This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and
disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy
rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You
agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the
following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of
whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of
our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity
interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other
managing authority.
Application refers to readabstract, the software program provided by the Company.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this
Agreement) refers to readabstract.
Country refers to: Karnataka, India
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a
cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable
individual.
Service refers to the Application.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on
behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed
by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the
Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in
analyzing how the Service is used.
Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network
website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the
Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page
visit).
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other
legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as
applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable
information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information
may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, City, Pin
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP
address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time
and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other
diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain
information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use,
Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating
system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other
diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or
when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the
following platforms:
Email ID
Mobile Number OTP
And may further extend at a later stage to the below:
Google
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
LinkedIn
If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media
Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party
Social Media Service’s account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or
Your contact list associated with that account.
You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through
Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If You choose to provide such information
and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company
permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Information Collected while Using the Application
While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may
collect, with Your prior permission:
Information regarding your location
Information from your Device’s phone book (contacts list)
Pictures and other information from your Device’s camera and photo library
We use this information to provide features of Our Service, to improve and customize Our
Service. The information may be uploaded to the Company’s servers and/or a Service
Provider’s server or it may be simply stored on Your device.
You can enable or disable access to this information at any time, through Your Device
settings.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our
Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The
Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the
Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking
of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or
of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To contact You:
To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent
forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications
regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities,
products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or
reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other
goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have
already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such
information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a
merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or
transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of
bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us
about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data
analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional
campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing
and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service
Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in
connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets,
financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we
will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent
company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We
control or that are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners
to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the
public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be
publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-
Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may
see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users
will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your
profile.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose
with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the
purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the
extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to
retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal
agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is
generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen
the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to
retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices
and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means
that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located
outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data
protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information
represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated
securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data
will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place
including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We
have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within
the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your
Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage
Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete
any personal information that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal
obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be
transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes
subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data
if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court
or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of
transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We
strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot
guarantee its absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or
guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please
contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under
the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that
information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your
country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We
collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a
third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to
review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or
practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by
posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the
change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy
Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this
Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By email: contact@readabstract.com