Last updated: August 17, 2020
This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding information collection and usage solely for the "The Fold" app and website.
By using or accessing the App, you agree that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO HAVING YOUR INFORMATION USED IN THE WAYS OUTLINED BELOW, DO NOT USE THIS APP.
Personally Identifiable Information That We Collect
The Fold collects personally identifiable information about you that you voluntarily submit to us. We may collect this information in a variety of ways, including without limitation when you register for an account, when you use the features and functionality on our App. The personally identifiable information which you may voluntarily provide to us or we may otherwise collect or access through the App includes:
Non-Personally Identifiable Information That We Collect
When you visit or use the app, we automatically collect non-identifying information. Our App uses “Google Analytics for Firebase” Google Analytics for Firebase is an analytics tool which collects information about how you use our App. We only use this information on an anonymized basis for our own internal analytical purposes. You can find out more about “Google Analytics for Firebase” and how it works here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/.
How Information Is Collected and used
App registration and use: We will use your information to process your registration for an account on the App. Once you are registered, we will use your information to identify you when you log into secure areas of our App. We will use your account information so that we can administer your account and contact you about your account.
Feedback: From time to time, we may invite you to provide feedback about us or our products and services. We will use your personal information contained in your feedback or survey response to help us improve the quality of service provided by our personnel. We also use your feedback to monitor the quality of our products and services and to assist with the selection of future products and services.
Insight and analysis: We use your information to monitor metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns. This information is used to create insights about our visitors’ use of our App. By using this information, we are able to measure the effectiveness of our content and how visitors use our App and our products and services. This allows us to learn what features and functionality of our App are most attractive to our visitors, which parts of our App are the most interesting and what kind of features and functionalities our visitors like to see.
Diagnostics and maintenance: We use your information to help us diagnose or fix technology problems with the App and to provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of the App.
Business administration and legal compliance: We use your information for business administration and legal compliance purposes, including without limitation, to comply with our legal obligations, to enforce our legal rights, to protect the rights of third parties, and in connection with a business transition such as a merger, reorganisation, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets.
Using the app: Any action taken by you inside the app may be tracked with Google Analytics for Firebase. This is anonymized information that cannot be directly traced back to you. We use it to decide what features or parts of the app should be changed or removed.
Security
The security of your information is very important to us. We attempt to provide for the secure storage of your information by using commercially reasonable safeguards and taking reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. Unfortunately, due to the inherent nature of the Internet and online communications, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that information on the App or our servers will be free from unauthorized access by third parties such as hackers. Your use of the App demonstrates your assumption of this risk.
Other Services, Websites and Applications
The App may integrate third-party services and content and may contain links to third-party websites and applications. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party services, websites and applications, and we do not endorse or promote such third-party websites, applications and services. This Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use do not apply to any third-party service, website or application. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party service, website or application or service, including those that are integrated in the App or have a link on the App, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. When you link away from our App, you do so at your own risk.
User Communication With Us
Any material or communications transmitted to us by email, including, without limitation, any information, photographs, data, questions, comments, or suggestions, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be used by us for any purpose, including, without limitation, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting
Protection for Children
We do not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the App. The App and its content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at thefold.app@gmail.com
Law enforcement or other government and regulatory agencies:
We may share personally identifiable information with law enforcement or other government and regulatory agencies or other third parties as required by, and in accordance with, applicable law or regulation.
How Can I Correct or Update My Personal Information?
It is important to us that we keep your information up to date. If you need to update or correct any of your information, please contact us at thefold.app@gmail.com
How we notify you about any updates to our privacy policy
Whenever we update our privacy policy we will notify you by email (assuming you have provided your email to us.) and require you to accept it again the next time you use the app.
Do Not Track Requests
Due to the software complexities of responding to do not track requests, our company does not respond to do not track requests
Terms of Use
This Privacy Policy, and the use of the App, is subject to our Terms of Use.
United States of America
Our App is maintained in the United States of America. By accessing the App from a jurisdiction outside of the United States, you freely and specifically give us your consent to export your personally identifiable information from your local jurisdiction to our servers in the United States and to store and use such information in the United States as set forth in this Privacy Policy.