In the course of providing Services to You through the Platform, we may collect the following information (collectively “Information Collected”):
- Log - In Data: For the purposes of creating a User account, You must provide Us with some information so that We can provide Our Services to You. We collect Information that personally identifies the User which includes categories of information viz. contact data (such as email address, phone number, gender, etc.); demographic data (such as region preferences, language, time zone, postal address, and location details) when You register on the Platform (collectively “Log-in Data”). For the purposes of creating a User account, You must provide Us with some information so that We can provide Our Services to You. We also ask Users to provide us with information of their preferences (such as content/category preference, areas of interest). This type of information is required by us in order to provide Services through the Platform. Your profile information, which includes Your username, is always public. Information is also collected of the URL of the websites You visit from, and You go to when You visit/leave our Services and/or Platform is available to us through Your use of our Services and/or Platform.
It is clarified that PI collected from You by the Platform may constitute PI categorized as Sensitive Personal Data or Information (“SPDI”) as defined under the Rules, 2011. Under the Rules, 2011, SPDI includes and relates to the following:
- passwords;
- financial information such as bank accounts, credit and debit card details or other payment instrument details;
- physical, physiological, and mental health condition;
- sexual orientation;
- medical records and history;
- biometric information;
- any information related to the aforementioned provided to us and/or Arré Voice Entities for providing the Services received by us; and/or
- any information related to the aforementioned received by us for processing, stored or processed under lawful contract or otherwise:
It is further clarified that any such information, if furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force shall not constitute SPDI. The Platform will be free to use, collect and disclose information that is freely available in the public domain or furnished to us without Your consent. All such Information Collected is stored or used for processing Services and under no circumstance are any of these details made available in the public domain, subject to any disclosure(s) made in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
However, we may use this Information Collected to share with You additional and/or upcoming information regarding the Services offered by us on the Platform.
- Additional Information: We collect PI (as defined herein) that You provide to Us. We may also collect additional information that will be publicly visible in our Platform, such as a profile picture, a bio in Your profile to tell other Users more about You, and topics You are interested in alongside the Log-in Data. You may also choose to connect Your other social media accounts, and sync Your contacts.
Information about Your activity on the Platform, such as information about Your account usage, as well as information about how You interact with the Platform, Your content preferences and consumption, interaction with other Users, other User activity (collectively, “User Data”). User Data may be combined with other information, including PI we have collected about You. We keep Your profile information and content of Your profile for the duration of Your account.
- Content You Share: This comprises all of the information You make available to other users via Platform, comprising such as:
- Information about Your activity on the Platform is collected and stored by Us. This includes any audio-visual content You post (including the date, application, and version of the Platform), including Your lists, podrolls, and communities that You are a part of. This also includes Your interactions with other Users’ content, such as likes, reposting, shares, replies, launches and if other Users mention or tag You in content or if You mention or tag the other Users. Further, this includes how You interact with Users on the Platform, such as Users You follow and Users who follow You, and when You use Direct Messages, including the contents of the messages, the recipients, and date and time of such messages and any other posts that You re-post and the Location Data and the Log Data associated with the post.
- Information that the User chooses to share through our Services and/or Platform including PI and SPDI (as defined herein) such as profile information, etc. For instance, when You get registered on our Platform, You can share with us additional information, such as details of Your photos, Your personality, lifestyle, interests, and other details about You. By choosing to provide this information, You consent to our processing of that information.
- We collect information through our access to the media gallery on Your device including without limitation, camera access, microphone access, photo, video files or audio files on Your phone with Your prior permission. We shall always obtain Your consent before accessing Your media and You shall have the option to deny Us such access.
- Location Information: “Location Information” is information that is derived from Your GPS, IP address, and/or public posts that contain location information. This also includes information about You (including Location Information and Log Data) that other users of the Platform share about You or any communications they make to You. When You access the Platform, as we derive location information from Your IP address, device, or internet service to prevent multiple or fraudulent log-ins to Your account.
