Eyetem Privacy Policy

When you use services from Squint Systems Inc., you’ll share some information with us.
So we want to be upfront about the information we collect, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the controls we give you to access, update, and delete your information.

That’s why we’ve written this Privacy Policy. And it’s why we’ve tried to write it in a way that’s blissfully free of the legalese that often clouds these documents. Of course, if you still have questions about anything in our Privacy Policy, just contact us at contact@eyetem.com.

You should read our entire Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

There are three basic categories of information we collect:

Information you choose to give us.
Information we get when you use our services.
Information we get from third parties.

Information (including text and photos) that you choose to give us when using the Eyetem app and information that we get when you use our services are transmitted to and stored on our servers at https://eyetem.net, which are controlled and owned by Squint Systems Inc.

Here’s a little more detail on each of these categories.

Information You Choose to Give Us

When you interact with our services, we collect the information that you choose to share with us. For example, most of our services require you to set up a basic account, which may include a user id and payment account identifiers. Other services, such as commerce products, may also require you to provide us with a debit or credit card number and its associated account information.

Of course, you’ll also provide us whatever information you send through our services, such as event information, discussions about events, and private messages. Keep in mind that the users you send such content to can always save that content or copy it outside the app. So, the same common sense that applies to the internet at large applies to Eyetem as well: Don’t send messages or share content that you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.

It probably goes without saying, but we’ll say it anyway: When you contact customer support or communicate with us in any other way, we’ll collect whatever information you volunteer.

Information We Get When You Use Our Services

When you use our services, we may collect information about which of those services you’ve used and how you’ve used them. We might know, for instance, that you created a particular event, sent a particular message, or received a particular payment. Here’s a fuller explanation of the types of information we collect when you use our services:

Usage Information. We collect information about your activity through our services. For example, we may collect information about:

how you interact with our services.
how you communicate with other users.

Content Information. We collect content you create on our services, and information about the content you create or provide, such as if the recipient has viewed the content and the metadata that is provided with the content.
Device Information. We may collect information about when you access our services. You may choose to enable communications over TOR, in which case, your IP address may not be visible to us.
Location-related information. We use location-related information, such as your current and past locations, to notify you about new and past events near you, and which may affect public safety. Eyetem will use location-related information in the background to notify you about events near you and help you communicate safely with Eyetem users who are actually near these events. Location-related information includes precise device GPS locations (if you've allowed us to collect it).
Other Technologies. We may use technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features.

Information We Collect from Third Parties

If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure the performance of ads.

How We Use Information

What do we do with the information we collect? The short answer is: Provide you with an amazing set of products and services that we relentlessly improve. Here are the ways we do that:

develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain, and protect our products and services.
send you communications.
monitor and analyze trends and usage.
provide and improve ad targeting and measurement.
enhance the safety and security of our products and services.
prevent fraud or other unauthorized or illegal activity.
use information we’ve collected to enhance our services and your experience with them.
enforce our Terms of Service and other usage policies.

How We Share Information

We may share information about you in the following ways:

With other Eyetem users. We may share the following information with other Eyetem users:

information about you, such as your username.
information about how you have interacted with our services.
any additional information you have directed us to share.
content you post or send. How widely your content is shared depends on your personal settings.

With all Eyetem users, our business partners, and the general public. We may share the following information with all Eyetem users as well as with our business partners and the general public:

public information like your username.
Content submissions that are set to be viewable by Everyone and any content that you submit to an inherently public service. This content may be viewed and shared by the public at large both on and off our services, including through search results, on websites, in apps, and in online and offline broadcasts.

With our affiliates. We may share information with affiliates of Squint Systems Inc.
With third parties. We may share your information with the following third parties:

With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf.
With business partners. We may share information about you with business partners that provide services and functionality.
With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is needed to:
With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Squint Systems Inc. gets involved in a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation or bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with that company before and after the transaction closes.

We may also share with third parties—such as advertisers—aggregated, non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information.

Third-Party Content and Integrations

Our services may also contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information (including personal information) directly to the third party, us, or both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. As always, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service that you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.

Analytics and Advertising Services

Provided by Others

We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies on our services. These companies may collect information about how you use our services over time and combine it with similar information from other services and companies. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your activity.

Additionally, some companies, including our affiliates, may use information collected on our services to measure the performance of ads and deliver more relevant ads on behalf of us or other companies, including on third-party websites and apps. For more information about interest-based ads and the choices available to you, go here.

Provided by Us

We may collect information about your activity on third-party services that use cookies and other technologies provided by us. We use this information to improve our advertising services, including measuring the performance of ads and showing you more relevant ads.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We store your basic account information until you ask us to delete them. If account information is associated with content we’ll retain that location as long as we store the content.
We store location information for different lengths of time. If location information is associated with content we’ll retain that location as long as we store the content.
There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend our deletion practices if we receive valid legal process asking us to preserve content or if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service violations. Finally, we may also retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time or as required by law.

Children

Our services are not intended for—and we don’t direct them to—anyone under 13. And that’s why we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. In some cases, this means we will be unable to provide certain functionality to these users.

Revisions to the Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. But when we do, we’ll let you know one way or another. Sometimes, we’ll let you know by revising the date at the top of the Privacy Policy that’s available on our website and mobile application. Other times, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our websites’ homepages or providing you with an in-app notification).