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Data Privacy Policy

This policy describes the information we process to support PetPixies social media website and Apps, the PetPixies Store and other products and features offered under PetPixies Platform. You can find additional tools and information in the PetPixies Account Settings and PetPixies Store Settings.

I. What kinds of information do we collect?

To provide various services, we must process information about you. The types of information we collect depend on how you use our Products. You can learn how to access and delete information we collect by visiting your Account Settings.

Things you and others do and provide.

• Information and content you provide. We collect the content, communications and other information you provide when you use our Products, including when you sign up for an account, create or share content, and message or communicate with others. This can include information in or about the content you provide (like metadata), such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created. It can also include what you see through features we provide. Our systems automatically process content and communications you and others provide to analyze context and what's in them. Learn more about how you can control who can see the things you share.
• Data with special protections: You can choose to provide various information in your profile fields. This and other information (such as racial or ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership) could be subject to special protections under the laws of your country that should be respected in addition to our terms and services.
• Networks and connections. We collect information about the people, accounts, hashtags and Games, and the Pages you are connected to and how you interact with them across our Products, such as people you communicate with the most or Games you are part of. We also collect contact information if you choose to upload them or share your page to them, which we use for things like helping you and others find people you may know or people who have pets similar to your pet.
• Your usage. We collect information about how you use our Products, such as the types of content you view or engage with; the features you use; the actions you take; the people or accounts you interact with; and the time, frequency and duration of your activities. For example, we log when you're using and have last used our Products, and what posts, videos and other content you view on our Products. We also collect information about how you use Pet Games in order to improve them or bring you new games for your pets.
• Information about transactions made on our Products. If you use our Products for purchase or other financial transactions (such as when you make a purchase in the store or make a donation or eGifts), we collect information about the purchase or transaction.
• Things others do and information they provide about you. We also receive and analyze content, communications and information that other people provide when they use our Products. This can include information about you and your pet, such as when others share or comment on a photo of you, send a message to you, or upload, sync or import your contact information.

 

Device Information

As described below, we collect information from and about the computers, phones, connected TVs and other web-connected devices you use that integrate with our Products, and we combine this information across different devices you use. For example, we use information collected about your use of our Products on your phone to better personalize the content (including ads) or features you see when you use our Products on another device, such as your laptop or tablet, or to measure whether you took an action in response to an ad we showed you on your phone on a different device.

Information we obtain from these devices includes:

• Device attributes: information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins.
• Device operations: information about operations and behaviors performed on the device, such as whether a window is foregrounded or backgrounded, or mouse movements (which can help distinguish humans from bots).
• Identifiers: unique identifiers, device IDs, and other identifiers, such as from games, apps or accounts you use.
• Device signals: Bluetooth signals, and information about nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons, and cell towers.
• Data from device settings: information you allow us to receive through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos.
• Network and connections: information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, mobile phone number, IP address, connection speed and, in some cases, information about other devices that are nearby or on your network.
• Cookie data: data from cookies stored on your device, including cookie IDs and settings.
• Pet Information: including Your Pet Type, Gender, Birthday and Breed, in order to improve our services for you.
  
  

Information from partners.

Advertisers, app developers, and publishers can send us information they use, including our plug-ins, Facebook Login, Instagram, our APIs and SDKs. These partners provide information about your activities off of our Products—including information about your device, purchases you make on the store, the ads you see, and how you use the services—whether or not you have an account or are logged into our Products. For example, a game developer could use our API to tell us what games you play, or a business could tell us about a purchase you made in its store. We also receive information about your online and offline actions and purchases from third-party data providers who have the rights to provide us with your information.

Partners receive your data when you visit or use their services or through third parties, they work with. We require each of these partners to have lawful rights to collect, use and share your data before providing any data to us. 

II. How do we use this information?

We use the information we have (subject to choices you make) as described below:

Provide, personalize and improve our Products.

We use the information we have to deliver our Products, including to personalize features and content (including your ads, News Feed, Social Media accounts like Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms and websites, and Stories you upload) and make suggestions for you (such as Games or events you may be interested in or topics you may want to follow). To create personalized Products that are unique and relevant to you, we use your connections, preferences, interests and activities based on the data we collect and learn from you and others (including any data with special protections you choose to provide); how you use and interact with our Products; and the people, places, or things you're connected to and interested in on and off our Products.

Information across the Products and devices: We connect information about your activities on different  Products and devices to provide a more tailored and consistent experience on all the Products you use, wherever you use them. For example, we can suggest that you join a game on PetPixies that includes Pets similar to your pet or the pets that you liked. We can also make your experience more seamless, for example, by automatically filling in your registration information (such as your name and details) from another Products when you sign up for an account on a different Product.

