Beatbox School Data Privacy
Beatbox School Privacy Protection Summary
Thank you for using our products and services! We respect your concerns about privacy and appreciate your trust and confidence in us.
Here is a summary of the information contained in this privacy policy. This summary is to help you navigate the privacy policy and it is not a substitute for reading everything!
What information do you need to provide Beatbox School?
If you register an account to use Beatbox School then we will need some information from you to set this up (e.g., to set up a profile and validate your email address). To set up your account, we will need a nickname, email address, but no password. You can further refine and populate your profile with additional information. If you use the services available within Beatbox School (such as posting photos), we will process information to allow the services to operate.
How do we use your information?
We use your information to provide Beatbox School to you, allow you to communicate with other users, and to use the features of the Beatbox School. We use your information for account set-up, to facilitate communications, provide support, allow you to access features of Beatbox School, and to improve Beatbox School. Beatbox School uses usernames only to get in contact with others as well as their location. But Beatbox School is not using the phone number or email address.
Who do we share your data with?
We do not share your information with any third parties, except where we need to in order to provide the service (e.g., use SMS/email service providers for account validation; for mapping services; for other point-of-interest services; using our affiliates around the world to help us to deliver Beatbox School) or if we are instructed to by a court, authority or compelled by law. We use these third party services solely to process or store your information for the purposes described in this policy. Any third party (selected by us) with whom we share user data is required to provide the same or equal protection of user data as stated in this policy.
Where do we process your data?
Our servers are located in Germany. We also have support, engineering and other teams that support the provision of Beatbox School to you, located around the world. Your data may be accessed from such locations. Rigorous internal control measures are undertaken to strictly limit access to your data by designated team members.
How long do we keep hold of your data?
The time we retain your information for depends on the type of information. If you instruct us to delete your Beatbox School account, your information is deleted as soon as possible but not later then 365 of the latter of verification of account ownership and receiving your account deletion request.
How can I exercise my rights over my data?
Depending on where you live, you may have special rights over your data and how we can use it. These include how you can access the data, erasing the data, restricting how your data can be used, objecting to its use, and getting a copy of your information.
How will we notify you of changes?
If there are any significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update the policy here.
Contact Information for Dispute Resolution
If you have any concerns or complaints, please contact us via info@beatbox-interactive.com. Data Controllers:
Misko Flury – Beatbox-Interactive
Pirazzistraße 41, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Beatbox School Privacy Policy
INTRODUCTION
Bum Pf, Bum Pf! Welcome Beatbox friend!
The use of our services (being the Beatbox School mobile app, the website www.beatbox-chatter.com or any third party platforms through which Beatbox School is provided) (together, ” Beatbox School “) involve the processing of your Information.
This privacy policy explains the when, how, and why when it comes to processing of your Information in connection with Beatbox School, and sets out your choices and rights in relation to that Information. Please read it carefully – it is important for you to understand how we collect and use your Information, and how you can control it.
By using Beatbox School you agree to the processing of your Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
When you use certain features you will be asked to agree to the processing of your Information in certain ways (for example, when you follow an Official Account, you are asked if you agree to the transfer of your data to a third party). For certain Information you may withdraw your agreement to the processing of that Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to the processing of your Information in the way this privacy policy describes, please do not provide your Information when requested and stop using Beatbox School. Contact
In this Privacy Policy, “we”, “our”, or “us” refers to:
Misko Flury – Beatbox-Interactive
Pirazzistraße 41, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
If you wish to make any complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or its implementation by us, please contact us via the above contact details. Please note that if you are a resident in the European Union you have the right to lodge a complaint with your country’s data protection authority.
SCOPE AND APPLICATION OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies to Beatbox School, as well as any services accessible on the Beatbox School that state that this Privacy Policy applies to the use of such service. Those Beatbox School services may have further privacy-related terms that you must agree to if you use those services. Any capitalised terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meaning as the equivalent defined terms in the Beatbox School Terms of Service, unless they are defined otherwise in this Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to Information that you choose to disclose or submit to:
- a) services other than Beatbox School (such as other products or services supplied or operated by us or our affiliates), that do not expressly state that this Privacy Policy applies;
- b) any third party services (including any third party websites) that you may access through Beatbox School; or
- c) companies or organisations that advertise products or services on Beatbox School. If you are using Beatbox School on behalf of a company, partnership, association, government or other organisation (your “Organisation”), you agree to notify your Organisation’s relevant individual owners, shareholders, directors, officers, managers, employees and other relevant individuals whose Personal Information we collect or you provide to us from time to time (“Connected Persons”) of the collection of their Personal Information, and you agree to obtain your Connected Persons’ consent to the processing of their Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy as required by applicable laws and regulations. When this Privacy Policy refers to “you” or “your” this includes you and any Connected Persons. If you or any Connected Persons would like to request your personal information be removed from our database, please contact us at info@beatbox-interactive.com.
