Privacy Policy

We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer (such as survey information and/or site registrations). The information we collect is used for our marketing purposes, improve the content of our Web pages and the quality of our service, and is not shared with or sold to any other organisations for commercial purposes, except to provide products or services you’ve requested from us, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

For information on our mobile app privacy policy click here

 

Information Gathering and Usage

When you register at The App Office, we ask for information such as your name, email address, billing address, credit card information.

The App Office uses collected information for the following general purposes: products and services provision, account creation, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact and research.

If you have an Account =, you can log in to your Account and see what information we have about you, including your reviews, and why we have that information. You can read more about how to here (LINK).

If you don’t have an Account, you can email us and request information about your personal data. Upon receiving your request, we will let you know what personal information we have about you, how we collect the information, the purpose for which we process your personal data, and who we share your personal information with.

Correction and deletion of your personal data

If any of the Master Data or other personal information that we have about you in our capacity as a data controller is incorrect or misleading, you can correct most of the information yourself via your Account. We recommend that you make any the correction(s) yourself. Otherwise, you are welcome to ask us to assist with correcting your information.

If your Account is deleted, all the data associated with your Account will be deleted, including your Master Data and reviews on the Website.

We reserve the right to block access to your Account and/or delete it if the Account or the content associated with your Account or your review(s) on the Website is, in our assessment, discriminating, racist, sexually oriented, unethical, threatening, offensive, harassing or otherwise violates applicable laws, third party rights or our User Guidelines, or is inconsistent with the purpose of the Website. If we block access to or delete your Account, we will inform you of the reason for blocking or deleting your Account by sending an email to the address you provided when you created your Account.

Other rights

In addition to the rights set out above concerning your personal data, you also have the following rights:

  • You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data and have the processing of your personal data restricted.
  • In particular, you have an unconditional right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
  • If our processing of your personal information is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Your withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of data carried out before you withdrew your consent. You may withdraw your consent by contacting us via our contact page.

In some circumstances, these rights may be limited or conditional. For example, whether or not you have the right to data portability in a particular case depends on the specific circumstances of the processing activity.

 

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

The Website uses cookies and similar technologies (“Cookies”). By using our Website, you accept that we use Cookies as described below.

What types of Cookies do we use?

Cookies contain information that the Website uses to make the communication between you and your web browser more efficient. Cookies identify your computer or device rather than you as an individual user.

We use session cookies, persistent cookies, HTML5 sessionStorage and HTML5 localStorage session cookies and HTML5 sessionStorage objects are temporary in nature and are deleted when you exit your web browser. Persistent cookies are permanent in nature and are stored and remain on your computer until they are deleted. Persistent cookies expire or auto delete after a certain period of time, which is set per cookie, but are renewed each time you visit the Website. HTML5 localStorage objects are permanent in nature and remain on your computer until they are deleted.

What do we use Cookies for?

We use Cookies for:

Measuring Website traffic such as the number of visits to the Website, which domains the visitors come from, which pages they visit on the Website and in which overall geographical areas the visitors are located.

Optimizing your experience with the Website, which includes remembering your username and password when you return to the Website, and remembering information about your browser and preferences (e.g. which language you prefer).

We give you the option of connecting with Social Networks, such as Facebook.

We use cookies to record current session information, but do not use permanent cookies. You are required to log-in to The App Office Platform Site after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.

Change your Cookie settings

You can change your cookie settings by visiting your browser settings option and delete or deny any cookie.

 

Data Storage

The App Office uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to run The App Office. Although The App Office owns all rights to The App Office platform, you retain all rights to content and data you apply to your app.

The App Office may disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with legal requirements or when your actions violate the Terms of Service.

 

Card Payments

The App Office uses PayPal for all credit/debit card transactions and PayPal account payments. The App Office does not retain or hold any of your financial and/or credit/debit card details. PayPal processes payments in the interests of our customers in a safe and secure manner.

 

Changes

The App Office may periodically update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account holder account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.