YaYaNews

Personal Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

Personal information you may provide to us through the Service or otherwise includes:

• Contact data, such as your chosen display name, first and last name, email address, and phone number.
• Demographic data, such as your city, state, country of residence, and postal code.
• Profile data, such as the username and password that you may set to establish an online account on the Service, date of birth and astrological sign, biographical details, photograph or picture, links to your profiles on social networks, interests, preferences, and any other information that you add to your account profile.
• Communications data based on our exchanges with you, including when you contact us through the Service, communicate with us via chat features, social media, or otherwise.
• Marketing data, such as your preferences for receiving our marketing communications and details about your engagement with them.
• User-generated content data, such as photos, images, music, videos, comments, questions, messages, works of authorship, and other content or information that you generate, transmit, or otherwise make available on the Service, as well as associated metadata.
• Subscription data, such as the specific subscription plan (e.g., "YaYaNews Plus") and transaction history.
• Other data not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Third-Party Sources

We may combine personal information we receive from you with personal information we obtain from other sources, such as:

• Public sources, such as government agencies, public records, social media platforms, and other publicly available sources.
• Private sources, such as data providers, social media platforms and data licensors.
• Third-party services, such as social media services, that you use to log into, or otherwise link to, your Service account.
• Marketing partners, such as joint marketing partners and event co-sponsors.
• Platform providers, such as the Apple App Store. If you purchase a YaYaNews Plus subscription through the Apple App Store, Apple processes your payment information directly and shares certain limited subscription data with us.

Automatic Data Collection

We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Service, such as:

• Device data, such as your computer or mobile device's operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, IP address, unique identifiers, language settings, and general location information.
• Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths, access times and duration of access.
• Precise geolocation data when you authorize our mobile application to access your device's location.
• Communication interaction data such as your interactions with our email, text or other communications.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Service Delivery and Operations

We may use your personal information to:

• Provide, operate and improve the Service and our business, including managing your YaYaNews Plus subscription
• Personalize the service, including remembering your selections and preferences
• Facilitate your invitations to friends who you want to invite to join the Service
• Enable security features of the Service
• Communicate with you about the Service, including service-related announcements and updates
• Understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience
• Provide support for the Service, and respond to your requests, questions and feedback

Research and Development

We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and our business and to develop new products and services. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized data from personal information we collect.

Marketing

We and our service providers may send you direct marketing communications and may personalize these messages based on your needs and interests. You may opt-out of our marketing communications as described in the Opt-out of marketing section below.

Service Improvement and Analytics

We may use your personal information to analyze your usage of the Service, improve the Service, help us understand user activity, and to develop new products and services.

Compliance and Protection

We may use your personal information to:

• Comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process
• Protect our, your or others' rights, privacy, safety or property
• Audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements
• Enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service
• Prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity

How We Share Your Personal Information

We may share your personal information with the following parties:

• Affiliates: Our corporate parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
• Service providers: Third parties that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Service.
• Generative AI platforms: We use third-party AI providers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to provide certain aspects of the Service.
• Linked third-party services: If you log into the Service with a social media or other third-party service.
• Business and marketing partners: Third parties with whom we co-sponsor events or promotions.
• Professional advisors: Such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and insurers.
• Authorities and others: Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as necessary.
• Business transferees: In the context of actual or prospective business transactions.
• Other users and the public: Your profile and user-generated content are visible to other users and the public.

Your Choices

• Access or update your information: If you have registered for an account, you may review and update certain account information by logging into the account.
• Opt-out of communications: You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email.
• Cookies: Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings.
• Mobile location data: You can disable our access to your device's precise geolocation in your mobile device settings.
• Do Not Track: We currently do not respond to "Do Not Track" signals.
• Delete your content or close your account: You can choose to delete certain content through your account. Contact us to request account closure.

Security

We employ technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International Data Transfer

We are headquartered in the United States and may use service providers that operate in other countries. While data protection law varies by country, we apply the protections described in this Privacy Policy to your personal information regardless of where it is processed.

Residents Outside the United States

If you are located in certain jurisdictions such as the European Union, we only collect, use or share information about you when certain conditions apply. These conditions are called "legal bases" and typically include:

• Contract: We use your information because you have entered into an agreement with us.
• Legitimate interest: We use your information because we have a legitimate interest in doing so.
• Consent: We may collect and use personal information with your consent.
• Legal obligation: We retain and use your information for compliance and regulatory purposes.

You may have additional rights such as:

• Right of access to your personal data
• Right to rectify your personal data if it is incorrect
• Right to erase your personal data
• Right to limit the processing of your personal data
• Right to the portability of your personal data
• Right to object to the processing of your personal data

Children

The Service is not intended for use by anyone under 13 years of age. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 from whom you believe we have collected personal information, please contact us to request that it be deleted.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service or other appropriate means. Your use of the Service after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acknowledgment that the modified Privacy Policy applies to your interactions with the Service and our business.