DIALCONTACTS PRIVACY POLICY



INTRODUCTION


Dialcontacts is firmly committed to the security and protection of personal information of our Users and their contacts. This Privacy Policy describes how Dialcontacts will collect, use, share and process personal information. Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Dialcontacts Terms of Service.
If you reside outside the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland (“Europe”), You are entering into the Terms of Service with Arkroot LLP and the terms of this Privacy Policy apply to You. If you reside in Europe the applicable terms are available here.
By accepting the Dialcontacts Privacy Policy and/or using the Services You consent to the collection, use, sharing and processing of personal information as described herein. If You provide us with personal information about someone else, You confirm that they are aware that You have provided their information and that they consent to our use of their information according to our Privacy Policy. You may opt-out at any time to prevent further use of the information shared via the Services.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED


1.1 USER PROFILE


When You create a user profile in the Services and confirm being the holder of a certain number, Dialcontacts will collect the information provided by You. In order to create a user profile, You must register a phone number. Additional information that may be provided at Your option include, but is not limited to, photo, gender, street address and zip code, country of residence, email address, professional website, Facebook page, Twitter address and a short status message.

1.2 INSTALLATION AND USE


When You install and use the Services, Dialcontacts will collect personal information from You in Your interaction with our Services.
Some information, including, but not limited to, usage information and other information that may arise from Your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify You, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this Policy.

2. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


2.1 STATISTICAL DATA FROM THE SERVICES


We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.

2.2 PERSONALIZE OUR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS


We may contact You for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services. We also use the collected information to respond to you when you contact us.

2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES


We may use the collected information to comply with applicable laws and to enforce our agreements and protect and defend the rights or safety of Dialcontacts, its Users or any other person and verify provided User profile information and ensure technical service functionality and data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting and prevent or detect fraud, security breaches or illegal activities.

3. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


In addition to the sharing and disclosure of personal information that is included as part of the functionality of the Services as described in section 2 above, Dialcontacts may disclose personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
comply with the law, or legal process served on us;
protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements; or
protect the security and safety of Users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance, provided, of course, that such disclosure is lawful.
We may disclose and transfer Your Information to our associated or affiliated organizations or related entities, our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

4. DELISTING OF CONTACT INFORMATION AND OPT-OUT OF AD TARGETING


If any persons do not wish to have their names and phone numbers made available through Dialcontacts, they can exclude themselves from further queries by notifying Dialcontacts via the contact details below. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may keep and process personal information related to such requests in order to be able to honor the request.
You can limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting by third parties via Your device settings.

5. INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES


In order to provide the Services, Dialcontacts will transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, including but not limited to India, and may also use cloud based services for this purpose. Dialcontacts may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Dialcontacts has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION


Dialcontacts may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by Dialcontacts in connection with the operation of the Services. When required by applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details below.

7. MINORS


Services are not intended for or designed to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Dialcontacts does not intentionally or knowingly collect personal information through the Services from anyone under that age. We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of their children to ensure that no personal information is collected from a child without their consent.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts may at any time with or without a separate notice change this Privacy Policy, and You are encouraged to review this Policy from time to time. In case of substantial changes, Dialcontacts will notify the Users via notice in the Services. Your continued use of the Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to You or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed policy.

9. CONTACT


If You have any additional questions about Dialcontacts Privacy Policy or want to make a request regarding certain personal information, You are encouraged to contact Dialcontacts. The contact information is:
admin@dialcontacts.com
Effective date: 01 April 2023
Last updated: 01 April 2023

DIALCONTACTS PRIVACY POLICY



INTRODUCTION


Dialcontacts is firmly committed to the security and protection of personal information of our Users. This Privacy Policy describes how Dialcontacts will collect, use, share and process personal information. Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Dialcontacts Terms of Service.
DATA CONTROLLER AND CONTRACTING PARTY
If you reside in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area, UK and Switzerland (“Europe”), You are entering into the Terms of Service with Arkroot LLP and Arkroot will be the controller of Your personal information. If you do not reside in Europe the applicable terms are available here.
BRIEF SUMMARY:
In simple terms:
We process Your profile data (name, phone number etc.) to provide, improve, analyze and personalize the Services for You.
Subject always to obtaining your prior consent, we may:
allow other Users, at Your option, to either obtain your contact details


We do not:
store or share any personal information of contacts from Your address book

1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT


1.1 USER PROFILE


When You create a user profile in the Services and confirm being the holder of a certain number, Dialcontacts will collect the information provided by You. In order to create a user profile, You must register a phone number. Additional information that may be provided at Your option include, but is not limited to, photo, gender, street address and zip code, country of residence, email address, professional website, Facebook page, Twitter address and a short status message.

