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Pool Party Privacy Policy

Last updated August 7th, 2024

Thank you for using Pool Party!

Pool Party is an app that allows you to share photos and other content with your friends.

When you use our Products, you provide personal information to us. The following privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) is intended to help you understand what personal information we collect, how we use it and disclose it, how long we retain it, and what choices you have about it.

This Policy does not cover information that does not identify you. The Policy also does not cover the practices of users on Pool Party. Users who view content you share through Pool Party might save that information outside of our Products using other tools.

1. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide

When you use Pool Party, we collect personal information that you provide to us. This includes:

Account Information

When you set up an account, we may ask you to provide information about yourself, including your name, phone number, email address, and date of birth.

Biographical Information

We may also ask you to provide us with some additional personal information about you that will be visible in our Products, such as a profile picture.

B. Information We Get When You Use Our Products

When you use our Products, we collect additional personal information based on your activity and other personal information you might choose to provide.

Information we collect and use includes:

Usage And Activity Information

We collect information about when and how you use our Products. Among other things, this includes content you share. It also includes who you invite and connect with, web pages you visit, links you share, content you may share to other platforms through integrations (i.e. social sharing), queries you submit to us, and what kind of content you’re interested in.

Photos

If you choose to share photos on Pool Party, we will store the photos you share. The photos you share may include metadata that provides more information about the photos, such as the date and/or time where a photo was taken and the location where a photo was taken. If they do, we collect the metadata that comes with them.

Pools

If you create a collection of photos (a “Pool”), we will store the information you or other users contribute in connection with that Pool, such as the title and any other information provided about the Pool or its contents.

Tagging Information

We may invite users to identify their friends in photos contained in a Pool and retain these tags over time to identify individuals who appear in other photos.

SMS Messages

We may allow you to invite friends to the app or send them content through SMS messages. We may store information associated with those SMS messages, such as links you share from the app or logs of activity related to these messages. We do not store the content of these SMS messages.

Other Communications

We collect information about the messages you send us when you contact us with questions or feedback, including the contents of those messages.

Log Data And Device Information

We may collect information from and about the devices you use. In particular, we may collect information about log-in authentication attempts and successful authentications, your hardware and software, such as the hardware model, operating system version, device memory, unique application identifiers, apps installed, unique device identifiers, browser type, and information about your wireless and mobile network connections, such as mobile phone number, service provider, IP address, and signal strength.

Cookie Information

We use cookies (small text files sent by your computer each time you visit our website, unique to your account or your browser) to get log data. Some of these cookies are used to help us understand how you use our Products, how many people use our service, and how they use it.

Web and Logged-Out Activity

If you visit any web pages associated with Pool Party, with or without being logged into an account, we may collect and retain information associated with you, including identifiers, device information, session information, details of your activity, cookies, or other information.

C. Information From Third Parties

Service Providers

We may receive information about you from our service providers.

2. How We Use The Information We Collect

We use the personal information we collect to provide our Products to you and to improve them. Specifically, we use the data we collect to:

  • Register your account, verify your identity (e.g., checking that your phone number belongs to you), and verify the accuracy of your information.
  • Develop, operate, improve, maintain, and protect our Products.
  • Personalize our Products. We personalize our Products in a number of ways.
    • We may suggest photos from your camera roll for you to upload to the app.
    • We may suggest content to share based on who appears in a photo you upload, using image recognition or image tagging tools that help recognize faces within photos.
    • We may invite users to tag their friends in content within a shared Pool and retain these tags over time to identify content of the same person within shared Pools. Face tags are only used for the purposes of identifying visual subjects across images within shared Pools. Nonetheless, in certain regions, applicable laws might define information collected or generated in relation to recognizing and tagging individuals in visual content as a biometric identifier, biometric information, or biometric data.
    • We do not use facial recognition technology for any other purposes besides providing you the Services. We may share this information with third party service providers only as needed to provide these Services, or where required by law. Limited developer personnel may also access this information as needed for product support, improvement, or compliance purposes.
  • Send you communications. For example, we may use email, text messages, or app-based notifications to respond to support inquiries, share information about our Products, and tell you what’s happening on Pool Party.
  • Verify and enhance the safety and security of our Products.
  • Verify and analyze user engagement, trends, and usage.
  • Assess the efficiency of our advertising campaigns on other platforms.
  • Handle and record user rights requests, including opt-ins and opt-outs.
  • Prevent fraud or other unauthorized or illegal activity.
  • Enforce, investigate, and report conduct violating our Terms of Service other policies.
  • Respond to requests from law enforcement agencies or other government agencies, and comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

We reserve the right to proactively assess or review any type of User Content you upload to Pool Party, or any other personal information you provide, in order to maintain our users’ safety and to detect and prevent illegal activities.

3. How We Disclose The Information We Collect

We do not sell personal information about our users. We may, however, disclose that information to:

Other online services you connect to your account.

If you choose to link your Pool Party account to X (Twitter), Instagram, or any other services, we may disclose information to those other services at your direction when using our Products.

