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. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.
Privacy by Design: No Login Required
We believe in a privacy-first approach. Our Service is designed to be used without the need for a user account, registration, or login. We do not ask for, collect, or store your name, email address (unless you contact us), or any other personal profile information.
Because there is no login system, your activity in the app is not linked to a personal identity by Us. We only collect the minimal technical data required to provide the Service and show advertisements.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words whose initial letters are 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:
- 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 Einbürgerungstest & LID Quiz, the software program provided by the Company.
- Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to Einbürgerungstest & LID Quiz.
- Country refers to: Berlin, Germany
- Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data (or "Personal Information") is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. We use "Personal Data" and "Personal Information" interchangeably unless a law uses a specific term.
- 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.
- 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:
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, advertising identifiers (such as IDFA or AAID) 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's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers, advertising 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.
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.
- 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 inquired 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 Personal Data 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 Data in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share Your Personal Data 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 Data 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 Personal Data 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 Personal Data with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
- With other users: If Our Service offers public areas, when You share Personal Data or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
- With Your consent: We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other purpose with Your consent.
Advertising
We may use Service Providers to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service.
Google AdMob
Google AdMob is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. It uses device identifiers and cookies to serve personalized and non-personalized advertisements to You.
For more information on how Google uses the collected information, please visit the 'How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or app' page: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ or visit the Privacy Policy of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can opt-out from AdMob service by following the instructions described by Google: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922
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.
Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and/or reduce identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data. Unless otherwise stated, the retention periods below are maximum periods ("up to") and We may delete or anonymize data sooner when it is no longer needed for the relevant purpose.
- Account Information
- User Accounts: retained for the duration of your account relationship plus up to 24 months after account closure.
- Usage Data
- Application usage statistics: up to 24 months.
- Server logs (IP addresses, access times): up to 24 months.
We may retain Personal Data beyond the periods stated above for different reasons: Legal obligation, Legal claims, Your explicit request, or Technical limitations.
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 from those from Your jurisdiction.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
GDPR Privacy (EEA/UK Users)
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
- Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes (e.g., personalized ads). In accordance with Google's EU User Consent Policy, we use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) to obtain and manage this consent for users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland.
- Legitimate Interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company (e.g., maintaining and improving the Service).
Your Rights under the GDPR
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU/UK, to:
- Request access to Your Personal Data: The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You.
- Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You: You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
- Object to processing of Your Personal Data: This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing.
- Request erasure of Your Personal Data: You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
- Request the transfer of Your Personal Data: We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Withdraw Your consent: You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
You may exercise Your rights by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests.
CCPA/CPRA Privacy (California Residents)
This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.
Categories of Personal Information Collected
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device. This includes identifiers (like IP address and advertising IDs) and Internet or other similar network activity.
Your Rights under the CCPA/CPRA
- The right to notice: You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected.
- The right to request: You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection and use of your personal information.
- The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (Opt-Out): You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. We use advertising services (AdMob) which may involve "sharing" or "selling" data for personalized advertising. You can opt-out via the app settings or device settings.
- The right to delete Personal Data: You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions.
- The right not to be discriminated against: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights.
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 reasonable 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 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.