Privacy Policy

Last updated August 6, 2017

Compliment (referred to in this policy as "Compliment", "we," and "us") respects the privacy of its users (“you”) and has prepared this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its intention to protect your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect, how it may be used and with whom it may be shared. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully when using our app or services or transacting business with us. By using our products (our “Service”), you are accepting this Privacy Policy.

Information we collect

We may collect Personal Information, including Sensitive Data, and other information. “Personal Information” means identifiable information that would allow us to determine identity, and contact, a person. Sensitive Data includes information, interactions or content (e.g. photos, video, bio, description) that you provide that may reveal your identity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion and/or sexual orientation. By providing Sensitive Data to us, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of Sensitive Data. We may also collect your physical location with your consent. We may collect this information through a website, mobile application, or other online services. By using the Service, you are authorizing us to gather, analyze and retain data related to the provision of the Service. When you provide personal information through our Service, the information may be sent to and/or stored in servers located in the United States and countries around the world.

In order to register as a user with Compliment, you will be asked to sign in using your Facebook login. If you do so, you authorize us to access certain Facebook account information, such as your public Facebook profile (consistent with your privacy settings in Facebook), in addition and not limited to your email address, interests, likes, gender, birthday, education history, relationship status and interests, location, photos, personal description, friend list, we may also collect information about your Facebook friends. You will also be asked to allow Compliment to collect your location information from your device when you use the Service. In addition, we may collect and store any personal information you provide while using our Service or in some other manner. This may include identifying information, such as your name, address, email address and telephone number, and, if you transact business with us, financial information. You may also provide us with additional photos, a personal description and information about your gender and preferences for people recommendations, such as search distance, age, and gender. If you chat with other Compliment users, you provide us the content of your chats.

We use various technologies to collect information from your device and about your interactions with our Service.

We automatically collect information from your browser or device when you visit our Service. This information could include your IP address, device ID, make and model, your browser type and language, the operating system used by your device, access times, your geographic location while our Service is actively running, and the referring website address.

When you visit our Service, we may assign your device one or more identifying cookies or other technologies that facilitate personalization to facilitate access to our Service and to personalize your experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your activity on our Service, such as time of your visits, the pages you visit and the buttons you click. If we advertise, we or third parties may use data previously collected to show you Compliment advertisements on other services, sites or applications. We may also embed pixel tags in our Service, on web pages, ads, and email communications. These pixels may assign or access identifying Cookies and track activities. We may use information collected through these identifying technologies to measure popularity of our features and services. Third party advertising companies may also use pixel tags to measure the number of ads displayed and their performance.

When you use our app, we collect your unique device ID or Advertising ID to recognize you and may use such identifiers to track your use of our app. Advertising ID can be reset in “Settings” if you are using iPhone. Third party advertising companies also use unique device ID or Advertising ID to track your use of the app, track served ads, determine ad performance and show you ads that are relevant to you. Analytics third parties use unique identifiers to track information about app usage.

We may allow third parties, such as advertising companies, to display advertisements on our Service or on other services. These third parties may use tracking technologies, such as cookies or pixels, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements. We do not provide any non-masked or non-obscured personal information to third parties. Some of these third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies (www.networkadvertising.org). Opting out will not decrease the number of advertisements you see. To opt-out of cookies that may be set by third party data or advertising partners, please go to http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

We may use information that we collect about you to:

To deliver and improve our products and services, and manage our business, manage your account and provide you with assistance, perform research and analysis about your usage or interest in different products, services, or content, communicate with you about products or services that may be of interest to you either from us or other third parties, by email, notifications, mail, telephone and/or mobile devices. To create, display, and track content and advertising based on your interests, on our Service and other services, including displaying our ads to you when you visit other services. We also use information we collect to for Service, website and mobile application analytics; to verify your eligibility and deliver prizes in connection with contests. To enforce or exercise any rights in misuse of the Service. We may also use collected information to perform functions or services as otherwise described to you at the time of collection that fall within or outside this privacy policy.

In all circumstances, we may perform these functions directly or use a third party vendor to perform these functions on our behalf. Also, if you access our Service from a third party social platform, such as Facebook, we may share information with that platform.

With whom we share your information

When you register as a user of Compliment, your Compliment profile will be viewable by other users of the Service. Other users, the individuals or apps with whom a Compliment user may choose to share you with, will be able to view information you have provided to us directly or through Facebook, such as your photos, any additional photos you upload, your name, your age, distance, your bio, and interests and connections that you have in common with the person viewing your information, such as common Facebook friends and likes. Your information will also be shared with people you like, compliment, message, and/or chat with.

We may share personal information with:

We may share information, including personal and financial information, with third parties that perform services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, customer support, marketing, performing data analysis, tracking, analytics, member reviewing, consultancy, and other parties who provide us with services that support our Service and partners.

We may also disclose your information, including personal information in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for cooperation from a law enforcement or other government agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.

When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or our safety, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce proper use or other agreements or policies.

In connection with a corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the event of bankruptcy.

We may use and share non-personal information we collect under any of the above circumstances. We may also share it with other third parties to develop and deliver products, features, targeted advertising on our Service and on third party websites and applications, and to analyze and report on advertising you see. We may combine and/or aggregate non-personal information we collect with additional non-personal information collected from other sources. We also may share aggregated, non-personal information, or personal information with third parties, including advisors, advertisers and investors, for the purpose of conducting analysis, advertising, marketing, or other business purposes.

To opt out of the sharing of your personal information, please discontinue use of the Compliment services.

We do not identify or respond to any DNT preferences.

There are a number of places on our Service where you may click on a link that leads to other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. These third- party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your visits and interactions with those websites.

Data retention

We keep your information as long as we need it for legitimate business purposes. If you close your account, we will retain certain data for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, to prevent fraud, enforce proper use, take actions to protect our Service integrity or our users, or to take other actions otherwise permitted by law. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties’ policies.

Your choices about the collection and use of your information

Our Service may deliver push notifications to your device. You can disable these notifications from Settings of your mobile device.

You can also control information collected by cookies. You can delete or decline cookies by changing your browser settings.

How we protect your personal information

We take security measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. However, no system can be completely secure. Although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise and you should not expect that your personal information, records, chats, or other communications will always remain secure. Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email.

You agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and other issues, such as security breaches. We may post a notice on our Service if a security breach occurs. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us.

Information you provide about yourself while using our Service

We offer functionalities that allow you to share and send information, such as photos and details, about yourself and other. Such information are governed by our Terms of Use. Also, whenever you disclose personal information on publicly-viewable areas, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. We cannot control who reads information you share or what other users may do with that information, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to your information.

Onward transfer and consent to international processing

We may transfer personal information or other information to locations outside of the United States. We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf.

If you are accessing any of our services from the EU or other regions with laws that govern data collection and use, please note that you are agreeing to the transfer of your personal data, including sensitive data from your region to countries which do not have data protection laws. By providing your personal information, you consent to any transfer and processing in accordance with this Policy.

No Rights of Third Parties

This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to users of the Service, website nor apps.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, our data collection and use practices, the features of our Service, or technology changes or advances. When we change this Privacy Policy, we will update the revision date, and it will be posted on our website. You should regularly check for the most recent version, which is the version that applies. Please read it continuously and carefully. Your continued use of the Services will mean you consent to and accept those changes. If you do not consent to such changes you can deactivate your account by following the instructions under Settings.

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