Last Modified: 22/05/2019
pixgrim is your partner to assist you in discovering places based on
their photography attractiveness, and not to miss any photo shoot when
you want to keep a memory with your camera.
The p0ds build a network of touristic sites but it is easier for you to
find them when you use the pixgrim mobile application and website. Thus,
it is inevitable to share information with us.
We do care about your privacy. That is why we kindly require you to get
acquainted with this privacy policy, so that you to learn about the
information we collect, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the
choices we give you to control, access, and update your information.
Should our privacy policy is not clear to you, please contact us, we
will be happy to help you.
Below is presented the kind of information we collect:
• Information you choose to give us.
• Information we get when you use our services.
• Information we get from third parties.
Here’s a little more detail on each of these categories.
When you decide to use the pixgrim Services, it is necessary for you to
create a pixgrim account.
To do so, we need to ask you about:
- a username;
- your email address;
- a password.
These pieces of information are compulsory to create a pixgrim
account.
To better fit your expectations and to reward you in the best way when
you use pixgrim Services, you can also, if you wish, share with us:
- a year of birth (optional);
- the kind of equipment you use to take pictures (optional);
- the country you live in (optional).
We intend to build partnerships in relation with travelling and
photography. As a consequence, we aim at providing our partners with
anonymous data related to the pixgrim users.
You can find more information in the “How we use information”
section.
You may also add a profile picture to your pixgrim account. Be aware
that we will not make any use of it, it is only meant to make our app
user-friendly.
Also, when you contact pixgrim Support or communicate with us in any
other way, we will collect whatever information you volunteer.
When you use our Services, we collect information about which of those Services you have used and how you have used them. Here is a fuller explanation of the types of information we collect when you use our Services:
We collect information about your activity through our services. For
example, we may collect information about how you interact with the
services, such as:
• The p0ds location you clicked on;
• The p0ds location you calculate an itinerary;
• The p0ds location you visited;
• The date when you connect to the pixgrim Services.
We collect device-specific information, such as the hardware model, operating system version, advertising identifier, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, browser type, language, wireless network, and mobile network information (including the mobile phone number).
We developed a feature that testify your visit of a p0d located in a touristic site. This feature is about scanning the QR code appearing on the p0d you visited. As a consequence we will ask you to grant the pixgrim mobile application access to your camera and photos.
We developed a feature that testify your visit of a p0d located in a touristic site. This feature is about scanning the QR code appearing on the p0d you visited. As a consequence we will ask you to grant the pixgrim mobile application access to your camera and photos.
Like most online services and mobile applications, we may use cookies
and other technologies, such as web beacons, web storage, and unique
advertising identifiers, to collect information about your activity,
browser, and device. We may also use these technologies to collect
information when you interact with services we offer through one of our
partners, such as commerce features.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default.
If you prefer, you can usually remove or reject browser cookies through
the settings on your browser or device.
Keep in mind, though, that removing or rejecting cookies could affect
the availability and functionality of our services.
You could be wondering what we would do with the information we
collect.
First, we use it to improve our products and services.
Beside that purpose, we have several other usages, such as:
• develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain, and protect our products
and services;
• communicate with you;
• monitor and analyze trends and usage;
• personalise the services by, among other things, suggesting friends or
profile information, or customizing the content we show you, including
ads;
• enhance the safety and security of our products and services;
• verify your identity and prevent fraud or other unauthorized or
illegal activity;
• use information we’ve collected from cookies and other technology to
enhance the services and your experience with them;
• enforce our Terms of Service and other usage polices;
We may also store some information locally on your device.;
For example, we may store information as local cache so that you can
open the app and view content faster.
We may share information about you in the following ways:
We may share information with entities within other services of pixgrim.
We may share your information with the following third parties:
We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf, sellers that provide goods through our services, and business partners that provide services and functionality.
We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that
disclosing the information is needed to:
• comply with any valid legal process, government request, or applicable
law, rule, or regulation.
• investigate, remedy, or enforce potential Terms of Service
violations.
• protect the rights, property, and safety of us, our users, or others;
or
• detect and resolve any fraud or security concerns.
If pixgrim gets involved in a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation or bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with that company before and after the transaction closes.
We may also share with third parties, such as advertisers, aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
The services may also contain third-party links and search results,
include third-party integrations, or be a co-branded or
third-party-branded service that’s being provided jointly with or by
another company.
By going to those links, using the third-party integration, or using a
co-branded or third-party-branded service, you may be providing
information (including personal information) directly to the third
party, us, or both.
You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those
third parties collect or use your information.
As always, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of every
third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those
third parties you interact with through our services.
Our services are not intended for – and we don’t direct them to – anyone under 13. And that’s why we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13.
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. But when we do,
we’ll let you know one way or another.
Sometimes, we’ll let you know by revising the date at the top of the
privacy policy that’s available on our website and mobile application.
Other times, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a
statement to our website or providing you with an in-app notification).