1.2 INSTALLATION AND USE


When You install and use the Services, Dialcontacts will collect personal information from You in Your interaction with our Services.
Some information, including, but not limited to, usage information and other information that may arise from Your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify You, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this Policy.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION


2.1 PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND PERSONALIZE OUR SERVICES


We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.

2.2 PERSONALIZE OUR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS


We may contact You for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services. We also use the collected information to respond to you when you contact us.

2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES


We may use the collected information to comply with applicable laws and to enforce our agreements and protect and defend the rights or safety of Dialcontacts, its Users or any other person and verify provided User profile information and ensure technical service functionality and data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting and prevent or detect fraud, security breaches or illegal activities.

3. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


In addition to the sharing and disclosure of personal information that is included as part of the functionality of the Services as described in section 2 above, Dialcontacts may disclose personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
comply with the law, or legal process served on us;
protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements; or
protect the security and safety of Users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance, provided, of course, that such disclosure is lawful.
We may disclose and transfer Your Information to our associated or affiliated organizations or related entities, our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

4. LEGAL BASES AND DATA RETENTION


Dialcontacts will collect and process Your personal information in order to perform the contract with You (e.g. to deliver the Services), based on Your consent (i.e. the choices You make upon registration and in Your settings) or based on a legitimate interest of Dialcontacts (which is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms). Such legitimate interests of Dialcontacts include to protect and maintain the security of the Services, to understand and improve our Services and user relationships and to administer our business and customer support. Where we process data based on Your consent, You may withdraw your consent at any time via Your settings.
Dialcontacts will retain Your personal information while You maintain a user profile in the Services. You may at any time choose to delete Your user profile and Your personal information via Your settings. If You make such choices, Your personal information will no longer be visible to others in the Services. We will retain Your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may also retain Your personal information in order to accommodate Your choices regarding marketing.

5. INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES


The Dialcontacts Services require by their very nature that Your personal information will be transferred to other Users across the globe. Dialcontacts may also use cloud based services and subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country in order to provide the Services, including e.g. the USA. Information collected within Europe may, for example, be transferred to and processed in a country outside of Europe, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as within Europe. We use Model Contractual Clauses adopted by the EU Commission as a legal mechanism for the international transfer of data to a third party located in a country outside Europe. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Dialcontacts has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. ACCESSING AND CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION


Dialcontacts provides many choices for You to control and manage Your personal information via the settings in the Dialcontacts Privacy Center. Subject to applicable law, you may also have the following rights in relation to Your personal information:
Right of access: You may request a confirmation as to whether or not personal information is being processed by Dialcontacts and to obtain a copy of that information. We may decline to process requests that are vexatious or frivolous or extremely impractical, jeopardize the privacy of others, or for which access is not otherwise required by applicable law.
Right to rectification: You may request rectification if Your personal information is inaccurate.
Right to erasure: You may request that your personal information is erased in certain situations e.g. if it is no longer necessary to provide the Services to You.
Right to object: You may object to the processing of Your personal information in certain situations e.g. for use of Your data for ad targeting.
Right to restriction: You may request restrictions of the processing of Your personal information in certain situations e.g. if Your personal information is inaccurate or unlawfully processed.
Right to data portability: You may request to receive personal information provided by You in machine readable format.
You can exercise Your rights above via the Dialcontacts Privacy Center where You e.g. can access, edit, delete and download Your personal information and limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting and the provision of special offers or promotions by third parties. You may also contact Dialcontacts for assistance using the contact information below, and we will consider your request in accordance with applicable law.

