Privacy & Policy

Last Update 17 Feb 2023, 11:12 PM

Awkwards Only

Privacy Policy

Last Updated [January 28, 2022]

Welcome to the Awkwards Only Privacy

Policy (hereinafter, the “Policy”). We

respect the privacy of all of our users.

This Policy explains how we collect,

store, protect, and share your

information, and with whom we share

it. Please read this Policy carefully.

1. Who We Are

The company that is responsible

for your information under this

Policy (hereinafter referred to

as “we,” “our,” or “us”) is:

Awkwards Only
25369 U.S. Highway 98, Unit K
Daphne, Alabama 36256

2. Where This Privacy

Policy Applies

This Privacy Policy applies to the

websites, apps, events and other

services operated by Awkwards

Only (hereinafter referred to as

“Services”).

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH

THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY,

PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE

OUR SERVICES. BY ACCESSING OR

USING OUR SERVICES, YOU

EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET

FORTH IN THIS POLICY.

3. What Information

We Collect

When you register for an account

to use our Services, we collect a

variety of information and data

about you. The information and

data we collect helps to enhance

your experience with our Services

and verify our users. Since the goal

of our Service is to connect you

with other compatible users, we

rely upon the information and data

you provide us in order to do so.

We also collect information and

data generated as you use our

Services, for example access logs,

as well as data from third parties.

For the purposes of this Policy, all

of the information and data we

gather from you and/or about your

access and/or use of our Services

will be collectively referred to

as “Information”.

A. Information You

Provide To Us

You choose to voluntarily give us

certain Information when using

our Services. This includes:

Personal Data: When you
create an account and use
our Services, you voluntarily
provide us with some basic
personal data for our Services
to work including but not
limited to:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Sexual orientation
- Location
- Lifestyle choices
- Interests
- Employment
- Photographs & videos

Some of the Information you
choose to provide us may be
considered “special” or
“sensitive” in certain jurisdictions,
like your race, ethnic origins,
sexual orientation, details about
your health, and/or religious
beliefs. By choosing to provide
this Information, you consent
to our processing of that
Information and sharing it
with others. While you may
voluntarily provide this
Information to us when you
create your account, there is no
requirement to do so.

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

Once you register, you will be able
to review and change this
Information at any time just by
logging into your account. It is your
responsibility for what Information
is provided in your account details.

B. Information Collected
When You Use Our Services

When you use or access our Services,

we collect other Information about

which features you have used, how

you have used them, and the devices

you use to access our Services.

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 used,
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: When you
create an account and use our
Services, you voluntarily provide
us with some basic personal data
for our Services to work including
but not limited to:
- Your IP address using
  Google Analytics;
- Mobile device ID, model and
  manufacturer, operating
  system, and version data; and
- Data on your wireless and
  mobile network connection,
  like your service provider
  and signal strength.

Other Information with your
consent: If you have given us
access to your location in your
device settings, when you use
our Services, we will collect data
about WiFi access points as well
as other location data about your
longitude and latitude and may
save your device’s coordinates to
offer certain features to you. The
collection of your geolocation may
occur in the background even when
you are not 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.

4. Cookies and Other
Similar Data Collection
Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons,
tracking pixels, and other tracking
technologies (“Cookies”) to help
customize our Services and improve
your experience. Cookies are tools
that store data about your use of our
Services. Cookies also allow us to
recognize you and your preferences,
as well as track different user trends.
You can remove or reject Cookies, but
be aware that such action could affect
the availability and functionality of
our Services.

5. How We Use Your
Information

Having accurate Information
about you permits us to provide
and secure our Services to better
serve you. Specifically, we may use
Information collected about you to:

Create and manage your
account and profile.
Compile anonymous statistical
data and analysis for use
internally.
Email you regarding your
account or our Services.
Enable user-to-user connections
and communications.
Increase the efficiency and
operation of our Services.
Request feedback and contact
you about your use of our Services.
Resolve disputes.
Provide customer support,
troubleshoot issues, manage our
Services, and respond to requests,
questions, and comments.
Send you a newsletter.
Solicit support for our Services.
Administer sweepstakes,
promotions, and/or contests.
Assist law enforcement and
respond to subpoenas.
Deliver targeted advertising,
coupons, newsletters, and other
Information regarding promotions
and our Services to you.
Fulfill, manage, and process
purchases, orders, payments, and
other transactions related to our
Services.
Generate a personal profile about
you to make our Services more
personalized.
Monitor and analyze usage and
trends to improve your experience
with our Services.
Notify you of updates to our
Services.
Offer a new product, service,
mobile applications, and/or
recommendations to you.
Prevent fraudulent transactions,
monitor against theft, and protect
against criminal activity.
For any other purpose with
your consent.

