Confused Bob

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 18, 2022

BoozApp, Inc. (“BoozApp” “we” “our”) has written this Privacy Policy to help you understand how we collect and use your personal information while you use and/or browse the BoozApp mobile app (“App”) and our official website located at https://booz.app (the “Website”). Collectively, the App and the Website are the “Service.”

1. WHAT TYPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES BOOZAPP COLLECT?

‍We collect the personal information that you voluntarily provide to us and we also automatically collect types of data, which do not identify you personally but may uniquely identify the device (e.g. your computer, tablet, or smartphone) you are using for the Service (“Device”). Based on your location, this type of data may be considered as personal information:

  • “Device Information,” which means technical information about your Device. When we refer to Device Information, this means your operating system and operating system version, Device ID, and the brand and manufacturer of your Device. If you are using the App, then Device Information will also include the version of the App that you are currently using.
  • “Location Information,” which means general information about the location from which you are using the Service (e.g. IP address, country, and city). If you have enabled location services on your Device, Location Information may also include your geolocation information.
  • Personal Information - Your birth month and year. We need to verify that you’re old enough to use the Service. You will only be asked to provide this information when you launch the App or visit the Website for the first time.
  • Email address, username, and password - Although you can browse some information without a BoozApp account (“Account”), you need an Account to access all of the Service’s features. You can create an Account by giving us your email address, username, and password, and we will use this information to create your Account so that you can: • Find prices of spirits, • Follow other users, bottles, and retailers, • Create and manage saved lists, • Record (and take pictures of) hunts/inventory, • find bottles and retailers on a map related to your geolocation, • and vote on prices.
  • Name and email address - Throughout the Service, there are several opportunities for you to interact with us via email. For example, you can contact us for customer support, apply for a job with us, or request that we review new spirits. If you contact us via email, we will collect and store the contact information you provide to us (e.g. your email address and your name) so that we can respond to you. If you send us your resume for an employment opportunity, we will use this information and any other personal information that you provide, to process your application and/or contact you in connection with your interest in employment. Also, if you want to receive occasional newsletters and other email updates about BoozApp (“Newsletters”), then you can provide us with your email address to subscribe. For instructions on how to opt-out of receiving Newsletters, please see Section 6.
  • Location Information and Device Information - Analytics – see Section 3 for more information.
  • Payment Information - BoozApp does not collect payment information from users.
  • Other Personal Information You Voluntarily Provide - We are always thinking of ways to add new features to the Service. If new features require you to provide personal information not included in this table, we will only use that personal information in connection with that feature and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

2. DO THIRD PARTIES HAVE ACCESS TO MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Yes. Like most companies, we use tools from service providers (“Service Providers”) to help us with various parts of our business, and depending on the service we need, these Service Providers may have access to your personal information. For example, we use a Service Provider’s email software to manage our Newsletter subscriptions, and if you have given us your email address to subscribe to the Newsletter, then your email address will be shared with that Service Provider. All personal information shared with Service Providers will be to allow BoozApp to better provide the Service in compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). While the CCPA is required for only California residents, BoozApp treats all of it user equally and will apply the same protections of the personal information for all of its users. We contractually require all Service Providers to treat your personal information as confidential information and to only use it for the services we need. However, we do not have direct control over how Service Providers use your personal information and we cannot guarantee that our Service Providers will use your personal information as required in our contract with them. For this reason, we are not responsible for our Service Providers’ misuse of your personal information.

BoozApp Service Providers

  • Google Analytics - Analytics
  • Mixpanel - Analytics
  • Heroku - Hosting
  • AWS - Hosting
  • MailerLite - Email Communication
  • Google Apps- Email Communication

In addition to allowing our Service Providers to have access to your personal information, we may share your personal information in the following situations:

A. Business Transfers. As we continue to develop our business, we may reorganize as a business entity, acquire entities, subsidiaries, or business units, or enter into joint ventures with third parties. In any of these types of transactions, any information you provide may be one of the transferred business assets (subject to any pre-existing privacy notice unless you consent otherwise). In the event that all or substantially all of our assets are acquired or we merge with a third-party, your information will likely be one of the transferred assets. You understand and agree that we reserve the right to transfer any information collected from you in the case of any such transfer. In such event, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

B. Legal. We may disclose information you provide to respond to subpoenas, court orders, requests from authorities, and other legal process, and to establish/exercise our legal rights. We may also disclose your information to defend against legal claims when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. We may share your information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, and situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.

3. HOW IS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION USED FOR ANALYTICS?

As an online business, it is important for us to know how users interact with our Service. We and our Service Providers will collect your Location Information and Device Information so that we can deliver our Service to our users, measure, analyze, and improve performance of the Service, and to continually update and develop our Service. For example, we will use this information to fix any bugs or errors in the App, evaluate the demographic of our users, and to determine whether or not we need to support a new Device type for the Service.

4. HOW LONG WILL BOOZAPP KEEP MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

How long we store your personal information will depend on the purpose that we originally collected it. We will not retain personal information for longer than is necessary for our business or for legal requirements.

5. OPTING OUT OF OR UNSUBSCRIBING FROM NEWSLETTERS

If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving Newsletters, you can click on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email. Please allow up to 24 hours before you stop receiving Newsletters. You may also continue to receive emails unrelated to marketing.

6. THIRD PARTIES AND THEIR PRIVACY POLICIES.

Throughout the Service, you will see links to third-party websites or services that are controlled by companies other than BoozApp. If you click on these links and visit the third-party websites or services, we are not responsible for the content or services provided by these third parties. You are subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of the third parties and we encourage you to review them.

7. IS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE?

The security of your information is important to BoozApp. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to BoozApp, both during transmission and once it is received. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. While no security system is completely secure, we and our third-party partners and vendors take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access or disclosure of the information we collect. For BoozApp, this includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that all Information is disclosed only on a "need to know" basis and ensuring that all information collected by BoozApp is done so via secured connections and protected and encrypted industrial grade security software to guard against unauthorized access.

8. HOW DO I ACCESS, MANAGE, AND UPDATE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

If you wish to review, update, or delete the information we have about you, you may do so by updating your settings in your Account, or you may contact us at privacy@booz.app and provide your email and username connected to your Account.

9. MINORS

We provide the Service to people who are able to drink according to any applicable alcohol consumption laws. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have received any type of information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete such information. Please contact us at privacy@booz.app if you believe we have collected information from a child.

10. FOR USERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

A. Legal Basis for Processing - ‍Our legal basis for collecting, using, and sharing your personal information will depend on the purpose for which we use your personal information. Typically, we will rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal information: (i) your consent; (ii) our legitimate interest; or (iii) contractual necessity. If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

‍B. Transfer of Personal Information Outside of the EU - ‍Because BoozApp and our Service Providers are located in countries outside of the European Union, your personal information may be transferred to other countries that may not offer the same level of data protection as the laws of your country of residence. We may rely on model contractual clauses or other protective mechanism for such transfers.

‍If you believe your rights under the GDPR have been infringed upon, you may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority of your country of residence. For contact information for your supervisory authority, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.

11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes as to how we collect, use, or disclose your information, we will notify you via email if we have your email address on record, or via a notice on the Website.

11. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@booz.app.