Privacy Policy

Date of Last Revision: May 17, 2023

 

Beela Chat ("we," "us," or "our") takes the private nature of your information very seriously. This Privacy Policy describes our personal data handling practices in relation to the Services. If you do not agree with this Policy in general or any part of it, we recommend that you do not use our Services.

 

1. What information do we collect

Registration Information.

We will allow you, the end user, to use your phone number or a third party platform account to register in the Services and create an account. When you create an account, we may collect the personal information you provide to us, such as your name, gender, username, password, email address, picture, or phone number and so on.

 

Images.

We collect information about the images that are a part of your user content, such as identifying the objects and scenery, and the features and location of the place that appear in images. We may collect this information to enable special image effects, for content moderation, for demographic classification, for content and ad recommendations, and for other non-personally-identifying operations.

 

Technical Information.

We automatically collect certain information from you when you use the Platform, including your IP address, unique device identifiers, Cookies, your browsing history (including content you have viewed in the Platform), time zone setting, mobile or device information including the model of your device, your screen resolution, operating system and platform.

 

Information from third parties.

You can link your Account to certain Third Party Services. In order to do so, you may provide us with your username or other user ID for a Third Party Services, and you may then be required to log into that Service. After you complete this login process, we will receive a token that allows us to access your account on that Third Party Services so that we can. We do not receive or store your passwords for your Third Party Services accounts. When you connect other Third Party Services to your Beela Chat account, those Third Party Services might share information about you with us. What gets shown to us is determined by their privacy policies, so be sure to check what those are.

 

Payment information.

You may choose to pay us for specific services, in order to review the relevant coins and notices in respect of the handling of such data. so that we can credit your account with the correct value in coins, we keep a record of the purchases you make, the time at which you make those purchases and the amount spent.

 

Cookies and Similar Technologies.

We and our service providers and business partners use cookies and other similar technologies like pixels, web beacons, and local storage to collect information about how you use our Product and its features, enhance your experience using the Platform, improve the Platform.

You may be able to refuse or disable Cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Because each browser is different, please consult the instructions provided by your browser. Please note that you may need to take additional steps to refuse or disable certain types of Cookies. In addition, your opt-out selection is specific to the particular browser or device that you are using when you opt out, so you may need to opt-out separately for each of browser or device. If you choose to refuse, disable, or delete Cookies, some of the functionality of the Platform may no longer be available to you.

 


2. Permission Information

1. To ensure the services related to the app, we may apply for or use the relevant permissions of the system; and we will display the relevant operating system permissions that we need through the following list;

2. If we have changes of that, we will update the list.

 

Permission type: Network

Permission name: android.permission.INTERNET

Permission Description: Access Network

Usage Scenario: Connecting Our Services

 

Permission Type: Album

Permission Name: android.permission.WRITE_ EXTERNAL_ STORAGE

Permission description: Upload images/videos

Usage scenarios: setting avatars, setting room covers, setting room backgrounds, chatting and sending pictures

 

Permission Type: Microphone

Permission Name: android.permission.RECORD_ AUDIO

Permission description: Use microphone

Usage scenario: Voice interaction with other users in the room

 

Tips: You can manage relevant permissions according to actual needs. If you refuse to provide relevant permissions, some functions may not be available. For more informations, please go to the "Privacy Policy" to view

 


3. How we use your information

We use the personal information we gather through the Services for the purposes described below.

 

- Provide Services to You: to present our services and its contents to you, including any interactive features, and to provide you with information, products or services that you allow us to.

 

- Review Content: to review images and contents posted or generated on application to ensure that we comply with any applicable content regulations in any relevant jurisdiction.

 

- Functionality and Security: to detect, prevent, and respond to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities; combat spam, malware, malicious activities or security risk; or diagnose or fix technology problems.

 

- Improve our Services: we process information about the way you use and interact with our Services to help us improve our Services, build new Services, and build customized features or Services.

 

- Customization of Content: to perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in contents, products  in order to display content tailored to your interests.

 

- Compliance: to enforce our terms of use and to comply with our legal obligations; to manage risk as required under applicable law.

 

 

4. How we share your information

We are committed to maintaining your trust, and we want you to understand when and with whom we may share the information we collect. We will share your information with the following:

 

- Authorized third-party vendors and service providers. We share your information with third-party vendors and service providers that help us perform our business operations, including research, payment processing and transaction fulfillment, database maintenance, contest administration, technology services, deliveries, analytics, data storage and hosting, disaster recovery, search engine optimization, marketing, and data processing.

 

- Business Transfers or Bankruptcy. In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets, any personal information owned or controlled by us may be one of the assets transferred to the third parties. We will notify you via email or notice within our Services of any change in data ownership and/or uses of your personal information. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred personal information will be subject to this Privacy Policy. However, any personal information you submit or that is collected after this type of transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity.

 

- We will share your information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other organizations if legally required to do so, or if such use is reasonably necessary to:

  1. Comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request

  2. Enforce applicable terms of use, including investigation of potential violations thereof

  3. Detect, prevent, or otherwise address illegal or suspected illegal activities, security or technical issues

  4. Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or other third parties

 

- If you access third-party services, such as Facebook, to login to the Platform or to share information about your usage on the Platform with others, these third-party services may be able to collect information about you, including information about your activity on the Platform, and they may notify your connections on the third-party services about your use of the Platform, in accordance with their privacy policies.

 

If you choose to engage in public activities on the Platform, you should be aware that any information you share may be read, collected, or used by other users. You should use caution in disclosing personal information while engaging. We are not responsible for the information you choose to submit.

 


5. How to Delete Your Account and Data

If you want to delete your Account and Data, you can do so by emailing us at beelachat@126.com and providing proof of authority over the Account. What constitutes "proof of authority" will vary depending on the circumstances, but generally will require sufficient identifying information so that we can be confident you are the Account owner.

 

 

6. The security of your information

We are committed to ensuring the security of your personal information. We have physical, technical and administrative safeguards in place to protect the confidentiality of your personal information. In addition, we require all our service providers handling personal information also maintain appropriate physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide to us.

 

However,  the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and Please be advised, however, that we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with the storage and transmission of your Personal Information.

 

Maintaining the security of your personal information is also your responsibility, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password and account information at all times..

 

 

7. Information relating to children

The Platform is not directed at children under the age of 13. If we find that personal information has been collected from people under the age of 13, we will delete that information and terminate that person's account. If the law of the user's residential area has special provisions for users over the age of 13 to use the platform and for the platform to collect the personal information of users over the age of 13, we will comply with the provisions of the local law.

 

If you think we collect information about children under the age of 13 or that is prohibited by local law, please contact us at beelachat@126.com.

 

 

8. Where we store your personal information

When you provide personal information to us via the Platform, it is stored on a cloud server located in Frankfurt. We will implement appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information remains protected and secure when it is stored on the cloud server.

 

 

9. How Long We Maintain Your Information?

We will retain your Personal Information and other information for as long as you maintain your account. If you no longer want us to use your information that we physically access and store, you can request that we erase your information and close your Account.

 

However, some data may still be stored for a certain time period if information is necessary to comply with legal obligation (taxation, accounting, audit) or in order to maintain safety and data backup settings, prevent fraud or other malicious acts.

 

 

10. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we update the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the“Last Updated” date at the top of this policy and posting the new Privacy Policy and providing any other notice required by applicable law. We recommend that you review the Privacy Policy each time you visit the Platform to stay informed of our privacy practices.

 

 

11. Contact

If you have any question about this Privacy Policy or the services, please contact us at beelachat@126.com