Privacy

FYI

OWNER

PKapps (Sole Proprietorship)

Websites and Services ( pkapps.xyz among others, hereinafter, “PKapps w&s”)

Owner contact email: CLICK HERE

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

Among the types of Personal Data that PKapps w&s collect, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data, email address, first name, last name, phone number, various types of Data, general activity data, geographic position, date of birth, Email, gender and company name.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using PKapps w&s.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by PKapps w&s is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for PKapps w&s to provide its services. In cases where PKapps w&s specifically state that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by PKapps w&s or by the owners of third-party services used by PKapps w&s serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through PKapps w&s and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

MODE AND PLACE OF PROCESSING THE DATA

METHODS OF PROCESSING

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures (when applicable) and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of PKapps w&s (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law.
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject.
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner.
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

PLACE

The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

RETENTION TIME

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

THE PURPOSES OF PROCESSING

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Analytics, Handling payments, Tag Management, Commercial affiliation, Contacting the User, Content commenting, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing), Hosting and back-end infrastructure, Data transfer outside the EU, Displaying content from external platforms, Handling activity data, Infrastructure monitoring, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Interaction with live chat platforms, Location-based interactions, Managing contacts and sending messages, Managing support and contact requests, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, SPAM protection, Managing landing and invitation pages, Traffic optimization and distribution and User database management.

Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.

INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONAL DATA

Selling goods and services online

The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by PKapps w&s depends on the payment system used.

Analysis and predictions based on the User’s Data (“profiling”)

The Owner may use the Personal and Usage Data collected through PKapps w&s to create or update User profiles. This type of Data processing allows the Owner to evaluate User choices, preferences and behaviour for the purposes outlined in the respective section of this document.
User profiles can also be created through the use of automated tools like algorithms, which can also be provided by third parties. To find out more, about the profiling activities performed, Users can check the relevant sections of this document.
The User always has a right to object to this kind of profiling activity. To find out more about the User’s rights and how to exercise them, the User is invited to consult the section of this document outlining the rights of the User.

The Service is not directed to children under the age of 18

Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use PKapps w&s only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 18 may use PKapps w&s.

Unique device identification

PKapps w&s may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences.

User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID)

PKapps w&s may – at some time track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users’ preferences. This identifier is supposed to be generated upon installation of an Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application. A reinstall generates a new UUID.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

If Personal Data is/are collected, that would be done using some or all of the following services for the summary of purposes described :

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