Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 17th 2023

At Gigglle, we value your privacy and prioritize its protection. To understand how we handle your personal information, we kindly request you to go through the following details. By utilizing or accessing our Services in any way, you acknowledge your acceptance of the practices and policies described in this Privacy Policy. Moreover, you hereby consent to our collection, usage, and sharing of your information in the manners outlined below.

Please be aware that when using Gigglle's Services, you are bound by our Terms of Use, which includes this Privacy Policy. Any terms mentioned in this Policy without specific definitions can be found in the Terms of Use. If you require an alternative format of this Privacy Policy due to a disability, please reach out to us at support@gigglle.com.

What this Privacy Policy Covers

Our Privacy Policy addresses the handling of Personal Data collected when you utilize or access our Services. The term "Personal Data" refers to any information that specifically identifies or is related to an individual. This definition encompasses data commonly known as "personally identifiable information" or "personal information" in accordance with relevant data privacy laws, rules, or regulations. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to practices followed by companies or individuals beyond our ownership, control, or management.

Sources of Personal Data

We obtain Personal Data concerning you, including Personal Data from children under the age of sixteen (16), from the following sources:

You: We collect information directly from you when you provide it to us. This includes details such as your name, email, phone number, photos, or videos of yourself. Additionally, when you use our Services, certain Personal Data about you is automatically gathered.

Third parties: We receive Personal Data about you from external parties, referred to as "Third Parties." These Third Parties may include:

  1. Service providers: We may utilize the services of analytics providers to analyze your interaction and engagement with our Services. Additionally, third parties may assist us in providing customer support.
  2. Social networks connected to our services: If you, as a parent, provide us with your social network account credentials or log in to our Services through a third-party site or service, certain content and information from those accounts may be transmitted to your Account with us. Please note that children under the age of 16 are not permitted to sign up or log in using social network credentials.
  3. Advertising partners: We do not disclose Personal Data of individuals under the age of sixteen (16) to advertising partners. However, if you are a parent or guardian, these partners help us promote our services and provide you with relevant offers. They may include ad networks and marketing providers.
  4. Analytics partners: These partners assist us in analyzing web traffic and usage of our Services. They include companies that track how users discovered or were referred to our Services, as well as companies that track user interactions with our Services.

Methods of Personal Data Collection

Automated Information Collection:
In order to enhance your browsing experience and improve our Services, we utilise cookies and similar technologies like pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and JavaScript (collectively referred to as "Cookies"). These Cookies enable our servers to identify your web browser, providing us with insights regarding your visits to and usage of our Services. We analyze trends, gain knowledge about our user base, and continuously operate and enhance our Services based on this information. Cookies are small pieces of data, typically text files, that are placed on your computer, tablet, phone, or similar device when you access our Services. Additionally, we may supplement the information we collect directly from you with data received from third parties who have placed their own Cookies on your device(s). Please note that our Services do not currently support "Do Not Track" requests sent from browsers.

The following types of Cookies are utilized:

  • Essential Cookies: These Cookies are necessary for providing features or services that you have requested. For instance, certain Cookies enable you to securely log into specific areas of our Services. Disabling these Cookies may result in certain features and services becoming unavailable.
  • Functional Cookies: Functional Cookies record your preferences and choices related to our Services, ensuring that your preferences are maintained over time. They also enable personalized content, such as greeting you by name or remembering your language or region preferences.
  • Performance/Analytical Cookies: Performance/Analytical Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Services. This includes collecting information about the number of visitors, the pages viewed, and the duration of page visits. These Cookies also assist us in evaluating the performance of our advertising campaigns, ultimately improving the content and effectiveness of our campaigns.

You have the ability to accept or decline Cookies by adjusting the settings in your internet browser. Most browsers offer an option to disable the Cookie feature, preventing the acceptance of new Cookies. Depending on your browser's capabilities, you may also have the option to selectively accept or reject each new Cookie. Furthermore, you can delete all existing Cookies stored on your computer. However, please be aware that disabling or deleting Cookies may require you to manually adjust certain preferences upon each visit to a website, and some features and functionalities of our Services may not work as intended.

To explore the available Cookie settings in your browser, please refer to the "preferences" or "options" section of its menu. For more information on Cookies, including guidance on managing and deleting them, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Use of your personal data

We process Personal Data, including data from children under the age of sixteen (16), in order to operate, enhance, comprehend, and personalize our Services. The following are the purposes for which we use Personal Data:

  1. Meeting the Purpose of Information Provision: We use Personal Data to fulfil the specific reason for which you provided it to us.
  2. Communication: We engage in communication with you regarding the Services, which includes sharing Service announcements, updates, or offers.
  3. Support and Assistance: We provide support and assistance for the usage of our Services.
  4. Account and Profile Management: Personal Data is used for creating and managing your Account or other user profiles.
  5. Personalization: We personalize website content and communications based on your preferences.
  6. Order Processing: Personal Data is processed for the purpose of fulfilling orders or other transactions, such as the purchase, sale.
  7. Response to Inquiries and Requests: We respond to user inquiries and fulfil their requests.
  8. Service Improvement and Development: Personal Data is utilized to improve and develop the Services, including testing, research, analysis, and product development.
  9. Protection and Security: We use Personal Data to protect against and prevent fraudulent, illegal, or harmful activities, as well as to maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Services.
  10. Legal Compliance: Personal Data is processed to fulfil our legal or contractual obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our Terms of Use.
  11. Law Enforcement and Regulatory Compliance: We respond to law enforcement requests and comply with applicable laws, court orders, or governmental regulations.
  12. Other Business Purposes: Personal Data may be used for any other business purpose explicitly stated at the time of collection or as outlined in applicable data privacy laws.
  13. We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the collected Personal Data for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you with notice.

