United States Regional Privacy Notice
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About this Notice
Effective July 1, 2023
This United States Regional Privacy Notice (“Notice”) is for people living in the United States and supplements the
Social Bevy Privacy Policy, please see their U.S. Regional Privacy Notice
This Notice explains how we collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information. It also describes how to exercise
your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Act Concerning
Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and the Virginia Consumer Data
Protection Act. We call those laws collectively the “U.S. Privacy Laws.”
When we say “Personal Information” in this Notice, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is
reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked with you, directly or indirectly. Personal
Information does not include information that cannot be reasonably linked to you. When data is deidentified (as
defined under the U.S. Privacy Laws), we maintain it in deidentified form and do not attempt to reidentify the
information.
How we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information
To provide the products or features offered by Social Bevy (“Social Bevy Company Products"), we process
information about you, including Personal Information, whether or not you have an account or are logged in. The
best way to learn about the types of information we collect and how we use them is to review the Social Bevy
Privacy Policy and the privacy policies of our other products.
Subject to the limitations we describe in our privacy policies, we may disclose your Personal Information for
business purposes, with strict restrictions on how our partners can use and disclose the data we provide. We may
also disclose it at your direction or in other ways that are in accordance with the U.S. Privacy Laws. We don’t
“share” your Personal Information, as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). We also don’t sell
any of your Personal Information, and we never will.
The information we collect, use and disclose about you will vary depending on how you interact with Social Bevy
and our products. For the products covered by this Notice, here’s a summary of:
- The categories of Personal Information we may have collected about you over the past 12 months
- How we may use your Personal Information
- To whom we may have disclosed that information
- Identifiers;
- Characteristics of protected classifications;
- Commercial information;
- Photos and videos, which may include face imagery;
- Internet or other
electronic network activity
information, including
browser and app logs,
content you view or
engage with, and app,
browser and device
information;
- Location-related
information;
- Audio or visual
information, including
photos, videos, and voice
recordings;
- Professional or
employment information;
- Education information;
- Information derived from
other Personal
Information about you,
which could include your
preferences, interests,
and other information
used to personalize your
experience; and
- Other information you
provide.
We may also collect sensitive
personal information (as defined in
U.S. Privacy Laws), which may
include:
- Social security, driver’s
license, state
identification card or
passport number;
- Precise geolocation;
- Information about your
racial or ethnic origin or
religious views or union
membership;
- The content of messages
you send and receive,
which are considered
sensitive personal
information under CCPA;
- Information about your
sexual orientation;
- Information about your
health; and
Face imagery or voice recordings
which may be used to identify you
when you use relevant features.
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- Providing, personalizing, and improving our products, including ads;
- Providing measurement, analytics, and other business services;
- Promoting safety, integrity, and security;
- Providing marketing communications to you;
- Communicating with you; and
- Researching and innovating for social good.
For categories of sensitive personal information that we collect, we will only use or disclose it either with your specific consent when
required, or as otherwise permitted by law, including the CCPA. Learn More about the permitted purposes under CCPA.
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- People and accounts you share and communicate with;
- People and accounts with which others share or reshare content about you;
- Apps, websites, and third-party integrations on or using our products;
- New owners in the event of a change of ownership or control of all or part of our products or their assets changes;
- Partners, including partners offering goods and services on our products, as explained in our Privacy Policy;
- Vendors, including measurement and marketing vendors;
- Service providers;
- Third parties, including external researchers and academics;
- Law enforcement or other third parties in connection with legal requests, to comply with applicable law or to prevent harm; and
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Sources of Personal Information
Depending on how you interact with Social Bevy and our products, the categories of sources from which we’ve
collected Personal Information about you may include:
- You: We receive Personal Information from the information that you provide. For example, we collect the
content, communications, and other information you provide when you use our products, including when
you sign up for an account, create or share content, and message or communicate with others. We collect
information about the people, pages, accounts, hashtags, and groups you are connected to, and how you
interact with them across our products, such as the people you communicate with the most or the groups
you are part of. We also collect information about how you use our products, including ads we serve on
and off our products, such as the types of content you view or engage with, the features you use, the
actions you take, the people or accounts you interact with, and the time, frequency, and duration of your
activities.
