PIPE PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to Pipe’s Privacy and Cookie Policy. This explains how Real Connections, Inc. (“Pipe” or “we” or “us”) uses, collects, processes, and shares personal data, including information obtained through the website https://pipe-gay.web.app/ , the Pipe mobile applications.

As a global LGTBQ social networking application, the Pipe App allows you to share sensitive information about yourself, including your sexual orientation and precise location, with us (and our necessary service providers), and other Pipe users.s

Note that Real Connections, Inc. is a U.S.-based company. By using the Pipe Services, you are transmitting information to the United States. If you are a resident of another country, note that the United States may not afford the same privacy protections as your country of residence.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND PROCESS.

When you use the Pipe Services, we collect personal data about you. “Personal Data” means any information that allows someone to identify you. While the following provides examples of the Personal Data that Pipe collects, note that not all Pipe Services collect all of the data listed below.

PERSONAL DATA YOU PROVIDE

• Account Credentials. In order to use the Pipe Services, you are required to provide an Account Authentication Mechanism (email, phone number, or a third-party social log-in like Facebook or Google). When creating an account, Pipe stores a hashed version of your Account Authentication Mechanism for authentication and/or verification purposes.
• Community Profile Information. When you create a Pipe account, you choose to provide us Personal Data about yourself for your public Pipe profile. For example, in the Pipe App, you may voluntarily provide your Personal Data, such as your photo, display name, relationship status, ethnicity, age or date of birth, gender, pronouns, email address, height, weight, body type, position, social network link, “Looking For,” “About Me,” “Favorites,” “Blocks,” “Tribes,” “Meet at,” “Accept NSFW Pics,” and any other information that you add to your profile on the Pipe App(“Profile Information”). You should carefully consider what Personal Data to include in your Community Profile, and you can review and change that information at any time by accessing the “Edit Profile” section of the App.
• Feedback/Support. If you provide us feedback or contact customer support, we collect your name and e-mail address and possibly other Personal Data (e.g. IP address), as well as any other content that you send to us in order to reply and address any issue. If you contact customer support, we also collect and retain certain technical diagnostic data, such as your phone model. We may keep records of our communication with you, including any complaints we receive from you about other users (and from other users about you).
• Mailing List. When you sign up for the Pipe Services, we collect your email address to send you Pipe news, Pipe Services updates, the latest information on products and services, and third-party offers with your consent.
• Surveys. When you participate in a survey, you provide us additional Personal Data through the survey. If the survey is provided by a third-party service provider, the third party’s privacy policy applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information.
• Partner Promotion. We collect Personal Data if you provide such data in the context of a Partner Promotion (described below).
• Photos, Videos and Audio. If you upload a photo or video, or send an audio message, while using the Pipe Services, you will be required to permit Pipe to access your camera, photo gallery, and microphone in which case Pipe will have access to the photos and videos stored in your photo gallery.
• Location and Distance Information. When you use the Pipe App, we collect your precise location (e.g. your latitude and longitude) ("Location") to determine your distance in feet or meters from other users (“Distance Information”). Please see Data Retention section for information on storage of this information. Should you choose not to allow the Pipe App to access your Location, certain features (such as displaying nearby user profiles or features that include Live Location Sharing) of the Pipe Services will not function properly. You may also revoke this permission and disable the location services on your device. You can do so on an iPhone by going to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, Pipe; and on Android, by going to Settings, Location, Pipe, Permissions, Location.
• Messages. When you send a message using the Pipe Services (which could include content such as photos, location, audio, video, emoji, etc.) to other users of the Pipe Services, we may collect Personal Data that includes the content of the message.
• User Activity. We collect certain Personal Data that is generated through your use of the Pipe Services. This Personal Data includes information about whose user profiles you have viewed, products and services you have purchased through the Pipe Services, how you’ve interacted with the App, and how you communicate with other users.

