Last Modified: Jan 1st 2023
This Policy describes how Stratevity LLC, and its affiliates (collectively “Stratevity”) collect, use and disclose certain information, including your Personal Information, both online and offline, and the choices you can make about that information.
We are a consumer-focused software company that creates software applications and consumer products for audiences worldwide. When you use our products, mobile and online applications or other products and services of our brands, visit our websites, attend our live events, view our content or advertisements, or contact our customer service (collectively, the “Services”), we may collect information from or about you.
Trust is a cornerstone of our mission at Stratevity. We are committed to gaining and maintaining your trust by following a core set of privacy principles:
This Privacy Policy applies to all information about you that we collect in connection with the Services throughout the world. There may be additional notices about our information practices and choices for certain Stratevity offerings. By using any of the Services, you acknowledge the data collection practices and purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.
What Information We Collect About You
We collect information from and about you in connection with your use of the Services. Some of this information may be considered “Personal Information” or “Personal Data” (as defined under applicable law) which is information that identifies you or your device or is reasonably associated with you.
We may also collect, use, and disclose aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify you or your device, and is not considered Personal Information.
Information You Provide
We collect information you provide to us which includes:
Registration Information. When you register for certain Services, complete an application form, enter contests, giveaways or competitions, attend one of our events, participate in sweepstakes or promotions, or respond to market research surveys that we sponsor, we may collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address and post code.
Billing and Payment Information. When you purchase a product, subscription, from us directly or through a mobile app store, we collect certain payment and identity verification information, including your name, email address, physical address, and credit card information.
Information You Post on our Services. We may collect information when you post comments or other content to our Services, which may include your username or screenname, comments, likes, interests, status, pictures, and references to your online presence.
Your Correspondence and Your Feedback about Our Services. We collect information you provide when you contact us directly or provide feedback, comments, or suggestions on our Services directly to us.
Information You Provide About Others. Sometimes, we may collect information you may provide about others, which may include names, emails, and birthdays—for example, to refer a friend or relative to certain Services.
Information You Provide When You Do Business With Us. If you are a vendor, service provider, or business partner of Stratevity, we may collect information about you and the services you provide, including your or your employees’ business contact information and other information you or your employees provide to us as part of the services you may provide and our agreement with you.
Other information. We also collect information that relates to or is capable of being associated with you, such as passwords, personal preferences and interests, age, gender, and any other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When using our Services, including on third-party platforms, we, and our service providers operating on our behalf, may automatically collect or receive certain information associated with you or your network device(s), such as your computer, mobile devices, or other streaming devices. This includes information about your use of our Services and your preferences. Such information may be automatically collected through device-based tracking technologies such as cookies, pixels, tags, beacons, scripts, or other technology. For more information about cookies or other tracking technologies and the choices you have regarding the use of them, please read our Stratevity Cookie Policy in this document.
The information we automatically collect may also include geolocation information, such as (a) information that identifies the precise location of your mobile device and (b) your IP address, which may be used to estimate your approximate location.
Information From Our Partners. We acquire information from other trusted sources. These business partners might include companies, such as your mobile app provider or internet service providers, who make our Services or content available on their platforms, or other companies who provide services to you. We may also collect information about you from other sources, including service providers, data licensors and aggregators, marketing companies, advertising partners, programming distributors, social media platforms, and public databases.
The information our business partners provide us varies depending on the nature of their services, and may include IP addresses, device IDs or other unique identifiers, information about your interests, demographic data, purchasing behavior, and your activities online.
Information You Provide through Social Media
If you connect to us through a social media platform or navigate to a social media platform from one of our sites, the social media platform will collect your information separately from us. You should review the social media platforms’ privacy policies to understand how they are using your information and your rights in relation to such information.
Information We Derive
We may derive additional information or draw inferences about you based on the information we have collected from you directly, passively, or through third parties.
How We Use Your Information & Why
We may use information as disclosed and described here
We may use information to provide you with our Services. We may use your information to create, manage, and authenticate your account or subscriptions with us and provide you with customer support and account updates. We may use your information to complete the transactions you request and perform our contractual obligations with you or to ensure that our Services function properly.
We may use information to perform our contracts with you. If Stratevity enters into a contract with you, including in instances where you may be a vendor or service provider to Stratevity or our business partner, we may use your information to fulfill our contractual obligations.
