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Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 28, 2018

The Caller ID for REAL software ("Caller ID for REAL", "we", "us", or "our") values your privacy. In this Privacy Policy ("Policy"), we describe how we collect, use, and disclose information that we obtain about visitors to our website, users of our mobile application Caller ID for REAL (the "App"), and the services available through our Site and our App (collectively, the "services").

By using our App or any of our services, you agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Policy. Your use of our App or Services, and any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Policy.

Being a collaborative community the top-priority of Caller ID for REAL will always be the relationship with its community. We are therefore firmly committed to the security and protection of the personal integrity of our Users of the Services and their contacts.

This Privacy Policy describes what personal information You may share with Caller ID for REAL, as data controller, and other Users when activating and using the Caller ID for REAL Services, how Caller ID for REAL receives, collects and uses this data and how You may opt-out at any time, altogether preventing use of the data shared via the Services.



1.     Information Collected and how we use


Installation and Use

When you install and use the Caller ID for REAL Apps, Caller ID for REAL will collect, process and retain personal information from You and any devices You may use in Your interaction with our Services. This information may include the following: geo-location, Your IP address, device ID or unique identifier, device manufacturer and type, users' device phone number and hardware settings, ID for advertising, ad data, operating system, operator, IMSI, connection information, screen resolution, usage statistics, device log and event information, incoming and outgoing calls and messages, times and date of calls, duration of calls, version of the Caller ID for REAL Apps You use and other information based on Your interaction with our Services. Caller ID for REAL may use the information collected from, and in connection with, all of our services to provide, maintain, and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect Caller ID for REAL and its users. Caller ID for REAL also uses this information to provide you with tailored content, such as search results and advertisements more relevant to You.


User Profile

Where the User registers a user profile in the Caller ID for REAL Apps and via SMS or inbound call verification confirms being the holder of a certain number, the information up-loaded to the profile section of the Caller ID for REAL Apps will be received and stored by Caller ID for REAL until the User changes or deletes such data or terminates the Services. Compulsory information when creating a profile page is the Users first name, last name and phone number and additional information that may be provided at the Users 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. Caller ID for REAL may supplement the information provided or collected with information from third parties and add it to information provided by You. For example, collection and use of demographic information that is publicly available and additional contact information as allowed by applicable national laws.

Please note that any content uploaded to and displayed in the user profile by the User is not moderated by Caller ID for REAL. The User is solely liable for the publication of such content.


Identifiers

In addition, You may provide us with Your user identifier information regarding certain third party services, i.e. Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter, necessary for the application to interoperate with such third party services. In that case Caller ID for REAL will store and process also that information (and also a mapped photo where applicable), for as long as You use the Services and will not use this information for any other purpose than required in order to obtain interoperability and functionality in relation to such third party services. Please note that we never store any passwords to the mentioned third party services.


Contact Information

Where the Caller ID for REAL Apps are obtained from other sources than Apple App Store or Google Play, You may share the names, numbers and email addresses contained in Your devices address book (Contact Information) with Caller ID for REAL for the purpose described below under Enhanced Search. If you provide us with personal information about someone else, you confirm that they are aware that You have provided their data and that they consent to our processing of their data according to our Privacy Policy.

Where the Caller ID for REAL Apps are obtained from Google Play, we will only use permitted Contact Information to make our Services more relevant to You and Your engagement with the Caller ID for REAL community.

In addition to Contact Information, if You choose to activate use of a third party social network service, such as Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn or Twitter, within the Caller ID for REAL Apps, Caller ID for REAL may up-load, store and use the list of identifiers associated with said services linked to the Contact Information in order to enhance the results shared with other Users.

Please note that no other Contact Information than the phone numbers and thereto attached names and email addresses will be received, stored and used from the Users address book. Other numbers or information that may be contained in your devices phone book will be filtered away and will therefore not be stored or used by Caller ID for REAL. Addresses, passwords and credit card numbers and any other similar information will automatically be prevented from being entered into the Caller ID for REAL database by our safety algorithms, that filters any numbers and other information stored in the phone book in a number sequence not compatible with that used for telephone numbers. Please also note that You can always choose not to share Contact Information with Caller ID for REAL and if You have shared information and changed Your mind, You can easily delist Your number or opt-out to render your entire Contact Information unavailable for search in the database for Enhanced Search.

The app accesses the contacts on the phone in order to display the contacts that were recorded and so the app can record or ignore calls from specific contacts. The contacts information is NOT transmitted nor stored on any server.


Name tagging

We may also associate a name with a phone number through the name tagging functionality, which allows a User who receives a call from a phone number which is not associated with a name in the Caller ID for REAL database to indicate a name to be associated with that number. A name will only be associated with a number through this functionality if a sufficient number of independent Users, based on our algorithm, have indicated the same name for the relevant number. When a user reports a phone number as being “spam”, we store that phone number in combination with the user’s internal ID in order to maintain the user’s spam list online and also for the purpose of building a community-based spam-blocking directory.