As mentioned in the above list, we may communicate with you if you have provided us with the necessary means to do so. For instance, if you have provided us with your email address, we may send you promotional email offers or correspond with you regarding your use of the Services. Additionally, we may receive a confirmation when you open an email from us, which helps us enhance our Services. If you do not wish to receive communications from us, please inform us of your preference by sending an email to support@gigglle.com

How We Share Your Personal Data

Sharing of Personal Data for Business Purposes
We may disclose your Personal Data, including Personal Data of children under the age of sixteen (16), to service providers and other parties for the following business purposes:

  1. Auditing: This includes activities such as counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying ad positioning and quality, and auditing compliance with specifications and standards.
  2. Security: We disclose Personal Data to detect and prevent security incidents, protect against malicious or fraudulent activity, and prosecute individuals responsible for such actions.
  3. Debugging: Personal Data may be shared to identify and fix errors that affect the intended functionality of our Services.
  4. Transient Use: In certain cases, we may share Personal Data for short-term and transient use that does not contribute to building consumer profiles or altering consumer experiences beyond the current interaction.
  5. Service Providers: We disclose Personal Data to service providers who perform various tasks on our behalf, including account maintenance, customer service, order processing, payment processing, verification of customer information, analytics services, advertising and marketing services (for users over the age of 16), and similar services related to our business operations.
  6. Internal Research: Personal Data may be shared for internal research purposes related to technological development and demonstration.
  7. Quality and Safety: We disclose Personal Data to ensure the quality and safety of services or devices that we own, manufacture, have been manufactured for us, or control.
  8. We disclose your Personal Data, including Personal Data of children under the age of sixteen (16), to the following categories of service providers and other parties: Service providers, such as payment processors, security and fraud prevention consultants, hosting and technology providers, analytics providers and contract personnel.
  9. Other parties as directed by you. Other users, when necessary to complete a transaction initiated or authorized by you through the Services or when you publicly post information.
  10. Third-party business partners accessed through the Services.
  11. Social media services, if you intentionally interact with them through your use of the Services (for users over the age of 16).
  12. Other parties authorized by you.

Data That is Not Personal Data

We may create aggregated, de-identified, or anonymized data from the Personal Data we collect, including Personal Data from children under the age of 16. This involves removing information that can personally identify a specific user. We may use such aggregated, de-identified, or anonymized data for lawful business purposes, including analyzing, building, and improving the Services, as well as promoting our business. However, we will not share such data in a manner that could identify you.

Data Security and Retention

We are committed to safeguarding your Personal Data, including Personal Data from children under the age of 16, against unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. We employ appropriate physical, technical, organizational, and administrative security measures based on the type of Personal Data and the way we process it. For instance, our Services utilize industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the Personal Data you provide to us. To enhance data protection, we encourage you to choose a strong password and safeguard it, restrict access to your computer or device and browser, and sign out after completing your account access. While we strive to ensure the security of your account and the data we store, please note that no method of data transmission or storage over the Internet is entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of any data you share with us. Unless explicitly required by law, we assume no responsibility for any theft, destruction, loss, or inadvertent disclosure of your information or content.

We retain Personal Data about you for as long as you maintain an active account with us or as necessary to provide our Services. However, we do not retain Personal Information from children under the age of sixteen (16) for a longer period than reasonably necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was disclosed. In certain circumstances, we may retain Personal Data for extended periods if required to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, collect owed fees, or as permitted or mandated by applicable laws, rules, or regulations. Additionally, we may retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where it does not personally identify you.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

As part of our ongoing effort to enhance our Services, we may occasionally need to modify this Privacy Policy. Whenever such changes occur, we will notify you by placing a notice on the gigglle.com website, sending you an email, or utilizing other appropriate means. It's important to note that if you have chosen not to receive legal notice emails from us (or if you haven't provided us with your email address), these legal notices will still govern your use of the Services, and it remains your responsibility to read and comprehend them. By continuing to use the Services after any modifications to the Privacy Policy have been posted, you indicate your acceptance of all the changes. The use of information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time the information is gathered. In the event that changes to this Privacy Policy impact the privacy of a child under the age of sixteen (16), such as Gigglle’s intention to collect a new category of personal information pertaining to a child, Gigglle will seek and obtain verifiable Parental Consent (as defined in this Privacy Policy) prior to implementing such changes.