- Log Data: Information about “Log Data” is information that we automatically collect when You use the Platform, even if You have not created an account or are signed out, whether through the use of cookies, web beacons, log files, scripts. This information is collected for the effective functioning of the Platform. This is including but not limited to:
- Information from and about the devices You use. In particular, We may collect information about Your mobile carrier, access times, pages visited, device information (including device and application IDs), ads shown to You on the Platform, location, hardware and software, such as the hardware model, operating system version, device memory, unique application identifiers, apps installed, unique device identifiers, browser type, and information about Your wireless and mobile network connections, such as mobile phone number, service provider, IP address, and signal strength;
- Information about what You have searched for and looked at while using the Platform, such as web search terms used, social media profiles visited, and details of other information and content accessed or requested by You while using the Platform;
- General information about communications on the Platform, such as the identity of a user that You have communicated with and the time, data, and duration of Your communications; and metadata, which means information related to items You have made available through the Platform, such as the date, time, or location that a shared photograph or video was taken or posted.
- We also receive log information when You click on, view, or interact with links on Our services, including when You install another application through the Platform.
- Cookies: Our Platform uses cookies to distinguish You from other users of our Platform. This helps us to provide You with a good user experience when You browse our Platform and also allows us to improve the Platform. We collect the cookie data from the cookies on Your device. Information obtained through tracking software including use of Cookies on the Platform.
- User Search Data: Any searches You make on the Platform is collected by Us. This information is stored for a period of 180 days.
- Additional Account Security: We collect Your phone number and request access to the SMSes on Your phone by sending You a One-Time-Password (“OTP”), which You confirm by entering the OTP to confirm Your identity, while registering with our Platform. While registering with the Platform, we also have a face verification mechanism to verify the identity of the User.
- Direct Messages: We collect information about the contents of any communication between You and another User, when You use any chat feature on the Platform. We store messages You send and receive from other Users and information about those messages or other messaging features on the Platform. This information is collected to review the contents of the information if a user reports, or we otherwise detect a potential breach of trust, safety violation, or violation of our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines or potential illegal or illicit activity
- Audioroom Data: We record conversations in all audio rooms (or “jampods”), whether public or private, or women only pods for the purposes of monitoring violations of our Terms or for otherwise illegal or illicit activity for as long as is reasonably necessary.
- Contacts List: We collect Information of the contact list on Your mobile device is collected with Your permission. We ask for Your consent before accessing Your contact list and You have the option to deny us the access to Your contact list. If You give Us permission to sync Your contacts, We will store the name and the contact number in our database. We do not collect email addresses, or any other information associated with Your contacts.
- Customer Support Communication: We collect Information provided in any communications between You and the Platform, and related information such as contact details. If the User communicates with us, for example, via e-mail, registers with Us, any information provided in such communication may be collected by us. Any information that You provide to our customer support team regarding any assistance or support that You may require for using our Platform from time to time.
- Device Data: “Including but not limited to”
Device attributes: Information about Your device(s), as may be automatically collected with Your permission when You access or register on the Platform. For example, when You utilize our Platform, we may collect Your IP address, type of device viz. mobile device/computer/laptop, etc. Your use, specifications of device hardware / software and Your geographic location. The current and past location of the device used to access our Platform is collected and stored by us with Your permission. You have full control over whether to allow or not allow Us to collect this information by making changes to Your device settings. However, if We are unable to access Your location information, the Platform may become inaccessible or not function as intended.
Device operations: information about operations and behaviours performed on the device, such as whether a window is foregrounded or backgrounded.
Device signals: We may collect Your 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 and connection speed.
Media: We collect information through Our access to the media gallery on Your device including without limitation, camera access, images, microphone access, photo, video files and audio files on Your phone with Your prior permission. We shall always obtain Your consent before accessing Your media and You shall have the option to deny Us such access.
- Service & Crashes:
- Information for service-related, diagnostic, and performance purposes in relation to provision of Services, including information about Your log files, performance logs, crash information, reports.
- We may share questions or feedback, including feedback about interacting with other Users.
We (and third-party data processors, vendors and hosting partners who may be acting on our behalf including Service Providers, Business Partners, and related Entities) may collect, store and process Information Collected for reasons including in particular:
While making use of our Platform, You authorize us to share and disclose Information Collected in various ways including in the manner described below.