6. How We Share and
Disclose Your Information

The primary sharing of your
Information is with other users of
our Services. Please be careful with
all of your Information and make sure
that all content you share is what you
are comfortable being public. You
should assume that all data and
content you post or submit while
using our Services may be public
and accessible by both users and
non-users of our Services.

We may share Information we
have collected about you in other
certain situations, such as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights: If
we believe the release of
Information about you is
necessary to respond to
legal process, to investigate
or remedy potential violations
of our policies, or to protect
the rights, property, and
safety of others, we may
share your Information as
permitted or required by
any applicable law, rule,
or regulation. This includes
exchanging Information
with other entities for
fraud protection and
credit risk reduction.

Third-Party Service
Providers: We may share
your Information with third
parties that perform a
service for us or on our
behalf, including payment
processing, data analysis,
email delivery, hosting
service, customer service,
and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications:
We may share your Information
with third parties for our
marketing purposes, as
permitted by law.

Interactions with Other
Users: If you interact with
other users while using our
Services, those users may
see your name, profile
photo, and any other
Information you provide
in your profile.

Third-Party Advertisers:
We may use third-party
advertising companies to
serve ads when you use
our Services. These
companies may use
Information about your
use of our Services and
other applications and/or

websites that are contained

in web cookies in order to

provide advertisements

about a good and/or

service of interest to you.

Affiliates: We may share

your Information with our

affiliates, in which case we

will require those affiliates

to honor this Policy. Affiliates

include our parent company

and any subsidiaries, joint

venture partners, or other

companies that we control

or that are under common

control with us.

Business Partners: We may

share your Information with

our business partners to

offer you a certain product,

service, or promotion.

Social Media Contacts: If

you connect to our

Services through a social

network, your contacts on

the social network may

see your name, profile photo,

and descriptions of your

activity.

Other Third Parties: We

may share your Information

with advertisers and

investors for the purpose

of conducting general

business analysis.

Sale or Bankruptcy: If we

reorganize or sell all or a

portion of our assets,

undergo a merger, or are

acquired by another entity,

we may transfer your

Information to the

successor entity. If we go

out of business or enter

bankruptcy, your

Information would be an

asset transferred or

acquired by a third party.

You acknowledge that

such transfers may occur

and that the transferee

may decline to honor

commitments we made

in this Policy.

We are not responsible for the

actions of third parties with

whom you share personal or

sensitive data, and we have

no authority to manage or

control third-party solicitations.

If you no longer wish to receive

correspondence, emails or other

communications from third

parties, you are responsible for

contacting the third party

directly.

7. Your Rights

We want you to be in control

of your Information, so we

have provided you with the

following tools:

Access / Update tools
in the service. Tools and
account settings that help
you to access, rectify or
delete Information that you
provided to us and that is
associated with your
account directly within
the service.

Device permissions.
Mobile platforms have
permission systems for
specific types of device
data and notifications,
such as phone book and
location services as well
as push notifications. You
can change your settings
on your device to either
consent or oppose the
collection of the
corresponding Information
or the display of the
corresponding notifications.
Of course, if you do that,
certain aspects of our
Services may lose full
functionality.

Deletion. You can delete
your account at any time.

If you have any question
on any of these tools and
settings, please contact us.

We want you to be aware of
your privacy rights. Here are
a few key points to remember:

Reviewing your Information.
Applicable privacy laws may
give you the right to review
the Information we keep
about you (depending on
the jurisdiction, this may
be called right of access,
right of portability, or
variations of those
terms). You can request a
copy of your Information
from us.

Device permissions.
Mobile platforms have
permission systems for
specific types of device
data and notifications,
such as phone book and
location services as well
as push notifications.
You can change your
settings on your device
to either consent or
oppose the collection
of the corresponding
Information or the
display of the
corresponding
notifications. Of course,
if you do that, certain
aspects of our Services
may lose full functionality.

For your protection and the

protection of all of our users,

we may ask you to provide

proof of identity before we can

answer the above requests.

