behind our Services.

Advertising

We may collect and use information about you, such as your device identifier, MAC address, IMEI, geo-location information and IP address for the purpose of the tracking of the advertising. This information is used together to create a unique user number to help us to better count and track advertising based on language, geographic location, and other relevant details. This information is NOT SOLD to outside parties.

Information Collected by Third Parties

Third Parties™ Services

Our Services provided to you may contain third party tracking tools from our service providers. These third parties may use Cookies, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Software Development Kits (SDKs) on our Services and collect and analyze user information on our behalf. Third parties may access your information such as your device identifier, MAC address, IMEI, region (defined as the location where a given language is used), location information and IP address for the purposes of implementing our Services provided under their respective privacy policies. This Policy does not govern the use of third-party tracking tools. We have no access to or control over such third parties.

SUBSCRIPTION. TRIAL PERIOD

This App as a whole or its certain part (additional Content) is provided on a paid subscription basis. The fee may vary depending on the period of the Subscription duration.

The Subscription will renew automatically for the same period at the end of the Subscription at the cost of the chosen package. Your Account will be charged for the renewed Subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current Subscription.

You may cancel renewal of the Subscription at least 24 hours before the end of the Subscription: in this case the App as a whole or its additional Content will be available to You until the end of the Subscription. In order to cancel automatic renewal of the Subscription, please, change subscription settings of Your Account. After the end of the Subscription the App as a whole or its additional Content will be available only if a new Subscription is purchased.

If You uninstall the App, Your subscription will not stop automatically. You must cancel automatic renewal of Your subscription in order not to be charged with the cost of the new Subscription.

The App provides for a free 3-day trial period. You may use the App of its additional Content free of charge during this period. Please, take into consideration that at the end of the trial period it will automatically transform into a paid Subscription for the shortest period available and Your Account will be charged for the cost of such Subscription, unless You cancel the Subscription through the subscription settings of Your Account at least 24 hours prior to the end of the free trial period.

USER-GENERATED CONTENT

Some of Our Apps provide You with an opportunity to track analytical data with regard to Your social network profile (e.g. Instagram). Functionality of such Apps make it possible to view not only Your posts published in a social network, but also posts of other users of this social network, if such users are somehow connected to You (for example, they “follow” You). Such posts, whether published by You or by any other person, are considered User-generated Content.

As far as You may access posts of other Instagram users, You may be exposed to potentially objectionable User-generated Content. Please, take into account that the Company neither controls nor pre-checks any User-generated Content posted on any social network.

Any kind of modifications or censorship by the Company with regard to the User-generated Content may be considered violation of human rights or copyright and may potentially mislead You.

If You have been exposed to any kind of objectionable content, You may use functionality of the respective social network to track and delete objectionable User-generated Content.

Under no circumstances shall the Company be responsible for any User-generated Content.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information generated as you use our services, for example access logs, as well as information from third parties, like when you access our services through a social media account. If you want additional info, we go into more detail below.

Information you give us

You choose to give us certain information when using our services. This includes:

When you create an account, you provide us with at least your login credentials, as well as some basic details necessary for the service to work, such as your gender and date of birth.

When you complete your profile, you can share with us additional information, such as your avatar. To add certain content, like pictures, you may allow us to access your camera or photo album. Some of the information you choose to provide us may be considered “special” or “sensitive” in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation and religious beliefs. By choosing to provide this information, you consent to our processing of that information.

When you subscribe to a paid service or make a purchase directly from us (rather than through a platform such as iOS or Android), you provide us or our payment service provider with information, such as your credit card number or other financial information.

When you choose to participate in our promotions, events or contests, we collect the information that you use to register or enter.

If you contact our customer care team, we collect the information you give us during the interaction. Sometimes, we monitor or record these interactions for training purposes and to ensure a high quality of service.

If you ask us to communicate with or otherwise process information of other people (for example, if you ask us to send an email on your behalf to one of your friends), we collect the information about others that you give us in order to complete your request.

Of course, we also process your chats with other users as well as the content you publish, as part of the operation of the services.

Information we receive from others

In addition to the information you provide us directly, we receive information about you from others, including:

Other Users. Other users may provide information about you as they use our services. For instance, we may collect information about you from other users if they contact us about you.

Social Media. You may be able to use your social media login (such as Facebook Login) to create and log into our account. This saves you from having to remember yet another user name and password and allows you to share some information from your social media account with us.

Other Partners. We may receive info about you from our partners, for instance where our ads are published on a partner’s websites and platforms (in which case they may pass along details on a campaign’s success).

Information collected when you use our services

When you use our services, we collect information about which features you’ve used, how you’ve used them and the devices you use to access our services. See below for more details:

Usage Information. We collect information about your activity on our services, for instance how you use them (e.g., date and time you logged in, features you’ve been using, searches, clicks and pages which have been shown to you, referring webpage address, advertising that you click on) and how you interact with other users (e.g., users you connect and interact with, time and date of your exchanges, number of messages you send and receive).

Device information. We collect information from and about the device(s) you use to access our services, including:

hardware and software information such as IP address, device ID and type, device-specific and apps settings and characteristics, app crashes, advertising IDs (such as Google’s AAID and Apple's IDFA, both of which are randomly generated numbers that you can reset by going into your device’ settings), browser type, version and language, operating system, time zones, identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser (e.g., IMEI/UDID and MAC address);

information on your wireless and mobile network connection, like your service provider and signal strength;

information on device sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and compasses.

