This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Data Controller and Owner
Kwak – 33 El-mohandessin - Giza, Egypt,
privacy@Kwakapp.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage data, email address, first name, last name, profession, gender, geographic location, phone status, data storage, Various types of Data, username and picture.
Other Personal Data collected may be described in other sections of this
privacy policy or by dedicated explanation text contextually with the Data
collection.
The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or collected
automatically when using this Application.
Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this Application or by
the owners of third party services used by this Application, unless stated
otherwise, serves to identify Users and remember their preferences, for the
sole purpose of providing the service required by the User.
Failure to provide certain Personal Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services.
Users are responsible for any Personal Data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and
shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access,
disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools,
following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the
purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the
Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with
the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system
administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service
providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications
agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The
updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at
any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.
Retention time
The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.
The use of the collected Data
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Access to third party services' accounts, Displaying content from external platforms, Analytics, Contacting the User, Registration and authentication, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Advertising, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Location-based interactions, Managing contacts and sending messages, Managing landing and invitation pages, Saving articles to phone storage and modifying or deleting it, Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting and Social features.
The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.
Facebook permissions asked by this Application
This Application may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it.
For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy .
The permissions asked are the following:
Basic information
By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the User has made more of their Data public, more information will be available.
About Me
Provides access to the 'About Me' section of the profile.
Access Friend Lists
Provides access to any friend lists the user created
Provides access to the User's primary email address.
Interests
Provides access to the user's list of interests.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Access to third party services' accounts
This type of services allows this Application to access Data from your
account on a third party service and perform actions with it.
These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit
authorization by the User.
Access to the Facebook account (This Application)
This service allows this Application to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc.
Permissions asked: About Me, Access Friend Lists, Email and Interests.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy
Advertising
This type of services allows User Data to be utilized for advertising
communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other
advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose.
Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they
may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored
to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this
Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the
relevant services.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc.
(“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use
of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them
with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads
of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Contacting the User
Mailing List or Newsletter (This Application)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Application. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Application or after making a purchase.
Personal Data collected: email address, first name, gender, last name and profession.
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of services allows you to view content hosted on external
platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with
them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages
where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Maps widget (Google Inc.)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy
Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of services has the purpose of hosting data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of services allow interaction with social networks or other
external platforms directly from the pages of this Application.
The interaction and information obtained through this Application are
always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where
the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Location-based interactions
Geolocation (This Application)
This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to
provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by
default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location
data may be tracked by this Application.
Personal Data collected: geographic position.
Managing contacts and sending messages
This type of services makes it possible to manage a database of email
contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate
with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the
message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with
it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify
them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide
registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application
will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for
registration or identification purposes.
Facebook Authentication (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Facebook, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy
Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting
This type of services allows this Application and its partners to inform,
optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Application by the
User.
This activity is performed by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies,
information that is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing
and behavioral targeting activity.
DoubleClick for Publishers Audience Extension (Google Inc.)
DoubleClick for Publishers Audience Extension is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Google Inc. that tracks the visitors of this Application and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Remarketing is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Custom Audience is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and email address.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Remarketing through Google Analytics for Display Advertising (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics for Display Advertising is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Google Inc. that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Adwords advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Social features
Inviting and suggesting friends (This Application)
This Application may use the Personal Data provided to allow Users to invite their friends - for example through the sending messages by whatsapp, facebook notifications or facebook messenger, if access has been provided - and to suggest friends or connections inside it.
Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.
Further information about Personal Data
Push notifications
This Application may send push notifications to the User.
Unique device identification
This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data
Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action
arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to
reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
The rights of Users
Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do
Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically from this Application (or third party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Subject
The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.
This Application
The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the User is collected.
Cookies
Small piece of data stored in the User's device.
Legal information
Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.
This privacy policy relates solely to this Application.
Latest update: February 27, 2017
You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase.
• Auto-renewable subscription
• 12 months (EGP 100)
• Your subscription will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your App Store Account Settings after purchase