This privacy policy pertains to the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information in the custody and control of Check In.
Personal Information shall include (i) personal information as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) of British Columbia. For the purposes of this policy, Personal Information shall not include information about Check In employees in such employees' capacity as employees of Check In.
It is the policy of Check In to keep any information gathered through the use of our systems secure. As such, user information is not disclosed or shared to unauthorized third parties except as allowed by Canadian law and described herein.
Check In reserves the right to review the covenants contained in this Privacy Policy and to make changes. Every time that a change to this policy is made, users will be notified and the revised version will be posted on our website. By utilizing our application and/or website, or otherwise providing Personal Information to us, the user agrees to be bound by Check In's Privacy Policy.
Check In collects information that personally identifies the user, such as (but not limited to):
Check In uses and discloses Personal Information for purposes consistent with such Personal Information's collection. For example, Check In shall be allowed to collect, use and disclose Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with providing the services contemplated by the use of Check In's application.
Check In uses third-party service providers to host data on servers. These third-party service providers may have access to Personal Information as an incidental result of the services provided by such third parties to Check In, but the access of such third parties to such information is strictly controlled in accordance with the safeguards detailed below.
The type of information we are legally required to disclose may relate to criminal investigations or government tax reporting requirements. In some instances, such as a legal proceeding or court order, we may also be required to disclose your Personal Information to authorities. Only the information specifically requested is disclosed and we take precautions to satisfy ourselves that the authorities that are making the disclosure request have legitimate grounds to do so.
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in situations where we are legally permitted to do so, such as in the course of employing reasonable and legal methods to enforce your rights or to investigate suspicion of unlawful activities. We may release certain Personal Information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of ourselves and others.
Your phone number information will not be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.
Check In collects usage information from users to our services. The purpose of this collection is to understand how users access and use the services in order to enhance and optimize our services. Usage information and data could include but is not limited to the user's device type, device identifier, IP address, browser type, operating system, duration of use, number of messages sent or received, and times at which the application was accessed and used. In addition, Check In will collect aggregate data about a group or category of services or users. This information, as well as the Personal Information collected, enables Check In to analyze trends, administer Check In's services and products, troubleshoot, enhance, and improve Check In's services.
Check In may disclose aggregate data to advertisers.
Check In maintains the right to inform our users about any change that may affect information collected or stored. We may be required to comply with a court order or governmental regulatory requirement or disclose information in connection to legal proceedings. If required to do so, we will make every effort to notify the relevant parties about the proceedings.
Check In reserves the right to use the contact information of users for the purposes of communications regarding any aspect of a user's account or corresponding services and products. Users will have the option to participate or opt out of optional communications (e.g. marketing, press, events) while mandatory communications (e.g. security updates, product announcements/revisions) will go out to all active users.
Check In is not anticipating any changes in corporate status, however as we grow and develop that may change. You understand and agree that we may use your Personal Information and disclose your Personal Information to third parties in connection with the proposed or actual financing, insuring, sale, securitization, assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets (including accounts) for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the proposed transaction. If we disclose personal information for a business purpose, the platform will enter into a binding contract with the third party, which clearly states the purpose of the contract, and requires the third party to keep this personal information confidential and to not use this information for any purpose other than the purposes described in the contract.
Check In reserves the right to reject, suspend, alter, remove or delete data if it breaches our terms and conditions or it is necessary to protect us or others where we have reasonable grounds for believing that a criminal act has been committed, or if required to do so by law.
Check In processes and stores the user's logs, contact data, and other related information in order to provide Check In's services to the user. Data will be stored per internal retention schedules in a secure and private manner or deleted as per direction from the user as allowable by operational needs and relevant law.
This privacy policy shall in all respects be governed by and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
Subscribers may contact us to make enquiries on our privacy practices or to the accuracy of their personally identifiable information and to request the update, correction or deletion of such information or account should they wish to do so. Any query, comments or concerns can be sent to us by email at checkinfriendsapp@gmail.com or by mail at the following address:
Check In:
1040 West Georgia Street Unit 415
Vancouver, BC V6E 4H1
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