Privacy Policy for App
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_newportwebdesign_co_uk.www_bank_street_co_uk)
Last Modified: May 18, 2017
Bank-street.co.uk is a mobile app providing information on everything from shopping to tourism information for Rossendale, Lancashire.
When you use these services and any others within the Bank-street.co.uk Group of companies, whether in the Bank-street.co.uk app or elsewhere you’ll share some information with us. This can affect your privacy. We want to be transparent about the information we collect, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the choices we give you to control, access, and update your information.
This privacy policy has been written with as little technical terminology as possible. However, if there are any question please contact us by email on info@bank-street.co.uk
Information We Collect
There are three basic categories of information we collect:
– Information you choose to give us.
– Information we get when you use our services.
– Information we get from third parties.
Here is a little more information on each of these categories.
Information You Choose to Give Us
When you use any of our services, we collect the information that you choose to share with us. For example, when you download the app, you will be asked to give permission for our app to access certain information and had access to certain functionality on your mobile device. These permissions can be denied or accepted by you the user through the settings on your respective devices.
Information shared with Bank-street.co.uk will not be shared with any third party.
When you contact Bank-street.co.uk Support or communicate with us in any other way, we’ll collect whatever information you volunteer.
Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect information about which of those services you’ve used and how you’ve used them including but not limited to IP address and times at which the app has been accessed. Here’s a fuller explanation of the types of information we collect when you use our services:
Usage Information.
We collect information about your activity through our services. For example, we may collect information about:
– how you interact with the services.
Content Information. We will only have access to information you volunteer to use, At no time will the content of our communications be shared with a third party or be used without give consent.
Device Information. We collect device-specific information, such as the hardware model, operating system version, advertising, unique device identifiers, browser type, language, wireless network, and mobile network information (including the mobile phone number).
Device Phonebook. Bank-street.co.uk app offer features like ‘share with a friend’, we may with your consent access your device’s phonebook to allow sharing of our products and services with your own contacts.
Camera and Photos. Some of our features may include the option to upload pictures of your business card or pictures of your business. This can be an image taken directly from your devices camera or a picture saved in your photo gallery.
Unless we can access your camera or photos, these features will not work. Permissions can be reinstated in the settings section of your phone under ‘permissions’.
Location Information. When you use our services we may collect information about your location. With your consent, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, cell towers, Wi-Fi access points, and other sensors, such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, and compasses.
Information Collected by Cookies and Other Web Based Technologies. Like most online services and mobile applications, we may use cookies and other technologies, such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers, to collect information about your activity, browser, and device.
We may also use these technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as commerce features. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually remove or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device.
Log Information. We also collect log information when you use our website or app. That information includes, among other things:
– Details about how you’ve used our services.
– Device information, such as your web browser type and language.
– Access times.
– Pages viewed.
– IP address.
– Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
Information We Collect from Third Parties
We may collect information that other users provide about you when they use our services. For example, if another user allows us to collect information from their device phonebook and you’re one of that user’s contacts, we may combine the information we collect from that user’s phonebook with other information we have collected about you. We may also obtain information from other companies that are owned or operated by us, or any other third-party sources, and combine that with the information we collect through our services.
How We Use Information
What do we do with the information we collect? We are constantly improving our app based on the user behaviour. Here are some of the ways we do that:
– develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain, and protect our products and services.
– send you communications, including by email. For example, we may use email to respond to support inquiries or to share information about our products, services, and promotional offers that we think may interest you.
– monitor and analyse trends and usage.
– personalise the services by, among other things, suggesting friends or profile information, or customising the content we show you, including ads.
– improve ad targeting and measurement, including through the use of your precise location data (if you have given consent for us to us that data).
– enhance the safety and security of our products and services.
– verify your identity and prevent fraud or other unauthorised or illegal activity.
– use information we’ve collected from cookies and other technology to enhance the services and your experience with them.
– enforce our Terms of Service and other usage policies.
We may also store some information locally on your device. For example, we may store information as local cache so that you can open the app and view content faster.
How We Share Information
We do not share your information with third party entities except for the following reason:
With third parties for legal reasons.
We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is needed.
– compliance with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule, or regulation.
– enforce potential Terms of Service violations.
– protect the rights, property, and safety of us, our users, or others.
– detect and resolve any fraud or security concerns.
With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition.
If Bank-street.co.uk gets involved in a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation or bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company.
Third-Party Content and Integrations
The services may also contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information (including personal information) directly to the third party, us, or both.
You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. As always, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.
How Long We Keep Your Content
Content collected with your consent will be stored on our servers. if we contact you, we will always be ask if it still appropriate that we keep your information on file.
Control over Your Information
So that you are in control of your information, we provide you with the following tools.
– Access and Updates. We strive to let you access and update most of the personal information that we have about you. There are limits though to the requests we’ll accommodate. We may reject a request for a number of reasons, including, for example, that the request risks the privacy of other users, requires technical efforts that are disproportionate to the request, is repetitive, or is unlawful.
– Because your privacy is important to us, we may ask you to verify your identity or provide additional information before we let you access or update your personal information. We will try to update and access your information for free, but if it would require a disproportionate effort on our part, we may charge a fee. We will of course disclose the fee before we comply with your request.
– Revoking Permissions. If you change your mind about our ongoing ability to collect information from certain sources that you have already consented to, such as your phonebook or location services, you can simply revoke your consent by changing the settings on your device if your device offers those options. Of course, if you do that, certain services may lose full functionality.
– Advertising. Any and all advertising will be suited to the services and products respective of the theme of the app.
– Communicating with others. It’s also important to us that you stay in control over whom you communicate with. Sometimes our apps may offer to send you to a third party website. Always check the privacy policy of third party websites when utilising communication features to ensure you know how your data is being used and what level of security you can expert.
Users Outside the United Kingdom
Although we welcome others from all over the world, keep in mind that no matter where you live or where you happen to use our services, your information may be shared within the Bank-street.co.uk family of companies. This means that we may collect your personal information from, transfer it to, and store and process it in the United Kingdom and other countries outside of where you live.
Children
Our services are not intended for—and we don’t direct them to—anyone under 13. And that’s why we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13.
Revisions to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. But when we do, we’ll let you know one way or another. Sometimes, we’ll let you know by revising the date at the top of the Privacy Policy that’s available on our website and mobile application. Other times, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our websites’ homepages or providing you with an in-app notification).
