Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY OF “SmartUp” CAREFULLY

This Privacy Policy describes the practices by “SmartUp” application. It explains the storage, disclosure, use, transfer and other processing of your data (Personal & Non-Personal) and usage and sharing of contents. Hence, before start using this application or giving information about you, kindly review this Privacy Policy. By using or accessing our “SmartUp” application, you agree that we can store and process the data about yourself in accordance to this Policy which is revised time to time. Also, if you have any concerns or suggestions, kindly contact us at the mentioned email at the end.

Information we take about yourself and how we use it for you

1) Information that you permit us on Disclosure to store and process:

1a) If allowed, we access your photos/videos, media and files to facilitate you to upload videos or photos from your gallery. If allowed, we access your storage file system, read and modify the contents of your storage.

1b) If allowed, we access your camera to enable you to shoot videos and photos

1c) If allowed, we access your microphone to enable you to record an audio

1d) If allowed, we access to your Contacts to create an account for you. Moreover, we also enable you to find or invite your Mobile Contacts’ friends into our application.

1e) If allowed, we may access to know your installed applications to provide you personalized contents (Contents what you liked the most). But we will not collect any form of private content.

1f) When you log in from Facebook, we take your user name, Hometown, your age range, gender, and list of friends to provide you the best contents that you like most

1g) If allowed, we can track your location through GPS based on your SIM card, IP address or mobile device location settings to provide you localized advertisements and personalized Contents.

1h) If allowed, we get read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

2) Information that you provide to us during usage of our service:

2a) When you connect to our application, we take some non-personal data about yourself like the Android model, version, and browser, resolution of your mobile phone, IMEI, Language, network, unique mobile identifier, Mobile carriers, Cookies and other such information

2b) We store the data that you fill in your profile which include your Name, Email address, Phone number, Date of Birth, Education and other similar information

2c) We store your information like Name, Email address/Phone number and other similar information when you communicate to us

2d) We collect your behavioural data like contents you like/comment/share and social media login details (Upon logged in) to provide you personalized service.

2e) Cookies: We use Cookies and data from log files to store information and data so that your experience will be quicker. It reduces your labor to re-enter the same information when you visit us next time and update a new version of our application. However, you have an option to either decline or accept to give us access to your cookies

3. Use of the Information:

3a) To provide custom, personalized content, and our best services to you

3b) Facilitate certain activities on our platform like uploading/downloading photos and videos, posting comments etc.

3c) Helps you to find and invite your friends (Contacts/WhatsApp/Facebook) into our platform and make your own family to entertain yourself

3d) Helps in research and statistical analysis of users to make business decisions

3e) To improve and develop our Platform and conduct product development

3f) To help us detect abuse, fraud, and illegal activity on the Platform and communicate to you

4. How your Information may be disclosed

4a) Personal Information: In general, we use Session and Usage Data internally to serve our Users and enable them to take maximum advantage of the Applications, the Services and the Site. We do not disclose your Personal Information.

4b) Non-Personal Information: We may disclose Non-Personal Information to our trusted partners who shall comply with this privacy policy and the relevant privacy laws. We do not combine Non-Personal Information with Personal Information (such as combining your name with your unique User Device number).

5. User Generated Contents (UGC): These contents are uploaded by our users/you on our platform. All UGC contents are reviewed very strictly before they are online in our applications. Contents including Child abusement, Adult Contents, Religion, Violence, Hate Speech, Racial Discrimination, Gambling, Drugs, Sensitive Events, etc. will be strictly forbidden. If a user uploads such contents on our platform, we may block his/her account and restrict his/her further use of the application.

6. Content Posting Policy: You shall not post/upload/transmit/share any contents that:

6a) Violates the Agreement, Community Guidelines and other terms and policies that. Apply to your use of the Platform.

6b) Is unlawful, discriminatory, fraudulent, harassing, or otherwise grossly harmful

6c) Harm minors in any way

6d) Infringes or violates someone else’s right, including but not limited to patent. Trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights

7. Rights on Contents:

7a) Any user content will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.

7b) You shall be solely responsible for your own content and the consequences of submitting and publishing your content on the Services.

