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Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at AFAQY LLC (“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 our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at info@afaqy.com.When you visit our website www.afaqy.com, mobile application, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites or Apps and our services.This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (such as www.afaqy.com), mobile application, ("Apps"), and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the "Sites").Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal
information you disclose to us In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us
such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, payment information,
and social media login data. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us
when registering at the Sites or Apps, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us
or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Sites or Apps or otherwise
contacting us. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your
interactions with us and the Sites or Apps, the choices you make and the products and features
you use. The personal information we collect can include the following: Name and Contact Data.
We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other
similar contact data. Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security
information used for authentication and account access. Payment Data. We 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 our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact
the payment processor directly to respond to your questions. Social Media Login Data. We provide
you with the option to register using 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. 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. Information automatically
collected In Short: Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device
characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our Sites or Apps. We automatically
collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Sites or Apps. This information
does not reveal your specific identity (like 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 Sites or Apps and other technical information. This
information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Sites or Apps, and
for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. Like many businesses, we also collect
information through cookies and similar technologies. Information collected through our Apps In
Short: We may collect information regarding your geo-location, mobile device, push
notifications, when you use our apps. If you use our Apps, we may also collect the following
information: Geo-Location Information. We may request access or permission to and track
location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using
our mobile application, to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or
permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings. Mobile Device Data. We may automatically
collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model and manufacturer), operating
system, version information and IP address. Push Notifications. We may request to send you push
notifications regarding your account or the mobile application. If you wish to opt-out from
receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings.
Information collected from other sources In Short: We may collect limited data from public
databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources. We may obtain
information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners,
social media platforms (such as Facebook), as well as from other third parties. Examples of the
information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information (your name,
gender, birthday, email, current city, state and country, user identification numbers for your
contacts, profile picture URL and any other information that you choose to make public);
marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).
2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We
process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of
our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent. We use
personal information collected via our Sites or Apps for a variety of business purposes
described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our
legitimate business interests ("Business Purposes"), in order to enter into or perform
a contract with you ("Contractual"), with your consent ("Consent"), and/or
for compliance with our legal obligations ("Legal Reasons"). We indicate the specific
processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below. We use the information we
collect or receive: To facilitate account creation and logon 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 account creation
and logon process. See the section below headed "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS"
for further information. To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our
third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing
purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our
marketing emails at any time (see the "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS" below).To send
administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product,
service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions,
and policies. Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage
your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Sites or Apps. Request Feedback.
We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Sites
or Apps. To protect our Sites. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our
Sites or Apps safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).To enable
user-to-user communications. We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user
communications with each user's consent. 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 to evaluate and improve our Sites
or Apps, products, services, marketing and your experience.
3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In
Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights,
or to fulfill business obligations. We may process or share data based on the following legal
basis: Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your
personal information in a specific purpose. Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when
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
information to fulfill the terms of our contract. Legal Obligations: We may disclose your
information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law,
governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response
to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national
security or law enforcement requirements).Vital Interests: We may disclose your information
where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential
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. More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information
in the following situations: 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 require access to such information to do that work.
Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer
service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on
the Sites or Apps, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Sites
or Apps over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data,
determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless
described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with
third parties for their promotional purposes. 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. WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED
WITH?
In Short: We only share information with the
following third parties. We only share and disclose your information with the following third
parties. We have categorized each party so that you may be easily understand the purpose of our
data collection and processing practices. If we have processed your data based on your consent
and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us. Advertising, Direct Marketing, and Lead
GenerationGoogle AdSense Social Media Sharing and AdvertisingFacebook social plugins, Twitter
social plugins and YouTube User Commenting and Forums Discus Web and Mobile AnalyticsGoogle
Analytics Website HostingWordPress.com
5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING
TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other
tracking technologies to collect and store your information. We may use cookies and similar
tracking technologies (like 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 Policy.
6. DO WE USE GOOGLE MAPS?
In Short:
Yes, we use Google Maps for the purpose of providing better service. This website, mobile
application, or Facebook application uses Google Maps APIs. You may find the Google Maps APIs
Terms of Service here. To better understand Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.
By using our Maps API Implementation, you agree to be bound by Google’s Terms of Service. By
using our implementation of the Google Maps APIs, you agree to allow us to gain access to
information about you including personally identifiable information (such as usernames) and
non-personally identifiable information (such as location). We will be collecting the following
information: Location For a full list of what we use information for, please see the previous
section titled "HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?" and “WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED
WITH ANYONE?” You agree to allow us to obtain or cache your location. You may revoke your
consent at anytime. The Maps APIs that we use store and access cookies and other information on
your devices. If you are a user currently in the European Union, please take a look at our EU
User Consent Policy.
7. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL
LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to
our websites using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
Our Sites or Apps offer you the ability to register and login 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, e-mail address, friends list, profile picture as well as other information
you choose to make public. We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are
described in this privacy policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on the Sites or Apps.
Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal
information by your third party social media provider. We recommend that you review their
privacy policy to understand how they collect, use and share your personal information, and how
you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
8. 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 policy
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 policy, unless a longer retention period
is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No
purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the
period of time in which users have an account with us. When we have no ongoing legitimate
business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, 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.
9. 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 technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the
security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot
guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your
personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Sites or Apps is at
your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
10. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM
MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from
or market to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to
children under 13 years of age. By using the Sites or Apps, you represent that you are at least
13 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s
use of the Sites or Apps. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of
age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly
delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from
children under age 13, please contact us at info@afaqy.com.
11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In Short: In some regions, such as the European
Economic Area, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal
information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time. In some regions
(like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection
laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal
information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to 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 provided below. We will consider and act upon any
request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. If we are relying 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 the processing before its
withdrawal. If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully
processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data
protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htmAccount Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate
your account, you can: Log into your account settings and update your user account. Upon your
request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information
from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent
fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or
comply with 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 to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could
affect certain features or services of our Sites or Apps. To opt-out of interest-based
advertising by advertisers on our Sites or Apps visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.Opting
out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by
clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the
details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we
will still need to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and
use of your account. To otherwise opt-out, you may: Contact us using the contact information
provided..
12. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK
FEATURES
IMost 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. 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 Policy.
11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In Short: In some regions, such as the European
Economic Area, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal
information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time. In some regions
(like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection
laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal
information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to 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 provided below. We will consider and act upon any
request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. If we are relying 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 the processing before its
withdrawal. If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully
processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data
protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htmAccount Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate
your account, you can: Log into your account settings and update your user account. Upon your
request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information
from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent
fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or
comply with 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 to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could
affect certain features or services of our Sites or Apps. To opt-out of interest-based
advertising by advertisers on our Sites or Apps visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.Opting
out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by
clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the
details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we
will still need to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and
use of your account. To otherwise opt-out, you may: Contact us using the contact information
provided.
13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS
POLICY?
In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as
necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. We may update this privacy policy 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
policy, 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 policy frequently to be
informed of how we are protecting your information
14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?
If you
have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at info@afaqy.com or by post
to:AFAQY LLCAl Olya Street, RiyadhRiyadh, Riyadh 295441 Riyadh 11351, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
