YOVI
Privacy Policy
Effective as of June 6, 2022
This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to the YOVI application (the “App”), owned and
operated by
Ding,
LLC (“Ding,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We have created this Privacy Policy to tell you what information the
App
collects, how we use that information, and who we will share that information with, if at all. This
Privacy
Policy
does not address the privacy practices of any third parties that we do not own, control, or are
affiliated
with.
Capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy will have the meaning set forth in our Terms of
Service. By
visiting and/or using our App or services, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the
accompanying
Terms of Service. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use the information it contains to
help you
make informed decisions.
- Information We Collect or Receive. In the course of operating the App, we will
collect
and/or receive the following types of information. You authorize us to collect and/or receive such
information.
- Personal Information. We only receive or collect information that identifies you personally
if
you
choose to provide such personally identifiable information to us via email or other means.
When
you sign
up to become a user or contact us, you will be required to provide us with personal
information
about
yourself (collectively, the “Personal Information”). Such Personal Information may include
your
name,
nickname, alias, e-mail address, physical address, and phone number. We do not collect any
Personal
Information from you when you use the App unless you provide us with the Personal
Information
voluntarily.
- Third-party Log In. If you sign in through YOVI, you are authorizing us to collect, store,
and
use, in
accordance with this Privacy Policy, any and all information that you agreed that YOVI would
provide to
us through YOVI’s Application Programming Interface (“API”). Such information may include,
without
limitation, your first and last name, YOVI username, YOVI profile picture, headline, unique
identifier
and access token, and e-mail address.
- Payment Information. If you choose to make a purchase or subscribe to a feature or service
ours
that
requires a fee, you will be required to provide us with your payment information, including,
without
limitation, bank account numbers, credit card or debit card numbers, account details, ACH
information,
and similar data (collectively, “Payment Information”). Such Payment Information will be
collected and
processed by our third-party payment vendors pursuant to the terms and conditions of their
privacy
policies and terms of use, and we do not obtain access to any Payment Information in
connection
with
such purchases or subscriptions.
- Geolocational Information. Certain features and functionalities of the App are based on your
location.
In order to provide these features and functionalities while you are using your mobile
device,
we may,
with your consent, automatically collect geolocational information from your mobile device
or
wireless
carrier and/or certain third-party service providers (collectively, “Geolocational
Information”).
Collection of such Geolocational Information occurs only when the App is running on your
device.
You may
decline to allow us to collect such Geolocational Information, in which case we will not be
able
to
provide certain features or functionalities to you.
- Third-Party Analytics. We and the third-party technology providers, ad exchanges, ad
networks,
advertisers, agencies, ad exchanges, and ad servers with which we work use third-party
analytics
services (e.g., Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the App, compile reports on
activity,
collect
demographic data, analyze performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information
relating to
the App and mobile and Internet usage. These third parties use cookies and other
technologies to
help
analyze and provide us the data. You consent to the processing of data about you by these
analytics
providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. For more
information on
these third parties, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please visit
Please be advised that if you opt out of any such service, you may not be able to use the
full
functionality of the App or our services.
- Other Information. In addition to the Personal Information, Payment Information, and
Geolocational
Information, we may automatically collect or receive additional information regarding you
and
your use
of the App; your interactions with us and our advertising; and information regarding your
computer and
mobile devices used to access the App or our services (collectively, the “Other
Information”).
Such Other Information may include:
- From You. Additional information about yourself that you voluntarily provide to us,
such
as your
gender and your product and service preferences.
- From Your Activity. We may collect or receive information regarding:
- IP address, which may consist of a static or dynamic IP address and will
sometimes point
to a specific identifiable computer or mobile device;
- browser type and language, as well as operating system and language;
- referring and exit pages and URLs;
- date and time; and
- details regarding your activity on the App, such as search queries and other
performance
and usage data.
- About Your Mobile Device. We may collect or receive information regarding:
- type of mobile device;
- advertising Identifier (“IDFA” or “AdID”);
- operating system and version (e.g., iOS, Android or Windows);
- carrier; and
- network type (WiFi, 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G).
- From Cookies. We may use both session cookies, which expire once you close the App,
and
persistent cookies, which stay on your mobile device until you delete them and other
technologies to help us collect data and to enhance your experience with the App.
Cookies are
small text files an app can use to recognize a repeat visitor to the app. We may use
cookies for
various purposes, including:
- type of mobile device;
- personalize your experience;
- analyze which portions of the App are visited and used most frequently; and
- measure and optimize advertising and promotional effectiveness.
If you do not want us to deploy cookies in the App, you can opt out by setting your mobile device to
reject
cookies.
You can still use the App if you choose to disable cookies, although your ability to use some of the
features may be
affected.
- Information Collected by or Through Third-Party Advertising Companies. We may
share Other
Information about your activity on the App with third parties for ad distribution and ad
optimization
(defined
as the tailoring, targeting (i.e., behavioral, contextual, retargeting, analyzing, managing,
reporting,
and
optimizing of ads). These third parties may use cookies, pixel tags (also called web beacons or
clear
gifs),
and/or other technologies to collect Other Information for such purposes. Pixel tags enable us and
these
third-party advertising companies to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits the site on
which the
pixel tag is located in order to learn which advertisement brings a user to a given site. In
addition,
we may
receive Other Information from advertisers and/or their service providers such as advertising
identifiers, IP
addresses, and post-conversion data.
