PRIVACY NOTICE

Last updated January 28, 2022

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at GA Cacher ( "*we*," "*us*," or "*our*"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at pwilsoncbr@gmail.com

This privacy notice describes how we might use your information if you:

* Download and use our mobile application— GA Cacher

* Engage with us in other related ways ― including any sales, marketing, or events

In this privacy notice, if we refer to:

* "App" we are referring to any application of ours that references or links to this policy, including any listed above

* "Services" we are referring to our App, and other related services, including any sales, marketing, or events

The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

Please read this privacy notice carefully, as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
3. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
4. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
5. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
6. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
8. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
9. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
10. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

*Personal information you disclose to us*

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the App, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the App or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the App, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

*Personal Information Provided by You.* We collect names; and other similar information.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

*Information collected through our App*

In Short: We collect information regarding your geolocation,when you use our App.

If you use our App, we also collect the following information:

* Geolocation Information. We may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our App, to provide certain location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our App, for troubleshooting and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

*2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?*

In Short:   We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations./

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

* *Consent:* We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.

* *Legitimate Interests:* We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

* *Performance of a Contract:* Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

* *Legal Obligations:* We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

* *Vital Interests:* We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

* *Google Maps Platform APIs.* We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g., Google Maps API, Place API). To find out more about Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link <https://policies.google.com/privacy>.We obtain and store on your device ('cache') your location. You may revoke your consent anytime by contacting us at the contact details provided at the end of this document.

*3. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?*

In Short:  We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information./

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

*4. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?*

In Short:  We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law./

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize 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.

*5. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?*

In Short:  You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
 
If you are a resident 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 a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html .

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at pwilsoncbr@gmail.com.

Account Information

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 Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

*6. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES*

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

*8. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?*  

In Short:   Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

*9. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?*  

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at pwilsoncbr@gmail.com

*10. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?*  

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: geocaching.com.au