Keep in mind, we may reject
requests for certain reasons,
including if the request is
unlawful or if it may infringe
on trade secrets or intellectual
property or the privacy of
another user. If you wish to
receive Information relating
to another user, such as a
copy of any messages you
received from him or her
through our Services, the
other user will have to
contact us to provide their
written consent before the
Information is released.

Also, we may not be able to
accommodate certain requests
to object to the processing of
Information, notably where
such requests would not allow
us to provide our service to
you anymore.

Uninstall. You can stop
all Information collection
by an app by uninstalling
it using the standard
uninstall process for your
device. If you uninstall the
app from your mobile device,
the unique identifier
associated with your
device will continue to
be stored. If you re-install
the application on the same
mobile device, we will be
able to re-associate this
identifier to your previous
transactions and activities.

Accountability. In certain
countries, including in the
European Union, you have
a right to lodge a complaint
with the appropriate data
protection authority if you
have concerns about how
we process your Information.

8. Residents of
California

For users who are California
residents, the data we may collect
falls within the following categories
of “personal information”, as defined
by the California Consumer Privacy
Act (CCPA):

Identifiers, such as name
and location;
Personal information, as
defined in the California
customer records law, such
as contact (including email
and telephone number)
and financial information;
Characteristics of protected
classifications under
California or federal law (if
you choose to provide
them), such as age, gender
identity, marital status,
sexual orientation, race,
ancestry, national origin,
religion, and medical
conditions;
Commercial information,
such as transaction
information and purchase
history;
Biometric information;
Internet or network
activity information, such
as browsing history and
interactions with our
Services;
Geolocation data, such
as mobile device location;
Audio, electronic, visual
and similar information,
such as photos and videos;
Professional or
employment-related
information, such as work
history and prior employer;
Non-public education
information; and
Inferences drawn from any
of the “personal information”
listed above to create a
profile or summary about,
for example, an individual’s
preferences and
characteristics.

If you are a California resident,

you can request a notice

disclosing the categories of

“personal information” as

defined by the CCPA about you

that we have shared with third

parties during the preceding

calendar year. Please specify

in your request the details

you would like to know,

including any specific pieces

of “personal information” you

would like to access. For your

protection and the protection

of all of our users, we may ask

you to provide proof of

identity before we can answer

such a request.

9. Security of Your
Information

We use administrative,

technical, and physical

security measures to help

protect your Information.

While we have taken

reasonable steps to secure

the Information you provide

to us, please be aware that

despite our efforts, no

security measures are perfect

or impenetrable, and no

method of data transmission

can be guaranteed against

any interception or other

type of misuse. Any

Information disclosed

through the use of our

Services is vulnerable to

interception and misuse by

unauthorized parties.

Therefore, we cannot

guarantee complete

security if you provide

Information. Any transmission

of your Information while

using our Services is at

your own risk.

We may suspend your

use of all or part of our

Services without notice if we

suspect or detect any breach

of security. If you believe that

your account or Information

is no longer secure, please

10. How Long We

Retain Your

Information

We retain your Information

for as long as necessary to

fulfill the purpose(s) for which

it was collected and to comply

with applicable laws, and your

consent to such purpose(s)

remains valid after termination

of your relationship with us.

Except for Information required

for accounting or record-keeping

purposes, we may automatically

delete your Information after 24

months of inactivity unless we

have a valid reason to retain

such Information.

11. Children's Privacy

Our Services are restricted to

users who have reached the

age of majority in their

respective jurisdiction. We do

not permit minor users under

the age of majority to use our

Services and we do not knowingly

collect Information from anyone

under the age of majority. If you

are a minor, we request that you

do not submit Information to us.

If you suspect that a user is a

minor, please contact us

immediately. If we become aware

that a minor has registered with

us and provided us with

Information, we will take steps to

terminate that person’s registration.

12. Privacy Policy

Changes

We reserve the right to make

changes to this Privacy Policy

at any time and for any reason.

We will alert you about any

changes by updating the

“Last updated” date on the

first page of this Policy.

You are encouraged to

periodically review this Policy

to stay informed of updates.

You will be deemed to have

been made aware of, will be

subject to, and will be deemed

to have accepted the changes

in any revised Policy by your

continued use of our Services

after the date such revised

Policy is posted.

13. Contacting Us

If you have questions about this
Policy or our privacy practices,
you can contact us by writing to: