Birdy

Privacy Policy

Date: April 07, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how SIA Birdy McBirdface, registration number 40203455420, legal address Slokas street 30A - 15, Riga, Latvia ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you use the Birdy Chat service ("Service"). By using Birdy Chat, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

  1. Information You Provide: When you register for an account, we collect information such as your name, email address, and password. You may also provide additional information, such as a profile picture or other details, when using Birdy Chat.
  2. Messages and Content: We collect the content of messages and other materials that you send through Birdy Chat, as well as information about the recipients of your messages.
  3. Usage Information: We collect information about your use of Birdy Chat, including the type of device you use, your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other usage statistics.

2. Use of Information

We may process the information we collect for the following purposes:

  1. To provide and maintain Birdy Chat;
  2. To enable user-to-user communications;
  3. To personalize your experience and improve Birdy Chat's functionality;
  4. To communicate with you, including sending you service-related announcements, notifications and updates;
  5. To enforce our Terms of Service and other policies;
  6. To protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our users, or others;
  7. For any other purpose with your consent.

We are the 'data controller' under European data protection laws of the personal information described in this Privacy Policy, since we determine the means and/or purposes of the data processing we perform.

3. Disclosure of Information

We may disclose your information to third parties in the following circumstances:

  1. With your consent or at your direction (e.g. with other users of Birdy Chat when you communicate with them or join group conversations or channels);
  2. To comply with legal obligations or respond to lawful requests from governmental authorities;
  3. To protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our users, or others;
  4. In connection with a merger, acquisition, or other corporate transaction.

4. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the security of your information, but no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

6. Your Rights

You may update or delete your account information at any time by accessing your account settings within Birdy Chat. You may also opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the instructions provided in those communications.

In some regions (like the European Economics Area and UK), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us”.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section “Contact Us” below.

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings and update your user account.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at legal@birdy.chat.

7. Children's Privacy

Birdy Chat is not intended for use by children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

If you believe that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 18, please contact us immediately.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at legal@birdy.chat or by post to:

SIA Birdy McBirdface
Slokas iela 30A-15
Riga LV-1048
Latvia