Privacy Policy Last Updated: September 30, 2023

Platform (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy elucidates how we collect, utilize, share, and protect information in association with the Platform application ("Service" or "Application"). This policy is formulated in alignment with the Florida Information Protection Act (FIPA) and other pertinent laws, ensuring stringent adherence to provisions mandated under Florida law.

1. Information Collection

1.1. User Registration and Profile: When establishing an account,  we collect and utilize various information provided by the user, including but not limited to username, password, email, physical address, and additional voluntary information such as gender, phone number, or birth date. This information is utilized to personalize user experience and can include preferences in clubs. Some of the submitted information, like first name, last initial, and any uploaded content, may be publicly displayed as part of the user profile. Users have the option to modify certain information through account settings. Any unauthorized account creations using your personal information can be flagged for removal.

1.2. User Submissions: Content posted to the Service, including photos, votes, and other materials, is gathered and is intended for public viewing. Contributions such as reviews, votes, land posts, along with elements of the user profile like name, city, and profile photos, are visible to the public. This also includes user interactions and activities like voting on clubs.

1.3. Usage and Log Data: Interaction with our Service leads to the collection of log data and usage info, including IP addresses, device specifics, access timestamps, browser types, and location data, provided during the use of our service, either through a computer or mobile device. Information about the user's location is also acquired when our mobile applications are enabled and in use, even when running in the background. Users have the option to manage, limit, or restrict the collection of location data through their device or browser settings, adjusting privacy settings as required.

1.4. Tracking Technologies: Cookies and analogous tracking technologies may be employed to gather information regarding your Service interaction. These technologies, including web beacons, tags, scripts, and local shared objects like HTML5 and Flash, may contain unique identifiers and gather information such as your browser type, search preferences, IP address, and data related to the advertisements with which you have interacted. This information is collected through various sources such as your computer or mobile device, our emails, and our web pages. These technologies may be persistent, or they may only store data during an individual session, transmitting information about your use of the Service, including the time and nature of your interactions.

2. Utilization of Information

The information is instrumental in improving, sustaining, and delivering the Service; addressing user inquiries and feedback; scrutinizing and interpreting usage and trends; preventing unauthorized transactions and other forbidden activities; and in issuing technical alerts and updates. We leverage this information to fulfill various functions including enhancing service quality, conducting analytic research related to the Service, personalizing user experiences, tracking service usage, giving feedback to Clubs listed on the Service, displaying relevant advertisements, marketing the Service, offering customer support, communicating with users, safeguarding and backing up our systems, enabling disaster recovery, reinforcing service security, and ensuring compliance with legal mandates. This occurs even if the information isn’t permanently retained, as it must initially be transmitted to our servers and temporarily stored to facilitate processing.

3. Information Disclosure

We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your personal information, ensuring it is neither sold nor rented to third parties without consent, except under specific circumstances detailed herein. Information may be disclosed to comply with legal obligations, including obligations under Florida law and FIPA, or to law enforcement or government agencies if mandated by law. We may also disclose information about you if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for legal processes, to investigate or prevent potential wrongdoing in connection with the Service, or to protect our rights, reputation, property, our users, affiliates, or the public. If any content is flagged or complaints are made through the Service, we may share the substance of such complaints with the content contributor to allow them an opportunity to respond.

4. Security and Storage

4.1. Security Measures: Various safeguards are instituted, but absolute security is not guaranteed. We cannot assure the security of transmitted information or pledge protection against unauthorized access. It is important to note that no method involving the Internet, mobile devices, or electronic storage is entirely secure. Thus, although we endeavor to shield your personal information by employing commercially recognized protective methods, we cannot assure its unmitigated security.

5. User Choices

5.1. Account Information: Amend or correct your account information at any time through account settings.

5.2. Cookies: Cookies can be disabled; however, it may impede Service usability.

6. Child Privacy Protection

6.1. Age Restriction: Our Service is specifically designed for users above the age of 21, and we consciously avoid the collection of information from anyone younger. Our Service is designed for a broad audience and is not aimed anyone below 21. We deliberately avoid collecting personal information from anyone under 21. Should you discover that a child has shared personal information with us without the consent of a parent, please inform us immediately, and we will act promptly to delete such information and deactivate the account.

7. Amendments to Privacy Policy

7.1. Policy Alterations: Any adjustments to this Privacy Policy will be signaled by updating the "Last Updated" date.We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy periodically. The prevailing version of the Privacy Policy will dictate our procedures for collecting, utilizing, and disclosing information about you. If substantial alterations are made to this policy, we will inform you by presenting a notification on the Service before or on the day the modifications become operational. Your continued access or utilization of the Service post-modification signifies your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

8. Contact

For any queries or concerns regarding this policy, please contact us at poppinmiami@gmail.com.

9. Compliance with Florida Law

This policy is compliant with the Florida Information Protection Act (FIPA) and is governed by the laws of the State of Florida, ensuring the rightful protection of personal information and adherence to state-mandated disclosure requirements in case of data breaches.