Sociably Privacy Policy

Usage Information. We collect information about your activity on Sociably, including:

• Posts and other content you post (including the date, location, and content of the post).
• Your interactions with other users' content, such as likes, bookmarks, shares, replies, and if other users mention or tag you in content or if you mention or tag them.
• How you interact with others on the platform, such as people you friend and people who have friended you, and when you use Direct Messages, including the contents of the messages, the recipients, and date and time of messages.
• If you communicate with us, such as through email, we will collect information about the communication and its content.
• We collect information on links you interact with across our services (including in our emails sent to you).

Device Information. We collect information from and about the devices you use to access Sociably, including:

• Information about your device and its settings, such as device identifier for security purposes to authenticate logins.
• Your device address book, if you've chosen to share it with us.

Location Information. When you use Sociably, we may collect your approximate and/or precise location information to provide location-based services, such as displaying nearby posts and events, and allowing you to create location-based posts. Your location data is only collected when you have enabled location services and have granted explicit consent to collect and use your location data.

Inferred Identity. We may collect or receive information that we use to infer your identity as detailed below:

• When you sign into Sociably on a device, we will associate that device with your account.
• When you provide other information to Sociably, including an email address or phone number, we associate that information with your Sociably account. Subject to your settings, we may also use this information in order to infer other information about your identity, for example by associating your account with hashes of email addresses that share common components with the email address you have provided to Sociably.
• When you access Sociably and are not signed in (such as from a shared post link on a web browser), we may infer your identity based on the information we collect.

2.1 Operate, improve, and personalize our services

We use the information we collect to provide and operate Sociably products and services. We also use the information we collect to improve and personalize our products and services so that you have a better experience on Sociably, including showing you location based posts and events, and suggesting people to add as friends.

2.2 Foster safety and security

We use information we collect to provide for the safety and security of our users, our products, services, and your account. This includes verifying your identity, authenticating your account, and defending against fraud, unauthorized use, and illegal activity. We also use the information to evaluate and affect the safety and quality of content on Sociably - this includes Google's text moderation NLP and Cloud Vision API for moderating content and investigating and enforcing our policies and and terms, as well as applicable law.

2.3 Measure, analyze and make our services better

We use the information we collect to measure and analyze the effectiveness of our products and services and to better understand how you use them in order to make them better.

2.4 Communicate with you about our services

We use the information we collect to communicate with you about our products and services, including about product updates and changes to our policies and terms. If you're open to hearing from us, we may also send you marketing messages from time to time.

3.1 When you post and share

With the general public. You are directing us to disclose that information as broadly as possible. Sociably content, including your profile information (e.g., name/pseudonym, username, profile pictures), is available for viewing by the general public. The public does not need to be signed in to view some content on Sociably. They may also find Sociably content off of Sociably: for example, from search query results on Internet search engines or videos downloaded and reshared elsewhere (depending on your settings).

With other Sociably users. Depending on your settings, and based on the Sociably products and services you use, we share:

• Your interactions with Sociably content of other users, such as replies, and people you are friends with.
• Content you send to a specific Sociably user, such as through Direct Messages.

3.2 With third parties & third-party integrations

With service providers. We may share your information with third-party service providers, including Google Maps to provide neighborhood tags for posts; Google text moderation and Cloud Vision to moderate content on Sociably; and Google Analytics for tracking app usage and performance metrics.

Through our APIs. We use APIs to make your public Sociably information available on our website and mobile apps.

3.3 When required by law, to prevent harm, or in the public interest

We may disclose your information to comply with legal obligations, protect the safety of individuals or our platform, prevent fraud, or enforce our policies.

3.4 As a result of a change in ownership

We may share, sell, or transfer information about you in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or bankruptcy. This Privacy Policy will apply to your personal information that is shared with (before and after the close of any transaction) or transferred to the new entity.

5.1 Access, Correction, Portability

You can access, correct, or modify the information you provided to us by editing your profile and adjusting your account settings.

You can download a copy of your information, such as your posts, by following going to your Account settings, clicking on Download an archive of your data, and submitting a request of your data. When your download is ready, we'll send an email to your connected email account or a push notification if you have the app installed.

To protect your privacy and maintain security, we take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal information or complying with a deletion, portability, or other related request. We may, in certain situations, reject your request for access, correction, or portability, for example, we may reject access where you are unable to verify your identity.

5.2 Deleting your Information

If you follow the instructions here, your account will be deactivated and your data will be queued for deletion. When deactivated, your Sociably account, including your display name, username, and public profile, will no longer be viewable on sociably.app and Sociably for iOS. For up to 30 days after deactivation it is still possible to restore your Sociably account if it was accidentally or wrongfully deactivated.