- How to Opt Out of Third-Party Interest-Based Advertising. If you wish to opt
out
of
third-party interest-based advertising, please visit
and
for details on how to do so. Additionally, users of mobile Devices
can
follow
the below instructions:
Android Users
For Android devices with OS 2.2 and up and Google Play Services version 4.0 and up: Open your Google
Settings
app
> Ads > Enable “Opt out of interest-based advertising.”
iOS Users
iOS 7 or Higher: Go to your Settings > Select Privacy > Select Advertising > Enable the “Limit
Ad
Tracking”
setting.
iOS 6: Go to your Settings > Select General > Select About > Select Advertising > Enable the
“Limit Ads
Tracking” setting.
- How Information is Used and Shared.
- You authorize us to use the Personal Information, Payment Information, Geolocational
Information, and
the Other Information (collectively, the “Information”) to:
- provide and improve our App;
- provide and improve our services;
- administer our promotional programs;
- solicit your feedback; and
- inform you about our products and services.
- In order to provide our services and administer our promotional programs, we may share the
Information
with our third-party promotional and marketing partners, including, without limitation,
businesses
participating in our various programs.
- We engage third-party companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples
may
include
providing technical assistance, customer service, marketing assistance, and administration
of
promotional programs. These other companies will have access to the Information only as
necessary to
perform their functions and to the extent permitted by law
- In an ongoing effort to better understand our users, the App, and our products and services,
we
may
analyze certain Information in anonymized and aggregate form to operate, maintain, manage,
and
improve
the App and/or such products and services. This aggregate information does not identify you
personally.
We may share and/or license this aggregate data to our affiliates, agents, business and
promotional
partners, and other third parties. We may also disclose aggregated user statistics to
describe
the App
and these products and services to current and prospective business partners and investors
and
to other
third parties for other lawful purposes.
- We may share some or all of your Information with any of our parent companies, subsidiaries,
joint
ventures, or other companies under common control with us.
- As we develop our businesses, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a
corporate
sale, merger, reorganization, sale of assets, dissolution, or similar event, the Information
may
be part
of the transferred assets.
- To the extent permitted by law, we may also disclose the Information:
- when required by law, court order, or other government or law enforcement authority
or
regulatory agency; or
- whenever we believe that disclosing such Information is necessary or advisable, for
example, to
protect the rights, property, or safety of us or others, including you.
- Accessing and Modifying Information and Communication Preferences. If you have
provided us
any Personal Information, you may access, remove, review, and/or make changes to the same by
contacting
us as
set forth below. In addition, you may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional
communications by
clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any of our marketing e-mails. We will
use
commercially reasonable efforts to process such requests in a timely manner. You should be aware,
however, that
it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our subscription databases.
You
cannot
opt out of receiving transactional e-mails related to the App (e.g., requests for support).
We may also deliver notifications to your mobile device (e.g., push notifications). You can disable these
notifications by deleting the relevant service or by changing the settings on your mobile device.
- How We Protect Your Information. We take commercially reasonable steps to
protect
the
Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Please
understand, however, that no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of
our
databases
or the databases of the third parties with which we may share such Information, nor can we guarantee
that the
Information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet. In
particular,
e-mail
sent to us may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what
information
you send
to us via e-mail.
- Important Notices to Non-U.S. Residents. The App and its servers are operated
in
the
United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that your
Information,
including
your Personal Information, may be transferred to, processed, maintained, and used on computers,
servers,
and
systems located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where
the
privacy
laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United
States and
choose to use the App, you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to such transfer,
processing,
and use
in the United States and elsewhere.
- App Stores; External Websites. Your app store (e.g., Apple or Google Play
Store)
may
collect certain information in connection with your use of the App, such as Personal Information,
Payment
Information, Geolocational Information, and other usage-based data. We have no control over the
collection of
such information by a third-party app store, and any such collection or use will be subject to that
third
party’s applicable privacy policies.
The App may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over the privacy practices or the
content of
these websites. As such, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those
third-party
websites. You should check the applicable third-party privacy policy and terms of use when visiting any
other
websites.
- Children. The App is not directed to children under the age of 18. We adhere
to
the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and will not knowingly collect Personal Information
from any
child under the age of 18. We ask that minors (under the age of 18) not use the App. If a child
under
the age of
18 has provided us with Personal Information, a parent or guardian of that child may contact us and
request that
such information be deleted from our records.
- Changes to This Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective as of the
date
stated at
the top of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any such
changes
will be
posted on the App. By accessing the App or otherwise utilizing our services after we make any such
changes to
this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Please be aware that, to the
extent
permitted
by applicable law, our use of the Information is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect at the
time we
collect
the Information. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.
- How to Contact Us. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please
e-mail
us at
info@findyovi.com with “Privacy Policy” in the subject line.