7. CHILDREN`S PRIVACY


We do not intentionally or knowingly collect or solicit information from children under the relevant age of consent under the laws of their respective jurisdictions or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Services. The Services are not directed at children under the relevant age of consent under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. If you believe that we might have information from or about a child under the relevant age of consent, please contact us at admin@dialcontacts.com.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts may at any time change this Privacy Policy. Dialcontacts will notify the Users of such changes by via notice in the Services or by other means. If You object to any changes, You may uninstall the Dialcontacts applications and cease using the Services. Your continued use of the Services after Dialcontacts have communicated changes to this Privacy Policy, will mean that the collection, use, sharing and processing of Your personal information is subject to the new Privacy Policy. We may from time to time set out more detailed information on how we process your personal information in relation to particular Services in supplemental Privacy Notices which shall be incorporated into and form part of this Privacy Policy.

9. CONTACT US


For questions or complaints related to this Privacy Policy or the processing of Your personal information, we encourage You to contact us via admin@dialcontacts.com. If Dialcontacts cannot resolve Your concern or if it is inconvenient to contact us, residents in Switzerland may raise the matter with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and residents in other countries in Europe with the Swedish Data Protection Authority.
Effective date: 01 April 2023
Last updated: 01 April 2023

DIALCONTACTS PRIVACY POLICY


This Privacy Policy describes how Arkroot LLP(“Dialcontacts”, “we” or “us”) accepts, collects, stores, uses, transfers, shares or otherwise processes your information if you reside in Nigeria.

HOW YOU MAY GIVE YOUR CONSENT


Take notice that the terms of this Privacy Policy apply to your usage or continued usage of our Services and regulate the acceptance, collection, storage, use, transfer, sharing or other processing of your information as described herein and in the Terms of ServiceTerms of Service and by registering on the application, you consent to the application of the terms of this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to your usage of our Services. To promote clarity, we have layered this Privacy Policy by including hyperlinks that provide you with more detailed information, additional context and examples, and such information forms part of this Privacy Policy.

STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES


We receive your data for the specific purposes stated in this Privacy Policy geared towards enabling our services more specifically detailed in this Privacy Policy. We receive data you have provided to us in the creation of a user profile. Your personal data is stored securely on our server and we take steps to ensure the security of your data by implementing physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including storage of the information on secured servers protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. Your data is stored for the period you are subscribed to our service and if you elect to deactivate your account, we delete your data from our server.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US


When you install, access or use our Services we may process the following categories of information for the purposes described below.

INFORMATION YOU GIVE TO US


Account and user profile. We accept your mobile phone number to create your user account. You may also choose to provide additional information for your user profile such as photo, address, email and your status message.
Customer support and surveys. If you contact us about your experience of using our Services, we will use the information you have provided to respond to and resolve issues, for example, when you contact us via email support. You may also provide us information if you decide to participate in surveys, or subject to your settings

INFORMATION WE GET WHEN YOU USE OUR SERVICES


Log and event information. You consent that when you use the Services, we may collect log and events information such as about how you use our Services, configure them, access themWe log events and also collect performance, diagnostics, website, bug, and crash reports and logs. This enables us to provide our Services effectively and improve their quality.

NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION


Users. Some information including usage information and other information that may arise from your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify you, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this policy.

HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION


We use the information to provide, operate and personalize our Services for you in the following ways.
We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.

HOW WE ENABLE INFORMATION SHARING


We enable information sharing to provide, operate, and personalize our Services, including in the following ways:
Account and user information. By default, the user has to send you a request, which the administrator can choose to accept or decline, to add a phone number.You may choose to make your phone number and user profile public, in which case such information will be available to others.
Law and safety. We may disclose your information if we believe such action is necessary to: (a) comply with applicable laws, government requests or legal process served on us; (b) protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements including to ensure technical service functionality, data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting, protect our platform and services from abuse, and prevent or detect security breaches and illegal, restricted or prohibited activity; and (c) protect the security and safety of users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance provided that such disclosure is lawful.
Acquisitions and transfer. We may disclose and transfer your information or our obligations and rights under this Privacy Policy to any of our affiliates or successors, and to any third party who proposes to acquire all or part of business or operations, whether such acquisition is by way of investment, merger, restructuring, sale of capital or assets, by operation of law, or otherwise.

UNLISTING BY NON-USERS


If any persons do not wish to have their names and phone numbers made available through Dialcontacts, they can exclude themselves from further queries by notifying Dialcontacts via the contact details below. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may keep and process personal information related to such requests in order to be able to honor the request.
You can limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting by third parties via Your device settings.

