Last Updated: March 04, 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to EkoLink, a social media platform designed to connect people worldwide. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you use our platform. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal information.
2. Information We Collect
- Personal Information: When you create an account on EkoLink, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, username, password, profile picture, and other information you choose to provide.
- User Content: We collect information that you voluntarily share or post on EkoLink, including posts, comments, photos, videos, and other content.
- Automatically Collected Information: We may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage of EkoLink, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, and interactions with our platform.
3. How We Use Your Information
- Provide and Improve Services: We use your personal information to provide, maintain, and improve EkoLink, including customizing your experience, analyzing usage patterns, and developing new features.
- Communicate with You: We may use your contact information to send you service-related communications, updates, and promotional messages.
- Protect Our Users: We may use your information to detect, prevent, and address fraud, security breaches, and violations of our Terms of Service.
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
- With Your Consent: We may share your personal information with third parties with your consent.
- Service Providers: We may disclose your information to third-party service providers who help us operate our platform and provide services.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or government requests.
5. Your Choices
- Account Settings: You can access, update, or delete your account information by accessing your account settings on EkoLink.
- Marketing Communications: You can opt out of receiving promotional emails or messages from EkoLink by following the unsubscribe instructions included in those communications.
- Cookie Settings: You can adjust your browser settings to reject cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent.
6. Data Security
- We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
- Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your personal information.
7. Data Retention
- We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
8. Children's Privacy
- EkoLink is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. International Data Transfers
- Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the one in which you reside. By using EkoLink, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence.
10. Your California Privacy Rights
- If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information. Please see our California Privacy Notice for more information.
11. Changes to this Privacy Notice
- We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Notice at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the revised Privacy Notice on EkoLink.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, please contact us at [Contact Email].
Thank you for using EkoLink!
