KEYNOTE:
CALCUT APP user data is gathered, used, disclosed, and managed as per the CALCUT PRIVACY POLICY below.Users agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this Policy.
Therefore, this page is used to inform users regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information incase they decided to use our Services and thus help them understand what information we collect, why we collect it, and how they can update, manage and delete it.
The Personal Information that we collect is used for Providing and Improving our Apps and Services. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
“We understand this is a big responsibility and work hard to protect your information and put you in control.”
The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service, which is accessible in all our Apps unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CALCUT
These policies help define the relationship between you and Calcut. Broadly speaking, we give you permission to use our services if you agree to follow these policies, which reflect how our business works and how we earn money.
- When we speak of “Calcut,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” we mean Calcut and its affiliates.
- When we speak of “apps” or “services” we mean The Hybrid Cross Plaform Apps and Services built by Calcut and its Affiliates.
1. INFORMATION COLLECTION & USAGE
A. Information We collect
For a better and intuitive experience, while using our Apps and Services, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to Name, Email, Phone Number, Profile Photo, Password. You can also choose to add your payment information when opting in for in-app payments.
The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.
B. Information Usage
We use the information we collect from all our apps for the following purposes.
a) To Provide our App Services, Content and Features.
These include, but are not limited to:
- User Authentication and Identification.
- Cloud Storage of User Data.
- Realtime Syncing of data between our apps and servers.
- Help Users to share content through our Apps and Services.
- Realtime Synching of data.
b) To Maintain, Improve and Build Better Apps.
We use your information to:
- Ensure our apps are working as intended through use of third party services that may collect information used to identify you.
- Make Improvements and Updates to our Apps through making them more user-friendly and accessible for all ages and also through fixing bugs.
- Report to us your Analytics Data, Crash Reports, Tracking Outages or Troubleshooting issues that you may face while using our apps.
c) For Our Third party Services.
Most of our apps use trusted third party services to provide a seamless user experience that would have taken us decades to implement. That’s why we use these services in our apps so that we only focus on what we do best, and that is Cross-Platform App Development, while the third parties take care of the rest.
However, some of the third party services may collect information used to identify you according to their privacy policies too. But, you don’t need to worry because we are in close partnerships and relations with these services and monitor how they use your information which we choose to share with them, so that your information is still safe.
Link to the privacy policies of third party service providers used by our apps.
d) To Communicate and Keep in the loop with our users.
We use information like the user’s email address, to interact with them directly and subscribe them to the Calcut Mailing List and we may inbox you incase we:
- Release New Apps
- Update our Apps
- Detect suspicious activity on your account
- Need let you know about upcoming changes or improvements to our apps and services.
- Update our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
And if you contact Calcut, we will keep a record of your request in order to help solve any issues you might be facing.
e) To Develop New Apps.
We use the information we collect in existing Apps to help us develop new ones. This is done through recognising the most used features of our apps which in turn enables us come up with new and incredible ideas, such as providing the most used features in New Specialized Aapps for only those features in order to keep our users fully-engaged and enjoying a smart-life.
f) To Measure performance.
We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our Apps and Services are used. For example, we analyze data about your visits to given Activities in the Apps to do things like optimize product design, improve User Interface and Experience(UI and UX).
And we also use data about the ads you interact with to help advertisers understand the performance of their Ad Campaigns. We use a variety of tools to do this, including Google and Firebase Analytics.
g) To Protect Calcut, Calcut users, and the public.
We use information to help improve the safety and reliability of our Apps and services. This includes detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that could harm Calcut, Calcut users, or the public.
2. SHARING USER INFORMATION
a) When you share your information
Many of our Apps and Services let you share information with other people, and you have control over how you share. For example, you can share content publicly or you can decide to keep it private.
When you are signed in and interact with some of our App services, like leaving comments or reviews on Content in any of our apps, your name and photo appears next to your activity.
b) When Calcut shares your information
Calcut does not share your personal information with anyone outside the team unless stipulated here in our Privacy Policy.
3. LOG DATA
We want to inform you that whenever you use our Apps, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data.
This Log Data may include information such as:
- Device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address
- Device name, operating system version
- The app configuration
- The time and date of use of our app
- Other statistics.
4. COOKIES (In Our Progressive Web Apps)
Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device’s internal memory.
At times our apps may not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the third party code and libraries may use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our apps effectively.
5. SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our apps;
- To provide the apps on our behalf;
- To perform app-related services; or
- To assist us in analyzing how our app is used.
We want to inform users of our apps that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated by us not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
6. SECURITY
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security and that’s why we work tirelessly to secure our information databases to keep your information safe.
7. LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our Apps may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
These Services do not address anyone under the age of 10. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 10 years of age. In the case we discover that a child under 10 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Calcut is a product of Apta Innovations Limited, registered under Ugandan laws and jurisdiction.
10. CONTACT US
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us: