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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 28, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words in which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to SimPPL, a research collective that is fiscally sponsored by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit located at 22 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: New York, United States.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to the SimPPL website for the Service provided, called Sakhi, accessible from https://sakhi.simppl.org/.
  • You refers to the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

We are committed to protecting the personal data of all users of Our Service. Your personal information is only used to improve the Service and to advise our non-governmental organization partners to make physical resources available in Your community.

Phone number and User conversations are collected.

Use of Your Personal Data

We store your conversation data anonymously in order to improve product performance and programs in the communities run by our NGO partner. We do not share this data with third parties for targeting or advertisements. The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, and improving our Service, products, services, and marketing.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, we may disclose Your data:

  • For business transactions, such as a merger or sale of assets.
  • To comply with legal obligations or court orders.
  • To protect the personal safety of Users or the public.

Security of Your Personal Data

We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, but no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 10. If We become aware of any such data collected, We take steps to remove it from Our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites such as WhatsApp and Telegram. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and will notify You via email if You have an account with Us.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email: sakhibotsimppl@gmail.com.