OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DATA PROTECTION
We will never:
- Use, give or sell your private data (such as name or email address).
- Use, give or sell the images you have uploaded (you own all the copyrights).
- Try to identify or contact you if you don’t allow us to do so.
We may review (and eventually delete) your forum entries or images if:
- Somebody reports them for abusive content (such as described in the terms of service).
- Somebody reports them for copyright infringement.
Privacy parameters:
- By default, your forum entries and images can be viewed by anybody on the Internet. It might be shown in the search results and in the website gallery.
DETAILED DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION
We, my3dots, Michael Schulz (hereinafter: “my3dots”), consider the protection and confidentiality of your data to be very important. Your personal data will be collected and used solely within the statutory provisions of the applicable data protection laws. Through this Data Protection Declaration, we wish to inform you of the personal data we collect and the purpose for which we use that data.
my3dots will inform you below of the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data. You may access this notice on our website at any time.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICE, CONTACT
The responsible office under the data protection laws is:
my3dots, Michael Schulz
Dachsberg 38b
D-22459 Hamburg
If you have any information or suggestions on data protection, please feel free to e-mail us at support@my3dots.com
SUBJECT MATTER OF DATA PROTECTION
The subject matter of the data protection is personal data. As defined in sec. 3 (1) BDSG [Federal Data Protection Act], this consists of individual information on personal or objective circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your name, your postal address, your e-mail address, and your telephone number and may also include usage data.
COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA
Automated Data Collection: When you access my3dots’s websites directly or via the mommy to be app, your Internet browser and the app automatically transmits data for technical reasons. The following data are stored separately from other data that you may send us:
- Date and time of access
- Browser/App type and version
- Operating system used
- Used Language and Locale in app,
- A unique device ID (different from Apples UUID),
- A flag about a potential crack of the app
This data is collected solely for technical reasons and is never identified with a specific person at any time.
USER-ENTERED DATA
You can use the mommy to be app either with or without registration. However, without registering, you cannot use in mommy to be any supplemental functions. You must register in order to be able to use all of the benefits of mommy to be. To register, you must enter your e-mail address and select a username and a password. We need this information in order to ensure that you can use the full offering. We also need this information, and possible other information as well, in order to be able to respond to you requests, questions, and criticism.
We’ve introduced the option for you to personalize your account. For example, you are able to select a photo, choose a user name, and set up a connection to your Facebook user account. There is no obligation to personalize your account. But it can be done on a voluntary basis.
The data you enter in the diary-section will be stored on your storage medium and not stored centrally. In this case, we have no possibility of accessing this data. This might be subject to a change.
If you use the forum of mommy to be with a registered account, all of this data that you enter will be stored in one or many databases of my3dots. For load balancing the data and images might be distributed to 3rd parties my3dots has established service provider contracts. The data will be transmitted to the respective device securely, using SSL encryption.
We use personal data in order to enable the secure, effective, and user-based use of mommy to be, for such purposes as:
- Computing the next best country- and city-forum for a convenient usability.
- Anonymous statistical evaluation of the usage for my3dots’s press releases and studies.
- Recommendations of mommy to be by you, using the invite function to friends and acquaintances (e-mail address).
DISCLOSURE OF DATA
In general, we will not disclose your information to third parties without informing you and asking for your consent. We may transmit your data to third parties without separate, prior notice only as exceptions in the cases explained below:
Personal data will be disclosed to prosecutorial authorities and possibly to injured third parties in the event that this is useful for the investigation of an illegal use of mommy to be or for prosecution. This will only occur if there are specific indications of illegal or abusive conduct. Data may also be disclosed for purposes of enforcement of the General Business Terms or other agreements. We are also required by law to provide information to certain public agencies upon request: prosecutorial authorities, agencies that prosecute administrative offenses subject to fines, and the tax authorities.
We sometimes rely on outside companies and service providers with which we contract for the provision of services, for example in the areas of sending advertising material (only if you have given your express consent), the settlement of payments (PayPal, Credit Card, etc.), the storage of your data, and customer service. In such cases, information is disclosed to these companies or individuals in order to enable them to process it further. We carefully select these outside service providers and review them regularly to ensure that your privacy is protected. The service providers may not use the data except for the purposes we specify. In addition, the service providers are contractually bound by us to handle your data only as provided in this Data Protection Declaration and the German data protection laws. As our business continues to develop, the structure of my3dots, Michael Schulz will be altered in the form of a change of legal form or the establishment, purchase, or sale of subsidiaries, divisions, or components. In transactions of this nature, the customer information is transferred along with the part of the company that is transferred. In any disclosure of personal data to third parties in the scope described above, my3dots will ensure that this occurs in accordance with this Data Protection Declaration and the relevant data protection laws.
NEWSLETTER
my3dots might offer a newsletter service free of charge. We use the newsletter to notify you about product innovations and send you general information about my3dots. If you wish to receive the newsletter, we need your e-mail address. You can enter it on my3dots’s home page at: http://www.my3dots.com. We will store and use your e-mail address only for purposes of sending out the newsletter.
Of course, you may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. Each newsletter includes information on how to unsubscribe for the future.
COOKIES
my3dots stores “cookies” in order to offer you an extensive range of functions and make it more convenient for you to use our websites. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer using your Internet browser. If you do not wish to use cookies, you can use your browser settings to prevent cookies from being stored. Please note that this may limit the operation and scope of functions of our offerings.
DELETION OF YOUR DATA
We will delete your data when it is no longer needed for the purposes described above. Forum entries will continue to be stored and will be marked “closed” in the database. If you delete your account, we will delete all of the data from your account in its entirety upon request. Data that you have entered into third parties’ lists will remain in existence because they belong to the third party’s account. If data must be preserved for legal reasons, it will be frozen. In this case, the data will no longer be available for further use.
RIGHT OF INFORMATION AND CORRECTION
Naturally, you have the right to obtain information concerning the data about you that is stored by my3dots. You also have the right to correct incorrect data and to have data frozen or deleted. Please contact support@my3dots.com or write to the above address by postal mail.
CHANGES TO THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION
We reserve the right to make changes to this Data Protection Declaration. You can always access the current version of the Data Protection Declaration at www.my3dots.com/privacy.
Effective Date: 15.09.2011