Call Block

Where a User within the Services reports a phone number as spam, Caller ID for REAL stores that phone number in combination with the Users RegisterID in order to maintain the Users spam list online but also for the purpose of building a community based spam blocking directory. On the Android platform, the User can also add a name to the phone number in question that will only be visible to that User.



Storage

The app requests permission to access the phone’s storage only in order to store the recorded calls and play the recorded files afterwards. The app does not access any other files nor excess user’s photos.



2.     Use, Sharing and Disclosure of User and Contact Information

Information related to the User or Contact Information will be used to:

i.         Display the name associated with a certain phone number at number search against the Caller ID for REAL database.

ii.         Automatically display a pop-up with callers name when a call is coming or outgoing, as enabled by the Enhanced Search functionality, as described below, to Users who have activated that functionality, and indicate possible common connections with the caller or when an incoming call may be spam.

iii.         Provide selected Caller ID for REAL partners with limited information in order to enhance user experience, service functionality and data accuracy, provided that these partners adhere to strict confidentiality provisions no less protective of your rights than this Privacy Policy.

iv.        Contact You from Caller ID for REAL for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services, e.g. newsletter e-mails and similar notifications, and verify provided User Profile information with third party providers.

v.          Enable You to use and share Your user information in connection with Your use of third party services.

(i)              Customize, maintain, measuree, improve our Services and develop new ones.

(j) Personalize, measure and improve our advertising and use geo-location information to provide You with location based information and services (such as more relevant advertising, search results and other personalized content).


Enhanced Search functionality and database

To improve the Services, Caller ID for REAL has created a searchable database where the Users generate the content and via the Enhanced Search functionality are offered access to this database, containing Contact Information from those Users who permit such aggregation. In return these Users are allowed to access to the database by querying it. Queries against the database are only allowed through the Caller ID for REAL Services by Users who have explicitly approved of the Service's functionality and integrity restrictions as contained in the Caller ID for REAL Privacy Policy.

The queries against the Caller ID for REAL Enhanced Search database are processed only if a numeric phone number is attributed to the query and only if no results are published by an associated or partnering database of Caller ID for REAL. The response given to the queried number will be the associated name to that number, if any name is available.

It is important to notice the following distinctions. As an integrity and security measure, only numeric queries are allowed against the Caller ID for REAL database for Enhanced Search, i.e. there will be no result to a name query. Name searches may, however, give result via the Services if a partnering or associated database to Caller ID for REAL has numbers available to the name queries. The Users contributing to Enhanced Search can therefore rely on that the Contact Information provided, as a personal integrity precaution, will not enable anyone searching for the number to a certain person direct access to that number. In some cases, Users may, however, use the Services to forward a request to a named person in order to get in touch, please see below about the Caller ID for REAL Name Search service.




Opt-Out and Delist Numbers

If a User chooses to disable the Enhanced Search functionality, the Contact Information made available by that User is disabled and will thereafter not be accessible for queries. If any persons do not wish to have their names and phone numbers made available through the Enhanced Search or Name Search functionalities, they can exclude themselves from further queries by notifying Caller ID for REAL via alenpp8865@gmail.com


Miscellaneous

In addition to the above Caller ID for REAL may disclose information related to the Users and Contact Information if we believe such action is necessary to:

(i)     Comply with the law, or legal process served on us

(ii)    Protect and defend our rights or property (including the enforcement of our agreements);

(iii)   Act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Users or members of the public.

Caller ID for REAL may share Your personal data with trusted third party service providers and partners. Caller ID for REAL will always require these third parties to take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect your personal data and traffic data and to observe the relevant legislation.

The following is a description of how Caller ID for REAL may share information about You with trusted third party partners:

(i)     Caller ID for REAL uses a third party partner company in order to send You or a third party you wish to contact SMS when you use the Services. In order to send you the SMS, we send the third party company Your and the relevant third partys phone numbers. This third party SMS partner is contractually obligated only to use these phone numbers for the transmission of requested SMS.

(ii)    Caller ID for REAL may use Push Notification Services to notify you about up-dates and important information. In such cases, Your phone number may be part of the notification. This message is sent to the push notification service provider, for delivery to Your device. You may, however, at any time-opt out or disable push notifications in the Caller ID for REAL Apps.

(iii)   Caller ID for REAL may allow you to use third party services to create your user profile or log in to use our Services, share information with such third parties, or to connect your user profile with the respective third parties. Those third parties may automatically provide us with access to certain personal information retained by them about You (e.g., content viewed by you, content liked by You and information about the advertisements you have been shown or may have clicked on). You control the personal information You allow us to have access to through the privacy settings on the respective third party service and the permissions You give us when You grant us access to the personal information about You retained by the respective third party service. By associating an account managed by a third party with Your Caller ID for REAL user profile and authorizing us to have access to this information, You agree that we may collect, use and retain the information provided by these third party services in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

(iv)   For the provision of free versions of the Services, Caller ID for REAL may also collaborate with a few selected third party advertising networks, which in such case may be provided limited information related to the freemium Users device (but no other User or Contact Information).