• Location-related information: We use location-related information-such as your current location, where you live, the places you like to go, and the businesses and people you're near-to provide, personalize and improve our Products, including ads, for you, your pet and others. Location-related information can be based on things like precise device location (if you've allowed us to collect it), IP addresses, and information from other poducts (such as location that you add to post or events you attend).
• Product research and development: We use the information we have to develop, test and improve our Products, including by conducting surveys and research, and testing and troubleshooting new products and features.
• Ads and other sponsored content: We use the information we have about you-including information about your Pets, interests, actions and connections-to select and personalize ads, offers and other sponsored content that we show you.

Provide measurement, analytics, and other business services.

We use the information we have (including your activity off our Products, such as the pages you visit and ads you see) to help advertisers and other partners measure the effectiveness and distribution of their ads and services, and understand the types of people who use their services and how people interact with their websites, apps, and services. 

 

Promote safety, integrity and security.

We use the information we have to verify accounts and activity, combat harmful conduct, detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences, maintain the integrity of our Products, and promote safety and security on and off of PetPixies Products. For example, we use data we have to investigate suspicious activity or violations of our terms or policies, or to detect when someone needs help for themselves or for their pets.  

 

Communicate with you.

We use the information we have to send you marketing communications, communicate with you about our Products, and let you know about our policies and terms. We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us.

 

Research and innovate for social good.

We use the information we have (including from research partners we collaborate with) to conduct and support research and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being for users or Pets.

 

III. How is this information shared?

 

Your information is shared with others in the following ways:

Sharing on PetPixies Products

People and accounts you share and communicate with

When you share and communicate using our Products, you choose the audience for what you share. For example, when you post on Facebook, you select the audience for the post, such as a game, all of your friends, the public, or a customized list of people. Similarly, when you use Messenger app or chat app to communicate with people or businesses, those people and businesses can see the content you send or share with them. Your network can also see actions you have taken on our Products, including engagement with ads and sponsored content. We also let other accounts see who has viewed their Facebook or Instagram Stories. The content that you share are visible to the public unless you select the privacy option and limit the audience to your friends. Some of the content like your profile page is visible to the public. For example, the Background image on your profile, your profile images and pet images that appear close to your image, your profile description and the username that you chose and other data on your profile are visible to the viewers even if they are not logged-in.

 

Public information can be seen by anyone, on or off our Products, including if they don't have an account. This includes your username; any information you share with a public audience; information in your public profile; and content you share on a PetPixies Page, business pages or any other public forum or game, such as various Pet Games or the winning prizes and eGifts that you collected to other people, and we can provide access to or send public information to anyone on or off our Products, including in other PetPixies Company Products like the PetPixies Store, in search results, or through tools and APIs. Public information can also be seen, accessed, reshared or downloaded through third-party services such as search engines, APIs, and offline media such as TV, and by apps, websites and other services that integrate with our Products.

Content others share or reshare about you

You should consider who you choose to share with, because people who can see your activity on our Products can choose to share it with others on and off our Products, including people and businesses outside the audience you shared with. For example, when you share a post or send a message to specific friends or accounts, they can download, screenshot, or reshare that content to others across or off our Products, in person or in virtual reality experiences. Also, when you comment on someone else's post or react to their content, your comment or reaction is visible to anyone who can see the other person's content, and that person can change the audience later.

People can also use our Products to create and share content about you with the audience they choose. For example, people can share a photo of you in a Story, mention or tag you at a location in a post, or share information about you in their posts or messages. If you are uncomfortable with what others have shared about you on our Products, you can report the content by accessing this option from the menu on the top right section of each post.

 

Information about your active status or presence on our Products.

People in your networks can see signals telling them whether you are active on our Products, including whether you are currently active on the store, Messenger or Chat, and see if you are online of offline or when you last used our Products.

Apps, websites, and third-party integrations on or using our Products.

When you use different sections of the website or apps that are connected to outside sources, third-party apps, websites, or other services that use, or are integrated with, our Products, they can receive information about what you post or share. For example, when you participate in a Pet Game with your friends or use a Comment or Share button on a website, the game developer or Game Sponsors can receive information about your activities in the game or receive a comment or link that you share from the website. Also, when you download or use such third-party services, they can access your public profile on Facebook, and any information that you share with them. Apps and websites you use may see your list of friends. Information collected by these third-party services is subject to their own terms and policies, not this one.

Devices and operating systems providing native versions of PetPixies (i.e. where we have not developed our own first-party apps) will have access to all information you choose to share with them, including information your friends share with you, so they can provide our core functionality to you.

New owner.

If the ownership or control of all or part of our Products or their assets changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner.

 

Sharing with Third-Party Partners

We work with third-party partners who help us provide and improve our Products or who use Business Tools to grow their businesses, which makes it possible to operate our companies and provide free services to people around the world. We don't sell any of your information to anyone, and we never will. We also impose strict restrictions on how our partners can use and disclose the data we provide. Here are the types of third parties we share information with:

Partners who use our analytics services.

We provide aggregated statistics and insights that help people and businesses understand how people are engaging with their posts, listings, Game Pages, videos and other content on and off the PetPixies platforms. For example, Page admins and Instagram business profiles receive information about the number of people or accounts who viewed, reacted to, or commented on their posts, as well as aggregate demographic and other information that helps them understand interactions with their account or Facebook Page.

Advertisers.

We provide advertisers with reports about the kinds of people seeing their ads and how their ads are performing, but we don't share information that personally identifies you (information such as your name or email address that by itself can be used to contact you or identifies who you are) unless you give us permission. For example, we provide general demographic and interest information to advertisers (for example, that an ad was seen by a woman between the ages of 25 and 34 who lives in Madrid and likes software engineering) to help them better understand their audience. We also confirm which ads led you to make a purchase or take an action with an advertiser.

Measurement partners.

We share information about you with companies that aggregate it to provide analytics and measurement reports to our partners.

Partners offering goods and services in our Products.

When you subscribe to receive premium content, or buy something from a seller in our Products, the content creator or seller can receive your public information and other information you share with them, as well as the information needed to complete the transaction, including shipping and contact details.

Vendors and service providers.

We provide information and content to vendors and service providers who support our business, such as by providing technical infrastructure services, analyzing how our Products are used, providing customer service, facilitating payments or conducting surveys.

Researchers and academics.

We also provide information and content to research partners and academics to conduct research and innovation that support our business or mission, and enhances discovery and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being for humans and Pets.

Law enforcement or legal requests.

We share information with law enforcement or in response to legal requests.

IV. How do the PetPixies social media Platform and PetPixies Store and other Products work together?

PetPixies and PetPixies Store share infrastructure, systems and technology with other sectons of our company such as the social media pages on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and similar pages to provide an innovative, relevant, consistent and safe experience across all available products. We also process information about you across these platforms for these purposes, as permitted by applicable law and in accordance with their terms and policies.

 

V. How can I manage or delete information about me?

We provide you with the ability to access and erase your data. You can access this section by logging-in to your account and from the top right menu, go to Account Settings and select Delete Account.

We store data until it is no longer necessary to provide our services or until your account is deleted - whichever comes first. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the data, why it is collected and processed, and relevant legal or operational retention needs. For example, when you search for something on PetPixies, you can access and delete that query from within your search history at any time, but the log of that search is deleted after 6 months.

When you delete your account, we delete things you have posted, such as your photos and status updates, and you won't be able to recover that information later. Information that others have shared about you isn't part of your account and won't be deleted.

 

VI. How do we respond to legal requests or prevent harm?

We access, preserve and share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others:

• In response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions in other countries when we have a good-faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally recognized standards.
• When we have a good-faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud, unauthorized use of the Products, violations of our terms or policies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including our rights, property or Products), you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory inquiries; or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. For example, if relevant, we provide information to and receive information from third-party partners about the reliability of your account to prevent fraud, abuse and other harmful activity on and off our Products.

Information we receive about you (including financial transaction data related to purchases made on our Products) can be accessed and preserved for an extended period when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations of possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We also retain information from accounts disabled for terms violations for at least a year to prevent repeat abuse or other term violations.

 

VII. How do we operate and transfer data as part of our global services?

We share information globally, both internally within the PetPixies Companies, and externally with our partners and with those you connect and share with around the world in accordance with this policy. Your information may, for example, be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in the United Kingdom or other countries outside of where you live for the purposes as described in this policy. These data transfers are necessary to provide the services and to globally operate and provide our Products to you. We utilize standard contract clauses, rely on the European Commission's adequacy decisions about certain countries, as applicable, and obtain your consent for these data transfers to the United Kingdom and other countries.

 

VIII. How can you see the changes to this policy?

The details of this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions are regularly updated and revised. You need to review the content before you choose to use our Products.

 

Date of Last Revision: December 1, 2023