We may use information for marketing purposes. We may use your information to send promotional messages and newsletters such as via email, text messaging, or push notifications. These might be our own offers or products or third-party offers or products we think you might find interesting. To learn about your choices for these communications, read the Your Choices, Rights and Controls section of this Policy.
We may use your information to provide you with ads or information that we think would be of interest to you. For example, based on the information we have about your use of the Services, including information provided by third parties, we may target personalized advertising to you both on and off our Services.
We may use information to improve our products and Services. We use your information to monitor and improve the operation, delivery, and general accessibility on our Services, identify popular areas or features, and optimize and personalize the Services. This may also include conducting internal research and development of our Services.
We may use information to enable you to participate in public platforms or other interactive features of the Services. For example, we may use your information when you post comments on one of our websites.
We may use information to maintain the safety and security of our Services. We use your information to protect the rights and property of Stratevity and others and to comply with our legal obligations, including to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud and other illegal activities and to enforce our agreements.
We may use information as otherwise permitted by law. We may use your information to resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as otherwise required by law.
Who We Share Your Information With & Why?
We may share information within the Stratevity family of companies. We may share information we collect about you with the Stratevity companies for the purposes described in the How We Use Your Information & Why section of this Policy.
We may share your information in connection with a corporate transaction. We may disclose or transfer your information as part of, or during negotiations for, any purchase, sale, lease, merger, or any other type of acquisition, disposal, or financing involving our brands.
We may share information with third parties who perform Services on our behalf. We may share your information with unaffiliated companies or individuals we hire or work with that provide us with professional advice, business support, or perform services on our behalf, including customer support, web hosting, information technology, payment processing, event providers, direct mail and email distribution, contests, sweepstakes, giveaways and promotion administration, and analytics services. These Service Providers are allowed to use your information to help us provide our Services and not for any other purpose.
We may share information with our business partners. Partners may include marketing, audience measurement, or other partners such as those working with us on co-branded Services or events and digital distribution partners where we make our Services available. Our partners use the information we give them as described in their privacy policies.
We may share your information with sponsors and other partners for contests, giveaways, sweepstakes and promotions. We may use information you provide to verify your entry into and eligibility to participate in contests, sweepstakes, giveaways, or promotions and to inform you if you have won. If your entry information will be used for any other purposes, we will disclose that in the applicable rules governing that sweepstake, contest, giveaway, or promotion.
We may share information to provide advertising based on your interests. For more information, please see “Your Choices, Rights, and Controls” section of this Policy.
We will share your information if you ask us to. For example, if you ask us to share your information in order for you to participate in an interactive Service that is operated by a third party.
We may share information if we think we have to in order to comply with the law or to protect ourselves. For example, we will share information when it is necessary for us to comply with applicable law or legal process, to respond to legal claims, or to protect our rights or the property or personal safety of our users, employees, or the public.
We may share your information for reasons not described in this policy. We will tell you before we do this.
Your Choices, Rights, and Controls
You have certain choices about how we use your information.
Opt out of receiving our marketing emails. To stop receiving our promotional emails, follow the instructions in any marketing email you get from us. When applicable, you can also change your preferences in your account. Even if you opt out of getting marketing emails, we will still be permitted to send you transactional messages. For example, we may still contact you about any purchases you make.
Change or update the information you have given us. If you have an account or subscription to one of our Services, you can correct or delete information or update account settings by logging into your account and following the instructions or by contacting the customer service team.
Control cookies and tracking tools. To learn how we—and our vendors—use cookies and other tracking tools, please read the Stratevity Cookie Policy in this document.
Ad Choices. We, our affiliates, and any associated third-parties may collect information on our Services and on third-party websites to help serve advertising that will be relevant to your interests across your devices, browsers, and on and off our Services. This is known as interest-based advertising. We rely on third parties who collect information on the Services to provide opt-outs or other controls to you. For more information on how to opt-out of receiving interest-based advertising on desktop and mobile websites, please visit:
You can also opt out of interest-based advertising with some of the service providers we use, such as Google https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. Please note that, if you opt out of interest-based advertising, some information will still be collected for other purposes, such as research, analytics, and internal operations. You will also continue to receive contextual advertisements, but they may be less relevant to your interests.
On many mobile devices, you can control interest-based advertising through your device’s settings. These options can include resetting your device’s advertising ID or selecting “Limit Ad Tracking” (for iOS devices) or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” (for Android devices) in your device settings.
Ad choices settings and options will vary depending on your browser and device settings, and this is not an exhaustive list. Please note that your opt-out choices will only apply to the specific browser or device from which you opt out. We encourage you to explore your device and browser settings to better understand your choices.
