Privacy Policy

Summary of Key Points:

• You are not required by law to provide any personal data to us. However, some of our services require certain information to function fully, and without it, we may not be able to offer you the complete range of features.
• Our services are designed for individuals aged 16 and older or those who meet the minimum age requirements for data processing in their jurisdiction. Users under this age are prohibited from accessing our services.
• You may have rights to access, modify, delete, or limit the processing of your personal information. Details on these rights can be found under the "User Rights" section.
• If you have any questions about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at [email protected].

Information Collection and Use

Not-A-Word gathers a variety of data when you use or interact with our services. This includes both personal information and technical details related to your usage.

• Personal Information refers to any data that can identify you, such as your name, email, IP address, and other online identifiers.
• Non-Personal Information includes aggregated or anonymized data that does not identify you directly.

In some cases, we may combine personal and non-personal information, and in such instances, we will treat the resulting data as personal information.

Legal Basis for Processing under GDPR

The information we collect is processed for specific legal reasons under GDPR:

• Legitimate Interest: Certain personal data is processed based on our legitimate interest in providing and maintaining the product and services.
• Contractual Obligations: If you reach out to us for support, we may process your personal data to fulfill our obligations to you under our service agreement.
• Consent: We process certain data based on your explicit consent, where applicable.

We act as the Data Controller for the personal data we gather.

When interacting with our products or services, we may collect technical data like your device’s IP address, MAC address, and device specifications. This helps us ensure the proper operation of our services and improve the security and user experience.

In some cases, we may collect search queries tied to your IP address if you&aposre using specific features of our service and for fraud detection. Where possible queries are anonymized and aggregated.

If you choose to contact us, we may request your name and email address to respond to your inquiries. This information is retained for future reference, including for customer support.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Under CCPA, personal data does not include:

• Publicly available information from government records.
• De-identified or aggregated information that cannot reasonably identify an individual.

Here’s a summary of the types of personal data we collect:

We have disclosed your personal data to the following categories of third parties for business purposes over the past 12 months:

• Service providers
• Business partners

The CCPA defines “sharing” as “communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information” to “a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for money or other valuable consideration”. In other words, we may share your Personal Information with a third party to help serve personalized content or ads that may be more relevant to your interests and to perform other advertising-related services such as enabling our partners to serve such personalized content. In the preceding twelve (12) months, we “sell” or “share” Identifiers to Marketing and analytic tools for the purpose of targeted advertising.

User Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have several rights concerning your personal information:

• Right to Access: You can request a copy of the data we have collected about you.
• Right to Delete: You may request the deletion of certain data if it&aposs no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected.
• Right to Correct: If the information we hold is inaccurate or incomplete, you can ask us to update it.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can request to limit how we process your data in certain situations.
• Right to Object: If we process data based on our legitimate interests, you can object to this processing.
• Right to Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your data to another service provider.
• Non-Discrimination (California only): You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

The right to withdraw consent: Should you choose to restrict the sharing of your Personal Data with third-parties for the purpose of cross-contextual interest-based advertising, you have several options to opt out. Please be aware that unless you opt out with other companies and advertising networks as well, you may continue to receive customized advertisements based on information they have collected about you independently. To manage your preferences and opt out of interest-based advertising on desktop and mobile browsers, please visit the following sites:
Digital Advertising Alliance (US): https://www.aboutads.info/choices/
Digital Advertising Alliance (Canada): https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools
Digital Advertising Alliance (EU): https://www.youronlinechoices.com/
Network Advertising Initiative: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1

If you&aposd like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Security and Data Retention

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorized access or misuse. We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to provide the services and fulfill our legal obligations.

If a data breach occurs that affects your personal information, we will notify you and any relevant authorities as required by law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this document regularly for updates. The latest version will be indicated by the "Updated" section at the beginning.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].