Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective: August 1, 2022

Tagster Inc. provides social media and networking services through our platform. Our products and services offer fast and fun ways to express yourself, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

When you use these services, you’ll share some information with us. So we want to be upfront about the information we collect, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the controls we give you to access, update, and delete your information.

That’s why we’ve written this Privacy Policy. And it’s why we’ve tried to write it in a way that’s easy to understand for all our users and free of the legalese that often clouds these documents. Of course, if you still have questions about anything in our Privacy Policy, just contact us.

We designed it to give you easy-to-digest summaries of our privacy practices.

Information We Collect

There are three basic categories of information we collect:

• Information you provide.
• Information we get when you use our services.
• Information we get from third parties.

Here’s a little more detail on each of these categories.

Information You Provide

When you interact with our services, we collect information that you provide to us. For example, many of our services require you to set up an account, so we may need to collect a few important details about you, such as your username, password, and email address. We may also ask you to provide us with some additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, such as a profile picture. Some services, such as commerce products, may require you to provide us with a debit or credit card number and its associated account information.

Of course, you’ll also provide us whatever information you send through our services. Keep in mind that the users who view your content can always save that content or copy it outside the app. So, the same common sense that applies to the internet at large applies to our services as well: Don’t send messages or share content that you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.

When you contact customer support or communicate with us in any other way, we’ll collect whatever information you volunteer or that we need to resolve your question.

Information We Get When You Use Our Services 

When you use our services, we collect information about which of those services you’ve used and how you’ve used them. We might know, for instance, that you watched a particular package, saw a specific ad for a certain period of time, and had a few conversations with other users. Here’s a fuller explanation of the types of information we collect when you use our services:

• Usage Information. We collect information about your activity      through our services. For example, we may collect information about:
  • how you interact with our       services, such as which filters you view or apply to Tagster, whether       you’re using Tagster, or which search queries you submit.
  • how you communicate with other       users, such as their names, the time and date of your communications, the       number of messages you exchange with your friends, which friends you       exchange messages with the most, and your interactions with messages       (such as when you open a message or capture a screenshot).
• Content Information. We collect content you create on our services and      information about the content you create or provide, such as if the      recipient has viewed the content and the metadata that is provided with      the content.
• Device Information. We collect information      from and about the devices you use. For example, we collect:
  • information about your       hardware and software, such as the hardware model, operating system       version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application       identifiers, apps installed, unique device identifiers, browser type,       keyboards installed, language, battery level, and time zone;
  • information from device       sensors, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, compasses, microphones, and       whether you have headphones connected; and
  • information about your       wireless and mobile network connections, such as mobile phone number,       service provider, IP address, and signal strength.
• Camera and Photos. Many of our services require us      to collect images and other information from your device’s camera and      photos. For example, you won’t be able to upload photos from your camera      roll unless we can access your camera or photos.
• Information Collected by      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      activity, browser, and device. We may also use these technologies to      collect information when you interact with services we offer through one      of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features. For example,      we may use information collected on other websites to show you more      relevant ads. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If      you prefer, you can usually remove or reject browser cookies through the      settings on your browser or device. Keep in mind, though, that removing or      rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our      services.
• Log Information. We also collect log      information when you use our website, such as:
  • details about how you’ve used       our services;
  • device information, such as       your web browser type and language;
  • access times;
  • pages viewed;
  • IP address;
  • identifiers associated with       cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or       browser; and
  • pages you visited before or       after navigating to our website.

Information We Collect from Third Parties

We may collect information about you from other users, our affiliates and third parties. Here are a few examples:

• If you link your Tagster account to another service      (like a third-party app), we may receive information from the other      service, like how you use that service.
• Advertisers,      app developers, publishers, and other third parties may share information      with us as well. We may use this information, among other ways, to help      target or measure the performance of ads. 

How We Use Information

What do we do with the information we collect? The short answer is: Provide you with an amazing set of products and services that we relentlessly improve. Here are the ways we do that:

• develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain, and      protect our products and services.
• send you communications, including by email. For      example, we may use email to respond to support inquiries or to share      information about our products, services, and promotional offers that we      think may interest you.
• monitor and analyze trends and usage.
• personalize our services by, among other things,      suggesting friends, profile information, helping Tagsters find each other      in Tagster, affiliate and third-party apps and services, or customizing      the content we show you, including ads.
• provide      and improve our advertising services, ad targeting, and ad measurement,      including through the use of your precise location information (again, if      you’ve given us permission to collect that information), both on and off      our services. We may also store information about your use of third-party      apps and websites on your device to do this. See the Control Over Your Information section below for more      information about Tagster Inc.’s      advertising practices and your choices.
• enhance the safety and security of our products and      services.
• verify your identity and prevent fraud or other      unauthorized or illegal activity.
• use information we’ve collected from cookies and other      technology to enhance our services and your experience with them.
• enforce, investigate, and report conduct violating our      Terms of Service and other usage policies, respond to requests from law      enforcement, and comply with legal requirements.

