Greetings and welcome to PopTube (hereinafter referred to as the "Platform"). The Platform is managed or supervised by UK CRN NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED (hereinafter referred to as either "we" or "us"). As the controller of your personal data as defined in Article 4 (7) of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and other data protection or data privacy laws in the Member State of the European Union and other applicable guidelines with a data protection nature concerning the Platform, we are dedicated to safeguarding and upholding your privacy.
In order to provide our services to you, we extend the use of a website and a cost-free application that can be downloaded onto your mobile phone. This policy delineates the foundation upon which any Personal Data obtained from you will be processed, gathered, utilized, and revealed by us when you access or utilize our website, applications, products, and content (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Services").
Please read the following content carefully, as it outlines our perspective and procedures concerning your Personal Data and how it shall be handled by us. Any capitalized terms which remain undefined in this policy shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Service.
We obtain and handle Personal Data through direct means (e.g. when you give certain information to us) or indirect means (e.g. using our Platform's technology). The term "Personal Data" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). An identifiable natural person is an individual who can be directly or indirectly identified, particularly through an identifier such as a name, address, identification number, online identifier, or through one or more factors that are specific to the physical, genetic, physiological, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
Information provided by you as a registered user. You will be required to provide us with specific Personal Data, such as your account name, email address, and, if provided, telephone number and photograph should you choose to register an account with us for the purpose of accessing and using the Platform. Additionally, you can register using your user credentials for designated social media sites, like Facebook.
Information we obtain about you during your use of the Services. Certain parts of the Services can be accessed and used publicly without the need to register an account. In the event that you visit or use the Platform without registering, we automatically collect information, which may contain Personal Data, including but not limited to your IP address (excluding GPS data) and your preferred language.
When you use our Services, whether registered or unregistered, your IP address (excluding GPS data) or alternative unique device identifiers, browsing data, Cookies (as defined below), mobile or device model, operating system and platform, mobile carrier, time zone and locale setting will be automatically collected by us, along with information pertaining to your use of the Platform, such as the comments you post on our Platform (when you are registered only), and any user-generated content and video content you broadcast on our Platform.
We also collect behavioral data, such as profiles and your presumed interests, along with marketing information such as opt-ins and communication preferences. Furthermore, we obtain information concerning the connection of your contact or subscriber data with your activity on our Platform, or by linking your activity on our Platform across all of your devices using your email or social media log-in particulars.
Information we collect during your use of the Service via the App. When you use the Service via the App and you as the user are not registered with our services, the Personal Data that we collect consists of your IP address (excluding GPS-data), and your preferred language within the application. If you are a registered user, we collect your account name, email address, phone number, phone model, current mobile phone system version, and photographs (if provided).
In the event that you use the Platform on a mobile device, we also collect information pertaining to your geographic location, which may include data based on your IP address or mobile device location settings, and if activated on your mobile device, through employment of a Global Positioning System (GPS). If you do not want to share your GPS location with us, you may deactivate GPS functionality on your mobile device.
Information that you choose to share from your social networks. In the event that you decide to link the Platform to any of your social networks or public forum accounts, such as Facebook, you may provide us with, or grant permission for your social networks to provide us with, information from your social networks or public forum accounts. This data may comprise your use of the Platform on said public forums and/or social networks. For more detailed information regarding how and for what purpose the social network providers process your Personal Data, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
Information from third parties. We reserve the right to obtain information if you use any other websites that we control or operate, or any other Services that we offer. Furthermore, we may acquire information, such as GAID, from third party SDKs, and from alternative sources, including business directories and other sources that are commercially or publicly accessible.
Cookies. We employ the use of Cookies and other similar technologies (e.g. web beacons, Flash cookies, etc.) ("Cookies") to improve your overall experience as a user of the Platform. Cookies are used to indirectly obtain information from you, which may include Personal Data. Cookies are small files that allow us to provide specific features and functionality when placed on your device. For more information, please review our Cookies Policy.
Your personal data will be used for the following purposes:
If you visit our website without registration, Personal Data that we collect from you is processed for system administration (e.g. to improve the website and services that we provide to you), statistical and security purposes (e.g. to ensure that the website is stable and secure), and for the purpose of requesting your feedback. Processing such Personal Data is necessary for our legitimate interest in accordance with applicable regulations. We will process your Personal Data, in particular, to be responsive to you and to guarantee the proper functioning of our products and services (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR).
We may use your Personal Data to do the following, as it is in our legitimate interest:
It is in our legitimate interests to promote the Platform and use information that you provide to us, including user-generated content and video content that you may decide to broadcast on our Platform, as part of our advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the Platform, pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
We will also use your data to provide you with location-based services, such as personalized content and advertising, if you choose to share your location with us.
When you register an account on our services, we collect Personal Data to create your user account. This is necessary to provide the Services to you in accordance with Article 6 (1) lit. b) of the GDPR.
Pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, we may also use the Personal Data we obtain from your registration to:
To improve user experience, PopTube may download additional resources from the installed app.
The Personal Data we obtain from you will be transmitted to and stored at a location outside your country and the European Economic Area ("EEA"), specifically, third-party servers in Singapore.
Also, your Personal Data may be handled by staff members operating outside your country or the EEA who work for us, our suppliers, or our business partners. Please read the section titled "The Security of Your Personal Data" for information regarding the security of your Personal Data concerning its storage.
We may share your Personal Data with selected third parties in or outside of your country. This may include:
We may share your information with any member or affiliate of our group, including our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, and companies that we control, are controlled by, or are under common control with us, and our service providers and strategic business partners, as well as their respective subsidiaries, in each case in or outside of your country, for the purposes set forth in the section titled "How We Use Your Personal Data". In order to develop and maintain the product, we share your Personal Data with our group company, UK CRN NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED.
We may also share your information with law enforcement agencies, public or tax authorities, or other organizations, if we are legally required to do so, or if we, in good faith, believe that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
Furthermore, we may share your information with third parties:
To provide one-click sharing service to you, our App has incorporated the Umeng+ U-Share SDK, which will collect the identifiable information of your device (such as IMEI/android ID/IDFA, etc.) and public information of social accounts to facilitate the sharing of information with social accounts. To safeguard your information security, we have executed data security confidentiality agreements with Umeng+. They will strictly adhere to our data privacy and security requirements. Your personal identifiable information will not be disclosed unless you authorize us to do so. For further details, please visit https://www.umeng.com/policyto review Umeng+'s privacy policy.
We have taken measures to ensure that your information is handled securely and in compliance with this Privacy Policy. However, it should be noted that the transmission of information over the internet is not entirely secure. While we will endeavor to safeguard your personal data to the best of our ability, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through the Platform. Any such transmission shall be undertaken at your own risk. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that the level of security is commensurate with the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of both you and other Users. These technical and organizational measures are maintained and may be updated from time to time to enhance the overall security of our systems.
The transmission of your Personal Data to our servers is performed under a level of data protection deemed sufficient in comparison to the GDPR.
Occasionally, our Platform may include links to websites belonging to our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you choose to access any of these websites via such links, please be advised that these websites have their own privacy policies, and we do not assume any responsibility or liability for such policies. It is recommended that you review these policies prior to submitting any information to these websites.
We will retain your information for the duration required by applicable laws.
As regards your browser behavior data, we erase such data after a period of 90 days. We have established a regular review process for the deletion of your browsing data and have assigned responsibility for this task to a designated person.
Following the termination of your use of our services, we may retain your information in an aggregated and anonymized format. Nevertheless, we may also preserve any personal information necessary to comply with our legal obligations, enable the resolution and litigation of disputes, and enforce our agreements.
The Platform is not intended for individuals under the age of 16 (or under the age of 13 in the United States). Users below the specified age are prohibited from using or registering an account on the Platform without the permission of their parent or legal guardian. Should we become aware that personal data has been gathered from an individual under the prescribed age in the relevant jurisdiction and parental or guardian consent has not been provided, we will expunge such data and terminate the account in question. If you believe that we may have collected personal data about or from a child under the aforementioned age in the relevant jurisdiction without the consent of their parent or legal guardian, please contact us at contact@poptube.io.
You have the right to access your Personal Data that we possess about you, along with the right to correct, delete, update, amend, suppress, or otherwise modify any Personal Data that is inaccurate or has been processed in contravention of applicable data protection regulations, unless the Personal Data must be maintained for legitimate business or legal purposes. Before fulfilling your request pertaining to your Personal Data, we may require you to authenticate your identity before we can proceed with your request. You may object to the use or processing of your Personal Data or retract the consent to use your Personal Data at any time.
You have the following rights:
Regarding the processing of your Personal Information based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1) lit. f) GDPR), you have the right to object to the processing (Art. 21(1) GDPR) at any time. A detailed outline of our processing activities and their legal basis can be found in the section before. In the event that you object to such processing, we request that you specify the reasons for your objection so that we can scrutinize the processing of your personal data and determine whether adjustments to the processing are warranted.
Please be advised that direct marketing activities may be involved in the handling of your personal data, as previously described. If you do not want your activities on the Services to be processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to any data processing at any time, free of charge, through email (Art. 21(2) GDPR) (see above for other contact details).
If you desire to avail yourself of any of your rights, please forward an email to us at contact@poptube.io.
We will undertake commercially reasonable efforts to provide general notification to all users of any significant modifications to this Policy, which may be made through a notice on our Platform. Nonetheless, it is important that you regularly review this Policy to stay abreast of any such changes. In addition, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the outset of this Policy to reflect the effective date of the updated Policy. Your continued use of or access to the Services following the effective date of the updated Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy. If you do not agree to the updated Policy, you must discontinue all access to or use of the Services.
If you wish to file a complaint about how we handle your Personal Data, please contact us first at contact@poptube.io, whereupon we will make every effort to expeditiously attend to your complaint. This will not hinder or prejudice your entitlement to initiate legal proceedings with your data protection authority or to avail yourself of the dispute resolution process outlined in the Terms of Service.
Should you have any questions, comments, or requests as regards this Policy, you are more than welcome to contact us at contact@poptube.io.