Parry App Privacy Policy

Effective date: February 28, 2022

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) explains how Parry App, LLC (“us,” “our,” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses personal information about you that we collect through our app known as Parry (the “App”). 

We are committed to observing with privacy laws applying both to you and to our business and which set out standards for the processing of personal data. Privacy laws applying to you may give you the right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal information. This Policy is to give you that information. Such privacy laws may give you important privacy rights in respect of your personal information which are in addition to your rights referred to in this Policy. Links to the websites of several countries’ privacy regulators are at the privacy contact details below – your country’s regulator may be able to give you additional information.

Information We May Collect About You

When you use or access the App, we may collect the following personal information:

• Contact information, such as your name, email address, date of birth, and phone number.

• Friend contact information, if applicable, such as name, phone number, or any contact information for your identified friends or contacts when using the call + location feature to text your location to those identified contacts.
  

• Any other information you submit when you contact us through the App or engage directly with the App (for example your last recorded location of using the App).

We also may collect the following other information automatically when you use the App:

• Device Information: Certain information may be automatically collected by most browsers or devices, such as information about user devices (such as IP addresses and MAC addresses), operating systems, and browsers. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice and is done automatically by many websites, applications, and other services.

• Your location. If you activate the call + location feature within Parry, the app will collect your current location upon activating that feature. This is the only time that Parry will actively retrieve your exact location (when the call + location feature is enabled). It is up to the user if they wish to share their location once, only while using the app or always.

• Information Stored in Cookies: The App may also use available web-based technologies to collect consumer data, such as cookies or web beacons. Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on users’ computers or devices. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the online services, pages visited, referring URL, and other traffic and usage data. We may also use cookies for purposes such as determining what features interest our users, revising our website features or operations, and as further described below in the “Your Choices” section.

• Pixel Tags and Log Files: The App may also use other tracking systems such as log files and pixel tags. For example, pixel tags, sometimes called web beacons, are similar in function to a cookie and can tell us certain information like what content has been viewed.

• Information Collected in Connection with Analytics Technology: We may use various technologies to learn more about how visitors use the App, such as Firebase analytics and Amplitude. These technologies may use cookies to help us analyze how visitors use the App. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the App may include your IP address. If you so choose, you may be able to turn off cookies in the preferences settings in your browser. We may also use other technologies to monitor your activities on our App.

We may collect your personal information other than from you directly. These sources are generally those in respect of whom we have a reasonable expectation of their lawful ability to provide us with the relevant personal information. Examples are those who support our data analytics activities and who may have a contract with you, and those who support our business operations. Examples of third party sources with whom we may have relationships from time to time are:

• entities involved in delivering the App to you or otherwise making it available for your use (for example Apple, Google or any other operator of the relevant application store or device operating system on which the App is downloaded and operated by you); and

• entities involved in marketing and advertising technology.

If you are a nominated contact of one of our registered users, we may receive your personal information (namely name and telephone number) from the user to allow the App to contact you on behalf of the relevant user. 

How We May Collect and Hold Your Information

Collection of personal information: When we collect personal information about you, we do so by making a record of it. We do this when:

• you communicate with us;

• you communicate with others via our online sites or the App;

• you use our online sites or App to transact with us or with others;

• you subscribe to our information services;

• you express an interest in taking part in our events or initiatives;

• you take part in any trade promotions, testimonials, surveys, focus groups and research we are involved in; or

• you deal with us in other ways involving a need for personal information to be provided, such as when you make contact with us or seek assistance from our customer services.

We may also collect personal data by accessing personal or other data from the other sources referred to at “Information We May Collect About You” above then analyzing that data together with the information we already hold about you for the purposes outlined in this Policy.

Holding of personal information: Personal information we hold is generally stored in computer systems or in the Amplitude analytics tool. These may be operated by us or by our service providers. We will hold your personal information on our systems only for as long as required to provide you with the App or any other goods or services you have requested or as we consider reasonably appropriate having regard to the purpose of our processing.

In respect of your personal information of which we are the controller, we hold this on our servers or those of our third party processing service providers (for example in our Amplitude analytics tool). Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access parts of our App, you are responsible for keeping this confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. The transmission of information, electronically, is not secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to or from any of our sites. Please bear this in mind when deciding whether or not to allow your personal information to be processed by us. 

How We May Use Your Information

We may use personal information that we collected about you for purposes that include

the following:

• to allow you or a registered user to use the App;

• to effectively communicate with you and others, including responding to your requests and providing promotional materials;

• to enhance your experience using the App by storing information about your preferences, recognizing you when you use the App, and customizing your experience;

• to better understand how you use this App and what features and services may interest you;

• to debug, identify and repair errors, or effectuate similar functional enhancements in connection with our App or other services;

• to create aggregate or deidentified data;

• for legal and safety purposes, such as maintaining the safety, security, and integrity of our websites, other technology assets and our organization; preserving and enforcing our legal rights, policies, and terms of use; protecting our property, our consumers, our employees and others; and complying with applicable law, other legal requirements, and industry standards;

• to protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and participating in any prosecution or enforcement of laws or agreements meant to prevent or punish such activity;

• to evaluate or participate in an actual or potential merger, change in organizational structure, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, including as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceedings; and

• for such other purposes as you may consent to or authorize.

