Privacy Policy

This is where you can find out how Partof App (“Partof”, “we”, “us”, “our”) collects, stores, protects and shares data about you (“Policy”). It’s best read alongside our Partof Terms and Conditions.

When you’re using our Partof online platform ("site"), there is some information we collect about you, and you can share your information on the site with other users ("Users"). The Policy is intended to meet our duties of transparency under the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”.

1. Collection of information

Registration Information

Access to Partof is granted through various means of your choice: your Google account or your email.

If you connect through Google, we will collect information about you from Google (as applicable), including an email address, full name and a unique ID (which allows Google to identify you as a legitimate user of the account).

Profile Data

During our onboarding process, so that we can check whether your account is legitimate, we ask you to take a selfie, which is processed by a third-party provider. If the third-party system flags anything that may mean the photo is not of a real person (or that you do not meet the criteria required to be a member), the photo is then passed back to our team to review.

Log and Usage Data

Our servers automatically record information ("Log and Usage Data") created by your use of Partof, which again helps us to improve our service. Log and Usage Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, access times, your mobile carrier, unique device identifier, device model, operating system, MAC address and search terms.

Marketing and Communications Data

We also collect information on your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences (“Marketing and Communications Data”).

Behavioral Data

We collect “Behavioral Data”, which is inferred or assumed information relating to your behavior and interests, based on your online activity. This is most often collated and grouped into “segments” (e.g., there may be a segment for women, living in New York and aged under 35, who like contemporary art).

Your Content Data

You can post content on the website and/or participate in chats through it. This content may contain personal data, but only what you choose to disclose.

Aggregated Data

We also collect, use and share “Aggregated Data” such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data, but once in aggregated form it will not constitute considered personal data for the purposes of the GDPR as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

No Special Categories of Personal Data

We do not collect any “Special Categories of Personal Data” about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. However, you have the option of providing such information in your profile or in any information you publish on our site, for instance by sharing your sexual orientation with other users. Please do not submit any Special Categories of Personal Data if you are not happy for such information to be shared publicly on your Partof account.

2. Uses made of the information

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it as listed below, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will update this Policy and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

What is our “legal basis” for processing your Personal Data?

In respect of each of the purposes for which we use your personal data, the GDPR requires us to ensure that we have a “legal basis” for that use. Most commonly, we will rely on one of the following legal bases:

Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (“Contractual Necessity”).
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (“Legitimate Interests”). More detail about the specific legitimate interests pursued in respect of each purpose we use your personal data for is set out in the table below.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (“Compliance with Law”).
Where we have your specific consent to carry out the processing for the purpose in question (“Consent”).

Generally, we do not rely on your Consent as a legal basis for using your personal data other than in the context of direct marketing communications.

We have set out below, in a table format, the legal bases we rely on in respect of the relevant Purposes for which we use your Personal Data. (see the first chart below)

What happens when you do not provide necessary personal data?

Where we need to process your personal data either to comply with law, or to perform the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with the functionalities of or access to the Site).

In this case, we may have to stop you using our Site but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

3. Disclosure of your information

We will not disclose your information, except in the limited circumstances described here:

Service Providers — We engage certain trusted third parties to perform IT and system administration functions and services. We may share your Registration Information and Log and Usage Data with these third parties, but only for the purposes of performing these functions and providing such services.
Regulators and Public Authorities — We will cooperate with law enforcement enquiries received from within or outside your country of residence. This may include preserving or disclosing any of your personal data, including your Registration Information, if it is necessary to comply with a law or regulation, or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal request, to protect the safety of any person, or to address fraud or security issues. Such Regulators or Public Authorities may be located both within or outside the United States
Business Transfers — In the event that Partof or any of our affiliates are involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
Professional Advisers — We may transfer your Registration Data to our lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers and other advisers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services. Such Professional Advisers may be located in the United States.

4. Where we store your personal data

Many of our external third parties are based inside of the United States.

We endeavor to ensure that people to whom we provide personal data hold it subject to appropriate safeguards and controls.

5. Marketing

We have the ability to send you marketing materials that you can opt-out of. When opted out, we may send you emails which are necessary for us to provide our services, or to announce any update of our Site or Terms and Conditions.

6. What others see about you

Partof is designed to make it easier for you to connect with other Users and to interact with them. Other Users of the Site will see:

General Partof-submitted information:
- your Content Data;
- Photo and other images you upload;
- First Name;
- Generalized location (city/state);
- Location; and
- if you choose to share it:
  - bio information
Third party profile information:
- If you login to the Site using your Google account, other Users will be able to see your name.

Such other Users may therefore share your profile information with individuals who may or may not be Users or via third party applications. So, please be careful about what permissions you grant through the Site and what you post, particularly when it relates to your children. We want to keep you safe, but we need you to help us.

7. Our Policy Towards Age

Our Site is for adults. You have to be at least 18 years old to use the Site. We don’t market to anyone under the age of 18 either. If we discover you’re under 18, we will delete your account, sorry but we’re looking forward to welcoming you soon!

