Privacy Policy

Effective 5.08.2023

I. Introduction

A. Purpose of the Privacy Policy

Welcome to the privacy policy for Radergy SRL‘s TEE.LGBT Shop and Dating App. This policy serves to explain our data handling practices and how we aim to protect your privacy. We value your trust and respect your privacy, and this policy is part of our commitment to maintaining your trust. By using our services, you agree to the practices outlined in this policy.

B. Definitions

1. “We”, “Our”, “Us” refers to Radergy SRL, the company that owns TEE.LGBT Shop and Dating App.
2. “Service”, “Services” refers to both TEE.LGBT Shop and the Dating App.
3. “User”, “You”, “Your” refers to anyone who uses our services.
4. “Personal Information” refers to any information that can be used to identify an individual.
5. “GDPR” refers to the General Data Protection Regulation, a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy.
6. “CCPA” refers to the California Consumer Privacy Act, a statute intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California, United States.
7. “CPRA” refers to the California Privacy Rights Act, an act that expands the data privacy rights of California residents beyond those established by the CCPA.
8. “Third-party” refers to any service or company that isn’t directly controlled by us but may have access to your data.

II. What Information We Collect

A. Personal Information

The personal information we collect depends on your interactions with our services. This may include your name, email address, physical address, phone number, payment information, and other necessary details to provide you our services. Furthermore, we may collect demographic information such as your age, gender, sexual orientation, and preferences to improve our matching algorithms in the TEE.LGBT Dating App.

B. Usage Information

We automatically collect information on how you use our services, including the pages you visit, the products you view or purchase, your interactions with our services, and any other behavior within the TEE.LGBT platform.

C. Location Information

To provide the matching feature in our dating app, we collect and process your location data. The extent of the collected information can vary but might include your precise or approximate location, depending on the permissions granted by you.

D. Device Information

We collect information about the device you use to access our services. This can include the device model, operating system, browser type, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

E. Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, pixel tags, and similar tracking technologies to collect and store certain information about you. These help us understand your browsing behavior, allow you to stay logged in, remember your preferences, and tailor advertisements relevant to your interests.

F. Information from Third-Parties

We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you choose to use a social media feature within our services, the social media site may give us some information about you.

III. How We Use Your Information

A. To Provide and Maintain our Services

Your personal data is primarily used to provide and maintain our services. This includes creating and managing your account, providing customer support, and facilitating transactions. In terms of the TEE.LGBT Dating App, the data assists us in creating meaningful matches according to your preferences.

B. To Improve and Personalize our Services

We use your information to improve our services by analyzing how you use our platforms, which aids us in troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, and research. It also allows us to personalize our services, content, and advertising based on your preferences and habits.

C. Communication

We may use your information to contact you about changes to our services, service-related updates, security alerts, and support messages. If you’ve given consent, we might also use your information for promotional communications.

D. To Protect our Services and Users

Your information can be used to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues, as well as protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of Radergy SRL, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.

E. Analytics and Measurement

To understand how our services are used and to evaluate their effectiveness, we utilize tools like Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel. These tools help us measure traffic, usage trends, and understand the demographic of our users, allowing us to better cater to their needs and preferences.

F. Compliance with Legal Obligations

We may use your personal data where it is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation, a court order, or to exercise and defend legal claims.

G. Other Purposes

If we need to use your personal data for any purposes not set out in this policy, we will notify you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

IV. How We Share Your Information

A. Third-Party Service Providers

To support the delivery of our services, we share your data with third-party service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as web hosting, data analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, and system infrastructure. These service providers have access to your personal data as necessary to perform their functions but are prohibited from using it for other purposes.

B. Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement

We may disclose your information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to enforce our agreements, policies, and terms of service; to protect the security or integrity of our services; to respond to an emergency; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our employees, our users, or others.

C. Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or proceeding, we may transfer your information to the succeeding entity or entities.

D. Advertising and Analytics Partners

We may share certain information about you with advertising and analytics partners like Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to help us understand the performance of our advertisements and services. The shared data is de-identified or aggregated and doesn’t directly identify you.

E. With Your Consent

We may share your information in other ways if you have asked us to do so or have given consent. For example, with your explicit consent, we may post your testimonials or featured content.

F. Social Sharing Features

Our services may integrate with social sharing features and other related tools which let you share actions you take on our services with other apps, sites, or media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the social sharing service. Please refer to the privacy policies of those social sharing services for more information about how they handle the data you provide to or share through them.

V. Your Rights and Choices (CCPA, CPRA, and GDPR)

A. General Rights

You have certain rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These include the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to our use of your personal information, and the right to transfer your personal information to another provider.

B. CCPA and CPRA Rights (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) grant you specific rights regarding your personal information. This includes the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information, and the right to non-discrimination for the exercise of your privacy rights.

C. GDPR Rights (European Residents)

If you are a European resident, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives you the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information provided.

D. Opt-Out Rights

You have the right to opt out of certain uses and disclosures of your personal information. Where you have consented to our processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time by changing your account settings.

E. Data Protection Officer

For any inquiries regarding your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Florin Alexandru Radu. You can reach him via the contact information provided in our ‘How to Contact Us’ section.

F. Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of the rights mentioned above, please contact us through the contact information provided. We will consider and act upon any such requests in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

VI. How We Protect Your Information

A. General Measures

We at Radergy SRL prioritize the safety of your personal information. To protect your data, we have implemented security measures that meet high industry standards. This includes using secure servers, firewalls, SSL encryption and secure coding practices.