PERSONAL DATA WE RECEIVE FROM YOUR DEVICE WHEN YOU USE PIPE SERVICES

• Hardware and Software Information. We collect certain hardware and software information about you and your device such as device make, device model, carrier, data connection type, browser type, operating system, IP address, domain name, date/time stamp for your visit, app crashes, advertising IDs (e.g. Google’s ADID and Apple’s IDFA) which can be reset by going to your device’s setting). All of the foregoing collectively known as “Hardware and Software Information”.
• Sensor Information. We may collect sensor information such as barometric pressure, accelerometer measurements, gyroscope measurements, device orientation, magnetic field measurements, direction of travel, motion activity (e.g.,walking) or other similar measurements (“Sensor Information”) in order to serve you certain advertisements.
• Cookies, Log Files, and Other Tracking Technologies. We use cookies and URL information to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit and your searches. If you choose to disable cookies, some features of the Pipe Services may not work as expected. For more Information regarding cookies and other tracking technologies, please see Cookie Information below.

PERSONAL DATA WE RECEIVE FROM THIRD PARTIES

• Purchase Information. When you choose to make a purchase through the Pipe Services, you submit Personal Data such as your name, payment card information, billing information, address, telephone number, and email address to one of our third-party payment processors. Purchases cannot be made through Pipe Lite at this time.
Pipe does not receive or process payment card information directly; however, our third-party service providers may provide certain information to us (e.g., your name, phone number, partial payment card number, and email address). We use Stripe or Google Play for purchases on Android devices, Apple for purchases on Apple devices, and Stripe for purchases on Pipe Web Chat. Please review the Stripe, Google, and Apple privacy policies to better understand their practices.
  Pipe utilizes a Pipe-generated device identifier which enables us to track your in-app Pipe purchases over time. This device identifier is not used for third-party advertising and is used by Pipe to deliver you the Pipe Services including to ensure you receive effective and relevant marketing campaigns from Pipe.
• Consent Information. For users, Pipe utilizes OneTrust as its consent management platform to provide you with control over the data you permit us to share with third-party advertisers and analytics partners. As a result, Pipe receives your consent preferences from OneTrust (“Consent Preferences”). You can read OneTrust’s privacy policy here.
• Third-Party Platforms. If you use or connect to the Pipe Services or download the Pipe Services through a third-party platform, such as Facebook, Google, or WeChat, you allow us to access and/or collect certain information(e.g., date of birth, account identifier, etc.) from your third-party profile/account (“Third-Party Data”). We may also access information contained in tracking technology placed on your device by the third-party platform. Remember, when you elect to create a Pipe account via a third-party, you are also giving them Personal Data, so we recommend you read their privacy policies which control how they use your information and may also provide additional data management tools you can use.
• Third-Party Tracking. Our advertisers and certain service providers also use their own cookies or other tracking technologies (such as software development kits or “SDKs”) which may collect information about you within the Pipe Services. We prohibit them from tracking or monitoring certain sexual group identification data (e.g., Tribe). They will, however, receive the advertising ID associated with your device and know that the ID was identified on Pipe. You can find more information about third-party tracking technologies in our Cookie Policy section.
  Some Personal Data about your use of the Pipe Services and certain third-party services may be collected using tracking technologies across time and services, and used by us and third parties for purposes such as to associate different devices you use, and deliver relevant ads and/or other content to you on the Pipe Services and certain third-party services. Please see Your Choices section of this privacy policy to understand how you limit third-party tracking.

AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING.

• Your safety and security are important to us. As such, we use automated decision-making as a part of our platform moderation efforts (for example, removing spammers) including to assist in our efforts to prevent and respond to illegal, malicious, and unauthorized activity. If you are notified that your account has been banned and you believe this is an error, please email a Customer Support representative to seek an appeal.

HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

• Distance Information. The Pipe App is designed to allow users to share Distance Information. Distance Information is public and indicates to other users of the Pipe App the distance you are in feet or meters from them. Your Distance Information will be displayed in your profile in those users' search results should you elect to display your relative distance. Pipe App users can use the explore feature in the Pipe App to search for other users in a geographic location outside of their immediate location. Sophisticated users who use the Pipe App in an unauthorized manner, or other users who change their location while you remain in the same location, may use Distance Information to determine your exact location and may be able to determine your identity. You may choose to hide your Distance Information; however, the Pipe App will continue to sort and display your profile based on your relative distance from other users. Accordingly, even if you choose to hide your Distance Information, others may nevertheless be able to determine your Location. You can disable location services on an iPhone by going to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, Pipe and on Android, by going to Settings, Location, Pipe, Permissions, Location.
• Third-Party Tracking Companies. When you sign up for the Pipe Services, we share a portion of your Profile Information, Location Information, and demographic information with analytics partners. These third parties may also collect information directly from you as described in this Privacy Policy (e.g., IDFA/IDFV, device information) through tracking technologies such as cookies or SDKs. Our analytics partners are aware that such data is being transmitted from Pipe. The privacy policies of these third-party companies apply to their collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data. For example, one of our partners is Google Analytics, whose privacy policy can be found here. Google Analytics collects information and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. See Your Choices for information on your ability to opt-out of Google Analytics. Another partner, Braze, provides us with the technology to allow us to collect certain information and reports on usage trends without identifying individual visitors (e.g., daily active users, monthly active users, time in app, etc.) and tools which allow us to communicate with users (via inbox messages) within the Pipe App or out of app (e.g. via push notifications or email). Note that we do not share information about your Tribe or your HIV status with third-party analytics companies. You can also access more detailed information about the third parties that we disclose information to here. For California consumers, by accepting this Privacy and Cookie Policy, and by clicking that you “accept sharing” when creating a Pipe account, you are directing us to disclose the information described in this paragraph to third-party analytics companies. You can opt-out of this sharing by changing your preferences in the Consent Preference Center available within the Pipe App.
• Third-Party Advertising Companies. We share the Identifier for Vendor associated with your device (“IDFV”), your device's advertising identifier (“IDFA”), a portion of your Profile Information, and Location Information, with our advertising partners. These third parties may also collect information directly from you as described in this Privacy and Cookie Policy through tracking technologies such as cookies or SDKs. Our advertising partners are aware that such data is being transmitted from Pipe. The privacy policies of these third-party companies apply to their collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data. One of our main advertising partners is MoPub that helps Pipe deliver personalized advertising. You can follow the links to MoPub’s privacy notice and partner page. See Your Choices for information on your ability to opt-out of interest-based advertising. Note that we do not share information about your Tribe, your HIV status, or your Last Tested Date, with any advertising companies. For more information on third-party tracking technology, please visit Cookie Information. You can also access more detailed information about the third parties that we disclose information to here. Note that for California consumers, if you accept sharing with our advertising partners you are directing us to disclose the information described in this paragraph to third-party advertising companies. You can limit third parties’ uses of your Personal Data by going to the “Consent Preference Center” within the “Settings” menu within the App.
• Partner Promotion. From time-to-time we may offer contests, sweepstakes, or other promotions with third-party partners. If you decide to enter a contest, sweepstake, or promotion that is sponsored by a third-party partner the information that you provide will be shared with us and with them. Their use of your information is not governed by this Privacy Policy
• Business Transactions. If another company acquires, or plans to acquire our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the Personal Data collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Data as described in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
• Other Disclosures With Your Consent. We may explicitly ask if you would like us to share your information with other third parties who may not be described elsewhere in this policy. For example, we may ask you if you would like to back-up your account, or the information stored within your local device, to a third-party service such as Apple or Google cloud backup.
• Legal Obligations. Pipe may preserve or disclose Personal Data in response to a lawful legal request, including: subpoenas, warrants, or court orders; in connection with any legal process; to comply with relevant laws; to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies; or as otherwise required by law.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

• At Pipe, we take the privacy and security of your Personal Data seriously. We have a dedicated data security team that actively works to monitor the integrity and safety of the Pipe Services. We have strict policies in place to help protect Personal Data. We consistently strive to improve our defenses in the ongoing battle against bad actors. As such, we do not disclose any specific security tools or techniques we use so that we can better protect your Personal Data as we do not want to unwittingly educate those with malicious intent. That said, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is fully secure, and Pipe cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Data. In the event that we are required by law to inform you of any unauthorized access to your Personal Data, we may notify you electronically or in writing in accordance with applicable law.