Other information with your consent. If you give us permission, we can collect your precise geolocation (latitude and longitude) through various means, depending on the service and device you’re using, including GPS, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connections. The collection of your geolocation may occur in the background even when you aren’t using the services if the permission you gave us expressly permits such collection. If you decline permission for us to collect your geolocation, we will not collect it. Similarly, if you consent, we may collect your photos and videos (for instance, if you want to publish a photo, video or streaming on the services).

COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We request Personal Information and demographic information to respond to your requests and provide services to you such as: sending email newsletters; displaying targeted advertising (for example, in Facebook); participating in online; processing orders through our online store; setting up repair orders; and sending email correspondence. Each category below describes how we handle the requested information.

Google Analytics

Our mobile application may employ Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google. Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal data collected: Cookie and Usage Data. Find Google's privacy policy here. To opt out of Google Analytics, you may use Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

How We Use Your Information

We collect user information and personal details so that we can provide our products and Services to you and ensure our compliance with relevant laws. We will use your user information and personal details as provided under "The Information We Collect" for the following purposes:

  1. To provide, process, maintain, improve and develop our Sites and/or our Services provided to you, including customer support, and other services provided through our devices or our Sites.
  2. Statistical analysis. To develop and analyze statistics on the use of our products and Services for the purpose of improving our products and our Services.
  3. To provide location-based services. When you use our Services, we or third party service providers may take advantage of your location information to provide you with the correct version of our Services and help you gain good user experience.
  4. To improve user experience. Certain optional features such as user experience programs allow Fotto Apps to analyze data regarding the use of our products and our Services and improve user experience.
  5. To provide push services. Your device information may be used by us to provide push services to assess the performance of adverts and the success of software updates, or provide notifications on new product releases. You may turn off this feature at any time by changing your preferences under "Settings".
  6. To collect feedback from you. Your feedback is of great value in helping Fotto Apps improve our Services. To keep track of your feedback, Fotto Apps may use the personal details provided by you to contact you and retain the records.

Limited Disclosure of Information

We will not sell any personal details to third parties. We have no right to share with or disclosure to third parties your personal details in whole or in part except for the purposes of:

  1. Protecting the safety of any other individuals or property;
  2. Preventing or dealing with any cyber fraud;
  3. Safeguarding the lawful rights and interest of us and our users;
  4. Taking action in line with our purposes as described in the "The Information We Collect" section, provided that recipient of any such disclosure by us is also bound by this Policy and can provide adequate protection for your information; and
  5. Complying with laws and regulations, the order from the government authority or juridical decision, usually for the purpose of the protection of network security and the rights, property, and safety of us, our users, or others.

Collection of your Personal Data

We collect the following categories of Personal Data about you when you use or otherwise interact with our Products:

We collect and/or process your Personal Data in connection with the below activities related to our Products:

Processing of your Personal Data

We will use your Personal Data only in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you do not wish us to continue using your Personal Data in this manner, you can request that your account be deactivated by contacting us as specified in the “Contact Us” section. We will only process your Personal Data if we have a lawful basis for doing so. Lawful bases for processing include consent, contractual necessity (i.e. processing that is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as your user agreement with us that allows us to provide you with the Products) and our “legitimate interests” or the legitimate interest of others (e.g. our users) such as:

We process Personal Data for purposes such as:

Security of Information

We use a variety of security technologies and procedures for the purpose of preventing loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure of the Information. Please note that no data security measures can guarantee 100% security at all times. Our systems and the communications networks through which you access our services may be subject to security breaches and failures which are due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

Contact

For any questions or inquiries related to our product, you can reach out to us by email at support(at)fottoapp.com.

Your Consent to International Transfer

You understand and agree that (i) we may collect and store your information, as outlined in this Policy, within servers located in the Turkey ("TR"), as well as other countries, and that this process would include international transfer of your information; and (ii) we may transfer information that we collect about you to our affiliated companies or to other third parties (please refer to "Third Party Services" in this Policy) across borders according to this Policy. Please note that these countries and jurisdictions may not have the same data protection capacity as your own jurisdiction, and you, therefore, consent to the transfer of information to TR and the use and disclosure of information about you, including personal information, as described in the Policy.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

The Policy, including, but not limited to, its conclusion, validity, construction, performance and settlement of the disputes, shall be governed by the laws of the Turkey ("TR"), without giving effect to the principles of conflict of law. Any disputes arising from, or in connection with the Policy shall be first settled through friendly negotiation between you and us. In the case where no settlement to the disputes can be reached through amicable negotiation, the disputes shall then be submitted to Turkey International Economic And Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in accordance with its arbitration rules in force at the time of application for arbitration. The arbitration shall proceed in Istanbul, Turkey. The arbitral award is final and binding upon both parties. The arbitration fees shall be borne by the losing party except otherwise awarded by the arbitration commission.

Amendment to the Policy

You agree that we may update or revise this Policy in order to comply with the laws and regulations or our new commercial arrangement and you consent to be bound by the revised version of this Policy.

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERE TO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE POLICY CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. ANY DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US SHALL BE RESOLVED BY A BINDING AND INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AS SET OUT UNDER THE POLICY.