LEGAL BASES AND DATA RETENTION


Dialcontacts will collect and process Your personal information in order to perform the contract with You (e.g. to deliver the Services), based on Your consent (i.e. the choices You make upon registration and in Your settings) or based on a legitimate interest of Dialcontacts (which is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms). Such legitimate interests of Dialcontacts include to protect and maintain the security of the Services, to understand and improve our Services and user relationships and to administer our business and customer support. Where we process data based on Your consent, You may withdraw your consent at any time via Your settings.
Dialcontacts will retain Your personal information while You maintain a user profile in the Services. You may at any time choose to delete Your user profile and Your personal information via Your settings. If You make such choices, Your personal information will no longer be visible to others in the Services. We will retain Your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may also retain Your personal information in order to accommodate Your choices regarding marketing.

SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF INFORMATION


In order to provide the Services, Dialcontacts will transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, including but not limited to India, and may also use cloud based services for this purpose. Dialcontacts may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Dialcontacts has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

ACCESSING AND CONTROLLING YOUR INFORMATION


Dialcontacts may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by Dialcontacts in connection with the operation of the Services. When required by applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details below.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY


Services are not intended for or designed to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Dialcontacts does not intentionally or knowingly collect personal information through the Services from anyone under that age. We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of their children to ensure that no personal information is collected from a child without their consent.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts may at any time with or without a separate notice change this Privacy Policy, and You are encouraged to review this Policy from time to time. In case of substantial changes, Dialcontacts will notify the Users via notice in the Services. Your continued use of the Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to You or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed policy.

CONTACT US


For general enquiries about our Privacy Policy please feel free to contact us at admin@dialcontacts.com
We respect your privacy and aim to address and remedy your grievance to the best of our ability. If you have any specific questions about our Privacy Policy including about the collection, use or sharing of your information or access to your information, please contact on admin@dialcontacts.com. We endeavor to resolve your grievance within a period of 30 days from when it is received.

AVAILABLE REMEDIES


The remedy we apply in addressing your grievance depends on the nature of the grievance but may include: (a) conducting of an investigation alone (or in conjunction with a data protection compliance organisation) to establish and deal with the source of your grievance, (b) deletion of your data from our database, (c) rectification of your data, or (d) imposition of restriction on further processing of your data, etc.
Effective date:01 April 2023 Last updated: 01 April 2023

DIALCONTACTS NOTICE OF COLLECTION


This notice addresses the specific disclosure requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), as amended by Proposition 24 of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 ("CPRA") effective as of January 1, 2023, by Arkroot LLP to provide certain information about our data processing practices to California residents.
If you have a visual disability, you may be able to use a screen reader or other text-to-speech or text-to-Braille tool to review the contents of this Privacy Policy.
Dialcontacts is firmly committed to the security and protection of personal information of our Users and their contacts. This Privacy Policy describes how Dialcontacts will collect, use, share and process your personal information. Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Dialcontacts Terms of Service.

1. SCOPE


If you reside in California, You are entering into the Terms of Service with Arkroot LLP and the terms of this Privacy Policy apply to You. If you are not resident in California the applicable terms are here unless you reside in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland in which case the applicable terms are here.
By accepting the Dialcontacts Privacy Policy and/or using the Services You consent to the collection, use, sharing and processing of personal information as described herein. If You provide us with personal information about someone else, You confirm that they are aware that You have provided their information and that they consent to our use of their information according to our Privacy Policy. You may opt-out at any time to prevent further use of the information shared via the Services.

