Privacy Policy
An overview of data protection
General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you use our app. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.
This privacy policy governs your use of the software application IveTime (“Application”, "App") for mobile devices that was created by the IveTime project. The Application is creating better spontaneous moments by either recommending friends who are available and a suitable activity as well as a location that could create a great moment or an activity that can be done by the user on her own.
This policy explains what information we obtain, save and use, under what purpose and what choices you have to control this behaviour. If you do not agree with this policy, do not access or use our services.
The provider of these services takes the protection of your personal data extemliest seriously. We treat your personal-related data as confidential, according to the legal data regulations as well as this privacy policy.
People under 16 are not permitted to use these services on their own. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from people under the age of 16 and again people under 16 are not permitted to register for an account or to use our services. If you believe that a person under 16 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at info@ivetime.net. If we become aware that a person under age 16 has provided us with personally identifiable information, we'll delete it.
Data collection
Who is responsible for the data collection by the app?
The data collected by the app are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the legal notice (imprint).
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you use our app. These data are collected automatically as soon as you start using our app.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the app. Other data can be used to analyze how our app is used.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice (imprint) if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
Analytics and third-party tools
When using our app, statistical analyses may be made of your usage behavior. This happens primarily using analytics. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this app take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Notice concerning the party responsible for this app
The party responsible for processing data on this app is shown in the legal notice (imprint).
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
Communication (encryption)
The entire technical communication is encrypted. This applies to:
(1) the communication between the app and our servers (incl. databases),
(2) the communication between the app or your browser and our websites.
Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice (imprint) if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.
Opposition to promotional emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
Important Terms
Match
IveTime's main purpose is to show you friends that have time when you have. And who are interested into the same or similiar activities.
The results are visualized as a cards stack.
A card of that stack is called a match.
A match is only shown in case
Or you enabled the 'meet new people' feature as well as any other person within your preferred radius, time frame and specifying similar activities.
These 'new people' won't see your mobile number as well.
At the beginning - although you did not enable 'meet new people', sometimes, we suggest you new persons - who enabled the 'new people' feature - without showing your profile to them.
On a match we try to suggest both of you a suitable venue that fits to the preferred activity. This venue is supposed to be close to the mid point between both of you.
If you did not specify any preferred activity possibly we do suggest you one per match.
Single Activity
There is also a single activity. Here we suggest you an activity that can be done on your own. If we can, we also suggest you a suitable location where you can do this.
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What information does the Application obtain and how is it used?
The Application obtains the information you provide when you download and setup the Application.
User Provided Information
Voluntary entered data, that is saved in our database and that is shown to other users in case of a match:
Your mobile phone number is required and used in order to create a unique account of yours and connect your profile to people you actually know in reality. This kind of registration with us is obligatory due to a proper functionality. For instance, it's only possible to see any of your personal contacts (so called 'match') within the app in case a valid mobile number was used during the registration, your mobile address book (contact list) includes a contact and its correct mobile number, this particular contact includes your mobile number and uses IveTime as well (except if both of you enabled the 'new people' feature).
All of these data is shown on match-cards and partly (e.g. user name) within the chat to make it easier for other contacts to recognize you.
Furthermore it's only publicly visible in case you enabled the 'meet new people' feature.
Automatically obtained data by us
It's
necessary to import your personal contacts and save them into our database
including their mobile phone number in order to create matches.
We only use your personal contacts to match you against other users. With other
words only users that are included in your address book and who have you
included in their address book will see each other within the application per
default.
Your mobile phone number will be never shown to other users.
Does the Application collect precise real time location information of the device?
When you visit the mobile application, we may use GPS technology (or other similar technology) to determine your current location in order to display only contacts that are close to you and suitable venues that are fitting the center between you and another contact.
If you do not want us to use your location for the purposes set forth above, you should turn off the location services for the mobile application located in your account settings or in your mobile phone settings and/or within the mobile application.
In this case we cannot guarantee a proper functionality of our app.
We won't show your position to any other user at any time - only the distance between you and your match partner - except you showed it manually within the chat.
Used services
Push Notifications
We use Google Firebase (https://firebase.google.com/)
in order to send you push notifications or instance when you got a match or received a chat message.