(v)    Caller ID for REAL, or a third party on its behalf, may collect and use your email address, telephone number and ID for advertising (including, but not limited to, content viewed by you, content you have commented on and information about the advertisements you have been shown or may have clicked on) through the Caller ID for REAL Apps and share this information with third party advertisers and networks. Such third parties may use this information and information collected from other sources in order to provide measurement services and targeted ads. You can limit or opt-out of the collection and use of Your information for ad targeting by third parties via Your device settings.

The submission of Contact Information by You and the processing thereof by Caller ID for REAL is constitutionally protected under the applicable law Caller ID for REAL may, however, disclose information contained in the Service and about you if we determine that for national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance that disclosure of information is necessary, always provided, of course, it is also lawful.

Caller ID for REAL may from time to time ask you to provide information on your experiences from using the Caller ID for REAL Services, which will be used to measure and improve quality. You are at no time under any obligation to provide any of such data. Any and all information which is voluntarily submitted in feedback forms or any surveys that You accept to take part in is used for the purposes of reviewing this feedback and improving the Caller ID for REAL software, products and websites.



3.     Cookies and Automatically Collected Information

The Caller ID for REAL Website uses so called Cookies in connection with the Services. Cookies are pieces of information stored on Your computer's hard drive and/or other devices browser that enables Caller ID for REAL to keep Your login session for thirty days. The use of Cookies is standard practice. Cookies do not enable any access to and/or inspection of other information on Your computer or other device. If You do not wish to receive cookies, or wish to be notified of when they are placed, You may set your web browser to do so, if your browser so permits. Please understand that if Cookies are turned off, You may not be able to obtain full functionality in certain parts of the Services.

The Caller ID for REAL website and the Caller ID for REAL Apps use Google Analytics, a web analytics solution by Google. Google Analytics also adds cookies to Your computer or mobile device when You visit our website or interact with certain parts of the Caller ID for REAL Apps and collects usage information to create statistics for Caller ID for REAL. See Google's privacy policy http://www.google.com/privacy.html for details.

The Caller ID for REAL website also embeds badges from the social networking sites FacebookGoogle­+ and Twitter. The badges may add cookies to Your computer or mobile device when You use the Services and have enabled Facebook connection. See Facebooks privacy policy http://www.facebook.com/policy.phpGoogles privacy policy  http://www.google.com/privacy.html and Twitters privacy policy https://twitter.com/privacy for details.

Caller ID for REAL servers may automatically collect data about Your Internet address when You use the Caller ID for REAL Services. This information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or IP Address, is a number that is automatically assigned to Your computer or other device by Your Internet service provider whenever You are on the Internet. When You request pages from the Services, our servers may log Your IP Address and, if applicable, Your domain name. Your IP Address is used to help identify You and to gather demographic information about our Users as a whole. Caller ID for REALs servers may also record the referring page that linked you to Caller ID for REAL (e.g. another web site or a search engine); the pages You visit on the Services; the web site you visit after Caller ID for REALs web site; the ads you see and/or click on; other information about the type of Web browser, computer, platform, related software and settings you are using; any search terms You have entered on this web site or a referral site; and other Web usage activity and data logged by Caller ID for REALs servers. Caller ID for REAL uses this information for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with servers, and to administer our Services. Such information may also be used to gather demographic information, such as country of origin and Internet Service Provider.

Corresponding data may be collected and used for the same purposes when You enable and use the search the web functionality within the Caller ID for REAL Apps.



4.     Information Security

In order to provide the Caller ID for REAL Services, Caller ID for REAL may transfer, process and store personal data in a number of countries. Caller ID for REAL may also subcontract processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within the European Economic Area (EEA) may, for example, be transferred to and processed in a country outside of the EEA, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as within the EEA. You acknowledge and agree that Caller ID for REAL may transfer Your personal data as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precaution to protect Your information, Contact Information and other Content from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. Although we cannot guarantee this information will not be subject to unauthorized access, Caller ID for REAL has physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in place to protect it. The Information is 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.



5.     Accuracy of Collected Information

Caller ID for REAL may on its own initiative, or at your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated information retained by Caller ID for REAL in connection with the operation of the Services. You have always the right to know what information is stored about You and have any data corrected or deleted on Your request, which should be submitted in accordance with our contact details below.

The accuracy and security of information concerning the Users and their contacts are Caller ID for REALs highest priority and they are free to opt-in or opt-out of the Services at any time. You can delist Your telephone number from the Caller ID for REAL database via a request directly to alenpp8865@gmail.com and if You choose to disable the Enhanced Search functionality or the Caller ID for REAL Apps itself, all Contact Information will be made unavailable for search in the Caller ID for REAL database.



6.     Contact


If You have any additional questions about Caller ID for REALs Privacy Policy or want to make a request regarding certain information, You are encouraged to contact Caller ID for REAL via alenpp8865@gmail.com

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