2. YOUR RIGHTS ABOUT INFORMATION COLLECTED, DISCLOSED, OR SOLD


This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we generally collect, use, and disclose about California residents.
Right to know what personal information is being collected & Right to access personal information: You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you specifically. You can access and control Your information by submitting a request to exercise the right to know by sending an email request to us using the Contact Information below and include “California Request to Know” in the subject line. Please specify in your request the details you would like to know, including any specific pieces of personal information you would like to access.
Right to deletion: You have a right to request the deletion of personal information that we collect or maintain about You. If you prefer You may submit a request to delete Your personal information, please contact us using the contact information below, and include “California Request to Delete” in the subject line. Please specify in your request the personal information about you that you would like to have deleted, which can be all of your personal information as required by the CCPA.
Right of no retaliation following opt-out or exercise of other rights: You may not be discriminated against because you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA.
Right to know what personal information is sold or shared and to whom: WE DO NOT SELL or SHARE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION AND THEREFORE DO NOT OFFER AN OPT-OUT TO THE SALE OR SHARE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information: You have the right to limit the use of "sensitive personal information” as defined under the CPRA. WE DO NOT SELL or SHARE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS’ SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND THEREFORE DO NOT OFFER AN OPT-OUT TO THE SALE OR SHARE OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION. We might only use a limited number of sensitive personal information to the extent it is necessary to perform our services.
Right to correct inaccurate personal information: In certain circumstances, you have the right to request correction of any inaccurate personal information. Upon verifying the validity of a verifiable consumer correction request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct your personal information as directed, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of maintaining your personal information.

3. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

3.1 USER PROFILE


When You create a user profile in the Services and confirm being the holder of a certain number, Dialcontacts will collect the information provided by You. In order to create a user profile, You must register a phone number. Additional information that may be provided at Your option include, but is not limited to, photo, gender, street address and zip code, country of residence, email address, professional website, Facebook page, Twitter address and a short status message.

3.2 INSTALLATION AND USE


When You install and use the Services, Dialcontacts will collect personal information from You in Your interaction with our Services.
Some information, including, but not limited to, usage information and other information that may arise from Your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify You, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this Policy.

4. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

4.1 STATISTICAL DATA FROM THE SERVICES


We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.

4.2 PERSONALIZE OUR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS


We may contact You for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services. We also use the collected information to respond to you when you contact us.

4.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES


We may use the collected information to comply with applicable laws and to enforce our agreements and protect and defend the rights or safety of Dialcontacts, its Users or any other person and verify provided User profile information and ensure technical service functionality and data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting and prevent or detect fraud, security breaches or illegal activities.

5. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


In addition to the sharing and disclosure of personal information that is included as part of the functionality of the Services as described in section 2 above, Dialcontacts may disclose personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
comply with the law, or legal process served on us;
protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements; or
protect the security and safety of Users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance, provided, of course, that such disclosure is lawful.
We may disclose and transfer Your Information to our associated or affiliated organizations or related entities, our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

6. DELISTING OF CONTACT INFORMATION AND OPT-OUT OF AD TARGETING


If any persons do not wish to have their names and phone numbers made available through Dialcontacts, they can exclude themselves from further queries by notifying Dialcontacts via the contact details below. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may keep and process personal information related to such requests in order to be able to honor the request.
You can limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting by third parties via Your device settings.

7. INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES


In order to provide the Services, Dialcontacts will transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, including but not limited to India, and may also use cloud based services for this purpose. Dialcontacts may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Dialcontacts has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

8. ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION


Dialcontacts may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by Dialcontacts in connection with the operation of the Services. When required by applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details below.

9. RETENTION


Dialcontacts will retain your information for as long as you maintain a user profile in the Services and for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in our Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. You may at any time choose to deactivate your account and delete your user profile and information via your settings. If you deactivate your account, your profile information will no longer be visible to others in the Services, and we delete from our servers any of your information that we do not need to provide our Services including any undelivered messages. However, deactivating your account will not delete information that you have shared with others, for example, messages that you have sent to other users.

10. MINORS


Services are not intended for or designed to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Dialcontacts does not intentionally or knowingly collect personal information through the Services from anyone under that age. We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of their children to ensure that no personal information is collected from a child without their consent.

11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts may at any time with or without a separate notice change this Privacy Policy, and You are encouraged to review this Policy from time to time. In case of substantial changes, Dialcontacts will notify the Users via notice in the Services. Your continued use of the Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to You or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed policy.

12. AUTHORIZED AGENT


You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf if:
The authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity registered with the Secretary of State of California; and
You sign a written declaration that you authorize the authorized agent to act on your behalf.
If you use an authorized agent to submit a request to exercise your right to know or your right to request deletion, in addition to the steps described under Section 2 and Section 8 above, please mail a certified copy of your written declaration authorizing the authorized agent to act on your behalf using the contact information below.
If you provide an authorized agent with power of attorney pursuant to Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465, it may not be necessary to perform these steps and we will respond to any request from such authorized agent in accordance with the CCPA.

