What is the Privacy Policy and what does it cover?

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• This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and share your information. It also describes how long we keep your information for and how we keep it safe when we transfer it.
• The Privacy Policy also lets you know your rights
• This policy applies to Aspire and all other Products, or Products.
• If you choose not to have your information processed according to this Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our Service. This policy applies to all users of the Service, including those who use our Developer Portal.

We at Aspire want you to understand what information we collect, and how we use and share it. That's why we encourage you to read our Privacy Policy. This helps you to use our product or service in the way that's right for you. In the Privacy Policy, we explain how we collect, use, share, retain and transfer information. We also let you know your rights. Each section of the Policy includes helpful examples and simpler language to make our practices easier to understand. It's important to us that you know how to control your privacy, so we also show you where you can manage your privacy in the settings of our products. Read the full policy below.

What information do we collect?

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In this policy, we list each type of information that we collect. Here are some important ones. We collect:

• The information that you give us when you sign up for our Products and create a profile, such as your email address or phone number
• What you do on our Products. This includes what you click on or like, your posts and photos and messages that you send. If you use end-to-end encrypted messaging, we can't read those messages unless users report them to us for review.
• Who your friends or followers are, and what they do on our Products.
• Information from the phone, computer or tablet that you use our Products on, like what kind it is and what version of our app you're using.
• Information from our partners about things you do both on and off our Products. This could include other websites you visit, apps you use or online games you play.
• You can use our product even if you don’t create an account, so, we collect some information in this case as well:
  • Browser and app logs of your visits to public content, such as posts created and shared by others on our product.
  • Basic information about your device, such as device model and OS.
• We collect this information for the purpose of:
  • Security of our Products: Users without an account can attack our servers with overloading and by opening too many pages to scrape data in violation of our terms of service. So, in this case we take action accordingly.
  • Performance: We collect information to understand the performance of our product for users who don’t want to create an account.

A person, business, organization or body that is not part of our company.

A person, business, organization or body using or integrating our Products to advertise, market or support their products and services. Note: We may add new Third Parties or partners and, or cancel ones without any prior notification.

On our product, you can create art with AI, comment, share and like others' content. All the actions that you take are known as "activity". We collect all of your activity across our product, such as:

• Content that you create, included but not limited to posts, comments and likes etc.
• Types of content, including ads, that you view or interact with
• Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
• Purchases or other transactions that you make, including credit card information
• Hashtags you use
• The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Product

We collect info about your friends, followers and other connections you're connected to and how you interact with them on our platform, like who you engage with the most. We may also gather your contact details, like their names and contact information, if you decide to upload or import it from a device.

We also analyze things about you based on others' activity:

• We may suggest a friend to you through our product’s “People you may know" feature if you both appear on a contact list that some other user uploads
• We also check whether your friends are joining a challenge, when we suggest you join it

We collect and receive information from and about different devices you use and how you use them.

• Information collected about your device characteristics includes:
  • The type of device
  • Details about its operating system
  • Details about its hardware and software
  • Brand and model
  • Battery level
  • Signal strength
  • Available storage
  • Browser type
  • App and file names, and types
  • Plugins
• What you're doing on your device, such as whether our app is in the foreground or if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
• Identifiers we collect include device IDs, mobile advertiser ID or IDs from games, apps or accounts you use. We also collect Family device IDs or other identifiers associated with the same device or account.
• Device signals including GPS, Bluetooth signals, nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons and cell towers.
• Information that is shared through device settings, such as GPS location, camera access, photos and videos and when they were made. We use this information to remind you of new creative ideas and to know about your choices.
• Information about your network and connection includes:
  • The name of your mobile operator or Internet service provider (ISP)
  • Language
  • Time zone
  • Mobile phone number
  • IP address
  • Connection and download speed
  • Network capability
  • Information about other devices that are nearby or on your network
  • Wi-Fi hotspots you connect to using our Products

  One reason why we collect this information is to make your experience better. For example, if we know that your phone and TV are connected to the same network, we can help you view your artworks on your TV.

• Some location-related information, even if location services are turned off in your device settings. This includes using IP addresses to estimate your general location.
• Information about our product's performance on your device. We collect this information to prevent, diagnose, troubleshoot and fix errors and bugs. This includes session time, device model and other performance diagnostic information.

We collect and receive information about you and your activities on and off our products from third parties included but not limited to partners, different tools and marketing vendors.

• Your information
• Apps you use
• Games you play
• Purchases and transactions you make off of our Products
• Your demographics, such as your education level
• The ads you see and how you interact with them
• How you use our partners' products and services, online or in person

What if you don't let us collect certain information?

Some information is required for our products to work. Other information is optional, but without it, the quality of your experience might be affected.

How do we use your information?

