Last modified: June 22, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Noteey, the offline visual design application developed and managed by Smart Lingo Co. Limited ("Smart Lingo", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information about users of the Noteey App.
Parties
Smart Lingo Co. Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong with its registered office at 9TH FLOOR, AMTEL BUILDING, 148 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, CENTRAL, HONGKONG ("Smart Lingo"); and
You, being an individual user of the Noteey App.
Background
Noteey is an offline visual design application ("App") developed and managed by Smart Lingo.
This Privacy Policy governs the collection and use of personal data by Smart Lingo when users access the Noteey App.
The Noteey App allows users to access all core features offline without an internet connection. When using the App offline, Smart Lingo does not collect or store any personal data on its servers.
Definitions
Personal data means any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Use of personal data means the handling of personal data by Smart Lingo, including the collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of the data.
Disclosure of personal data means the sharing of personal data with third parties outside Smart Lingo.
You/Your means the individual users of the Noteey App.
Collection of Personal Data
Smart Lingo collects users' personal data for the purposes of:
Facilitating purchases of products and services through the Noteey App;
Providing customer support to users; and
Analysing usage data to improve users' experience with the Noteey App.
By providing their personal data to Smart Lingo, users consent to the collection of such personal data for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy.
Publisher Service
If you choose to use our "Publisher" service to publish and share your notes, we will need to store the data you publish on our servers. Your data will be stored for the duration of your subscription. If your Publish subscription expires, your data will remain stored on our servers for one month, after which it will be permanently deleted. If you cancel the subscription yourself, your data will be deleted immediately. Any local vaults on your devices are unaffected.
How we use your information
Smart Lingo uses Firebase Analytics to analyse basic usage patterns and performance metrics of the Noteey App on an aggregate and anonymous basis. This includes metrics such as device types used to access the App, most used features, and app performance. However, no personal data relating to individual users is collected through these analytics.
When users purchase products or services through the Noteey App, their email addresses are collected for processing such purchases. Email addresses will only be used to process the purchases and will not be used for any other marketing or promotional purposes.
Email addresses collected for processing purchases will not be shared with any third parties, except for payment processors such as Stripe and PayPal as necessary to complete transactions.
Smart Lingo shall not use any personal data provided by users for any purposes other than those stated in this Privacy Policy, unless user consent is obtained in advance.
Share your information
We may share your information with third parties for the following purposes:
1)To provide the Services to you
2)To comply with legal requirements
3)To protect the rights, property, or safety of Smart Lingo Co. Limited, our users, or others
We may also share your information with third parties for business purposes, such as to enable them to provide services on our behalf or to assist us in analyzing how the Services are used.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide the Services to you, to comply with legal requirements, and to protect the rights, property, or the safety of us, our users, or others.
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding the information we collect and use:
1)You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communications we send you.
2)You can adjust your browser settings to disable cookies, or you can set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent.
3)You can exercise your right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data, or to request data portability, by contacting us using the contact information provided below.
Please note that if you opt out of certain types of data collection or use, you may not be able to use all of the features of the Services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Smart Lingo reserves the right to amend or update this Privacy Policy at any time by publishing the amended version on the Noteey App.
Users will be notified of any material changes to this Privacy Policy through an in-app notification or email notification.
Continued use of the Noteey App after an amendment to this Privacy Policy is published will constitute acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, any amended version of this Privacy Policy approved and published by Smart Lingo takes effect immediately from the date of publication.
A record of previous versions of this Privacy Policy will be maintained so that users can review the changes made at any time on the Noteey App.
Contact Us
Contact Details. Smart Lingo Co. Limited can be contacted at 9TH FLOOR, AMTEL BUILDING, 148 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, CENTRAL, HONGKONG or via email at admin@noteey.com