Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how Faktum ("we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website, mobile applications, and other online products and services (collectively, the "Services").
Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us when you:
- **Create an account**: When you register, we collect information from your Google account, including your name, email address, and profile picture URL.
- **Submit content**: When you submit facts or other content, we collect the content you provide and metadata about your submission.
- **Report issues or bugs**: When you report issues or make suggestions, we collect the information you provide, including your browser information/user agent.
- **Communicate with us**: When you contact us directly, we collect the information you provide in those communications.
- **Create an account**: When you register, we collect information from your Google account, including your name, email address, and profile picture URL.
- **Submit content**: When you submit facts or other content, we collect the content you provide and metadata about your submission.
- **Report issues or bugs**: When you report issues or make suggestions, we collect the information you provide, including your browser information/user agent.
- **Communicate with us**: When you contact us directly, we collect the information you provide in those communications.
Information We Collect Automatically
When you access or use our Services, we may automatically collect information about you, including:
- **Log information**: We collect log information about your use of the Services, including your browser type, access times, pages viewed, and IP address.
- **Device information**: We collect information about the device you use to access the Services, including hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- **Usage information**: We collect information about your use of our Services, such as the facts you interact with, your guesses, votes, and other actions you take.
- **Cookies and similar technologies**: We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior and preferences. For more information, see the "Cookies and Similar Technologies" section below.
- **Log information**: We collect log information about your use of the Services, including your browser type, access times, pages viewed, and IP address.
- **Device information**: We collect information about the device you use to access the Services, including hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- **Usage information**: We collect information about your use of our Services, such as the facts you interact with, your guesses, votes, and other actions you take.
- **Cookies and similar technologies**: We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior and preferences. For more information, see the "Cookies and Similar Technologies" section below.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our Services
- Create and maintain your account
- Process and record your interactions with facts (guesses, submissions, etc.)
- Track and analyze usage and activity trends
- Enhance the safety and security of our Services
- Communicate with you about our Services
- Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of our Services
- Develop new features and Services
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect our rights and property
- Provide, maintain, and improve our Services
- Create and maintain your account
- Process and record your interactions with facts (guesses, submissions, etc.)
- Track and analyze usage and activity trends
- Enhance the safety and security of our Services
- Communicate with you about our Services
- Monitor and analyze the effectiveness of our Services
- Develop new features and Services
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect our rights and property
How We Share Your Information
We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
- **With service providers**: We may share information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that perform services for us, such as hosting, data analytics, and customer service.
- **For legal reasons**: We may share information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
- **To protect rights and property**: We may share information if we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves or others.
- **With your consent**: We may share information with your consent or at your direction.
- **In connection with a transfer of our business**: If we get involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization, partnership, asset sale, or other transaction, we may share or transfer information as part of that deal.
- **With service providers**: We may share information with vendors, service providers, and consultants that perform services for us, such as hosting, data analytics, and customer service.
- **For legal reasons**: We may share information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
- **To protect rights and property**: We may share information if we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves or others.
- **With your consent**: We may share information with your consent or at your direction.
- **In connection with a transfer of our business**: If we get involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization, partnership, asset sale, or other transaction, we may share or transfer information as part of that deal.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small data files stored on your browser or device. They may be served by the entity that operates the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by other companies ("third-party cookies").
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies (like web beacons and pixels) for several purposes, including:
- **Authentication**: To recognize you if you have logged into our Services.
- **Security**: To help keep our Services secure.
- **Preferences**: To remember your preferences and settings.
- **Functionality**: To provide functionality that helps us deliver our Services.
- **Session Management**: To help us recognize you as the same user across different pages and devices.
- **Authentication**: To recognize you if you have logged into our Services.
- **Security**: To help keep our Services secure.
- **Preferences**: To remember your preferences and settings.
- **Functionality**: To provide functionality that helps us deliver our Services.
- **Session Management**: To help us recognize you as the same user across different pages and devices.
Cookie Types We Use
- **Essential cookies**: Necessary for the website to function properly, including authentication and security.
- **NextAuth cookies**: Used for managing user sessions and authentication.
- **NextAuth cookies**: Used for managing user sessions and authentication.
Your Choices
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
Data Retention
We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which we collected it, or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.
User account information, facts, submissions, and interaction history are currently retained indefinitely, but we regularly review and assess the ongoing need to retain such information.
User account information, facts, submissions, and interaction history are currently retained indefinitely, but we regularly review and assess the ongoing need to retain such information.
Children's Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will promptly take steps to delete such information.
International Data Transfers
We are based in the United States and process and store information in the United States. Your information may be processed and stored in any country where we have operations or where we engage service providers. By using the Services, you acknowledge that your information may be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than your country.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- **Access**: You may request access to your personal information.
- **Correction**: You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- **Deletion**: You may ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
- **Portability**: You may request a copy of the personal information that we maintain about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format in certain circumstances.
- **Restriction**: You may request that we restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
- **Objection**: You may object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis for processing your personal information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
- **Access**: You may request access to your personal information.
- **Correction**: You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- **Deletion**: You may ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
- **Portability**: You may request a copy of the personal information that we maintain about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format in certain circumstances.
- **Restriction**: You may request that we restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
- **Objection**: You may object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis for processing your personal information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on this page with a "Last Updated" date at the top. Your continued use of the Services after any changes to our Privacy Policy indicates your agreement to the revised policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at [email protected].
Additional Information for California Residents
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes those rights and explains how to exercise them.
### Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.
### Deletion Request Rights
You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
### Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
### Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.
### Deletion Request Rights
You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
### Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
Additional Information for European Users
If you are a user in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, these additional provisions apply to you.
### Legal Basis for Processing
When we process your personal information, we will only do so when:
- We need to use your personal information to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., providing the Services you have requested).
- We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information, which may include: providing a secure and efficient Service, analyzing how our Services are used, and ensuring network and information security.
- We need to process your personal information to comply with a legal obligation.
- We have your consent to do so.
### Data Controller
Faktum is the data controller of the personal information we collect, and is responsible for the processing of such personal information.
### Data Protection Officer
Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at: [email protected].
### Legal Basis for Processing
When we process your personal information, we will only do so when:
- We need to use your personal information to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., providing the Services you have requested).
- We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information, which may include: providing a secure and efficient Service, analyzing how our Services are used, and ensuring network and information security.
- We need to process your personal information to comply with a legal obligation.
- We have your consent to do so.
### Data Controller
Faktum is the data controller of the personal information we collect, and is responsible for the processing of such personal information.
### Data Protection Officer
Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at: [email protected].
Additional Information for Users in Other Jurisdictions
Depending on where you live, you may have additional privacy rights. We are committed to honoring all valid requests as required by applicable laws in your jurisdiction.