13. DISCLOSURE OF PRIVACY RIGHTS REQUESTS


The CCPA requires businesses to disclose the number of requests received, complied with in whole or in part, or denied. Please see the relevant metrics below which have been compiled based on requests from California residents through Dialcontacts privacy support channels.

14. CONTACT


If You have any additional questions about Dialcontacts Privacy Policy or want to make a request regarding certain personal information, You are encouraged to contact Dialcontacts. The contact information is:
admin@dialcontacts.com
Effective date: 01 April 2023
Last updated: 01 April 2023

DIALCONTACTS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts is firmly committed to the security and protection of personal information of our Users and their contacts. This Privacy Policy describes how Dialcontacts will collect, use, share and process personal information. Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Dialcontacts Terms of Service.
This Privacy Policy describes how Arkroot LLP (“Dialcontacts”, “we” or “us”) collects, stores, uses, transfers, shares or otherwise processes your information if you reside in the Republic of South Africa.
By accepting the Dialcontacts Privacy Policy and/or using the Services You consent to the collection, use, sharing and processing of personal information as described herein. If You provide us with personal information about someone else, You confirm that they are aware that You have provided their information and that they consent to our use of their information according to our Privacy Policy. You may opt-out at any time to prevent further use of the information shared via the Services.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED


1.1 USER PROFILE


When You create a user profile in the Services and confirm being the holder of a certain number, Dialcontacts will collect the information provided by You. In order to create a user profile, You must register a phone number. Additional information that may be provided at Your option include, but is not limited to, photo, gender, street address and zip code, country of residence, email address, professional website, Facebook page, Twitter address and a short status message.

1.2 INSTALLATION AND USE


When You install and use the Services, Dialcontacts will collect personal information from You in Your interaction with our Services.
Some information, including, but not limited to, usage information and other information that may arise from Your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify You, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this Policy.

2. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


2.1 STATISTICAL DATA FROM THE SERVICES


We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.

2.2 PERSONALIZE OUR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS


We may contact You for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services. We also use the collected information to respond to you when you contact us.

2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES


We may use the collected information to comply with applicable laws and to enforce our agreements and protect and defend the rights or safety of Dialcontacts, its Users or any other person and verify provided User profile information and ensure technical service functionality and data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting and prevent or detect fraud, security breaches or illegal activities.

3. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


In addition to the sharing and disclosure of personal information that is included as part of the functionality of the Services as described in section 2 above, Dialcontacts may disclose personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
comply with the law, or legal process served on us;
protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements; or
protect the security and safety of Users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance, provided, of course, that such disclosure is lawful.
We may disclose and transfer Your Information to our associated or affiliated organizations or related entities, our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

4. DELISTING OF CONTACT INFORMATION AND OPT-OUT OF AD TARGETING


If any persons do not wish to have their names and phone numbers made available through Dialcontacts, they can exclude themselves from further queries by notifying Dialcontacts via the contact details below. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may keep and process personal information related to such requests in order to be able to honor the request.
You can limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting by third parties via Your device settings.

5. LEGAL BASES AND DATA RETENTION


Dialcontacts will retain your information for as long as you maintain a user profile in the Services and for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in our Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. You may at any time choose to deactivate your account and delete your user profile and information via your settings. If you deactivate your account, your profile information will no longer be visible to others in the Services, and we delete from our servers any of your information that we do not need to provide our Services including any undelivered messages. However, deactivating your account will not delete information that you have shared with others, for example, messages that you have sent to other users.

6. INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES


In order to provide the Services, Dialcontacts will transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, including but not limited to India, and may also use cloud based services for this purpose. Dialcontacts may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Dialcontacts has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

7. ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION


Dialcontacts may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by Dialcontacts in connection with the operation of the Services. When required by applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details below.

8. MINORS


Services are not intended for or designed to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Dialcontacts does not intentionally or knowingly collect personal information through the Services from anyone under that age. We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of their children to ensure that no personal information is collected from a child without their consent.

