Last Updated: November 29th, 2024
Welcome to Spittle’s Privacy Policy.
We take your data privacy very seriously. Spittle is an organization dedicated to helping millions of people worldwide reconnect with their immediate environment in real-time. Spittle wouldn’t exist without its community of users, which is why we are committed to protecting each member of this community.
This Privacy Policy is part of the User Agreement, which also includes our Terms of Service (“Terms”) and Community Standards.
Through this policy, you can understand exactly what information we collect about you, how we use it, when we share it, and the controls we put in place for the handling of the information you share with us. In this User Agreement, certain words have specific meanings and should be interpreted the same way regardless of their usage.
The term “Information” refers to data that may include, but is not limited to, personal data.
Spittle collects information that you share with us directly (data you provide to us) and also in the context of your use of our services (data we collect through your use of our services).
Account Creation Data: This includes data necessary to create an account without which we cannot offer you our Services. This includes:
When creating an account, you can also choose to provide additional information such as:
Content Data: We receive the content (as defined in the Terms) you create when you use our Services. This includes:
Keep in mind that other users can copy (e.g., by taking a screenshot) your Content and share it through other services. Therefore, we advise you not to share Content that you do not want others to see or copy.
Communications with Spittle: When you report an issue with our services, respond to a survey, request help, or exercise your rights, we receive information from you necessary to assist you, respond, and improve our services. This includes:
Like all Internet services, when you use our Services, we automatically receive information about you through your device and your use of our Services:
Technical and Connection Data: IP address, account creation date, last connection, device, and connection point.
Interaction Data: Users you follow, the number of users followed, reactions, comments you leave on content shared by others, users you interact with, messages you send on chat, functional data related to comments or messages.
Usage Data: Actions performed, including the use of Stickies, the time of publication, the number of Sticky publications, the location of Stickies and messages, content viewed, interactions with content, deletions, blocking, masking, screenshots, app crashes, and event logs.
Device and Equipment Data: Device type, operating system version, preferred language, and applications.
We also receive data when you choose, if you wish, to use certain features of our services:
Cameras and Photo Gallery: You can create an account and view Content without allowing us to access and collect data from your device’s camera or photo gallery. However, if you do not grant us this access, you will not be able to share content. Spittle relies on this principle.
Geolocation Data: Spittle is constantly evolving. We create many features related to your experience of the world, the people in it, and the events or activities around you. For our Services to function fully, we need access to your location and recent location history (for security reasons, to prevent abuse and impersonation) when you are on Spittle. You provide this via the authorization settings on your phone. We collect your location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, cell towers, Wi-Fi access points. We use this range of data sources so that you can view Content around you, up to a maximum radius of 20km. Your exact geolocation is not shared with other app users, only the exact geolocation of the content (messages and stickies) you choose to share is. Your profile is not geolocated but will be visible as connected within the radius you choose to set, between 100m and 20km.
Directory Data: You can choose to allow Spittle to access your contact directory to invite your contacts to use Spittle. We will not access your Directory without your permission. Your contacts’ information will not be used for any other purposes.
Partner Integrations: When you choose to connect to a partner application to use a particular integration on Spittle, we receive information that allows us to offer you this feature. This includes all necessary device data and other optional data you may choose to share as part of this integration.
We are strongly opposed to selling our information, so we have no intention of selling yours. We use your information carefully and thoughtfully to provide you with our Services.
We can provide you with our services thanks to a variety of software and technical infrastructures. Information is used by various parts of the system to provide you with the necessary features for the proper use of Spittle. Generally, Spittle uses the information it receives for the following purposes:
Legal Bases for Processing We process your personal data based on the following principles:
Processing Purposes
We have published a table that outlines the information we receive about you, the purposes and legal reasons for which we use it, and the retention periods for this information.
We only share your information when it is necessary to provide our Services or when required by law. Generally, this falls into the following categories:
Spittle Employees and Co-founders: Authorized employees and co-founders of Spittle may need to access your information to provide you with our Services and related support.
Other Users: When you share Content through our Services, it is available to users within the geographic radius you choose (from 100m to 20km) and for the duration you have defined.
Service Providers: To provide you with our services, we work with a limited number of service providers. These partners are responsible for technical support and hosting, sending notifications, user analysis and satisfaction surveys, managing security incidents or fraudulent activity, etc. In our collaboration with these partners, we may need to share your information with them to provide you with our services.
Partner Integrations: When we collaborate with a partner to offer you a feature, we may need to share your information with the partner to integrate this feature into our services.
Legal and Regulatory Obligations: We may occasionally receive legal requests for information about our users, need to proactively share data with authorities when we become aware of certain content on our services (e.g., child pornography or terrorism), respond to fraud or security issues, or protect individuals on our services or elsewhere from harm.
Change of Ownership: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, we may need to transfer your information. We will notify you by email if your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Aggregated or Anonymized Information: We may share information that has been aggregated or anonymized so that it cannot be used to identify you.
You have rights over the information you share with us, including:
Right to Access: You can request access to the information we have about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccuracies in the information we have about you.
Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your account and the information we have about you, unless we are required to keep it for legal reasons. You can use this form to proceed with the deletion request.
Right to Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your information.
Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your information in a commonly used format.
Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your information for certain purposes.
To exercise your rights, you can contact us at privacy@spittle.fr. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We may also retain certain information for legal and regulatory purposes, to resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the updated policy on our website and, if applicable, through email or in-app notifications. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
4 Impasse du Golf,
64200 Biarritz, France.
Thank you for being a part of the Spittle community. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for all our users.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on November 29th, 2024.