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED TO PROVIDE Beatbox School?
This section describes the different types of personal information we collect from you and how we collect it. If you would like to know more about specific types of data and how we use that data, please see the section entitled “How do we use your information” below.
We process different categories of information and data in providing Beatbox School. These are set out below:
- “Location Data” is information that is derived from your GPS, Wi-Fi, compass, accelerometer, IP address, or public posts that contain location information. Location information will be disclosed (either to us, to other users, or both):
o when you use location-based features, such as Nearby, and when you share your location with other Beatbox School users; and
o when you access Beatbox School, as we derive location information from your IP address, device, or internet service to prevent multiple or fraudulent log-ins to your account.
- “Log Data” is information that we automatically collect when you use Beatbox School, whether through the use of cookies, web beacons, log files, scripts or ETags, including:
o technical information, such as your mobile carrier-related information, configuration information made available by your web browser or other programs you use to access Beatbox School, your IP address and your device’s version and identification number;
o information about what you have searched for and looked at while using Beatbox School, such as web search terms used, social media profiles visited, and details of other information and content accessed or requested by you in using Beatbox School;
o metadata, which means information related to items you have made available through Beatbox School, such as the date, time or location that a shared photograph or video was taken or posted. • “Non-Personal Information” is any information that is not reasonably practicable to directly or indirectly identify you.
- “Personal Information” is any information, or combination of information, that relates to you, that can be used (directly or indirectly) to identify you.
- “Shared Information” is information about you or relating to you that is voluntarily shared by you on Beatbox School. Shared Information may include postings that you make on Beatbox School (including your public profile, and photos, videos and voice recordings as accessed with your prior consent through your device’s camera and/or microphone sensor), any postings from others that you re-post and Location Data and Log Data associated with such postings. Shared Information also includes information about you (including Location Data and Log Data) that others who are using Beatbox School share about you.
References to “Information” in this Privacy Policy mean both Personal Information and Non-Personal Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
This section provides more detail on the types of personal information we collect from you, and why. For users who live in the European Economic Area (EEA), it also identifies the legal basis under which we process your data:
Information |
Purpose of Processing |
Registration Data and Log-in Data. Your username or user alias, email address, status, and IP addres s. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide your Beatbox School profi le and provide Beatbox School services. |
to set up and log in to a user account on Beatb ox Chatter; to notify you about changes to Beatbox Chatte r; to facilitate communication; to provide you with user support; to enforce our terms, conditions, and policies; to communicate with you; to provide personalised help and instructions; to better understand how you access and use Beatbox School; to develop new and improve existing services; to provide language and location customisatio n; to protect any rights, property or safety of our s, our affiliate companies, or other users of Be atbox Chatter; and to administer Beatbox School and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data an alysis, testing, research, security, fraud-detecti on, account management, and survey purpose s. |
Information |
Purpose of Processing |
User Profile Search Data. Record of search inquiri es. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide efficient access to your Be atbox Chatter activity. |
to provide quick access to previous searches. |
Shared Information – Profile Data. Any informatio n that you include in your publicly-visible Beatbox School profile, which may include your profile ID, name, and photo. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide your Beatbox School profi le and provide Beatbox School services. |
to administer the Beatbox School platform in accordance with your instructions and request s; to provide personalised help and instructions; to provide language and location customisatio n; to develop new and improve existing services; to better understand how you access and use Beatbox School; to maintain your Beatbox School account in a ccordance with your instructions and requests. |
Shared Information – Profile Media. This compris es all of the information you make available to oth er users via Beatbox School, comprising: information made available by another user about you via their use of Beatbox School – for exampl e, any Shared Information that others using Beatb ox Chatter make available about you via Beatbox C hatter chats and communications they make to yo u and others using Beatbox School. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide your Beatbox School profi le and provide Beatbox School services. |
to administer the Beatbox School platform; to provide personalised help and instructions; to provide language and location customisatio n; to develop new and improve existing services; to maintain your Beatbox School account; to better understand how you access and use Beatbox School. |
Additional Account Security. Email address, Faceb ook Connect OpenID, Facebook Connect Token, Fa cebook Username, Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide and secure your Beatbox C hatter account. |
to verify youridentity account security. |
Information |