9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts may at any time with or without a separate notice change this Privacy Policy, and You are encouraged to review this Policy from time to time. In case of substantial changes, Dialcontacts will notify the Users via notice in the Services. Your continued use of the Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to You or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed policy.

10. CONTACT


If You have any additional questions about Dialcontacts Privacy Policy or want to make a request regarding certain personal information, You are encouraged to contact Dialcontacts. The contact information is:
admin@dialcontacts.com

11. COMPLAINTS TO THE INFORMATION REGULATOR


If you think that we have processed your personal information in a manner that is against applicable law, you undertake to first contact us so that we can try and resolve your complaint. If you are still not satisfied you can contact the information regulator at admin@dialcontacts.com
Effective date: 01 April 2023
Last updated: 01 April 2023

DIALCONTACTS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts is firmly committed to the security and protection of personal information of our Users and their contacts. This Privacy Policy describes how Dialcontacts will collect, use, share and process personal information. Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Dialcontacts Terms of Service.
This Privacy Policy describes how Arkroot LLP (“Dialcontacts”, “we” or “us”) collects stores, uses, transfers, shares or otherwise processes your information if you reside in Brazil.
By accepting the Dialcontacts Privacy Policy and/or using the Services You consent to the collection, use, sharing and processing of personal information as described herein. If You provide us with personal information about someone else, You confirm that they are aware that You have provided their information and that they consent to our use of their information according to our Privacy Policy. You may opt-out at any time to prevent further use of the information shared via the Services.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED


1.1 USER PROFILE


When You create a user profile in the Services and confirm being the holder of a certain number, Dialcontacts will collect the information provided by You. In order to create a user profile, You must register a phone number. Additional information that may be provided at Your option include, but is not limited to, photo, gender, street address and zip code, country of residence, email address, professional website, Facebook page, Twitter address and a short status message.

1.2 INSTALLATION AND USE


When You install and use the Services, Dialcontacts will collect personal information from You in Your interaction with our Services.
Some information, including, but not limited to, usage information and other information that may arise from Your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify You, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this Policy.

2. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


2.1 STATISTICAL DATA FROM THE SERVICES


We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes.
We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.

2.2 PERSONALIZE OUR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS


We may contact You for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services. We also use the collected information to respond to you when you contact us.

2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES


We may use the collected information to comply with applicable laws and to enforce our agreements and protect and defend the rights or safety of Dialcontacts, its Users or any other person and verify provided User profile information and ensure technical service functionality and data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting and prevent or detect fraud, security breaches or illegal activities.


3. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


In addition to the sharing and disclosure of personal information that is included as part of the functionality of the Services as described in section 2 above, Dialcontacts may disclose personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
comply with the law, or legal process served on us;
protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements; or
protect the security and safety of Users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance, provided, of course, that such disclosure is lawful.
We may disclose and transfer Your Information to our associated or affiliated organizations or related entities, our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

4. DELISTING OF CONTACT INFORMATION AND OPT-OUT OF AD TARGETING


If any persons do not wish to have their names and phone numbers made available through Dialcontacts, they can exclude themselves from further queries by notifying Dialcontacts via the contact details below. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may keep and process personal information related to such requests in order to be able to honor the request.
You can limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting by third parties via Your device settings.

5. INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES


In order to provide the Services, Dialcontacts will transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, including but not limited to India, and may also use cloud based services for this purpose. Dialcontacts may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected. You acknowledge and agree that Dialcontacts may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Dialcontacts has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION


Dialcontacts may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by Dialcontacts in connection with the operation of the Services. When required by applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details below.

7. MINORS


Services are not intended for or designed to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Dialcontacts does not intentionally or knowingly collect personal information through the Services from anyone under that age. We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of their children to ensure that no personal information is collected from a child without their consent.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


Dialcontacts may at any time with or without a separate notice change this Privacy Policy, and You are encouraged to review this Policy from time to time. In case of substantial changes, Dialcontacts will notify the Users via notice in the Services. Your continued use of the Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to You or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed policy.

9. CONTACT


If You have any additional questions about Dialcontacts Privacy Policy or want to make a request regarding certain personal information, You are encouraged to contact Dialcontacts. The contact information is:
admin@dialcontacts.com
Effective date: 01 April 2023
Last updated: 01 April 2023