In addition, we may use information we collect automatically through cookies and similar technology to help recognize your browser or device, maintain your preferences, provide certain features, and collect information about interactions with our content and our communications. We may also use cookies and other technologies:

• To provide, develop, maintain, personalize, protect, and improve our website and operate our business.

• To perform analytics, including to analyze and report on usage and performance of the App and marketing materials.

• To protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity.

• To create aggregate data about groups or categories of our users

• To synchronize users across devices, affiliates, business partners, and select third parties.

• For us and our affiliates, business partners, and select third parties to target, offer, market, or advertise products, programs, or services.

Important information about your opt out rights for direct marketing: Regardless of our source of your personal information and of the basis on which we collect or hold it, it is our policy to observe your rights under your privacy law to opt out of our direct marketing to you. Our direct marketing materials will generally tell you how to do this, but if you are not sure, a member of our privacy team will help you. Contact details for our privacy team are included in this Policy.

How We May Share Your Information

We may disclose the personal information that we collected about you to one or more of the following:

• Our business customers.

• Our affiliates.

• Our business partners.

• Our contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our organization.

• An actual or potential buyer or successor in the event of an actual or potential merger, change in organizational structure, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, including as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceedings.

• Governmental bodies, such as law enforcement, a court of law, or regulators.

• Such other parties as you may consent to or authorize.

Any disclosure of the personal information that we collected about you would be for one or more of the following purposes:

• To effectively communicate with you and others.

• To respond to your requests.

• To deliver information or marketing, such as promotional materials or surveys.

• To debug, identify and repair errors, or effectuate similar functional enhancements in connection with this App or other services being provided or offered to you by us.

• To protect the legal rights, property, safety, and security of us and others.

• To comply with applicable law, other legal requirements, and industry standards.

• To investigate or prevent unlawful activities or misuse of the App.

• To enforce our policies, terms of use, contracts, or other legal rights.

• To protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and participating in any prosecution or enforcement of laws or agreements meant to prevent or punish such activity.

• To fulfill a business or legal obligation consistent with our operations, such as property management.

• For any other purpose you authorize.

We may allow your personal information to be shared with those who are in countries other than your own location. We do this: 

• where we have made a business decision to store our data with a trusted service provider who is in the business of providing data storage and processing services. Examples are those who store and process our email and mobile application data. These services commonly involve diverse geographic locations which change from time to time for reasons which include data protection and processing efficiency. Where these services are used by us, it is not practical for us to notify you of which country your personal data may be located in (however it is initially anticipated to include the United States of America, India and elsewhere);

• for disclosures between our group companies or consultants and service providers. Our main business location is in the United States of America but we do business in a number of countries and some of our group companies or service providers may be based in other countries from time to time; and

• when our business which collected your personal data is in a different country to your location.

Your Choices

You may choose not to provide the personal information we request. You may also have the option of not identifying yourself or of using a pseudonym when dealing with us, except where this is impractical, you have consented or agreed or where the law or a court order provides otherwise. However, not providing information we request may restrict your ability to use certain features of the App or prevent you from using the App altogether. For example, you may be able to restrict the collection of personal information or functionality through your device’s operating system or by disabling cookies but doing so may prevent you from using the functionality of the App. Some Internet browsers have a “do-not-track” feature that let you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. Currently, the App does not respond to “do-not-track” signals. We may allow third parties to use the App to collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites, applications, and other online products or services. For information about interest-based advertising, and to opt out of this type of advertising by third parties that participate in self-regulatory programs, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and/or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. Please note that any opt-out choice you exercise through these programs will apply to interest-based advertising by the third parties you select but will still allow the collection of data for other purposes, including research, analytics, and internal operations. You may continue to receive advertising, but that advertising may be less relevant to your interests.

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect changes in our privacy practices at any time and without prior notice to you. When we do so, we will update the Effective Date of the Policy, above. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by email at hello@getparry.co, by phone at 919-704-7460, or by mail at:

9650 Strickland Rd, Suite 103-419
Raleigh, NC 276

If we are required to comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and you are located in Australia, you may also be able to contact us for the following:

• Access: You may request that we provide you with access to any of your personal information we hold (except in limited circumstances recognized by law). Before we provide you with access to your personal information we may require some proof of identity.

• Correction: If you need to correct personal information we hold, please contact one of our privacy team – see contact details above, however please note that you can update your information directly in the App. Also, as we utilize information from third parties to allow you access to the App, you may be required to contact those third parties in order to correct such information. 

• Complaints: If you wish to complain about our processing of your personal information, you may contact our privacy team – see contact details above. We may ask you to put your complaint in writing and to provide details about it. We may discuss your complaint with our personnel and our service providers and others as appropriate. Our privacy team may investigate the matter and attempt to resolve it in a timely way. Our privacy team may inform you in writing about the outcome of the investigation. If our privacy team does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction and no other complaint resolution procedures are agreed or required by law, our privacy team will inform you that your complaint may be referred to a privacy regulator for further investigation.

Some countries’ privacy regulators may provide you with other information on request regarding your privacy rights. Samples of some regulators’ websites are:

• Australia – Australian Information Commissioner – https://www.oaic.gov.au;

• USA – There is no single, comprehensive federal (national) law regulating the collection and use of personal data but various agencies administer various aspects of US privacy law, for example the Federal Trade Commission enforces the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) (15 U.S.C. §§6501 – 6506) and the Self-Regulatory Principles for Behavioral Advertising – https://www.ftc.gov/