If you are a consumer in the United States, Paaawow Privacy Policy (referred to as "this Policy") describes how Paaawow Technology Inc. and its affiliates (referred to as "Paaawow", "our", "we" or "us" in this Policy) collect, use, share, and protect your personal data, what choices you have relating to your personal data, and how you can contact us. Your use of this Platform indicates you agree to our collection, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Policy.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
ABOUT COOKIES AND SIMILIAR TECHNOLOGIES
OUR PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
- We take your privacy seriously.
- We are committed to protecting the security of your personal data.
- We comply with applicable data privacy laws when using your personal data.
- We only use it for lawful reasons you expect or that we explain to you in this document.
- We will limit our collection and use to details we really need or which you have provided.
- We will explain your rights to control your personal data to you and how to use them.
This Policy applies to the personal data that Paaawow collect and process when you interact with us as a customer, including when you interact with our websites, digital experiences, stores, online or offline events, promotions, or one of our other products or services, all of which are part of Paaawow's "Platform" and direct to this Privacy Policy. This Policy also applies to the personal data that Paaawow processes when you subscribe to receive marketing communications from us, communicate with us or engage with us via our Platform, or participate in contests, sweepstakes, and surveys.
Paaawow may provide you with additional privacy notices that will apply to certain personal data collected and processed by us. For example, we may provide additional notice to provide more specific information if you choose to take advantage of a particular partner promotion. This Policy does not apply to your personal data if you work for us as an employee or independent contractor, apply for a job at Paaawow, or interact with third party partners or websites that are linked to or accessible from Paaawow's Platform.
PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
Paaawow collects personal data directly from you, automatically when you use our Platform or interact with us, and from third parties. The definition of "personal data" depends on the applicable law of where you reside.
In some cases, we will collect and use your personal data from third parties (for example, Meta, X, Apple ID, etc.) within the scope of your consent. We process your personal data in accordance with the contracts signed with third parties and relevant laws and regulations. Please read the third party's personal data protection policy and user agreement in detail. If you refuse a third party to collect and use your personal data when providing services, you may be unable to use some of our functions.
In other cases, we may also use automated means to collect information. For example, we may use browser cookies and other similar technologies on our website. This information will not be used for any purpose other than those stated in this Privacy Policy. You can manage or delete cookies according to your preferences. Please note that if you actively provide your personal data (such as seeking customer service, etc.) on our website, mobile Internet applications, etc., you agree that we will, to the extent necessary, based on your needs, process the relevant personal data you actively provide.
When we talk about "Personal data" in this Policy, we are talking about the personal data defined in applicable law in the USA, which referred in this Policy.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
- Identity Data includes name, password, etc.
- Contact Data includes location information, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers, etc.
- Transaction Data includes payment method, payment time, payment amount, Billing address, etc.
- Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services, for example, usage frequency, device settings, historical records, etc.
- Other Data including data about when you use our different kinds of the services for the pets, like location tracking, health monitoring, social sharing, etc. This
- data may be collected by us according to your selection on such services we provided.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
Paaawow collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes the personal data we collect for the following business and commercial purposes:
1. Paaawow membership accounts
When using some channels and services, you may choose to register/log in to a Paaawow member account as needed so that you can enjoy more optimized products/services. In the Paaawow member account function scenario, the personal data we collect and its uses are as follows:
| Functional Scenario | Collection Purpose and Usage |
|---|---|
| User registration and login | When registering a user account, we need you to provide your mobile phone number, email address. The login password will be used as the user's identity when logging. |
| Device binding and activation | After you complete the registration of our member account, we will recommend that you provide your rough location information, which will help us understand you better and provide you with a better |
| Location tracking | If you use the location tracking service, we need to collect your pets' geographic coordinates and travel trajectory. We have to notice that if you are accompanying with your pets, we may also collect your location information. |
| Health monitoring | If you use the health monitoring service, we need to collect your pets' activity data, body temperature and heart rate to let you know the basic health condition of your pets. |
| Photo and Social sharing | If you use photo and social sharing service, we may need to collect your photo, photo timestamp, device model, geolocation, video content, comments, your like, etc. If you intend to use our taking picture function, we need to request your camera access; meanwhile, if you intend to upload the photo directly, we need to request your photo library access. |
| IMessage | If you use IMessage service, we need to collect your message content, timestamps, recipient ID and attachments. Please notice that IMessage service is used for you to communicate about your pets and relevant matters. We cannot control the users' act directly; therefore, if you think that any message you received are not legal, acceptable or unfriendly, please contact with us. |
| Sound Identification | If you use sound identification service, we need to request the pets' sound data; meanwhile, we need to request your microphone access. |
| Customer support | If you have any questions or doubts, you can contact with us. In order to respond you reasonably, we need to contact details, order history, communication content. |
| Information Notification | We will notify you the information about the activities, new products, etc. In order to protect your personal data and if you do not want to accept the information, you can close such notification. |
2. For event planning and management, including registration, attendance, connecting you with other event attendees, and contacting you about relevant events and services.
3. For Research, analytic, and improvement.
We use information to better understand how consumers engage with the Platform and our products and offerings, including consumer behavior and preferences. We administer surveys and questionnaires, such as for market research or member satisfaction purposes. We also use information for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our Platform and business operations, to develop services and features, and for internal quality control and training purposes. For example, we may use information about how consumers engage with Paaawow.com to search for and find products, to better understand the best ways to organize and present product offerings in our storefront.
