Privacy Policy for bolbol

Last updated: February 7, 2024

Welcome to bolbol (bolbol.me) registered as a limited liability platform (LLC) in Sharjah Media City (SHAMS), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

We are committed to protecting your confidentiality whether you are browsing for information or conducting business via bolbol electronically. The storage and processing of all personal data on bolbol is done in accordance with the laws of the Emirate of Sharjah and the applicable federal laws of the United Arab Emirates.

We have created this Privacy Policy to explain the policies and procedures we follow to collect, use, and protect personal data and information when you (“User”, “you”, “your”) access our digital platform bolbol.me (“bolbol”, “Platform”, “we”, “us”, “our”) and avail our services ("Services"). By using bolbol, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation

The words, of which the initial letter is capitalized, have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• • Personal Data encompasses information pertaining to an individual or any identifiable person, either directly or indirectly through data linkage. This includes, but is not limited to, the individual's name, voice, image, identification number, electronic identifier, geographic location, or any combination of physical, physiological, economic, cultural, or social traits. It also encompasses sensitive personal data. Sensitive personal data pertains to information that directly or indirectly discloses an individual's familial or ethnic background, political or philosophical viewpoints, religious affiliations, criminal history, biometric details, or health-related information.
• • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any platform or any social network platform through which a user can log in or create an account to use the Service.
• • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself, such as the duration of a page visit.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of personal information when you use bolbol, including:

• • Usage data (such as interactions with our platform, pages visited, and preferences)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• • To provide our Services
• • To personalize user experience and content
• • To communicate with users (such as responding to inquiries and providing updates)
• • To analyze usage trends and improve our platform
• • To comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies
• • To contact You by email, phone calls, SMS or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation
• • To provide you with news, special offers and educational content
• • We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our service users is among the assets transferred.
• • We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share personal information with third parties for the following purposes:

• • We may share data with trusted business partners to offer complementary products or services.
• • We may disclose information to comply with legal requirements, enforce our policies, or protect our rights, property, or safety.
• • We may transfer data in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

4. Data Security

bolbol takes reasonable measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Retention of Your Personal Data

bolbol will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Platform will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

6. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Platform's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The Platform will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

7. Deletion of Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you.
Our Service may give you the ability to delete certain information about you from within the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in to your account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

8. Your Rights and Choices

You have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, update, or delete your data. You can manage your preferences and opt-out of certain communications or data processing activities. Please contact us using the information provided below to exercise your rights.

9. Your Rights under GDPR

Under the GDPR and similar data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• • You can request access to your personal data and information about how it is processed.
• • You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• • You can request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances, such as when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
• • You can request restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, such as when its accuracy is contested.
• • You can request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• • You can object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing or legitimate interests, unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.
• • If we process your personal data based on consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.

10. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your own jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ. By using bolbol, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries that may have different data protection laws.

11. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

12. Links to Other Platforms

Our Service may contain links to other platforms that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our platform or by other means.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us on talk@bolbol.me