Privacy Policy for Community Connect

Effective Date: 27 Sep, 2024

Introduction

Community Connect (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you use our mobile application (“Application”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

By using our Application, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not download, register with, or use this Application.

Information You Provide to Us

When you use our Application, we may collect personal information that you provide to us, including but not limited to:

If you are a general user

• Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, address, and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.
• Demographic Information: Location, which may be used to display relevant content (for example events, etc. happening near you).
• Content: Information you provide when you fill out forms, such as your profile details, and any other information you choose to provide.

If you represent an Organisation

• Identification Information: Organisation name, logo/branding, email address, phone number, address, and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.
• Content: Information you provide when you fill out forms, such as your portfolio images, links, and any other information you choose to provide. These may then be used to showcase your organisation in our app, and related promotionals. You declare that to the best of your knowledge, any such content (including logo/branding) you provide is original, and solely represents your organisation, and no other entity.

Information We Collect Automatically

As you use the Application, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your device and usage patterns, including but not limited to:

• Device Information: Information about your device, including the device’s unique device identifier, operating system, etc.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use the Application, including the dates and times of your use, and interactions with content and features.

Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third parties, such as social media platforms, if you choose to link your account with them, or from other sources. This does not apply to Organisations.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including but not limited to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our Application.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our Application.
• Understand and analyze how you use our Application.
• Develop new services, features, and functionalities.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Application, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
• Send you text messages and push notifications.
• Find and prevent fraud.
• Comply with legal obligations.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share the information we collect about you in the following ways:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers to perform functions and process user data and help provide our services.
• Partners: We may share your information with our onboarded partners to contact you with various offers, sales promotions etc.
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Security of Your Information

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to or through our Application. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

Your Data Protection Rights

• Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
• Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
• Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your information. Please visit this link to learn more. Once erasure/deletion has been requested, said information will be permanently deleted from our servers as soon as will be possible, and in no more than 30 days.
• Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• Objection to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the contact information provided below.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: bharatiyabongiosamaj@gmail.com. For technical enquiries, please contact our development partner, Intellisquare at info@intelli2.com.

Address: No.406, Garvebhavipalya, Kudlu Gate, Bangalore – 560068

By using our application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.