4. To Operate, Improve and Maintain our Business, Products and Services.
We use the personal data you provide to us to operate, improve, and maintain our business, products, and services. We may use personal data about how you use our products and services to enhance your user experience and to help us diagnose technical and service problems and administer our Platform. We also use information to consider and implement mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, bankruptcies, and other business transactions such as financings, and as related to the administration of our general business, accounting, auditing, compliance, recordkeeping, legal and other internal functions.
5. To Protect Our or Others' Rights, Property or Safety.
We use information to protect the Platform and our business operations; to protect our rights or those of our stakeholders; to prevent, detect and investigate actual or suspected fraud, abuse, illegal use, unauthorized or illegal activities and access and other misuse; and where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of our Terms of Use.
6. To Comply with Legal Obligations.
We may also use your personal data as part of legal proceedings, to respond to legal process, and to comply with court orders, governmental requests, or applicable law.
7. Other purposes.
We may also use your personal data in other ways and will provide specific notice at the time of collection and obtain your consent where necessary.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
The Platform is not directed towards, and we do not knowingly collect, sell, or share any personally identifiable information from or about children under applicable laws. If you become aware that a minor (according to applicable laws) has provided any personal data to us while using our Platform without the consent of a parent or guardian, please email us at the contact details below, and we will investigate the matter and, if appropriate, delete the personal data.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
We disclose your Personal data with the following categories of third parties to help us use your Personal data, as described above.
- Paaawow's vendors, and service providers. We may disclose personal data to our service providers, vendors and others for business purposes and to perform functions on our behalf (such as those who process orders, perform shipping and deliveries; host, manage and service our data; provide technical support or logistics services; secure our Platform; distribute emails; perform research and analysis; manage brand and product promotions; and administer certain services and features on our Platform).
- Other Platform Users. Your username and any information that you post to our Platform, including, without limitation, reviews, comments, and other text, will be available to, and searchable by, other users of the Platform. You can review and make changes to who can view your profile in your account settings.
- Law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other judicial bodies and organizations. We may also share your Personal data to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
For California Residents:
These types of sharing of your personal data may be deemed a "sale" or "sharing" of your personal data under California privacy laws.
California privacy laws define a "sale" as disclosing or making available personal data to a third party in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration, and "sharing" broadly includes disclosing or making available personal data to a third party for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising or with affiliates and business partners. We does not disclose, sell, share, or rent your personal data to third parties in exchange for money or compensation. Further, we do not "sell" or "share" sensitive personal data, nor do we "sell" or "share" any personal data (except their birth date) about individuals who we know are under the age of 16.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal data to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. You can opt out of targeted advertising by sending email to [~].
YOUR RIGHTS
Subject to applicable law and depending on where you reside, you may have some rights regarding your personal data, including but not limited to:
- Data Access: You may have the right to access personal data we hold about you.
- Data Correction: You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data that we retain about you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Data Deletion: You may have the right to delete your account and erase your personal data. However, please note that we reserve the right to retain some of your personal data where there are valid grounds for us to do so under applicable laws.
- Withdrawal of Consent: Where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you may also withdraw your consent by contacting us, while the withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
- Restriction to the Processing: If you would like to restrict our processing of your personal data, you may contact us. In specific jurisdictions, you may only have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data under certain circumstances.
- Right to opt out of disclosure for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising. You may request to opt-out of our disclosure of their personal data for cross context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising. We share your personal data with third parties (such as marketing and advertising networks and social platforms) for behavioral advertising or disclose your personal data to other third-party partners in accordance with your privacy settings and/or consent. These types of disclosures of your personal data may be deemed a "sale" or "sharing" of your personal data under applicable privacy laws.
- Right to non-discrimination (non-retaliation). You have the right not to be subject to discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights under certain laws. If you would like to exercise the aforementioned rights, please use the route provided in our Platform or contact us through the contact information below.
DATA RETENTION
We adhere to retention policies for the personal data we collect to ensure that it is not retained longer than necessary for the intended purpose. Different retention periods are applied to the various types of personal data collected by us in accordance with the service needs and regulatory requirements. Meanwhile, such personal data collected is retained in the territory of the USA.
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
We use a variety of technical, administrative, and organizational security measures, including
encryption and authentication tools in certain circumstances, that are intended to protect your
personal data. Please be aware that despite our efforts, no data security measures can guarantee
security. You can help keep your
data safe by taking reasonable steps to protect your personal data against unauthorized
disclosure or misuse.
ABOUT COOKIES AND SIMILIAR TECHNOLOGIES
Our website will use cookies and other methods to collect your mobile device identifier and combine the above information with information provided or generated when you use other products or services.Please kindly notice that we only use cookies to collect relevant personal data to provide the services, but we will not retain any relevant personal data we collected.
In order to provide a comprehensive overview of the list of third parties that access your web browser, we recommend that you install a web browser plug-in that enables this purpose. You can also choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or to turn off all cookies. You can do this through the browser settings on your browser and device. Each browser is slightly different, check your browser help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you may not be able to use many of the features that help our Platform run more efficiently, and some of our services may not function properly.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, pplease contact us using the information below:
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