Services we use to market Pool Party

When we market our Products we may disclose information to the websites and apps we use to market our Products, including Facebook, Google, X (Twitter), Microsoft, LinkedIn, Trade Desk, or others.

Service providers and other third parties

We employ third parties to process information on our behalf based on our instructions and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providers of services relating to cloud computing, analytics, security, enforcement of content policies, and user support.

Law enforcement or governmental or non-governmental organizations

If we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request; to protect the safety, rights or property of the public, any person or Pool Party; or to detect, prevent or otherwise address illegal conduct, fraud, security or technical issues, we may disclose information to law enforcement agencies, other governmental agencies, or private parties as needed.

Our wholly owned subsidiaries and affiliates

If we were to engage in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or proceeding that involves the transfer of the information described in this Policy, we would disclose your information to parties involved in such a process (for example, a purchaser).

4. How Long We Keep Information

We keep your personal information only for as long as we reasonably need it to provide our Products to you and fulfill the purposes described in this Policy. This is also the case for anyone that we disclose your personal information to and who carries out services on our behalf. In general, this means we will retain your personal information for as long as you have a Pool Party account.

We may delete some personal information earlier based on changes to your account settings, such as if you instruct us to delete your information. When we no longer need to use your personal information and there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we’ll remove any information that can identify you from our systems.

Content you create is generally with some exceptions, such as where we are required to retain it longer by law.

If an item of content is deleted by its creator, we may retain a copy of it temporarily in storage, but will delete it from our backups within a reasonable amount of time.

5. Managing Your Information

There are a variety of ways you can manage the personal information we have about you. Specifically, you can:

  • Request access to the information we collect and hold about you. We'll aim to provide this to you within 30 days after you submit your request to community@poolparty.com.
  • Have your information corrected or deleted. You can update your information through the app, or request that we help you update your content to community@poolparty.com. You can delete your information within our Products by deleting individual items or folders of content, deleting your account in your account settings, or by making a written request to our team, depending on the type of information you are requesting to delete.
  • Opt out of push notifications. If you opt in to receive push notifications within the Products, we may send push notifications or alerts to your mobile device from time to time. You can deactivate push notifications and alerts at any time by changing your device settings, changing the push notification settings within the Products, or deleting the app from your iOS device.
  • Pause or reduce notifications. If you want to pause notifications for a while, or reduce the number of notifications we send you, you can do so in your account settings page.
  • Revoke consent you have given or object to us processing your information. You can revoke any consent you have given us by adjusting your settings, or object to processing personal information in certain circumstances.

To use these tools please visit your account settings, our FAQ, or your device settings.

6. Storing Information

We are based in the United States and rely on cloud storage providers that store user data on our behalf in the United States. When you use our Products, your personal information may be transferred and stored in the United States, for the purposes described in this Policy. The privacy protections and the rights of authorities to access your personal information may be different than other countries.

7. Revisions

We may change this Policy from time to time. If we do, we’ll post any changes on this page. We will provide a more prominent notice or get your consent where required by law.

8. Contact Us

The best way to manage personal information about you as described above or get in touch with us is through your account settings or via our FAQ.

For more support, you can contact us at community@getpoolparty.com.

California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures

Last Modified: August 7th, 2024

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires us to disclose categories of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties to whom we disclose it, which we have explained above. This notice supplements information contained in our Privacy Policy and applies solely to residents of the State of California (“consumers” or “you”).

Any terms defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended from time to time (“CCPA”) have the same meaning when used in this notice and policy. This notice and policy does not reflect our collection, use, or disclosure of California residents’ personal information, or data subject rights, where an exception under the CCPA applies.

1. Your Rights To Access And Deletion

Access. You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we collect, use, or disclose about you. You can submit a request for this information at community@poolparty.com.

Deletion. You also have the right to request the deletion of personal information. You can submit a request for the deletion of personal information at community@poolparty.com.

Correction: You can ask us to correct the personal information that we hold about you. You can submit a request for correction via community@poolparty.com.

Verification. Pool Party may ask you to provide certain information to verify your identity. The information that we ask you to provide to verify your identity will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue. Pool Party will respond to your request in accordance with the CCPA. If we deny your request, we will explain why.

Exceptions. In accordance with the CCPA, Pool Party will not provide the following information in response to access requests for the following reasons:

  • Account data such as account passwords and identity verification codes, unmasked phone numbers, or email addresses, because of the sensitive nature of the information.
  • Other users’ and employees’ personal information, including the names and account information of individuals who may have invited you to the app, other users’ feedback, and employees’ comments because the information belongs to other individuals and disclosing it may impact their rights.
  • Internal proprietary attributes that enable us to provide various aspects of our app, including content customization, suspension decisions, and content suggestions, because the information is protected by federal and state trade secret law.
  • Server logs that are older than 30 days because we use these to ensure the security and integrity of our app.

Pool Party does not sell the personal information of its users. When a business sells your personal information, you have a right to opt out. Pool Party does not sell, and in the preceding 12 months did not sell, California residents’ personal information. Pool Party does not have actual knowledge that it sells the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.

2. Personal Information Handling Practices

Below you will find a list of the categories of personal information we collect about California residents and have collected in the preceding 12 months. For each category of personal information we have collected, we reference the category or categories of personal information in the CCPA that most closely describe the personal information.

Personal Information Handling Practices

CCPA Category
Category Of Personal Information We Collect
Type of Third Party to Which Disclosed
Identifiers
Name, username, telephone number, e-mail address, IP address, profile picture, information provided in user’s profile
Third parties and service providers Government regulatory authorities
Categories listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Name, username, age, telephone number, e-mail address, IP address, profile picture, preferred language, interests, app usage and activity information, friend lists, messages sent and received from other Pool Party users, questions or feedback sent to Pool Party
Third parties and service providers Other online services connected to Pool Party Government regulatory authorities
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law
Age
Third parties and service providers
Commercial information
App usage and activity information, friend lists, questions or feedback sent to Pool Party
Third parties and service providers Other online services connected to Pool Party Government regulatory authorities
Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web website, application, or advertisement
IP address, domain name, browsing history, browser type and settings, operating system, network information, service provider, signal strength, device type, device memory, device’s call log data, unique application identifier, unique device identifier, apps installed on device, time of visit, duration of visit, date and time stamps of actions
Third parties and service providers Government regulatory authorities
Geolocation data
IP address; metadata (e.g. associated with content) which may include location information (such as photo content)
Third parties and service providers
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
Visual information that may be shared in content (such as photo content)
Third parties and service providers Government regulatory authorities
Sensitive personal information, such as:- data generated when you interact with others on the services, such as the content of your photo or text messages to others- any sensitive biographical information you provide publicly, such as information about your race or ethnicity
Information that may be provided to us when interacting on the services, such as photo content
Third parties and service providers Government regulatory authorities
Inferences drawn from the information above
Information about user activity and the contents of communications used to personalize recommendations regarding content to share, people a user might know, or other content a user might want to share or participate in on Pool Party.
Third parties and service providers

Pool Party collects this personal information from the following sources:

  • Information Provided By You. When you use Pool Party, we collect personal information that you provide to us. When you set up an account, we may ask you to provide information about yourself, including your name, phone number, email address, and age (“Account Data”). We may also ask you to provide us with some additional personal information that will be visible to other users you are connected with in our Products, such as a profile picture, any profile information you provide (such as an account name) to tell other Pool Party users more about you, and topics you’re interested in.
  • Information We Get From You When You Use Our Products. When you use our Products, we collect additional personal information based on your activity and other personal information you might choose to disclose. As discussed in our Privacy Policy, this may include usage and activity information, content such as photos, metadata from content, other communications, log data and device information, and cookie data. Pool Party may collect information from the computer, tablet, phone, or other device that you install our mobile application on, that you use to access our Products, or that you use to open an email or click on an advertisement from Pool Party. Pool Party does not respond to “do not track signals.”
  • Pool Party collects, uses, retains, and discloses this personal information for the following purposes:
    • Register your account, verify your identity, and verify the accuracy of your information.
    • Develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain, and protect our Products.
    • Personalize our Products by suggesting content we think you might be interested in, or by prompting you to share content. We also use this information to (i) suggest users you might like to invite; and (ii) suggest your profile to other users.
    • Send you communications via email or text message. For example, we may use email or text messages to respond to support inquiries, disclose information about our Products, highlight content we think you might like, tell you about features we think you might like to hear about, or suggest ways to improve your Pool Party experience.
    • Verify and enhance the safety and security of our Products
    • Verify and analyze user engagement, trends, and usage
    • Handle and record consumer rights requests, including opt-ins and opt-outs
    • Prevent fraud or other unauthorized or illegal activity
    • Enforce, investigate, and report conduct violating our Terms of Service or other policies
    • Respond to requests from law enforcement agencies or other government agencies, and comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

3. Disclosure Of Personal Information

In the preceding 12 months, Pool Party disclosed the above categories of personal information to the following categories of third parties for a business purpose, in some cases as directed by you:

  • Third parties and service providers that provide products or services to us. In particular, companies that help us support our Products or provide services to you. Pool Party may use third parties or service providers to process information on our behalf based on our instructions and for the purposes described in the Privacy Policy, audit interactions and transactions with you, address security, fix errors, maintain accounts and provide customer service, assist with our internal research, and verify service quality or safety.
  • Other online services you connect to your account. If you link your account to a social media services, such as X (Twitter), Instagram, or any other services, we may disclose your information to those other services at your direction when using our Products.
  • Government regulatory authorities. We may disclose your personal information to relevant government regulatory authorities if we believe the disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation; protect the safety, rights or property of the public, or any person or Pool Party; or to detect, prevent or otherwise address illegal conduct, fraud, technical or security issues.

4. Non-Discrimination

Pool Party will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

5. Authorized Agent

In addition to exercising your rights yourself, you may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests under the CCPA on your behalf. In order to do this, we may ask you to verify the request directly using the phone number or email address connected to your account, or via other means. The information Pool Party asks you to provide to verify your identity may depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information at issue.

Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at community@getpoolparty.com.