What Does this Privacy Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy relates to BENE's management of Personal Data collected when you use the application and service. It doesn't apply to actions of third parties not owned or controlled by BENE, including third-party services accessed through BENE. Given our service integrates with sites like Facebook and others, we assume you're familiar with their privacy policies.
1.The Service
BENE features an extremely user-friendly interface. Like a navigator of future technology, it allows you to effortlessly move between different interest communities. Customize your exclusive profile to showcase your unique interest spectrum and personality charm.
2.Information We Collect
We gather data in three main ways: voluntarily provided by you, obtained when you use our services, and from third parties.
In line with relevant international rules, BENE won't offer the service in the following countries or regions:
Cuba
Iran
Syria
North Korea
Russia
Belarus
3.Information We Collect
We collect information in three main ways:
1. Information you voluntarily offer.
2. Information we obtain when you use our services.
3. Information we get from third parties. Here's a more detailed look at each category.
4.Information You Provide
When you visit and interact with BENE's app and service, you give us personal information that may include your name, profile picture, birth date, phone number, etc. This info may be shared with your contacts on our service. You can control and modify your profile. Remember that content you send can be saved or copied. When you contact support or communicate with us otherwise, we collect the information you volunteer.
5.Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect info on which services you use and how. For example, we might know if you used a filter and how many times. Here's a more detailed look at the types of info we collect:
Usage Information: We collect info about your activity. This includes how you interact with services (like which filters you view or use), how you communicate with other users (like names, times of communication, number of messages, most messaged friends, and interactions with messages). You can share text, photos, etc. on our service. If you do, these may be stored on our servers and may not be removable. Device Information: We collect device-specific info like hardware model, OS version, identifiers, browser type, etc. User Content: We may collect content you create, like photos and comments. Your photos/videos may be captured by others and used for moderation and safety. Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies: We may use cookies and other tech to collect info about your activity. Log Information: We collect log info when you use our website, including usage details, device info, access times, pages viewed, IP address, and identifiers. If you contact us, we may keep a record of your contact info and correspondence.
6.Information We Collect from Third Parties
We may collect information that other users provide about you when they use our services. For example, if another user allows us to collect info from their device phonebook and you're in their contacts, we may combine that info with what we already have about you. We may also get info from other companies we own or operate or from third-party sources and combine it with our collected info.
7.How We Use Information
What do we do with the collected info? Briefly, we provide you with great products and services and continuously improve them. We also develop, operate, enhance, deliver, maintain, and safeguard our products and services; communicate with you; monitor and analyze trends and usage; personalize services; enhance safety and security; verify identity and prevent fraud; use cookie info to enhance services; and enforce our terms of service. We may also store some info locally on your device.
8.How We Share Information
In specific cases, we may share your personal info with third-party service providers. We may share info about you in the following ways:
- Share your username, name, and interaction info to help users understand connections.
- Share for legal reasons.
- Share in case of a merger or acquisition.
You consent that info provided when registering and content created can be recorded, stored, published, and made available to other users. Your info may be stored and processed in any country where we provide service. If you don't agree with this privacy policy, don't use our service.
9.Information You Choose to Share with Third Parties
The services may have third-party links, search results, integrations, or be co-branded. By using these, you may provide info to the third party or us. We are not responsible for how third parties collect or use your info. Review the privacy policies of third-party sites and services.
10.How Long We Keep Your Content
You should be aware that users who view your content can save it by various means. Additionally, it is possible for someone to access messages through forensic techniques or find them in a device's temporary storage. In case of deletion of user information from our App, we cannot ensure that it will occur within a specific time period. We might also retain some information in backup for a limited duration or as mandated by law.
11.How We Protect Your Information
Protecting user privacy and personal details is of utmost importance. We handle your personal information to enhance and enforce security measures, combat spam, malware, malicious activities, and security risks. We also monitor and verify your identity to prevent unauthorized access. Access to user information is restricted to our employees, contractors, agents, and third-party service providers who require it to provide, operate, develop, maintain, support, and optimize our service and security. We utilize password protection, access logs, and system monitoring to safeguard user information. Due to the nature of the internet and related technologies, we cannot guarantee protection against loss, misuse, or alteration.
12.Control over Your Information
We aim to give you control over your information and offer the following tools.
• - Access and Updates. We endeavor to enable you to access and manage the personal information we hold about you. However, there are limitations to the requests we can fulfill. We may decline a request for various reasons, such as when the request endangers the privacy of other users or is illegal. You can access and update your account information directly in the app by going to the app's Settings page. If you need to access, update, or delete any other personal information we might have, you can submit a request here. Since your privacy is significant to us, we may ask you to confirm your identity or provide additional details before granting you access or allowing you to update your personal information. You can also remove our service from your mobile device or initiate account deletion.
• - Revoking Permissions. If you change your mind about our ongoing ability to collect information from certain sources you've previously consented to, like your phonebook, camera, photos, or location services, you can revoke your consent by adjusting the settings on your device if your device offers those options. Of course, if you do this, certain services may lose full functionality.
• - Erasure. You have the right to request the removal of your personal information under certain circumstances. Note that your right to erasure may be limited if the data is needed for compliance with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
• - Restriction on Processing: You have the right to object to and request limitations on the processing of your personal information in specific situations.
• - Objection: You have the right to object, based on your particular circumstances, at any time to the processing of your personal information. BENE will no longer process the personal information unless BENE shows compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
13.Data Removal
You can remove your data whenever you want. If you ask us to delete your account, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to remove your data from our servers, subject to any applicable legal or other requirement to keep certain records of your personally identifiable data. Be aware that deleting your personally identifiable data from our database may result in our inability to provide you with the Service. If you need to erase any data or personal information we might have, you can simply tap “Me - Settings - Delete account”, but we may ask you to verify your identity or provide additional information before permitting you to delete your personal information.
14.Analytics and Advertising Services Provided by Others
We may allow other companies to use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies on the services. These companies can collect information about how you use the services and other websites and online services over time and across different services. This information may be used for various purposes, including analyzing and tracking data, determining the popularity of certain content, and better understanding your online activities. Additionally, some companies may use the information they gather on our services to deliver targeted advertisements on behalf of us or other companies, including on third-party websites and apps. Currently, BENE does not respond to do-not-track signals sent from your device. If we do so in the future, we will provide information about that practice in an updated version of this privacy policy.
15.Children
Our services are not intended for – and we do not target them at – anyone below 18 years of age. Hence, we do not knowingly gather personal information from individuals under 18.
16.Revisions to the Privacy Policy
We may amend this privacy policy periodically. When we do so, we will inform you in one way or another. At times, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the privacy policy accessible on our website and mobile application. On other occasions, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our websites’ homepages or giving you an in-app notification).