Push Notifications. When you use any of our Services that send push notifications or offers to your mobile device, you can change your preferences at any time through the settings on your mobile device.
Precise Location. You can withdraw consent for our collection, use, and transfer of precise location information by adjusting the location settings on your device.
Connected Devices and Our Partners’ Services. Connected devices (such as tablets, phones) may also use an advertising ID or other methods to identify you or serve you interest-based advertising. In some cases, you can disable tracking by selecting options like “limit ad tracking” or disabling options like “interest-based advertising” in your connected device’s settings. These options will vary by device and we do not control the policies or practices of third parties’ providing these devices. Stratevity is not responsible for tracking on connected devices or our business partners’ services and may not have visibility on choices you may have made with respect to tracking on connected devices or our business partners' services.
Additional Rights. For specific rights you may have depending on your location, please visit the “Additional Information If You Are Located in California” or “Additional Information if You are located Outside of the United States” sections of this Policy.
Children Under 13
Our Services are not designed for children under 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our systems.
Additional Information if You Are Located in California
California Consumer Privacy Act. If you are a California resident, you have specific privacy rights governed by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights include:
Right to Know. You have the right to request a report showing the Personal Information collected, shared, and sold about you in the past 12 months.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale of Your Personal Information. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information to third parties.
Right to Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete any Personal Information collected from you.
Right to Non-Discrimination. We shall not discriminate against you based on your exercise of any of the above rights.
You or your authorized agent may submit a request to exercise any of the above rights by completing the form on our Privacy Rights Manager privacy@stratevity.com
We may require additional information to verify your identity or to verify that your authorized agent has the authority to make the request on your behalf before responding to a CCPA rights request. We will respond to your request within 45 days if possible and required under the law.
Personal Information Collected on California Residents
Identifiers
Legally Protected Characteristics
Commercial Information
Financial Information
Inferences drawn from Personal Information categories
Geolocation
Internet/ Electronic Activity
We collect Personal Information from the following sources:
Personal Information Disclosed for a Business Purpose to Third Parties
The categories of Personal Information listed above may be disclosed to the following categories of third parties:
Information about the Sale of Personal Information
Because of the broad definition of “sale” under CCPA, some information that we share with third parties may constitute the “sale” of your information. For instance, some of our brands share identifiers, such as cookies and the advertising identifier associated with your mobile or internet-connected device with our advertising partners, and those partners use and share those identifiers to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests.
Where a brand does this or otherwise “sells” your information, we will give you the opportunity to opt out by sending us an email at privacy@stratevity.com. Please note that, when you use these tools on our properties, you will need to renew your choices if you clear your cookies or use a new browser or device.
The following types of information may be “sold”:
Stratevity does not engage in any “sales” of Personal Information of users that it has actual knowledge are minors under the age of sixteen.
Do Not Track. Our websites and apps are not designed to respond to “do not track” requests from browsers.
“Shine the Light” and “Eraser” Laws. Residents of the State of California may request a list of all third parties to which we have disclosed certain information during the preceding year for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of the website where this policy is posted, you may request removal of content or information you have publicly posted. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete removal from the Internet of the content or information you posted, and there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal.
For all requests under the “Shine the Light” or “Eraser” Law, please email us at privacy@stratevity.com. We will accept requests to exercise these rights only through this mechanism.
Additional Information if You Are Located Outside of the United States
This Privacy Policy is global in nature and our goal is to meet the requirements in each country where our Services are provided. Where required, we provide you with specific rights and choices. If you have questions about how we treat your Personal Information in your country, please write to us at privacy@stratevity.com. Specific countries where we provide additional or different privacy protections are listed below.
EEA, the UK or Switzerland
If you are located in the European Economic Area (the EEA,) in the United Kingdom (the UK) or in Switzerland, you may have certain rights under applicable data protection laws:
Please note that Stratevity does not engage in any automated decision-making about you.
International Transfers. Information that is collected from the EEA, the UK or Switzerland may be transferred to countries outside of the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, as applicable, that may not provide levels of protection for your Personal Information equivalent the protection provided by the laws of the European Union, the UK or Switzerland, including the United States. For the purposes of such cross-border data transfers, and to protect your information, we have executed Standard Contractual Clauses with all such Controllers and Processors located outside the EEA, the UK or Switzerland and, where necessary, implemented further measures to ensure the Personal Information is subject to equivalent protection.