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Here are some of the ways we use your information:

• We personalize your experience, for instance by suggesting artworks or categories that you are most interested in
• We improve our Products by applying information about your usage, and what activities were running on your device when our app crashes
• We prevent harmful behavior and keep people safe on our Products
• We suggest Products, features or services that you might like
• We analyze data for the well being of people around the globe, e.g to advance technology

We use your information to provide and improve our products. This includes personalizing features, content and suggestions, such as “For You” or “Feeds” sections of our products.

When you use our Products, you see ads and sponsored or commercial content. The ads or other sponsored or commercial content shown to you, when you use our Products, isn’t primarily controlled by us. It is shown by third party ad networks and they can use your information (as declared earlier) to show you relevant content.

Your data helps us make our Products better and create new ones with the features you want. We use information we collect to:

• Analyze if a product is working correctly
• Troubleshoot and fix errors
• Try out new products and features
• Get feedback on our ideas for products or features
• Conduct surveys to know what you like about our Products or services and what we are missing on

We use location-related information if you turn on the Location Services in device settings. This includes your GPS location and other device signals as well like nearby bluetooth or wifi connections. We also receive and use some location-related information even if location services are turned off like IP addresses.

Here are some ways that we promote safety, security and integrity of our products and services:

• Verify accounts and activity
• Find and address violations of our terms or policies
• Investigate suspicious activity
• Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior
• Combat against racial biases
• Detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences
• Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property
• Maintain the integrity of our Products

We communicate with you using information you provide, such as contact information on your profile. For example:

• We send messages about Products or features that you use, or that we want to introduce you
• We send promotional messages about Products that you might like
• We ask you to participate in research based on things such as how you use our Products
• We let you know about our policies and terms of service
• When you contact us with any questions, we reply to your email
• We facilitate you with our customer support when you tell us directly or by any means about your concerns
• We collect information about your interactions with our means of communication to understand which is the best way to reach you out

How do we share your information on our Products or with partners?

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• You can choose to share information on our Products or with partners
• Remember to share only with people you trust

There are many cases when your information can be shared on our products.

People, accounts and businesses on our products can see what you share or communicate with them. For example, they can:

• See your posts that you create and share on your profile
• See your comments that you write on other people’s posts
• See your information that you add to your profile
• See your reactions on others posts

People who use our products can share information about you with the audience they choose. For example, they can:

• Share your post in a comment or message on and off our products
• Mention you in a post
• Tag you in a post or comment
• Share details about you in a post or message on and off our products

Public content is always available to the general public without any permission on and off our products, even if they don’t have an account. This includes your:

• Name
• Username on our products
• Profile picture
• Activity on public forums in our products. For example, if you comment on a post that is set to be public, your comment can be seen by anyone
• Public content can also be seen, accessed, reshared or downloaded through third-party services, such as:
  • Search engines
  • The media, like TV
  • Other apps and websites connected to our products

We share your information with third parties for different purposes that are useful for our products or to make a good experience for you on our products. We make sure that our partners or third parties must follow the rules on how they can or can’t use the information we provide. We share certain information with:

• Ad networks who show ads in our Products
• Partners for marketing purposes
• Partners to avail customer service or conduct surveys
• Partner research teams or analysts for innovation, advancement or improve user’s safety
• We don't sell your information and we never will

You can manage your information by visiting the settings of our Products you use. You may also have other privacy rights under applicable laws. To learn more about your rights, visit our Help Centers, product settings and your device-based settings.

How long do we keep your information for?

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• We keep information for as long as we need it to provide a feature or service
• But you can request that we delete your information
• We'll delete that information unless we have to keep it for something else, for instance for legal reasons

Your information is kept safe with us for as long as we need it to provide our products, comply with legal obligations or for our or other’s interest. It may vary on a case-by-case basis that how long we will keep your information. Here's what we consider when we decide.

• We keep your profile information, your (not deleted) posts and security information for the lifetime of your account.
• Your search history until you clear the search or delete your account.
• But even if you don't clear your search or delete your account, within six months of your search.

We may keep your information as long as we need it for:

• A legal request or obligation, including obligations of our company to comply with applicable law
• A governmental investigation
• A legal claim, complaint, litigation or regulatory proceedings

Your information, including financial transaction data related to purchases on our Products, may be preserved and accessed for a longer time period if it's related to any of the following:

• A legal request or obligation, including obligations of our company to comply with applicable laws
• A governmental investigation
• An investigation of possible violations of our terms or policies
• To prevent harm and for safety, security and integrity purposes
• To protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products
• We may keep your information based on the above reasons even after you request deletion of your account or some of your content
• We may keep information from accounts that have been disabled and content that has been removed for violations of our terms and policies

How do we protect your information?

We make sure that your information is safe with appropriate safeguards whenever it’s stored, processed or transferred. For example, encryption is applied to your information when it's in transit over public networks to protect it from unauthorized access.

How will you know the policy has changed?

We'll be notified on our products when we make material changes to our policies. You'll have the opportunity to review and accept the revised Policies before you choose to continue using our products.