Regarding a match your so called push id, a user name and an activity is sent to Google Firebase.
Regarding chat messages a push id is sent to Google Firebase, as well as the chat message itself and a sender's name.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration https://www.firebase.com/terms/privacy-policy.html.
SendBird
In order to get in touch with the contact of a match, you can use IveTime's chat. Technically we're using SendBird (http://sendbird.com)
to exchange chat messages between users.
For this kind of communication it's necessary that we send SendBird a hash of your mobile number (i.e. they won't get the actual mobile number but a pseudonymed version of it), the name you entered in the app, your profile picture (in case you uploaded one or imported it via Facebook) and the push id of your device.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration https://sendbird.com/privacy.
Anonymous usage data
By using IveTime you understand that we gather anonymous data just like your device or country for instance.
This is done by using Flurry (https://y.flurry.com/). We'll track so called in-app events as well (e.g. starting IveTime or pressing the IveTime button).
This is necessary since we are interested into optimizing the apps and creating a better user experience.
Regarding this anonymous events are sent to Flurry. It's possible to identify your type of device as well as regional and demographic data.
Please check Flurry's privacy policy here: http://www.flurry.com/privacy-policy.html.
You can opt-out at every time using the following link: http://www.flurry.com/user-opt-out.html. By doing so we are able to benchmark user behavior in general and thus we will optimize IveTime for you.
But please have in mind, this is done anonymously i.e. not related with your personal data.
Google Fabric/Crashlytics
We use Google Fabric /Crashlytics (https://get.fabric.io/) in order to pursue and solve crashes. Therefore the used type of your device as well as anonymous events are transferred to Fabric.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration https://fabric.io/terms.
Foursquare
In order to suggest you a venue regarding a match, we calculate the distance between you and your match partner. This calculated coordinate is sent to the database foursquare (https://de.foursquare.com/) to request a suitable venue like stores or similar. This request has no direct connection to the users themselves.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration https://foursquare.com/legal/privacy.
If you decide to connect with Facebook within the (https://www.facebook.com/) you are able to:
(1) import a profile picture and description from your public Facebook account to our database.
This imported data is saved in our database and shown to your match partners.
(2) import your friend list to our database.
Only Facebook friends who also using IveTime are imported into our database and used for further IveTime matches with you
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration https://www.facebook.com/legal/FB_Work_Privacy.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
In order to show a suitable venue on a map, we generate a link using Google Maps (https://www.google.de/maps) . In this case Google Maps receives a coordinate that is not related with your user.
You are also able to send your coordinates to a match partner. Your match partner will then be able to visualize these coordinates on Google Maps.
To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application?
Yes. We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.
We may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:
Your Choices
How will you be able to be in control of the data we obtain
(1) For instance, in case you don't want to tell us your mobile number, you should not use the application. The same applies to data like your personal contacts and position.
(2) Do not connect with Facebook were asked if you do not want to import Facebook data.
(3) Don't enter a self-description if you don't accept that it is used as described in this policy. Same applies for every voluntary data like user name, city, interests etc.
Remove personal account and data
You can delete your account and the connected data that are related to your personal account at any time within the app selecting the appropriate menu item or by sending us a request to info@ivetime.net . Personal data is removed from our databases within a duration of 21 days.
Account Information
You may update or correct your account information by editing your account settings or by sending a request to info@ivetime.net. You can also request of what is currently saved within our database that is related with your personal data.
Data Retention
We may temporarily block your account if you have not logged in for twelve months or more. You may contact us if you wish to reactivate your account.
Legal Basis for Processing
Our legal basis for collecting and using the information described above will depend on the type of information and the specific context in which we collect it.
Children
We do not use the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at info@ivetime.net. We will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time.
Security
We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We provide physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain. For example, we limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Application. Please be aware that, although we endeavor provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.
Changes
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy here and informing you via email or text message. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.
Your Consent
By using the Application, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this
Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. "Processing,” means using cookies on a computer/hand held device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in Germany. If you reside outside Germany your information will be transferred, processed and stored there under Germanys privacy standards.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or have questions about our practices, please contact us via email t info@ivetime.net.
Updated: 25.05.2018 - in accordance to the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).