Privacy policy

Last Update August 9, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of users’ information when they use the Service.

We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use, and share your personal information. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.

The SnapAds, Inc. website, Services, apps, and their interactive properties are delivered ("the Services"), owned, operated, and distributed by us (referred to in this Privacy Policy as "we" and through similar words such as "us," "our," etc.). This Privacy Policy outlines the personal information that we may collect, how we use and safeguard that information, and with whom we may share it. We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are subject to various laws in the United States, and we are responsible as controllers of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

THE SERVICES ARE OFFERED FROM THE UNITED STATES ("US"). For individuals located outside of the US, please note that we are a US-based company. If you use the Services, all information, including personal information, will be transferred to us in the US and used as described in this Privacy Policy.

Key Terms. It would be helpful to start by explaining some key terms used in this policy: "We", "Us", "our". "SNAPADS INC", "the Company". Website refers to SnapAds, accessible from https://snapads.io/.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with the policy described below, you can close the website and stop using it.

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by our website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Our website integrated with different Social Media Services which could mean and refer to any website or any social network website through which a user can log in or create an account.

Each User, continuing to use, filling out feedback forms or requests, logging in on our Site or using any other services of the Site that require the input of your personal data, consents to the processing of his personal data in accordance with the Law of U.S. as well as the Privacy Policy . The owners of the Site reserve the right to use any of the received thru the Site information for marketing and/or informational and educational purposes and to send information, emails or messages. Details about the right to opt-out or unsubscription could be found under "Promotional Communications" section of this Privacy Policy.

The User, by continuing using the Site, agrees to its policies related to the collection, accumulation, storage, adaptation, modification, updating, use and distribution, depersonalization, destruction of the relevant personal data of the User. The User also gives the owners of the Site the right to determine, at their own discretion, the procedure for using the User&aposs personal data, the procedure for protection, distribution, access to databases and the procedure for transferring the right to process personal data to other subjects related to personal data. The User grants these rights to the owners and or moderators of the Site in order to comply with the latest requirements of the current legislation on the protection of personal data. The creators and moderators of the Site take all possible measures to protect and non-disclose the personal data of Users.

Personal Data

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

We may collect and use the following personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonable capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household:

  • Identifiers
  • real name
  • date of birth
  • Alias
  • online identifier
  • postal address
  • Internet Protocol address
  • email address
  • account/usernames

Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, such as:

  • Signatures
  • photographs,
  • telephone number,
  • bank account number

Information such as

  • credit card number
  • debit card number

Is held and stored by a third-party payment provider (https://stripe.com/) however, the payment provider might be changed at any point without explicit notice to the Customers;

Also as a part of commercial information we might collect the following data:

  • search history,
  • content of maintenance of requests and/or complaints,
  • or other user generated data from using the Services,
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information,
  • browsing history while using the Services,
  • Geolocation data,
  • current location.

This personal information is required to provide the Services to you. If you do not provide personal information we ask for, it may delay or prevent us from providing the Services to you.

How Your Personal Information is Collected.

We collect most of this personal information directly from you — through our website and apps as you use the Services. However, we may also collect information:

  • From publicly accessible sources (e.g., criminal records);
  • Directly from a third party (e.g., sanctions screening providers, credit reporting agencies, or customer due diligence providers);
  • From a third party with your consent (e.g., your bank); and,
  • From cookies on our website.
How and Why We Use Your Personal Information.

Under data protection law, we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason for doing so:

  • To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
  • To perform the Services;
  • To prevent and detect fraud against you or any third party;
  • For our legitimate interests or those of a third party; or
  • Where you have given consent.

A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.

The list below explains what we use (process) your personal information for and our reasons for doing so:

What we use your personal information for:

Our reasons
  • To provide Services to you;
  • For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract;
  • To prevent and detect fraud against you or any third party;
  • To minimize fraud that could be damaging for us and for you;
  • Conducting checks to identify our customers and verify their identity;
  • Other processing necessary to comply with professional, legal and regulatory obligations that apply to our business.
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
  • Responding to subpoenas or other lawful requests.
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
  • Ensuring business policies are adhered to, e.g. policies covering security and internet use;
  • To make sure we are following our own internal procedures so we can secure your personal information.
Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training and quality control
  • To be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you.
  • Statistical analysis to help us manage our business in relation to our performance, customer base, product range or other commercial measures.
To improve the Services.
  • Updating and enhancing customer records;
Credit reference checks and background checks via external reference agencies

Reason: To provide the Services to you.

Types of Data Collected:

  • Personal information such as First name and Last name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Social profiles
  • Usage Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • IP addresses
  • Browser type
  • Browser version
  • Pages you visit
  • Exact time, date when you visited such pages
  • Total time viewing particular pages
  • Unique device identifiers
  • Other diagnostic data

The Service provides the following Social Services (Social Networks) in order to give its users ability to log in, post, get analytics and perform other actions through the Service:

  • Facebook
  • TikTok

When you use the listed social services to login we collect personal information that that third-party service sends us. With such you give the Service the permission to use, share, and store received data.

We use Cookies and other third-party services to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information.

At any time, any User may request the full or partial provision or deletion of their personal data that was left on the Site and recorded in the Site database. Such requests will be fully satisfied by the owners and moderators of the Site.

Any personal information may be stored in the site database until the User requests its deletion.

Promotional Communications

We may use your personal information to send you updates by email, text message, telephone or post about our products and the Services, including exclusive offers, or promotions.

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information for promotional purposes. This means we do not usually need your consent to send you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.

We will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and never sell it to any other organization, except as part of a corporate merger, acquisition, or sale. You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by:

Contact us at suport@snapads.io using the "unsubscribe" link in emails or "STOP" number in texts;

Sharing of Personal information

We routinely share personal information with:

Our affiliates. Affiliate means any entity or individual that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control as us.

Service providers we use to help deliver the Services to you, such as (but without limitation) payment service providers, credit agencies, creators

Other third parties we use to help us run our business, such as website and cloud hosting services;

We only allow our service providers to handle your personal information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal information. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to ensure they can only use the personal information we collect from you to provide services to us and to you. We may also share personal information with external auditors, e.g. in relation to ISO[ or Investors in People] accreditation and the audit of our accounts.

We may disclose and exchange information with law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

We may also need to share some personal information with other parties, such as potential buyers of some or all of our business or during a restructuring. We will typically anonymize information, but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations.

Selling of the personal information

In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed for a business purpose to one or more third parties the following categories of personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household:

  • Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers);
  • Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, photographs, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number;
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction our Services); and,
  • Geolocation data.

Holding of the personal information

Information may be held at our offices and those of our service providers. These third parties are based in the United States.

We will keep your personal information while you have an account with us or while we are providing (products AND/OR our services) to you or while you are using our Sites. Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary:

  • To respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
  • To show that we treated you fairly; or
  • To keep records required by law.

We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

Your Rights Under the CCPA.

You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to exercise free of charge:

  • Disclosure of Personal Information We Collect About You

You have the right to know:

  • The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
  • The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information;
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information, if any; and
  • The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

Please note that we are not required to:

  • Retain any personal information about you that was collected for a single one-time transaction if, in the ordinary course of business, that information about you is not retained;
  • Reidentify or otherwise link any data that, in the ordinary course of business, is not maintained in a manner that would be considered personal information; or
  • Provide the personal information to you more than twice in a 12-month period.

Personal Information Used for a Business Purpose

In connection with any personal information, we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:

The categories of personal information about you that we sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold; and

The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.

You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information; however, if you do so we will be unable to provide the Services to you. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will be unable to provide you the Services. You may contact us at support@snapsads.io for assistance terminating your account.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • To properly manage and administer our organization;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Protection Against Discrimination

You have the right to not be discriminated against by us because you exercised any of your rights under the CCPA. This means we cannot, among other things:

  • Deny services to you;
  • Charge different prices or rates for services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
  • Provide a different level or quality of services to you; or
  • Suggest that you will receive a different price or rate for services or a different level or quality of services.

Please note that we may charge a different price or rate or provide a different level or quality of services to you, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to our business by your personal information.

Keeping Your Personal Information Secure.

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to access it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We continually test our systems, and we follow industry standards for information security. We also have procedures in place to deal with a suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

Users of the Services are responsible for maintaining the security of any password, user ID or other form of authentication involved in obtaining access to password protected or secure areas of the Services. In order to protect you and your information, we may suspend your use of any of the Services, without notice, pending an investigation, if any breach of security is suspected.

Third Party Advertisers. We may allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within the Services. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your device, the advertisements and links that appear on the Services. They automatically receive your device ID and IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. This Privacy Notice does not apply to them, and we cannot control their activities.

International Data Transfer

If you are located outside the United States, in particular if you are located in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, or the European Economic Area ("EEA"), please note that we and our servers are located in the United States. We do not market to or solicit customers from outside the US; therefore, users of the Services should not expect to avail themselves of the rights provided under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). If you use the Services, all information, including personal information, will be transferred to us in the US. By using the Services , you unambiguously consent to the transfer of your personal information and other information to the US and elsewhere for the purposes and uses described in this Notice.

Children’s Privacy

The Services are not intended for children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect the personal information of children under the age of 18.

External Links

The Services may contain links to other websites maintained by third parties. Please be aware that we exercise no control over linked sites and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. Each linked site maintains its own independent privacy and data collection policies and procedures, and you are encouraged to view the privacy policies of these other sites before providing any personal information. You hereby acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the privacy practices, data collection policies and procedures, or the content of such third-party sites, and you hereby release us from any and all claims arising out of or related to the privacy practices, data collection policies and procedures, and/or the content of such third-party sites.

Cookies and Device Data

When you use the Services, we may record unique identifiers associated with your device (such as the device ID and IP address), your activity within the Services, and your network location. We use aggregated information (such as anonymous user usage information, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream information, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Services and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and products by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends. Specifically, we may automatically collect the following information about your use of Services through cookies and other technologies:

  • domain name;
  • browser type and operating system;
  • web pages you view;
  • links you click;
  • IP address;
  • the length of time you visit the Sites, Portals, and/or Websites;
  • the referring URL or the webpage that led you to the Sites.

We may also collect information regarding application-level events, such as crashes, and associate that temporarily with your account. In some circumstances, we may combine this information with personal information collected from you (and third-party service providers may do so on behalf of us).

In addition, we may use "cookies," clear gifs, and log file information that help us determine the type of content and pages to which you link, the length of time you spend at any particular area of the Services, and the portion of the Services you choose to use. A cookie is a small text file that is sent by a website to your computer or mobile device where it is stored by your web browser. A cookie contains limited information, usually a unique identifier and the name of the site. Your browser has options to accept, reject or provide you with notice when a cookie is sent. Our cookies do not execute any code or virus; and they do not contain any personal information. Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience with the Services. We may use cookies for many purposes, including (without limitation) to save your password so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you use the Services, and to deliver content (which may include third party property listings or other relevant \advertisements) specific to your interests.

We may use third party service providers to help us analyze certain online activities and/or to analyze aggregated data provided by customers. For example, these service providers may help us measure the performance of our online campaigns or analyze user activity. We may permit these service providers to use cookies and other technologies to perform these services for us. We do not share any personal information about our customers with these third-party service providers, and these service providers do not collect such information on our behalf. Our third-party service providers are required to comply fully with this Privacy Notice.

How to Exercise Your Rights

If you would like to exercise any of your rights as described in this Privacy Policy, please:

Email us at support@snapsads.io

Please note that you may only make a CCPA-related data access or data portability disclosure request twice within a 12-month period.

If you choose to contact directly by email you will need to provide us with:

  • Enough information to identify you, specifically your full name, address and account number;
  • Proof of your identity and address (e.g., a copy of your driving license or passport); and
  • A description of what right you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.

We are not obligated to make a data access or data portability disclosure if we cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom we collected information, or is someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf.

Any personal information we collect from you to verify your identity in connection with you request will be used solely for the purposes of verification.

Changes to This Privacy Notice. This privacy notice was published on August 9, 2022 and last updated on August 9, 2022.

We may change this privacy notice from time to time–when we do, we will inform you via account notification.

How to Contact Us

Please contact us by email below at support@snapsads.io

Do You Need Extra Help? If you would like this notice in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us (see "How to contact us" above).