7c) We do not endorse any content submitted to the Services by any user or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, any use or reliance on any content obtained through the Service is at your own risk.

7d) Any views and opinions expressed by users on the Platform do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the Platform.

7e) We reserve the right to remove content that violates The Agreement, Community

Guidelines, Google Policy of Restricted Contents and other policies that apply to your use of the Service

7f) When you post your content through the Service, you agree and represent that you own that content or you have received permission from the owner of any part of the content submitted to the Services.

8. Our Application Contents:

SmartUp is a Technology Provider which enable users and Authors to share their views and Interests. Especially, the Articles are the personal views of the Author only and do not reflect the views of SmartUp. We Provide “WeMedia” Platform for Publishing Contents. All Contents are reviewed before they are online to ensure that it does not violate the Google Policies for Restricted Contents.

9. Copyrights Statement:

9a) Websites/Platform which given authorization shall recommend to the users

9b) WeMedia: WeMedia platform which generates the articles, contents, pictures, videos, images, Gifs from the general public who agreed our WeMedia policy, had upload the articles, contents, pictures, videos, images as per the Copyright Act, 1957, by their free will and interest, the SmartUp App is not responsible in any form/condition violating the Copyright Act, 1957.

9c) WeMedia Platform accepting any individual to join the platform to become our WeMedia Content Sharing Partnership followed by the content contribution policy, that if, any contributor has violated the copyright of any other will be removed and will be terminated the Partnership. If you found anyone violating anyone’s rights in terms of the articles, contents, pictures, videos, images, Gifs please contact us to resolve the issue

10) Report Contents: One can report any contents in the application with a reason of reporting like Content Infringement, Objectionable Content etc. We will review that content immediately and if it violates any policy, we will immediately remove that content and may block that user/Partner.

11. Children Under the age of 18 years:

The SmartUp Products and Services are not intended for the children below the age of 18 years and if you are younger than 18 years old, please don't use our application and also don’t give any information about yourself to us.

12. Users Commenting on In-App Contents:

In order to improve the user experience of the SmartUp application, users may leave comments on particular images and videos but SmartUp does not endorse these comments because they are the opinions of users who are not directly associated with SmartUp and its affiliated elements. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. Parties may view and collect any such information. As such, you should be cautioned when deciding to disclose Personal Information.

13. Advertisements Network and Third Party Services

13a) We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements when you visit or use our application. These companies may use information about your visits or use to particular services to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

13b) We will not disclose any of your personal information to any third party. However, we can give it to some government Institutions if and only if it is permitted by the Law of Govt of India.

13c) We cannot, and do not, control the information that you share with other Users using an Application, the Services and how such other Users will use or share such information. We are not responsible for third party circumvention of our security measures.

13d) When you share our application/contents or link your user profile to some third parties like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram etc. they might receive your personal and non-personal information like Name, Email address, Date of Birth, Age etc. We are not responsible for that kind of sharing of data as we don’t/can’t control it. By agreeing to our Privacy Policy, you accept this fact.

14. International Users:

Your personal and non-personal information may be stored and processed in any countries where we provide our services as described in the Privacy Policy. By agreeing to our Privacy Policy and using our Application you consent to transfer your personal and non-personal information to us despite the fact that different countries have different data protection rule. If you object to your Personal/non-personal Information being processes as described in this Policy, Please do not use this Application. According to California Civil Code section 1798.83, California residents reserve the right on the disclosure of their personal information to third parties. In that case, you may contact us on the below mentioned email with Subject “California Users’ Civil Right”.

15. Notification of Changes:

We reserve the right to change, modify and alter this Privacy Policy at any time. It is your responsibility to keep checking it and stay updated on a regular basis. Your continuous use of this application following the posting of any changes/modifications to the Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy

16. M. Jurisdiction: If you choose to visit the Apps/Services, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and the Apps/Services' terms of use. In addition to the foregoing, any disputes arising under this Privacy Policy shall be strictly governed by the laws of India

17. Contact Us:

If you have any concerns or queries regarding this Privacy Policy, Please contact us at:

Email us at: newssmartup@gmail.com