Privacy Policy
Last updated December 15, 2023
This privacy notice for Phocal. LLC (doing business as Phocal.) ('Phocal.," "we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your
information when use our services ('Services"), such as when you:
Download and use our mobile application (Phocal.), or any other application of ours that links to this privacy notice
Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our
Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@phocal.app
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our privacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with Phocal. and the
Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we receive any information from third parties? We do not receive any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to
comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.
Location information may be shared in order to determine tax-calculations, but this information will never be linked to you or sold.
How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information However, no electronic
transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other
unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify our information.
What are your rights? Depending on where are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting us here: support@phocal.app. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what Phocal. does with any information we collect? Visit “1. What Information Do We Collect” in the table of contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
3. WHEN AND WITH DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
4. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
10. DO MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
12. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA COLLECT FROM YOU?
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal/ information that is provided to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services,
when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of our interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the
products and features use The personal information we collect may include the following:
names
phone numbers
email addresses
mailing addresses
passwords
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as our payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your
payment instrument. All payment data is stored by PayPal You may find their privacy notice link(s) here:
https://uwm/.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, Twitter, or other social media
account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?" below.
Application Data. If you use our application(s), we also may collect the following information if you choose to provide us with access or permission:
Mobile Device Access. We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device's camera, storage, and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.
Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application(s). If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device's settings
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application(s), for troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide: improve and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also
process your information for other purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the
requested service.
To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends,
determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.
3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.
We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
4. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive
certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include
your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other information you choose to make public on such a social media platform.
We wiII use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we
do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by pur third-pany social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to
understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is 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) No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than one (1) months past the termination of the users account.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example,
because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is
possible.
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to 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 Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: You may review, change: or terminate your account at any time.
Withdrawing your contest: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you
have the right to withdraw your consent at any time You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU
CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? Below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
Log in to your account settings and update your user account
Contact us using the contact information provided.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases However, we may retain some information in our files to
prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at support@phocal.app
8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to
have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes: if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 179883, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of
charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which 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 submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that publicly post on the
Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with pur account and a statement that
you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all
our systems (e.g, backups, etc).
CCPA Privacy Notice
The California Code of Regulations defines a "resident" as:
every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and
every individual who is domiciled in the State of California is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose
All other individuals are defined as "non-residents."
If this definition of "resident" applies to pu, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information.
What categories of personal information do we collect?
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
Category
Example
Collected
A. Identifiers
Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number,
unique personal identifier, online identifier, email address, and
account name
Yes
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute
Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial
information
Yes
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or Federal Law
Gender and date of birth
No
D. Commercial information
Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information
Yes
E. Biometric information
Fingerprints and voiceprints
No
F. Internet or other similar network activity
Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and
other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements
No
G. Geolocation data
Device location
No
H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities
No
I. Professional or employment-related information
Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title,
work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us
No
J. Education Information
Student records and directory information
No
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information
Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile
or summary about, for example, an individual's preferences and characteristics
collected
No
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
Receiving help through our customer support channels;
Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
How do we use and share your personal information?
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at support@phocal.app, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
If are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on
your behalf.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that
processes the information on our behalf.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to
be "selling" of your personal information.
Phocal. LLC has not disclosed or sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months Phocal. LLC will not sell personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your rights with respect to your personal data.
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to
certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal
obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, have a right to know:
whether we collect and use your personal information;
the categories of personal information that we collect;
the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified 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 a Consumer's Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system These verification efforts require
us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to
provide certain information so that we can match the information provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact through a communication method (e.g.
phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in pur request to verify your identity or authority to make the request To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information
from you for the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for
the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other Privacy Rights
You may object to the processing of your personal information
You may request correction of pur personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the information
You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
You may request to opt out from future selling of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, can contact us by email at or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes: we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant 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 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.
11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), Aidan Hoppe, by email at support@phocal.app, or by post to:
Phocal. LLC
Aidan Hoppe
38 Condor Cir.
Carson City, NV 89701
United States
12. 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 To request to
review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: support@phocal.app