B. Encryption

All your data, including personal and sensitive information, is protected through SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology. This means that the information you provide us is encrypted before it’s transmitted over the internet.

C. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

D. Employee Access

Only a limited number of our employees have access to your personal information. These individuals have been trained in proper handling of such data to ensure your privacy is respected and safeguarded.

E. Regular Reviews

We regularly review our security practices to ensure that your data is maintained securely and protected from any unauthorized access. However, despite our best efforts, no data transmission over the internet or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

F. Breach Notification

In the unlikely event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by law. We are committed to resolving any issues promptly and transparently.

VII. International Transfers

A. General Principle

As a global company with operations and services offered worldwide, we may need to transfer your personal information across national borders. This could mean transferring your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

B. Compliance with Legal Frameworks

Whenever we transfer personal information outside of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring that we comply with the legal frameworks that are designed to help safeguard your privacy. This includes, but is not limited to, transferring your data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission.

C. Use of Standardized Protection Measures

We may also use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which provide the same level of data protection that is equivalent to that in Europe. Where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them under the Privacy Shield framework (if they are part of it) or any other framework that the European Commission has approved as providing an adequate level of protection.

D. Consent to International Transfers

By using our services and providing us with your personal information, you consent to these transfers, storing and processing of your information. You understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this policy.

E. Your Rights and Choices

We respect your right to access, correct, request deletion or request restriction of our usage of your personal information as required by applicable law. We also take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate and up to date. You have the right to know what personal information we hold about you and, in some cases, to have the information communicated to you.

VIII. Children’s Privacy

A. Age Limitations

At TEE.LGBT Shop and Dating App, we are committed to protecting the privacy of all our users, especially children. However, our services are not designed or intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. We strictly do not collect, use, or disclose any personal information from individuals under 18 years of age.

B. Parental Consent

We do not require or accept any information which may be considered “information from a child” under children’s online privacy or protection laws. In cases where such information is inadvertently received, we will comply with all relevant laws and regulations, including the immediate deletion of the data.

C. Use of the Services by Minors

Our services are catered to adults and are not meant for individuals under the age of 18. We strongly advise against individuals under 18 providing personal data through our services.

D. Notifications

If you have reasons to believe that a minor under 18 years of age may have inadvertently provided us personal information, please contact us at our provided contact address. We will ensure to promptly delete their information from our records.

E. Updates and Changes

Our policy regarding children’s privacy is subject to periodic reviews and changes at our discretion. Any changes will be promptly updated on this page. We recommend our users to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our services after the effective date of any changes will be regarded as acceptance of all changes.

IX. Third-Party Websites/Services

A. Links to Other Websites

Our services, including our TEE.LGBT Shop and Dating App, may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party website or service. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

B. Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel

We use third-party services such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to understand our users’ demographics, to analyze our website traffic patterns, and optimize our marketing efforts. These services collect anonymous data about your behavior on our site. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices at https://policies.google.com/privacy, and Facebook’s at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

C. User Consent

By using our services, you acknowledge and consent to our use of these third-party analytics tools. If you wish to opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics, you can install Google’s opt-out browser add-on, and for Facebook Pixel, you can adjust your ad preferences in your Facebook account settings.

D. Protection of Your Information

While we share information with third-party services as described above, we ensure your data is used for limited purposes in line with our privacy policy. However, since we do not control these third-party sites, we recommend reviewing their privacy policies before supplying any personal data.

E. Changes to Third-Party Services

We reserve the right to add or remove third-party services, and this section of our privacy policy will be updated accordingly. We encourage users to regularly review our privacy policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the site signifies your acceptance of any changes to this policy.

X. GDPR Data Protection Officer

A. Appointment of DPO

In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we have appointed Florin Alexandru Radu as our Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DPO is responsible for overseeing the implementation of our data protection strategy and ensuring we remain compliant with GDPR requirements.

B. DPO Responsibilities

Our DPO’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: informing and advising the company and its employees about their obligations to comply with GDPR and other data protection laws; monitoring compliance with GDPR and other data protection laws, and with our data protection polices, including managing internal data protection activities; advising on, and monitoring, data protection impact assessments; cooperating with the supervising authority; and acting as the primary contact point for supervising authority and for individuals whose data is processed (employees, customers etc.).

C. Contacting the DPO

Should you have any questions regarding our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to submit a request to exercise your rights as detailed in this policy, you can contact our DPO at the following email address: [email protected]. We take all privacy related concerns seriously and will respond to your request in a timely manner.

D. Role of DPO

Our DPO will regularly monitor our company’s data processing activities to ensure they are in line with GDPR requirements. If any concerns or discrepancies are found, they are tasked with implementing the appropriate corrective measures.

E. DPO’s Right to Report

Our DPO has the authority to report any non-compliance issues directly to the highest level of management within the company. They also have access to all necessary resources and personnel to perform their duties effectively and maintain their expert knowledge.

F. Protection of the DPO

To avoid any conflicts of interest, our DPO will not be penalized or dismissed for performing their task. Any concerns or issues can be reported directly to them without fear of retribution.

XI. Changes to This Privacy Policy

A. Revision and Updates

At TEE.LGBT, we reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and in any manner. Whenever we make changes to this policy, the changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised policy on our website.

B. Notice of Changes

While we will do our best to notify you of any significant changes, we encourage you to frequently check this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. Your continued use of our site or services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

C. Reviewing Updates

It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically for updates. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. We will also update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

D. Informed Consent

By using our services, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy, and agree to all its terms. If you do not agree with the terms, please do not use our services.

E. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected].