PHINETWORKS Privacy Policy

1.Introduction
We, PHINETWORKS Corporation (“PHINETWORKS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), believe your privacy is important.
To fulfill our commitment to respecting and protecting your privacy, we will adhere to the following principles: 1.We will inform you of the personal information that will be collected, and, where appropriate seek your consent to collect, process, use, or disclose your personal information. 2.We will identify the purposes for which we will collect and further process your personal information. 3.We will only collect information that is necessary to carry out the identified purposes of use. 4.We will use or disclose your personal information only for the purposes for which it has been collected, except with your consent, or as required or permitted by applicable law, and we will retain your information only as long as necessary to fulfill those purposes. 5.We will endeavor to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. 6.We will implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. 7.We will make our policies and practices for the handling of your personal information as transparent as is reasonably possible. 8.You will have access to your personal information and will be able to correct your personal information as appropriate in accordance with your rights under applicable law. 9.We will be accountable to you. We are interested in hearing your opinion regarding our compliance with these principles, this Privacy Policy, and applicable laws.
2.Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how PHINETWORKS will process and safeguard your personal information, and the rights and choices you have with respect to your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to: personal information you provide us when you use the PHINETWORKS communication app (PHINETWORKS App”), optional services made available within the PHINETWORKS App, and other apps that integrate with or work in conjunction with the PHINETWORKS App (collectively “Apps”); personal information we collect when you visit websites maintained by us relating to our Apps (“Websites.” Apps and Websites are collectively referred to as “Services”); and personal information about you provided by other users of the Service.
3. Types of Personal Information We Collect
a. What Personal Information Does PHINETWORKS Collect?
To provide you Services, PHINETWORKS collects, uses, and transfers the following types of information:
i. Information Concerning Your Account
When you create a PHINETWORKS account in order to access the Services (an “Account”), PHINETWORKS will ask you to provide your Email Address. If you wish to access your Account from multiple devices (“Multiple Device Login”) or to transfer your Account from one device to another (“Account Transfer”), you will need to provide your email address and a password, so that we may associate these devices with your Account. We may use your registered e-mail address to provide you with important information about the operation of Services.
ii. Device Information and Access Logs When You Use Our Service
When you use Services, we may obtain and maintain certain electronic identification or log data that is automatically provided by your device such as: device type, OS type, IP address, browser information including type and language settings, device identifier, cookie data, advertising identifier or mobile application identifier.
This information is necessary as part of our ongoing efforts to detect and deter unauthorized or fraudulent use of, or abuse of, Services, as well as to provide you with customized options, and optimize the Service for your device. Also, please note that a third party advertising identifier may be associated with your Account through our internal identifier.
4. How We Use and Handle Your Information
a. Does PHINETWORS Give My Information to Third Parties?
Other than as described in this Privacy Policy and other applicable privacy policies or addendums, PHINETWORS will not provide your information to any third parties without your consent, unless we believe in good faith that we are required or permitted to do so under applicable laws.
b. Does PHINETWORKS Use Cookies or Other Similar Technologies?
We use cookies and similar local storage technologies.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer when visiting a website. This text file stores information that can be read by the website when visiting it again at a later date. Some of these cookies are necessary because otherwise the site is unable to function properly. Other cookies are convenient for the visitor: they remember your username in a secure way as well as your language preferences, for example. Cookies mean that you do not need to fill out the same information each time you visit a website.
We use cookies: •to help us maintain your session when you use Services and/or any Additional Service; •to enhance security of our systems; •to store your preferences and provide customized services to you; and •to help us understand how people use Services and to improve them.