How We Share Information

We may share information about you in the following ways:

• With other Tagsters. We may share the following information with other      Tagsters:
  • information about you, such as your username or email.
  • information about how you have interacted with our       services, such as the names of Tagsters you are friends with, and other       information that will help Tagsters understand your connections with       others using our services. For example, because it may not be clear       whether a new friend request comes from someone you actually know, we may       share whether you and the requestor have Tagster friends in common. 
  • information about your device, such as the operating       system and device type, to help you receive contents and other content in the optimal viewing       format.
  • any additional information you have directed us to       share. For example, Tagster Inc. will share your information when you       connect your Tagster account to a third-party app, and if you share       information or content from Tagster to the third-party app.
  • content you post or send. How widely your content is       shared depends on your personal settings and the type of service you are       using. For example, a package may be sent to just a certain group of friends you       select, but your Curation       Feed content may be seen by any Tagster whom you allow to see your Curation Feed.
• With all Tagsters, our business partners, and the general      public. We      may share the following information with all Tagsters as well as with our      business partners and the general public:
  • public information like your username, profile       pictures, and Public Profile.
  • Public Content like your Curation Feed submissions that are set       to be viewable by everyone, and any content that you submit to an       inherently public service, like crowd-sourced services. This content may       be viewed, used, and shared by the public at large both on and off our       services, including through search results, on websites, in apps, and in       online and offline broadcasts.
• With our affiliates. We may share information with entities within the Tagster, Inc. family of companies.
• With third parties. We may share information with third parties in      the following ways:
  • We       may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf, including to       facilitate payments and measure and optimize the performance of ads and       deliver more relevant ads, including on third-party websites and apps.
  • We may share information about you with business       partners that provide services and functionality on our services. 
  • We may share information about you, such as device and       usage information, to help us and others prevent fraud.
  • We may share information about you for legal, safety,       and security reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably       believe that disclosing the information is needed to:
    • comply with any valid legal        process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule, or regulation.
    • investigate, remedy, or        enforce potential Terms of Service and Community Guidelines violations.
    • protect the rights, property,        or safety of us, our users, or others.
    • detect and resolve any fraud        or security concerns.
  • We       may share information about you as part of a merger or acquisition.       If Tagster Inc. gets involved in a merger, asset       sale, financing, liquidation or bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some       portion of our business to another company, we may share your information       with that company before and after the transaction closes.
• Non-personal information. We may also share with third parties that provide      services to us or perform business purposes for us aggregated,      non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information.

Third-Party Content and Integrations

Our services may contain third-party content and integrations. Through these integrations, you may be providing information to the third party as well as to Tagster. We are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. As always, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service that you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We store your basic account information — like your email address — and list of friends until you ask us to delete them.

If you ever decide to stop using Tagster, you can just ask us to delete your account . We’ll also delete most of the information we’ve collected about you after you’ve been inactive for a while.

Keep in mind that, while our systems are designed to carry out our deletion practices automatically, we cannot promise that deletion will occur within a specific timeframe. There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend those deletion practices if we receive valid legal process asking us to preserve content, if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service violations, or if your account or content created by you is flagged by others or our systems for abuse or other Terms of Service violations. Finally, we may also retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time or as required by law.

Control Over Your Information

We want you to be in control of your information, so we provide you with the following tools.

• Revoking Permissions. In most cases, if you let us use your information, you      can simply revoke your permission by changing the settings in the app or      on your device if your device offers those options. Of course, if you do      that, certain services may lose full functionality.
• Deletion. While      we hope you’ll remain a lifelong member of the Tagster Inc. community, if      for some reason you ever want to delete your account, just go to the Login      Settings page. You can also delete some information in the app, like      photos you’ve saved and search history.
• Advertising Preferences. We try to show you ads that we think will be      relevant to your interests. If you would like to modify the information we      and our advertising partners use to select these ads, you can do so in the      app and through your device preferences. 

International Data Transfers

We may collect your personal information from, transfer it to, and store and process it in the United States and other countries outside of where you live. Whenever we share information outside of where you live, when we are legally required to do so, we make sure an adequate transfer mechanism is in place. We also make sure any third parties we share information with have an adequate transfer mechanism in place, as well.

State and Region Specific Information

You may have specific privacy rights in your state or region. For example, in the United States, residents of California and other states have specific privacy rights. Tagsters in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, Brazil, the Republic of Korea, and other jurisdictions also have specific rights. We keep an up-to-date overview of state and region specific disclosures. 

Children

Our services are not intended for — and we don’t direct them to — anyone under 13. And that’s why we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. In some cases, this means we will be unable to provide certain functionality to these users. If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.

Revisions to the Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. But when we do, we’ll let you know one way or another. Sometimes, we’ll let you know by revising the date at the top of the Privacy Policy that’s available on our mobile application. Other times, we may provide you with additional notice (such as providing you with an in-app notification).