8. Removing Partof access

If you want to remove Partof from your Google account at any time you can do this by visiting the application settings on your Google profile (as applicable) and following the instructions to remove Partof access permissions.

Even after you remove information from your profile or delete your Account, copies of that information may still be viewable and/or accessed to the extent such information has been previously shared with others, made public by you during your use of the Site, or copied or stored by other Users or to the extent such information has been shared with search engines. We cannot control this, nor do we accept any liability for this. The Site may also include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share your personal data. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. If you have given third party applications or websites access to your personal data, they may retain such information to the extent permitted under their terms of service or privacy policies.

9. Your Rights Relating to Your Personal Data

By law you have the right to:

Request access to your personal data. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).
Object to processing of your personal data. This right exists where we are relying on a Legitimate Interest as the legal basis for our processing and there is something about your particular situation, which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
Request the restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
Request the transfer of your personal data. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent. This right only exists where we are relying on consent to process your personal data (“Consent Withdrawal”). If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to the certain specific functionalities of our Site. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

How to exercise your rights

If you want to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us at hello@partofapp.com

Typically, you will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, except in relation to Consent Withdrawal, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive, or, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

Complaints

If you would like to make a complaint regarding this Policy or our practices in relation to your personal data, please contact us at hello@partofapp.com

We will reply to your complaint as soon as we can.

If you feel that your complaint has not been adequately resolved, please note that the GDPR gives you the right to contact your local data protection supervisory authority.

10. How we keep your personal data secure

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed.

We limit access to your personal data to those employees and other staff who have a business need to have such access. All such people are subject to a contractual duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any actual or suspected personal data breach. In the event of any such breach, we have systems in place to work with applicable regulators. In addition, in certain circumstances (e.g., where we are legally required to do so) we may notify you of breaches affecting your personal data.

11. Changes to our privacy policy

We may revise this Policy from time to time. If we make a change to this Policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, we will notify you, for example, via an email. The revised Policy will apply from the date on which we post it on this page.

12. Cookies

We collect information by placing cookies on your mobile or desktop. A cookie is a piece of text stored on your computer or mobile by your web browser. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site.

We use two broad categories of cookies:

first party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device; and
third party cookies, which are served by our partners or service providers on our Site.

We use cookies for a number of reasons, as explained in the second chart below.

Our use of cookies and local share devices, including the specific cookie names, may change over time, but will generally fall into the above categories. Please visit this page regularly so that you are aware of any changes.

Disabling cookies

You can typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “settings”, “help” “tools” or “edit” facility). Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings.

If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our Site. For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer or mobile device and you may need to log in every time you visit our Site.

Further information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our Site by downloading and installing the browser plugin here.

14. How long we store your personal data

We will only retain your Personal Data for so long as we reasonably need to use it for the purposes set out in "2. Uses made of the information", unless a longer retention period is required by law (for example for regulatory purposes).

The third table below shows our standard retention practices.

14. Policies around coaching

Coaching is a comprehensive process that may involve all areas of life, including work, finances, health, relationships, education and recreation. Deciding on how to handle these issues, incorporating coaching into those areas, and implementing your choices is exclusively your responsibility.

1. You understand that coaching is not to be used as a substitute for professional advice by legal, medical, financial, business or other qualified professionals.

2. You understand that coaching does not involve the diagnosis or treatment of physical disorders or mental disorders as defined by the American Psychiatric Association. I understand that coaching is not a substitute for counseling, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, physical or mental health care, or substance abuse treatment and I will not use it in place of any form of diagnosis, treatment or therapy.

3. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for (i) your physical, mental and emotional well-being during time spent on We Know and interacting with Partof users and professionals, (ii) your decision to implement any plan, course of action, or recommendation a Partof user or professional, and (iii) any injury, illness, or damage sustained as a result of implementing any plan, course of action, or recommendation by a Partof user or professional including but not limited to any injuries resulting from diet or exercise recommended by a Partof user or professional. You understand and acknowledge that neither Localee, LLC nor any user or professional on Partof has any liability for the decisions you make, any action you do or do not take, or any injury, illness, damage or other harm sustained as result of or in connection with your participation with Partof.

15. Contact

Localee, LLC is the controller (for the purposes of the GDPR) of your personal data, and is registered in the United States.

This privacy policy was last updated on: October 12, 2020

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Partof Terms and Conditions of Use

Hey, welcome to Partof’s Terms and Conditions of Use (these "Terms"). This is a contract between you and Partof and we want you to be aware of yours and our rights before you use the Partof platform ("Site" or “Partof”). Please take some time to read these Terms before enjoying the Site, because once you access, view or use the Site, you will be legally bound by these Terms.

If you have any questions about these Terms or our site, please contact us at: hello@partofapp.com

1. Partof rules

Before you can use our Site, you will need to register for an account ("Account"). In order to create an Account you must:

sign in through your Google, or by providing your email, first name and last name
be at least 18 years old; and
be legally permitted to use the Site in your country.

