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Fether Privacy Policy

Updated February 2022

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

 

FETHER LIMITED IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND RESPECTING YOUR PRIVACY. THIS POLICY EXPLAINS HOW WE COLLECT AND USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

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Introduction

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This policy (together with our Terms of Use) applies to your use of:

  • Fether, a mobile application software (“App”) available through all major app retailers, once you have downloaded or streamed a copy of the App onto your mobile telephone or handheld device (“Device”).

  • Any of the services accessible through the App (“Services”) that are available on the App or other sites of ours (“Services Sites”). This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. This App is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

 

Important information and who we are

Fether Ltd (10991043), is the controller and is responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "Company", "we", "us" or "our" in this policy).

 

Contact details

 

Our full details are:

 

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues or other competent supervisory authority of an EU member state if the App is downloaded outside the UK. However, we would appreciate the opportunity to address any of your concerns first.

 

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

 

We keep our privacy policy under regular review.

 

This version was last updated in June 2021. It may change and if it does, these changes will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you when you next start the App or log onto one of the Services Sites. The new policy may be displayed on-screen and you may be required to read and accept the changes to continue your use of the App or the Services.

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It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during our relationship with you.

 

Third party links

 

Our Sites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. Please note that these websites and any services that may be accessible through them have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or for any personal data that may be collected through these websites or services, such as Contact and Location Data. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites or use these services.

 

The data we collect about you

 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you as follows:

 

  • Identity Data.

  • Contact Data.

  • Content Data.

  • Profile Data.

  • Device Data.

  • Usage Data.

  • Marketing and Communications Data.

  • Location Data.

  • Chat Room Data

 

We explain these categories of data here.

 

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific App feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

 

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

 

How is your personal data collected?

 

We will collect and process the following data about you:

  • Information you give us. This is information (including Identity, Contact, Profile and Marketing and Communications Data) you consent to giving us about you by filling in forms on the App, and the Services Sites (together “Our Sites”), or by corresponding with us (for example, by email or chat). It includes information you provide when you register or log in to use the App, download or register an App, share data via an App's social media, chat room or sharing functions, enter a competition or promotion, enter holiday preferences and when you report a problem with an App, our Services, or any of Our Sites. If you contact us, we will keep a record of that correspondence.

  • Information we collect about you and your device. Each time you visit one of Our Sites or use our App, we will automatically collect personal data including Content and Usage Data. We collect this data using cookies and other similar technologies (see below for more information on our cookie policy).

  • Location Data. We also use GPS technology to determine your current location. Some of our location-enabled Services require your personal data for the feature to work. If you wish to use the particular feature, you will be asked to consent to your data being used for this purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time by disabling Location Data in your settings.

  • Information we receive from other sources including third parties and publicly available sources. We will receive personal data about you from various third parties as set out below:

           - Device Data from analytics providers such as Google;

           - Advertising networks;

           - Search information providers.

 

Cookies

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We use cookies and/or other tracking technologies to distinguish you from other users of the App, App Site, the distribution platform (“Appstore”) or Services Sites and to maintain a user session and prevent third parties from masquerading as you. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the App or browse any of Our Sites and also allows us to improve the App and Our Sites.

 

What cookies do we use?

 

We have listed below all the cookies that we use. These fall into the following categories:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.

  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.

  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

 

Important information about cookies

 

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

 

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

 

You can always exercise your choices regarding use of cookies by changing your browser preferences. 

 

How we use your personal data

 

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to do so. Most commonly we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where you have consented before the processing.

  • Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter or have entered with you.

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Click here to find out more about the types of lawful basis that we will rely on to process your personal data.

 

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

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Marketing

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We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.

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Promotional offers from us

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We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. We will only send you direct marketing communications by email or text if we have your consent. You have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us.

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Third-party marketing

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We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.

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Opting out

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You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please notify us in writing or by email at ade@fether.io

 

Disclosure of your information  

 

We may have to share your personal information with the following third parties:

  • External third-party service providers acting as processors who provide the following services:

            - Web hosting;

            - Marketing, metrics and analytics; and

            - Payment transaction processors.

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  • Professional advisers, including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

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  • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities acting as processors, controllers or joint controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

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  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

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  • If Fether Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

 

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

 

International transfers

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We do not transfer your personal data outside the United Kingdom.

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Data security

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All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of Our Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

 

Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way.  

 

Certain Services include social networking, chat room or forum features. Ensure when using these features that you do not submit any personal data that you do not want to be seen, collected or used by other users.

 

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are legally required to do so.

 

Data retention

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In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights  below for further information.

 

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

 

In the event that you do not use the App for a period of 18 months, then we will treat the account as expired and your personal data may be deleted.

 

Your legal rights

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Under certain circumstances you have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.

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Please click on the links below to find out more about these rights:

  • Request access to your personal data.

  • Request correction of your personal data.

  • Request erasure of your personal data.

  • Object to processing of your personal data.

  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.

  • Request transfer or your personal data.

  • Right to withdraw consent.

 

You also have the right to ask us not to continue to process your personal data for marketing purposes.

 

You can exercise any of these rights at any time by contacting us at ade@fether.io.

 

Glossary

 

Lawful basis

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Consent means processing your personal data where you have signified your agreement by a statement or clear opt-in to processing for a specific purpose. Consent will only be valid if it is a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of what you want. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.

 

Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.

 

Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.

 

Comply with a legal obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.

 

Your legal rights

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You have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.

  • Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

  • Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

  • Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:

  1. if you want us to establish the data's accuracy;

  2. where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it;

  3. where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or

  4. you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

 

  • Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

  • Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

 

Description of categories of personal data

  • Identity Data: first and last name, date of birth, gender.

  • Contact Data: email address and telephone numbers.

  • Device Data: includes the type of mobile device you use, it’s operating system, browser type and other technical information.

  • Content Data: includes information stored on your Device, including login information, friends’ lists, photos and chat room content.

  • Profile Data: includes your username and password, preferences, feedback and survey responses.

  • Usage Data: includes details of your use of the App or your visits to any of Our Sites including, but not limited to, traffic data and other communication data.

  • Marketing and Communications Data: includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

  • Location Data: includes your current location disclosed by GPS technology or browser location.

  • Chat Room Data: includes the content of your group chats.

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