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Data Policy

Effective date: 2021-03-04

This Data Policy describes FOXFOX CO., LTD.'s ("FOXFOX", "we", "us" or "our") practices for handling your information collected in connection with our open source-related websites and any content, related documentation, information and services (e.g. courses, resources, blog, apps, etc.) made available to you on this website (collectively, the "Services"). This Data Policy describes the information we process to support our Services.

What kinds of information do we collect?#

When you interact with us through our Services, we may collect or receive the following types of information:

  • Information you provide directly to us. For certain activities, we may collect the following types of information:

    • Contact information, such as name, email address and contact details; and
    • Other information you provide to us, such as when you send us correspondence or otherwise participate on the Services.

  • Information we collect automatically. Depending on the type of device you use and how you interact with us, we may also collect certain information automatically when you use our Services, such as:

    • Device attributes, including information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, available storage space, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins.
    • Device operations, including information about operations performed on the Services as well as pages visited.
    • Identifiers, including information such as unique identifiers, device IDs, and other identifiers, and Family Device IDs associated with the same device or account.
    • Data from device settings, information you allow us to receive through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location.
    • Network and connections, information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, mobile phone number, IP address, and connection speed.
    • Cookie data, data from cookies stored on your device, including cookie IDs and settings. Learn more about how we use cookies in by reading our Cookies Policy.

  • Information you provide to us through our app (where applicable). Some of our Services include the provision of an app. In such cases, we may receive certain video and text content that you choose to provide to us through our app, which we may analyze depending on the context and what the content in accordance with the purposes described below.

  • Integrations with other services from third parties. Some of our Services allow you to enable or log in via various online services (collectively, "Login Services"). By including these Login Services, we aim to make your online experiences richer and more personalized. When you add a Login Service account to our Services or log in to our Services using such an account, we may collect relevant information necessary to enable our Services to facilitate your login, such as your email address. We may also share your information with that Login Serviceto facilitate or enhance the delivery of that platform or our Services.

    As part of an integration with a Login Service, that Login Service may provide us with access to certain information that you have provided to their platform, and we will use, store, and disclose such information in accordance with this Data Policy. However, please remember that the manner in which platforms use, store, and disclose your information is governed by the policies that apply to those platforms. Information collected by Login Services is subject to their own terms and policies, not this one.

Cookies and Similar Technologies#

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones and other devices. We use cookies and similar technologies, for such things as maintaining and monitoring the infrastructure of the Services, ensuring security protections, analyzing how our Services perform and other analytics purposes, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes as further described in this Data Policy. We also use analytics cookies to better understand how our Services are being used by tracking how you interact with the Services and where you click.

We use cookies served by Google Analytics to collect limited data directly from end-user browsers to enable us to better understand your use of the Services, including making use of the demographics and interests reports services of Google Analytics.

How do we use this information?#

We will use the information described above for the purpose of operating and providing the Website and our Services. Specifically, we will use the information for the following purposes:

  • Provide, personalize and improve our Services. We use your information to provide the Website and fulfill your requests for resources, services, and information; analyze content that you provide to us and provide suggestions for what is in such content; analyze the use of the Services and user data to understand, improve and operate the Services; and customize the content you see when you use the Services;
  • Communicate with you. We use your email address to communicate with you about the Services and let you know about our Terms and Policies. If you subscribe to a newsletter, we will use your email address to send you such newsletter. We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us;
  • Promote safety, integrity and security. We use the information that we have to verify accounts and activity, combat harmful conduct, maintain the integrity of our Services, and promote safety and security on our Website.
  • For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent.

How We Share Information#

There are certain circumstances in which we may share your information with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

  • Service providers and third-party vendors. We share your information with third-party vendors and service providers that support the Services, for example cloud hosting providers (to provide data storage and processing services), communications providers (to process new queries and to manage our emails) and analytics provider to perform analysis on the Services. These services providers are limited from using your information for any purpose other than to perform services for us.
  • Legal purposes. We may disclose information for legal purposes, such as to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims or government inquiries, detect fraud, and to protect and defend the rights, interests, safety, and security of FOXFOX, our affiliates, owner, users, or the public.
  • Business transfers. We may share your information in connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of a website, a merger, consolidation, asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
  • With your consent. We may share information for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or pursuant to your consent. If you choose to engage in public activities on the website, you should be aware that any information you share there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these areas. You should use caution in disclosing personal information while participating in these areas. We are not responsible for the information you choose to submit in these public areas.

Third Party Links#

Our Website may contain links to other sites that we do not own or operate (e.g. GitHub). Except as provided in this Data Policy, we do not provide your information to these third parties without your consent. The linked websites have separate and independent privacy statements, notices and terms of use, which we recommend you carefully review. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore have no liability or responsibility for the linked websites’ personal information practices.

Data Retention#

We retain information relating to the Services until it is no longer necessary to serve the purposes for which it was collected, e.g. to provide and maintain your account. Reasons we may retain some data for longer periods include security, fraud & abuse prevention, record keeping, complying with legal or regulatory requirements and ensuring the continuity of our Services.

Changes to this Policy#

We may update or modify this Data Policy at any time without prior notice. When we update the Data Policy, we will revise the "Last Updated" date above and post the new Data Policy. We recommend that you review the Data Policy each time you visit the Website to stay informed of our privacy practices. Any changes will be effective when we post the revised policy.

Questions#

If you have any questions about this Data Policy or our practices, please contact us at info@foxfox.io