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SMART ART PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us. It is Ask Connoisseur LLC policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our Smart Art Application, Site https://getsmartart.com, and other sites we own and operate.

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.

Our app or website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of Smart Art will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

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GENERAL TERMS

  • Owner and Data Controller 

Ask Connoisseur LLC 

2093 Philadelphia Pike #3353

Claymont, DE 19703 

Owner contact email: feedback.smartart@gmail.com

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  • Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

  • Usage Data

Information collected automatically through Smart Art (or third-party services employed in Smart Art), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use Smart Art, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

  • User

The individual using Smart Art who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

  • Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

  • Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

  • Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of Smart Art. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of Smart Art.

  • Smart Art (or this Application and Site)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

  • Service

The service provided by Smart Art as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.​

  • Cookies

Small sets of data stored in the User's device.

  • Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

This privacy policy relates solely to Smart Art, if not stated otherwise within this document.

 

I.  INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Among the types of Personal Data that Smart Art collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; email address; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Crash information; device information; first name; geography/region; number of Users ; number of sessions; session duration; In-app purchases; Application opens; Application updates; first launches; operating systems. 

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using Smart Art.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Smart Art is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Smart Art to provide its services. In cases where Smart Art specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by Smart Art or by the owners of third-party services used by Smart Art serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.​

 

  • Google Analytics for Firebase (Google LLC)

Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google LLC.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

Firebase Analytics may share Data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. The User may check this privacy policy to find a detailed explanation about the other tools used by the Owner.

Smart Art uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service.

Users may opt-out of certain Firebase features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Firebase related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

Personal Data processed: Application opens; Application updates; Cookies; device information; first launches; geography/region; In-app purchases; number of sessions; number of Users ; operating systems; session duration. 

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. 

 

  • Google Analytics (Google LLC)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Smart Art, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data. 

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.​

 

  • Children’s Privacy

The Application, Site and the Service are not directed to anyone under the age of 13. The Site does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13, or allow anyone under the age of 13 to sign up for the Service. In the event that we learn that we have gathered personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us at feedback.smartart@gmail.com. 

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II. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

  • Personal Information:

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about promotional offers.

 

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent that we receive when you are sign up and agree to this privacy policy. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Company, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to user’s email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We also may use this information in order to use “Facebook Custom Audiences to deliver advertisements to Website Visitors on Facebook based on email addresses.

 

We may share Personal Information with outside parties if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable legal process or enforceable governmental request; to enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations; address fraud, security or technical concerns; or to protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of our users or the public as required or permitted by law. 

 

  • Non-Personal Information

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

 

In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the Site so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the Site periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.

 

III. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of Smart Art, therefore allowing the provision of Smart Art from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data. 
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

 

  • Apple App Store (Apple Inc.)

Smart Art is distributed on Apple's App Store, a platform for the distribution of mobile apps, provided by Apple Inc.

 

By virtue of being distributed via this app store, Apple collects basic analytics and provides reporting features that enables the Owner to view usage analytics data and measure the performance of Smart Art. Much of this information is processed on an opt-in basis.

Users may opt-out of this analytics feature directly through their device settings. More information on how to manage analysis settings can be found on this page.

Personal Data processed: Usage Data. 

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

 

  • Wix.com 

Our Site is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 

 

However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

 

IV. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes.  When we send a promotional communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional e-mail. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by unsubscribing, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.

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VI. PAYMENTS

Unless otherwise specified, Smart Art processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. Smart Art isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.

 

  • Payments processed via the Apple App Store (Apple Inc.)

Smart Art uses a payment service provided by Apple Inc. that allows the Owner to offer the purchase of the app subscribtion or in-app purchases.

Personal Data processed to complete the purchases are processed by Apple, as described in the privacy policy for the App Store.

Personal Data processed: payment data. 

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

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VII. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

Smart Art may send push notifications to the User to achieve the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or to inform about the new content.

 

Users may opt-in or opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then change those settings for Smart Art.
Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of Smart Art.

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VIII. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The Company reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms of Service at any time.  We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the Site and this privacy page for updates.

 

IX. CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us by sending an email to feedback.smartart@gmail.com.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 9 June 2020.

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