Purpose of Processing |
Chat Data. Content of communications between y ou and another user or group of users. This is stor ed on our server. We do not permanently store thi s information on our. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide the chat services of Beatbo x Chatter. |
to facilitate delivery of communication to anot her user. |
Log Data. See definition above. Legal Basis (EEA): It is in our legitimate interest to ensure the security of our services, manage registr ations and improve our services. |
to better understand how you access and use Beatbox School; to administer Beatbox School; for internal operations, including troubleshoot ing, data analysis, testing, research, security, fr aud-detection, and account management. |
Location Information. See definition above. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide Beatbox School location-r elated services. |
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Customer Support Information. Any information t hat you provide to our customer support team. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide and support Beatbox Chatt er. |
to investigate your support issue. |
Device Data. Media stored on your device. Legal Basis(EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to Beatbox School services. |
to facilitate the sharing ofsuch media using Be atbox Chatter. |
Social Connect Information. Facebook Connect T oken (as applicable). Legal Basis(EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to provide Beatbox School services. |
if you choose to connect a third party social m edia account to your Beatbox School account, we process this information to facilitate login to Beatbox School via social media account. |
Surveys. If you choose to participate in a survey, w e may request certain Personal Information from y ou. We may use a service provider to conduct thes |
to better understand how you access and use Beatbox School; to provide personalised help and instructions; |
Information |
Purpose of Processing |
e surveys and this will be notified to you prior to y ou completing the survey. Legal Basis(EEA): We collect this information with your consent. |
to develop new and improve existing services; to improve Beatbox School and respond to cu stomer requests and preferences. |
Contest Information. Any information that you pr ovide to us in submitting an entry to a contest offe red on Beatbox School. Legal Basis (EEA): Necessary to perform our contr act with you to validate contest entry and award p rizes. |
to facilitate your participation in the contest; to award prizes, if applicable. |
Pseudonymised and Aggregated Data. We pseudo nymise and aggregate certain Personal Informatio n to improve our services. Legal Basis (EEA): It is in our legitimate interest to ensure the security of our services, manage registr ations and improve our services. |
Analysis of what features or actions are taken within the app in order to improve app experie nce Fraud detection and account safety analysis User demographic analysis on items such as re gion, phone model, operating system platfor m, system language, and Beatbox School versi on in order to better understand how our user s are using Beatbox School Web and account traffic statistics of what cont ent and services are used when users access th ird-party services on the Beatbox School Ope n Platform as a method for informing third-par ty service providers basic analysis of how their service is being used by Beatbox School users |
Some features of Beatbox School are only available to users in certain jurisdictions. For these features we collect additional information as follows:
Information |
Purpose of Processing |
Additional Registration Data – Verified Account. Nationality, d ate of birth, residential address, copy of residential address pro of, copy of personal identification document (for example pass port, identification card, home return permit, etc.), personal id entification document number, occupation, and source of fund s. |
If you choose to apply for teacher account verification (in order to u nlock additional payment and fun d settlement features in Beatbox School), we use thisinformation t o: to verify your identity; and |
Information |
Purpose of Processing |
Availability: This feature is only available to users with mobile numbers issued in certain jurisdictions (such as Hong Kong) |
to facilitate payment and fundsse ttlement. |
Personal Information within Your Content
If any of your Personal Information comprises Your Content (as defined in the Beatbox School Terms of Service), we and our affiliate companies may (subject to this Privacy Policy) use such Personal Information in accordance with the “Your Content” section of the Beatbox School Terms of Service.
WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH?
We will not transfer your Personal Information to any other third parties except as specified below, or in circumstances where you consent to such transfer.
Only where necessary will we share your information with selected recipients who have a legal basis and valid jurisdiction to request such data. These categories of recipients include:
- government, public, regulatory, judicial and law enforcement bodies or authorities: there are circumstances in which we are legally required to disclose information, including to comply with a legal obligation or processes, such as a court order, subpoena or other legal process, to enforce our terms, address issues relating to security or fraud, or protect our users and provided the requesting entity has valid jurisdiction to obtain your personal information;
SHARED INFORMATION
Beatbox School enables username information to be shared publicly with your Beatbox School contacts and other users of Beatbox School. We refer to this type of information above as Shared Information. Shared Information will remain publicly-available for so long as you or a user that has shared such information retains it. Even after you delete Shared Information, it may still be separately cached, copied, or stored by, or remain public through, other users or third parties who are not affiliated with and not controlled by us.