We will retain your Personal Information as long as it is needed for our business purposes and in accordance with applicable law. In determining this, we will be considerate of the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm to the Personal Information, and whether our purposes can be achieved through other means.
Legal Basis for Processing. We will only collect, store, or otherwise process Personal Information collected from you in the EEA or the UK in the following situations:
When we have your consent to do so. For example, if you opt in to receive promotional emails. You can withdraw your consent at any time as described below or directly through the Services.
When we need to use your Personal Information to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g. providing the Services you have requested).
When we or a third party have a legitimate interest in processing your Personal Information. For example, we may process your Personal Information to communicate with you about our Services, to provide, secure, and improve our Services, and, in certain circumstances, to deliver advertising to you. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information that is based on our legitimate interests.
If you would like to exercise your rights under the GDPR (or similar laws in the UK or Switzerland), please write to us at privacy@stratevity.com
If you have any unresolved privacy concerns that we have not addressed satisfactorily after contacting us, you have the right to contact the UK or Swiss Data Protection Authority or an EU Data Protection Authority and lodge a complaint.
Additional Information if You Are Located in Countries Outside the U.S., EEA, the UK or Switzerland
In certain jurisdictions, including Argentina, Brazil and Singapore, we require your consent or authorization to use or share your Personal Information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. By providing your Personal Information to us, you expressly provide such consent or authorization.
In addition, you may have additional privacy rights under certain jurisdictions such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, and Taiwan, including but not limited to:
Brazil
If you are a resident of Brazil, you have certain additional rights under the Brazilian General Data Protection Act:
Stratevity may process your Personal Information using automated decision-making technologies that use algorithms to create a profile about you based on your interactions with our Services that automatically select advertising or content that may of interest to you. However, these technologies do not make automated decisions that may have a legal or significant effect on you without your consent, or that is not permitted under applicable law.
How to Contact Us and Exercise Your Rights:
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, write to us at privacy@stratevity.com
International Transfers
We May Transfer Personal Information across Country Borders in Accordance with Applicable Law. We operate globally and may transfer your information outside of your country of residence, including to the United States. This is necessary for our Services and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. When we do this, we take reasonable steps to ensure an appropriate level of protection for your information, in compliance with applicable law.
Protecting Your Information
We use reasonable security measures. We are committed to protecting your information. We have adopted commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security procedures to help protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, and alteration. Please note that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We want you to feel confident using our Services, but we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
Changes to this Policy
From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy to accommodate new technologies, industry practices, regulatory requirements, or for other purposes. We will provide notice to you if these changes are material and, where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent. Notice may be by email to you at the last email address you provided us, by posting notice of such changes on our websites, applications and Services, or by other means, consistent with applicable law.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, write to us at privacy@stratevity.com
Cookie Policy
Last Modified: Jan 1st 2023
The Stratevity Privacy Policy describes the types of information we obtain about visitors, how we use the information, with whom we share it, and your rights and choices concerning that information. This Cookie Policy explains more about how Stratevity and its affiliates (collectively “Stratevity”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies and the choices available to you.
The Technologies We Use
Like most online services, we use the following types of cookies and similar technologies:
How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies
Stratevity’ service providers working on our behalf, and businesses who collect information on our Services (as defined in the Privacy Policy), may automatically receive certain information associated with you and/or your device(s) as part of your use of the Services through browser or device-based tracking technologies such as cookies, pixels, tags, beacons, scripts, or other technology described above. The information we collect may be used to recognize you when you visit our Services, and to collect information such as the number of visits, which features or pages are popular, measurements about advertising displayed, and other information about your browsing activities. This allows us to ensure our Services are functioning properly, improve the Services, provide and measure advertisements, and provide personalized content to you. The purposes for which we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies generally fall into the following three categories:
What Information We Collect Through Cookies and Similar Technologies
Your Choices
You have the following options to control or limit how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies for advertising and analytics purposes:
Below are links to the cookie opt-out pages of common web browsers. If your web browser is not listed here, you should review your web browser terms to learn more about your cookie choices.
Analytics Provider Opt-Outs: Blocking cookies in your web browser may not prevent cross-site tracking of your online activity using other online tracking technologies. In addition to managing your cookie settings for your browser, you can opt-out of tracking directly with the businesses that operate the tracking technologies.
To opt-out of certain analytic tracking by our partners, you may visit the links below:
Please note this list is not exhaustive.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, write to us at privacy@stratevity.com.