- Other people: We may also receive and analyze content, communications, and information about you
that other people provide when they use our products, such as when others share or comment on a
photo of you, send a message to you, or upload, sync, or import your contact information.
- Your device(s):We collect information from and about the computers, phones, connected TVs, and other
web-connected devices you use that integrate with our products, and we combine this information across
different devices you use.
- Social Bevy Companies: We receive information from other Social Bevy Companies according to their
terms and policies and as permitted by applicable law. In some cases, we act as a service provider for
other Social Bevy Companies, and act on their behalf and in accordance with their instructions and terms.
- Partners, vendors and third parties: Advertisers, app developers, and publishers and other partners can
send us information for business purposes including through the Social Bevy Business Tools they use, our
social plugins (such as the Like button), Facebook Login, our APIs and SDKs, or the Social Bevy pixel. These
partners provide information about your activities on and off our products—including information about
your device, websites you visit, apps you use, games you play, and purchases you make. We also receive
information about your online and offline actions, and purchases from third-party data providers who
have the rights to provide us with your information. These partners collect your information when you
visit their websites or use their services or through third parties they work with. We require each of these
partners to have rights to collect, use, and disclose your information before providing any information to
us. We also obtain information from publicly available sources, research institutions and professional and
non-profit groups, including companies or organizations that provide content including videos, photos, or
audio.
How long do we keep your Personal Information?
We keep Personal Information, including sensitive Personal Information, as long as we need it to provide our
products, comply with legal obligations or protect our or other’s interests. We decide how long we need
information on a case-by-case basis.
Here’s what we consider when we decide:
- If we need it to operate or provide our products.
- The feature we use it for, and how that feature works.
- How long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal obligations.
- If we need it for other legitimate purposes, such as to prevent harm; investigate possible violations of our
terms or policies; promote safety, security and integrity; or protect ourselves, including our rights,
property or products.
Learn more in the “Why we may preserve your information longer” section of the Social Bevy Privacy Policy here.
How can you exercise your rights provided under the U.S. Privacy Laws?
Depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights:
- Right to Know: The right to request that we disclose to you the Personal Information we collect, use, or
disclose, and information about our data practices.
- Right to Request Correction: The right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information that we
maintain about you.
- Right to Request Deletion: The right to request that we delete your Personal Information that we have
collected from or about you.
- Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising: The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal
Information obtained from your activities on nonaffiliated websites or online applications for the
purposes of targeted advertising.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy
rights.
To submit a request to exercise your rights, and as applicable, to appeal a consumer rights action, please visit this
webform.
Here’s how you can exercise the right to opt out of targeted advertising:
- For ads you see through Social Bevy Products, visit the “Activity information from ad partners” section in
Ad Preferences.
- For ads you see on other apps and websites about Social Bevy Products or services, use the Digital
Advertising Alliance and the NAI industry opt-outs. If you apply certain ad blockers and tools to restrict
cookies, it may interfere with your ability to opt out. You can also opt out through your mobile device
settings. Different manufacturers provide different ways to opt out of advertisements.
Please note that to protect your information and the integrity of our products, we may need to verify your identity
before processing your request. In some cases, we may need to collect additional information to verify your
identity, such as a government issued ID.
Under certain U.S. Privacy Laws, you may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your
behalf. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request, we may need to collect additional information, such as
a government issued ID, to verify your identity before processing your request to protect your information. In most
cases, we will facilitate your request through automated tools available through your password-protected account.
For information on the CCPA requests we have received, please email
[email protected]
Contact for more information
If you have additional questions about this Notice or how to exercise your rights under applicable U.S. Privacy
Laws, please contact us at
[email protected].