YOUR RIGHTS.

• Some jurisdictions may give you the right to request that we:
• Provide you with information about our processing of your Personal Data and give you access to your Personal Data.
• Update or correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data.
• Delete your Personal Data.
• Transfer a machine-readable copy of your Personal Data to you or a third party of your choice.
• Restrict the processing of your Personal Data.
• Withdraw consent that you have previously given us. You may make this request at any time. Revocation of your consent will only apply to future processing activities and will not apply retroactively.
• Where your jurisdiction’s law allows, object reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis for processing of your Personal Data.
• While we honor the above requests if required to do so by law, there are situations in which we may not be able to agree to a particular request. For example, it is not possible for us to delete your Personal Data if we are required by law to keep it (e.g., for tax and accounting purposes), or if we need it to perform a contract with you. Similarly, access to your Personal Data may be refused if making the information available would reveal Personal Data about another person or if we are legally prevented from disclosing such information. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions.
• If you would like to submit a complaint about our use of your Personal Data or our response to your requests regarding your Personal Data, you may contact us.

How can you control cookies?

There are several options available for you to use in order for you to manage cookies and tracking technologies while using the Pipe Services.

• General Opt-Out. Most web browsers accept cookies automatically. You also may be able to configure your browser settings to use the Pipe Services without some cookie functionality. You can delete cookies manually or set your browser to automatically delete cookies on a pre-determined schedule. For example, in the Internet Explorer menu bar, select: Tools -> Internet Options -> Browsing History -> Delete to view manual and automatic options.
• To learn about how to manage cookies on popular browsers, please visit: Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, DuckDuckGo.
• You may also be able to reset device identifiers through settings on your mobile device. The procedure for managing device identifiers(e.g., IDFA) is different for each device. You can check the specific steps in the help or settings menu of your particular device.
• Flash Cookies.
• We may also use Flash cookies (also known as “persistent identification elements” or “local shared objects”) on certain websites. Because Flash cookies cannot be controlled through your browser settings, you may click here to adjust your preferences. You can also identify Flash cookies running on your computer by visiting the Flash Player folder. Flash cookies, or LSO files, are typically stored with a “.SOL” extension. Please note that if you block cookies, some functions on the Pipe Services may be unavailable, and we may not be able to present you with personally-tailored content.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

The following additional information relates to our privacy practices:

• Permissible Age. The Pipe Services are intended only for users eighteen (18) years of age and older (or twenty-one (21) years of age in places where eighteen (18) years is not the age of majority). We do not intentionally gather Personal Data about visitors who are under the age of majority. If you are aware that a child or minor has submitted Personal Data on the Pipe Services, please contact us using the information provided below, or using the in-app reporting tool, so that we can take appropriate action.
• Third-Party Applications/Websites. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for the privacy and data handling practices of other websites or applications. Once you click on a link to another website or third-party application, the terms of this Privacy and Cookie Policy do not apply.
• Changes To This Privacy and Cookie Policy. If we make a material change to this Privacy and Cookie Policy we will, at a minimum, attempt to notify you of that change either by sending an e-mail to the last e-mail address that you provided to us (if any) or by notifying you when you log into the Pipe Services.
• Translations. In the event there is a discrepancy between this English language version and any translations of this Policy, the English version shall prevail unless otherwise required under applicable law.
• Contact Information. Pipe welcomes your comments or questions regarding this Privacy and Cookie Policy. Please contact us by email at hello@windbreaker.app .

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