Where you have requested that we erase your Personal Information that we have made public and there are grounds for erasure, we will use reasonable steps try to tell others that are displaying the Personal Information or providing links to the Personal Information to erase it too. Please consider carefully what you post and communicate through Beatbox School. In some instances, you may control what access the wider public has to your Shared Information via the privacy settings in Beatbox School.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM US
We may from time to time send you service-related announcements when we consider it necessary to do so (such as when we temporarily suspend Beatbox School for maintenance, or security, privacy, or administrative-related communications). We send these to your email address or via SMS. You may not opt-out of these service-related announcements, which are not promotional in nature and used solely to protect your account and keep you informed of important changes to Beatbox School.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
In some jurisdictions, certain types of Personal Information, such as information about your race or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical views or personal health, is characterised as “sensitive” and is subject to stricter regulation than other types of Personal Information. Please note that content and information that you input to Beatbox School, such as photographs or information about your school or social activities, may reveal your sensitive Personal Information to others.
Before communicating any Personal Information of a sensitive nature within Beatbox School, please consider whether it is appropriate to do so.
By posting any Personal Information of a sensitive nature within Beatbox School, you are consenting to such information being available within the controls you have selected (for example, available to the audience of users you select as being capable of viewing your post or profile information).
AGE RESTRICTIONS
Beatbox School is not intended for Children. Children under the age of 16 must not use Beatbox School for any purpose without first obtaining parental/guardian agreement to this Privacy Policy (both for themselves and on your behalf). We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from any children under the age of 16 without such consent. Please contact us if you believe we have any Personal Information from any children under the age of 16 without such parental/guardian consent – we will promptly investigate (and remove) such Personal Information.
WHERE DO WE PROCESS YOUR DATA?
Beatbox School operates around the world. The Personal Information that we collect from you will be transferred to, stored at, or processed in:
We use AWS in Germany to store and further process your data.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We are committed to maintaining the privacy and integrity of your personal information no matter where it is stored. We have information security and access policies that limit access to our systems and technology, and we protect data through the use of technological protection measures such as encryption.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement and maintain reasonable measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of the information transmitted to our services; therefore we do not assume any responsibility for any transmission of your information which you do at your own risk.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP HOLD OF YOUR DATA?
We will retain your Personal Information as set out in the following table, except where we are otherwise required to retain such data in accordance with law. Should you or we terminate your account for any reason, we will take steps to ensure that your Personal Information is no longer available through Beatbox School, or otherwise used by us, within a reasonable period of time (subject to technical limitations) after such account termination.
Information Type |
Retention Period |
Registration data |
Until such time as you instruct Beatbox School to delete your account. Y our account will be permanently deleted within 365 days of both verifica tion of account ownership and the account deletion request. |
Login data |
Information is retained for a period of 365 months from the date of such log in. |
User profile search data |
Until you request removal or amendment of the Personal Information or your account is deleted, whichever is earlier. |
Profile data and profile media (viewable by all u sers) |
Until you request removal or amendment of the Personal Information or your account is deleted, whichever is earlier (however, the data may be a vailable if cached on third party services). |
Profile data (viewable u pon friend verification) |
Until you request removal or amendment of the Personal Information or your account is deleted, whichever is earlier (however, the data may be a vailable if cached on third party services). |
Additional accountsecu rity |
Until you request removal or amendment of the Personal Information or your account is deleted, whichever is earlier (however, the data may be a vailable if cached on third party services). |
Chat – non-persistent a nd semi-persistent com munication between us ers |
Data is retained on the server as long as your account exist. |
Chat – media such as im ages, video, audio, and f iles |
Data is retained on the server as long as your account exist. |
Location-based services and Location-based me dia |
Data is retained on the server as long as your account exist. |
Information Type |
Retention Period |
Provision of third party products and services (i. e. if you are a provider o f an Official Account or Mini Program) |
Until such time as you instruct Beatbox School to delete your account. Y our account will be permanently deleted within 365 days of both verifica tion of account ownership and the account deletion request. Please note that the information disclosed to the third party is controlled by them. We will use reasonable efforts to seek that they delete such information when we do. |
Information provided to an Official Account / Mi ni Program |
Until such time as you instruct Beatbox School to delete your account or you withdraw your permission / unfollow such third party. Please note t hat the information disclosed to the third party is controlled by them. W e will use reasonable efforts to seek that they delete such information w hen we do. |
Information provided to customer service |
Until such time as you instruct Beatbox School to delete your account. Y our account will be permanently deleted within 365 days of the account deletion request. |
Metadata / Log Data |
Data is retained on the server as long as your account exist. |
Device Data |
Until such time as you instruct Beatbox School to delete your account. Y our account will be permanently deleted within 365 days of the account deletion request. |
Cookies |
Until such time as you instruct Beatbox School to delete your account. Y our account will be permanently deleted within 365 days of the account deletion request. |
Full description of data is set out in the section *”How do we use your information”** above. If we are required to retain your information beyond the retention periods set out above, for example to comply with applicable laws, we will store it separately from other types of personal information.