If you create an Account, you authorize us to access, display and use certain information from Google account (e.g. name). For more information about what information we use and how we use it, please check out our Privacy Policy

You cannot use another user’s Account without her permission.

We hope you love the community on Partof, but if you want to leave, you can delete your Account at any time by emailing us at hello@partofapp.com, or for Google, you can go to the relevant settings page within those services and disallow access by the Site. We will save your profile information in case you realize you miss us and you decide to restore your Account; check our Privacy Policy for more information. If you would like Your Content or profile information to be deleted, please contact us at hello@partofapp.com

Partof reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate or suspend any Account, or make use of any operational, technological, legal or other means available to enforce the Terms (including without limitation blocking specific IP addresses), at any time without liability and without the need to give you prior notice.

2. Types of content

There are three types of content that you will be able to access on the Site:

content that you upload and provide ("Your Content");
content that members provide ("Member Content"); and
content that Partof provides ("Our Content").

We don’t allow certain content on Partof

We want our users to freely communicate on Partof, but we have to impose restrictions on certain content that:

contains language which could be deemed offensive or is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
is obscene, pornographic or otherwise may offend human dignity;
is abusive, insulting or threatening, or which promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred or bigotry;
encourages any illegal activity including, without limitation, terrorism, inciting racial hatred or the submission of which in itself constitutes committing a criminal offence;
is defamatory or libellous;
involves the transmission of "junk" mail or "spam";
contains any spy ware, adware, viruses, corrupt files, worm programs or other malicious code designed to interrupt, damage or limit the functionality of or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or other equipment, Trojan horse or any other material designed to damage, interfere with, wrongly intercept or expropriate any data or personal information whether from Partof or otherwise;
itself, or the posting of which, infringes any third party's rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights and privacy rights);
shows another person which was created or distributed without that person’s consent; and/or
breaches the terms of our community guidelines

We operate a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of content.

To guarantee a safe environment for all, you must also comply with our Community Guidelines, when engaging with the Partof community.

We have a team that reviews Your Content and Member Content to ensure that it complies with these Terms. Our moderation tools and team of moderators may remove any of Your Content that they consider breaches our Community Guidelines, restrict or prohibit your access to the site, and/or delete your Account, if in their reasonable opinion, you breach any of the restrictions in these Terms or the Community Guidelines

Your Content

As Your Content is created by you, you are responsible and liable for Your Content and will indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with Your Content.

You may not display any personal contact or banking information on your individual profile page whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card or other banking details). If you do choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, whether via email or otherwise, it is at your own risk. We encourage you to use the same caution in disclosing details about yourself to third parties online as you would under any other circumstances.

Partof is a public community, so Your Content will be visible to other users of the Site all around the world. Please make sure you are comfortable sharing Your Content before you post it, particularly insofar as it relates to your children. As such, you agree that Your Content may be viewed by other users and any person visiting, participating in or who is sent a link to the Site. By uploading Your Content on Partof, you represent and warrant to us that you have all necessary rights and licenses to do so, and automatically grant us a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, worldwide license to use Your Content in any way (including, without limitation, editing, copying, modifying, adapting, translating, reformatting, creating derivative works from, incorporating into other works, advertising, distributing and otherwise making available to the general public Your Content, whether in whole or in part and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future).

We may assign and/or sub-license the above license to our affiliates and successors without any further approval by you.

We have the right to remove, edit, limit or block access to any of Your Content at any time, and we have no obligation to display or review Your Content.

Member Content

Other members of Partof will also share content via the Site. Member Content belongs to the user who posted the content and is stored on our servers and displayed via the Site at the direction of the user providing the Member Content.

You do not have any rights in relation to other users' Member Content, and you may only use other Partof users' personal information to the extent that your use of it matches Partof’s purpose of allowing people to meet one another. You may not use other users' information for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats. We reserve the right to terminate your Account if you misuse other users' information.

Our Content

The rest of the content on Partof belongs to us. Any other text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, and other intellectual property appearing on Partof are owned, controlled or licensed by us and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property law rights. All right, title and interest in and to Our Content remains with us at all times.

We grant you a non-exclusive, limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable, license to access and use Our Content, without the right to sublicense, under the following conditions:

you shall not use, sell, modify, or distribute Our Content except as permitted by the functionality of the Site;
you shall not use our name in metatags, keywords and/or hidden text;
you shall not create derivative works from Our Content or commercially exploit Our Content, in whole or in part, in any way; and
you shall use Our Content for lawful purposes only.

We reserve all other rights.

3. Restrictions on the Site

We don’t tolerate bad behavior on Partof. You can report any abuse or complain about Member Content by contacting us, outlining the abuse and/or complaint. Email us at hello@partofapp.com

We also want our users to respect Partof. Scraping or replicating any part of the Site without our prior consent is expressly prohibited. This includes by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces - unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with us.

4. Privacy

For information about how Partof Limited collects, uses, and shares your personal data, please check out our Privacy Policy.

The terms were last updated on: August 4, 2020

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