WAMessages PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY NOTICE
Last updated September 30, 2021

Thank you for choosing to become part of our community at Noosa Labs Inc ("Company", "we", "us" or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices regarding your personal information, please contact us at support@wamessages.xyz. 

This privacy notice describes how we may use your information if you:

  • Visit our website at https://wamessages.com
  • Use our Chrome extension available for download on the Chrome Web Store
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing or events

In this privacy notice, if we refer to:

  • "Website" means any website or application of ours that references or links to this policy
  • "Services" we mean our website, and other related services, including any sales, marketing or events

The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain to you as clearly as possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please stop using our Services immediately.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information we collect.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information that you disclose to us
In summary: We collect the personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide us when you register on the website, when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the website (for example, posting messages on our online forums or participating in contests, competitions or sweepstakes) or when you contact us.

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
Personal information provided by you. We collect names, phone numbers, email addresses, credit/debit card numbers, and other similar information.

Payment information. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number) and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe. You can find the link to their privacy notice here.

All personal information you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Automatically Collected Information

In summary: Some information - such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or the characteristics of your browser and your device - is collected automatically when you visit our website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or browse the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (such as your name or contact information), but may include device and usage information such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our and other technical information. This information is primarily required to maintain our security and operation, and for our internal reporting and analytics purposes.
Like many companies, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:

  • Registration and Usage Data. Log and Usage Data is service-, diagnostic-, usage- and performance-related information that our servers automatically collect when you access or use our website and that we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings, as well as information about your activity on the website (such as date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take, such as features you use), information about device events (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called 'crash dumps' ) and hardware configuration).
  • Device data. We collect device data, such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP (or proxy server) address, device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, service provider Internet and/or mobile operator, operating system and system configuration information.
  • Location data. We collect location data, such as information about the location of your device, which may be accurate or inaccurate. The amount of information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can choose not to allow us to collect this information, either by denying access to the information or by turning off the location settings on your device. Please note, however, that if you opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
In summary: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, performance of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected through our website for a number of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes based on our legitimate business interests, to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or to comply with our legal obligations. We set out the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

  • To facilitate the account creation and login process. If you choose to link your account with us to a third party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate the account creation and login process for the execution of the contract.
  • Post testimonials. We post testimonials on our website that may contain personal information. Before posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the testimonial. If you would like to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us at support@wamessages.xyz and be sure to includ e your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
  • Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and contact you about your use of our website.
  • To allow communications between users. We may use your information to enable user-to-user communications with each user's consent.
  • To manage user accounts. We may use your information to manage our account and keep it running.
  • To send you administrative information. We may use your personal information to send you information about products, services and new features and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions and policies.
  • To protect our services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
  • To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, or in connection with our contract.
  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a court order or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
  • Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns and exchanges made through the Website.
  • Administer sweepstakes and contests. We may use your information to administer sweepstakes and contests when you choose to participate in our contests.
  • To offer and facilitate the provision of services to the user. We may use your data to provide you with the requested service.
  • To respond to user inquiries and offer assistance. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and resolve any potential problems you may have with the use of our services.
  • To send you promotional and marketing communications. We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you submit to us for our marketing purposes, if this is consistent with your marketing preferences. For example, when you express an interest in learning about us or our website, sign up for marketing, or otherwise contact us, we will collect your personal information. You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us at any time (see "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS? " section below).
  • Offer you personalized advertising. We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties that do) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure their effectiveness.
  • For other business purposes. We may use your information for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our website, products, marketing, and your experience. We may use and store this information on an aggregated and anonymous basis so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information.

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In summary: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share the data we hold based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us your specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
  • Legitimate interests: We may process your data where it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
  • Performance of a contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal data to fulfill the terms of our contract.
  • Legal obligations: We may disclose your information when we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, government requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or subpoena (including in response to law enforcement authorities). to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital interests: We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

Specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

  • Business transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or in the course of dealing with, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and who require access to such information to perform that job. Some examples are: payment processing, data analysis, sending emails, hosting services, customer service and marketing initiatives. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Website, which will allow them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with our Website over time. This information may be used, among other things, to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, pages, or features, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent, or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes. We have contracts with our data processors, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do so. They will also not share your personal information with any organization other than us. They also undertake to protect the data they have on our behalf and to keep it for the period that we indicate.
  • Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint ventures 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 certain products, services or promotions.

4. WITH WHOM WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED?
In summary: We only share information with the following categories of third parties.

We only share and disclose your information with the following categories of third parties. If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke it, please contact us using the contact details set out in the section entitled "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US REGARDING THIS NOTICE?".

  • Data analysis services
  • Financial and accounting tools
  • payment processors
  • Performance monitoring tools
  • Marketing and sales tools
  • Web hosting service providers

5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In summary: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?
In summary: We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice, unless otherwise required by law.

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). None of the purposes of this notice will require us to retain your personal information for more than six (6) months after the end of the user's account.

Where we have no legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will delete or anonymize such information or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store your information and we will isolate it from any further treatment until its elimination is possible.

7. HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION?
In summary: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our protections and measures to secure your information, no Internet electronic transmission or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cyber criminals or other unauthorized third parties cannot defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the website in a secure environment.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In summary: We do not knowingly collect data from or trade with children under the age of 18

We do not intentionally solicit data from children under the age of 18, nor do we market to them. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age or the parent or guardian of such minor and you consent to the use of the Website by such dependent minor. If we learn that personal data has been collected from users under the age of 18, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable steps to promptly remove such data from our records. If you become aware that we have collected data from children under 18, please contact us via support@wamessages.xyz .

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In summary: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK), you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You can review, modify or cancel your account at any time.