HOW CAN I EXERCISE MY RIGHTS OVER MY DATA?
The following section applies only to persons that are resident in the European Economic Area. You have certain rights in relation to the Personal Information we hold about you. Some of these only apply in certain circumstances as set out in more detail below.
We set out how to exercise those rights. Please note that we will require you to verify your identity before responding to any requests to exercise your rights. We must respond to a request by you to exercise those rights without undue delay and at least within three months (although this may be
extended by a further twelv months in certain circumstances, such as where the request involves substantial volumes of information or is otherwise complex). To exercise any of your rights, please complete contact us under info@beatbox-interactive.com.
Access & Correction
Upon request Beatbox School will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. You also have the right to access personal information we hold about you, how we use it, and who we share it with. You also have the right to correct that information. You can access and correct your personal information (username, profil image, email address, etc.) by logging into your Beatbox School at any time.
With respect to correction requests, where we agree that the Personal Information is inaccurate or incomplete, we will try to tell any third party to whom we have disclosed the relevant Personal Information so that they can rectify the Personal Information too.
Erasure
You can delete your account, or remove certain personal information, by sending us an email via info@beatbox-interactive.com.
Please note, however, that we may retain the Personal Information if there are valid grounds under law for us to do so (e.g., for the defence of legal claims, freedom of expression or some other legal obligation) but we will let you know if that is the case.
Where you have requested that we erase your Personal Information that we have made public and there are grounds for erasure, we will use reasonable steps try to tell others that are displaying the Personal Information or providing links to the Personal Information to erase it too. Restriction of Processing to Storage Only
You have a right to require us to stop processing the Personal Information we hold about you other than for storage purposes in certain circumstances. Please note, however, that if we stop processing the Personal Information, we may use it again if there are valid grounds under data protection law for us to do so (e.g. for the defence of legal claims or for another’s protection).
Where we agree to stop processing the Personal Information, we will try to tell any third party to whom we have disclosed the relevant Personal Information so that they can stop processing it too. You may request we stop processing and just store the Personal Information we hold about you where:
- you believe the Personal Information is not accurate (for the period it takes for us to verify whether it is accurate);
- we wish to erase the Personal Information as the processing we are doing is unlawful (but you want us to retain the Personal Information and just store it instead); or
- we wish to erase the Personal Information as it is no longer necessary for our purposes (but you require it to be stored for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims).
Portability
You have the right to receive a copy of certain Personal Information we collect from you. This comprises any personal information we process on the basis of your consent (e.g., voluntarily-provided profile data, email address) or pursuant to our contract with you (e.g., profile data), as described in the section “How do we use your information”. You can exercise your right to export your data by contacting us via info@beatbox-interactive.com.
If you wish for us to transfer the Personal Information to a third party, please ensure you detail that party. Note that we can only do so where it is technically feasible. We are not responsible for the security of the Personal Information or its processing once received by the third party. We also may not provide you with certain Personal Information if providing it would interfere with another’s rights (e.g.
where providing the Personal Information we hold about you would reveal information about another person or our trade secrets or intellectual property).
Objection
You may object to our use of your Personal Information if we use your information on the basis of our legitimate interests (such as when we use your personal information for your account security, such as to prevent malicious log-ins). If you object to such processing, please contact us via info@beatbox interactive.com.