Privacy Policy

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2.1 Information You provide to Us

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I.I. Registration and Verification Information When You register on Huut, We collect certain the following Personal Information including: (a) Your mobile number; (b) e-mail address that You choose to register with the Platform; (c) the IP address of the device on which You access the Platform; and (d) Your Username that You choose to represent Yourself on the Platform. You may also choose to verify Your profile. In order to verify Your profile and identity, We will collect the following Personal Information including; (a) active mobile number; (b) Government Issued Photo ID.

II. Profile Information If You choose to voluntarily add additional information to Your profile, We may collect the following additional information from you: (a) name; (b) profile picture; (c) user handle; (d) profession/qualifications/work experience; (e) location; (f) description of self; (g) date of birth; (h) gender; and (i) relationship status.
III.Information from Your use of the Platform When You use the Platform, We collect the following information:

1. 1. the audio content that You post / upload;
   2. the IP address from where You log in, use, access Your account;
   3. list of Users You follow
   4. list of Users that follow You;
   5. Users who have visited Your profile and vice versa;
   6. information about Your mobile device
   7. Your browser information;
   8. date of download and / or reinstallation of the Application;
   9. events related to Your actions (follows, reactions to Huuts, time spent, how often and when You visit the Application etc.);
   10. Users who send You chat requests and have chatted with You;
   11. Unique device identifier on the Application

2.2 Information We collect from other sources:

I. Third Party Service Information
You have the option to link third-party services on the Platform (including other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.). If You choose to do so, We will collect Your username (or equivalent) for such third-party services as well as any information that You may choose to share from that third party service with Us

II. Surveys 

If You participate in a survey on the Platform, We may collect Your contact and demographic information such as name, email address and mailing address.

III.Cookies and Analytics

Additionally, We use cookies to collect website activity data about visitors to the Website or Application or any related platform facilitating the Application. When You interact with the Platform, We strive to make Your experience easy and meaningful. We, or Our third-party service providers, may use cookies, mobile app analytics and similar technologies to track visitor activity and collect data on the Platform. We may combine this data with other Personal Information that We collect from the Users.

3. YOUR RIGHTS

We want to ensure that You are fully empowered on Our platform and are completely aware of the rights that You are entitled to in the course of using Our Platform. You have the right to confirmation and access, correction and erasure, data portability and the right to be forgotten with regard to Your Personal Information

Right to be informed: You are entitled to know whether We hold Your Personal Information and the purpose Your Personal Information is processed for.

Right of access: You are entitled to obtain a copy of Your Personal Information, together with an explanation of the categories of Personal Information being processed, the purposes of such processing, and the details of third parties to whom the Personal Information may have been disclosed to.

Right to rectification: You are entitled to correct / update Your Personal Information available with Us.

Right to erasure: : You are entitled to get Your Personal Information erased from Our databases. Please note that We need to retain certain Personal Information about You for legal and internal business reasons, such as fraud prevention. We will retain Your Personal Information for as long as necessary to provide You with the websites and apps You are eligible to use and as needed to comply with Our legal obligations and enforce Our agreements.

Right to data portability: You are entitled to obtain and reuse Your Personal Information. You can either obtain the Personal Information from Us or, in turn, provide it to a third party (if You so wish), or ask Us to transfer Your Personal Information directly to a third party

Right to object / restrict processing or both: You have a right to object / restrict the processing of Your Personal Information in some circumstances, including where the Personal Information is inaccurate (for the period during which We are verifying the Personal Information), the Personal Information is no longer required in light of the purpose of processing, or in connection with direct marketing (you can prevent / discontinue marketing communications to You by checking certain boxes on the forms We use to collect Your Personal Information), or by utilizing opt-out mechanisms in the emails We send you. In the above cases, We will retain minimum Personal Information to note that You opted out from being contacted again.

For the exercise of any of the above-mentioned rights, please write to Us at support@huut.com

4. RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

4.1 4.1. Your posts and private messages on the Platform will be retained until You delete these items. In relation to other Personal Information, We store them for certain pre-determined periods based on the following criteria

1. Statutory requirements;
2. Industry guidelines;
3. If required by legal or government authorities;
4. scientific, statistical or historical purposes

4.2 Your Personal Information will be promptly deleted once the purpose for which We collect it, is fulfilled and the storage period expires. If We need to retain Your Personal Information for a longer period, We will inform You prior to the extension of the storage period and seek Your explicit consent to extend the retention period.