In some regions (such as the EEA and the UK), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to (i) request access to and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) request rectification or deletion; (iii) restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details below. We will consider and act on any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note, however, that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to your revocation, or processing of your personal information carried out on the basis of legal processing grounds other than consent.

If you are based in the EEA or the UK and believe that we are unlawfully processing your personal data, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country. You can find their contact details here. 

If you reside in Switzerland, the contact details of the data protection authorities are available here .

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you can email us at support@wamessages.xyz.

Account information

If at any time you wish to review or modify your account information or cancel your account, you may do so:

  • Contact us using the contact information provided.

When you request cancellation of your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some of the information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist in any investigation, enforce our terms of use, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and reject them. If you decide to delete cookies or reject them, this could affect certain functions or services of our website. To opt out of interest-based advertising from advertisers on our website, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ 


Unsubscribe from email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the emails we send you or by contacting us through of the data listed below. However, we may continue to communicate with you, for example, to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-business purposes. To unsubscribe in another way, you can:

  • Contact us using the contact information provided.

10. CONTROLS FOR NON-TRACKING FUNCTIONS

Most Internet browsers and some mobile operating systems and applications include a Do Not Track ("DNT") feature or setting that you can enable to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your activities online browsing monitored and collected. At this time, no uniform technological standard has been established for recognizing and applying DNT signals. As such, we do not currently respond to browser DNT signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a policy for online tracking is adopted that we are required to follow in the future, we will tell you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

11. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In summary: Yes, if you are a California resident, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, allows our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about the categories of personal information ( if any) that we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with whom we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please send it to us in writing using the contact information below.

If you are under the age of 18, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Website, you have the right to request removal of any unwanted data you post on the Website. To request deletion of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, including the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will ensure that the data is not publicly displayed, but please note that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all of our systems (eg backups, etc.).


CCPA Privacy Notice

The California Code of Regulations defines "resident" as:

  1. any individual who is in the State of California for a purpose other than temporary or transitory and
  2. any natural person domiciled in the State of California who is temporarily or transiently outside the State of California

All other individuals are defined as "nonresidents."

If this definition of "resident" applies to you, we must respect certain rights and obligations in relation to your personal information.

What categories of personal information do we collect?

In the last twelve (12) months we have collected the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers: contact data such as name, alias, address, telephone, email address, account name, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address.
  • Categories of personal information listed in the California customer records statute: name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information
  • Commercial information: information about transactions, purchase history, financial details and payment information.
  • Activity on the Internet or other similar networks: browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data and interactions with or and other websites, applications, systems and advertisements.
  • Geolocation data: device location.

We may also collect personal information outside of these categories when you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

  • Receive help through our customer service channels;
  • Participation in customer surveys or contests; Y
  • Facilitate the provision of our Services and respond to your inquiries.


How do we use and share your personal information?

WAMessages collects and shares your personal information through:

  • Personalization cookies/marketing cookies
  • Beacons/Pixels/Tags

You can find more information about our data collection and sharing practices in this privacy notice

You can contact us by email via support@wamessages.xyz, or by consulting the contact details at the end of this document.

If you use an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out, we may deny a request if the authorized agent fails to provide proof that it has been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

Will your information be shared with someone else?

We may disclose your personal information to our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes information on our behalf.

We may use your personal data for our own business purposes, such as conducting internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered a "sale" of your personal data.

WAMessages has disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for business or commercial purposes in the last twelve (12) months:

  • Category A. Identifiers, such as contact data, such as your real name, alias, postal address, contact telephone or cell phone number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet protocol address, email address and name of the bill.
  • Category B. Personal information, as defined by the California customer records law, such as your name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information.
  • Category D. Commercial information, such as transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information.
  • Category F. Information about Internet or other electronic network activity, such as browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements.
  • Category G. Geolocation data, such as device location.

The categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes are listed under "WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?"

WAMessages has not sold any personal information to third parties for business or commercial purposes in the last twelve (12) months. WAMessages will not sell personal information belonging to website visitors, users and other consumers in the future.


Your rights regarding your personal data

Right to request data deletion - Deletion request

You can request the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will honor your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) another consumer's exercise of their right to freedom of expression , our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be necessary to protect against illegal activity.

Right to be informed - Request for information


Depending on the circumstances, you have the right to know:

  • if we collect and use your personal information;
  • the categories of personal information we collect;
  • the purposes for which the personal information collected is used; if we sell your personal information to third parties;
  • the categories of personal information we sold or disclosed for business purposes;
  • the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for business purposes; Y
  • the business or commercial purpose of collecting or selling personal information.

Under applicable law, we are not required to provide or delete consumer information that is anonymous in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.

Right to non-discrimination for the exercise of consumer privacy rights

We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

Verification process

Upon receipt of your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine that you are the same person for whom we have the information in our system. These verification tasks require us to ask you for information so that we can check it against information you have previously provided to us. For example, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a method of communication (for example, telephone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods depending on the circumstances.

We will only use the personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or your authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for verification purposes. However, if we are unable to verify your identity from the information we have, we may ask you to provide us with additional information in order to verify your identity, and for security or fraud prevention purposes. We will delete such additional information as soon as we finish verifying it.

Other privacy rights

  • You can object to the processing of your personal data
  • you can request the rectification of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or request that the processing of the data be restricted
  • You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf under the CCPA. We may deny a request from an authorized agent who fails to provide proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
  • You can request to opt-out of the future sale of your personal information to third parties. When we receive an opt-out request, we will respond to it as soon as possible, but no later than 15 days from the date the request is submitted.

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email through support@wamessages.xyz , or by consulting the contact details that appear at the end of this document. If you have a complaint about the processing of your data, we would like you to let us know.

12. DID WE UPDATE THIS NOTICE?

In summary: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to continue to comply with applicable laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US REGARDING THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at support@wamessages.xyz. 

14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by email to support@wamessages.xyz. 

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