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This Privacy Policy is here to help you understand how we treat any personal information that you share with us when you use the BlessedNewsNetwork mobile apps or the BlessedNewsNetwork website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect visitors and user’s information. Any discussion of your use of the Service in this Policy is meant to include your visits and other interactions with the Sites and Services, whether or not you are a user of this Community.

WHO ARE WE?

The mobile apps and website (herein, collectively known as “Site”) are operated by BlessedNewsNetwork Limited. (“BlessedNewsNetwork”, ”we”, ”us”, and/or “our”). BlessedNewsNetwork, the global organiser of the BlessedNewsNetwork community (“community”), is a registered Limited Liability Company registered in the USA. The data controller responsible for your personal data is BlessedNewsNetwork with whom you contract as a customer, member or membership applicant (“BlessedNewsNetwork”, “we”, “us”, and/or “our”).

BlessedNewsNetwork Visitors

Like most website operators, BlessedNewsNetwork collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. BlessedNewsNetwork’s purpose in collecting non-personally-identifying information is to better understand how BlessedNewsNetwork’s visitors use its platform. From time to time, BlessedNewsNetwork may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

BlessedNewsNetwork also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged-in users and for users leaving comments on users' posts.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to External Sites

Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites, products, or services.

Aggregated Statistics

BlessedNewsNetwork may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. BlessedNewsNetwork may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, BlessedNewsNetwork does not disclose your personally-identifying information.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, BlessedNewsNetwork may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in BlessedNewsNetwork's sole discretion. BlessedNewsNetwork encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

WHAT IS THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR?

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to personal data that we collect from you as a user of this app or as a visitor, member, subscriber, or customer (“you” or “your” being interpreted accordingly). It provides information on what personal data we collect, why we collect personal data, how it is used and the lawful basis on which your personal data is processed, and what your rights are under the applicable data protection and privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Any policy applicable to the app is also applicable to the website where relevant.

User Data Policy

What Do We Mean by Personal Information?

‘Personal Data’ as used in this Privacy Policy means any information that relates to you from which you can be identified. Personal information means any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely to be available with a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person.

Personal Information does not include “User Metrics data” which we define as encrypted information or aggregated data we collect about a service, features, or users which does not contain personally-identifying information. Usage Data helps us understand trends in the usage of the Service so that we can better consider new features or otherwise tailor the Service. In addition to collecting and using Usage Data ourselves, we may share Usage Data with third parties, including our customers, partners, and service providers, for various purposes, including to help us better understand our customers’ needs and improve the Service as well as for advertising and marketing purposes. We do not share Usage Data with third parties in a way that would enable them to identify you personally.

By using our app or submitting your personal data on our website, you are deemed to have accepted the terms of this Privacy Policy, so please read it carefully.

Personal Data We Collect and How We Use It

Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us During Registration

We collect some personal information about users when they register for an account or contact us through inquiry forms, their contact details including their First Name, Surname, Gender, Birthday, Email Address and Contact Number, which will be kept confidential from other users and will be shared with others only after the user’s consent & permission. You may also provide at your own discretion certain related information like your social media websites URLs, a list of your interests, the date you started using the Service and a description of yourself.

Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:

• Your Full Name, Email Address, and Profile Picture
• Gender
• Birthday
• Phone Number
• Age
• Location
• Address
• Your Website URL and Name
• Company Name

 

Reason for Use: These details are used to create a unique identity for each user in the community.

During Sign Up, users must accept our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy before providing such details.

Information Collected from Device

When users of the community access the app, we collect some personal information of the User’s device like Email Address and Contact Numbers, which is done only after the User’s consent. The app asks permission if the user allows accessing these details and only after consent is these details used in the Application.

Reason for Use: These details are used to invite users added in the mobile device to our community and to add connections with mutual users of the device and the community.

This can include the following details:

• Email Address
• Contact Numbers
• Audio Modifier to manage the volume of the audio being listened within the app
• Device Modifier which is the users’ device Unique ID
• Microphone and Audio Permission
• Access to Camera and Gallery
• Device Advertising ID

 

Contact Number and Email Address (Read Contact Permission)

When Users access the app, we might ask permission for access to Contact Number and Email Address of users present in the mobile device. These details are used to invite users added in the mobile device to our community or to add connections with mutual users of the device and the community.

This can include the following details:

• Email Address
• Contact Number

 

Location / GPS Access

We might fetch users’ location before allowing access to the app, but we always seek permission from the user beforehand and will only fetch such information if we are granted permission by the user.

Reason for Use: Access of location is used for the purpose of filtering the content across the app based on the selected location, set the default location of the app as per the user’s requirement, for check-in purposes, and to create content for any specified location, etc.

Access to Camera / Gallery / Microphone

Members of the mobile apps can upload audio, photos, videos, and capture images/videos in the mobile apps. To do so, the mobile app will access the camera, microphone, and gallery of the device. We always seek consent from users before accessing the camera, gallery/SD card of the device, microphone, etc.

Device Identifier

When you access our Service using any mobile devices, we may access, collect, monitor, and/or remotely store one or more “device identifiers” of the device. A device ID (device identification) is a distinctive number associated with a smartphone or similar handheld device. These are small data files or similar data structures stored on or associated with your mobile device, which uniquely identify your mobile device.

A device identifier may convey information to us about how you browse and use the Service. A device identifier may remain persistently on your device, to help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the Service. Some features of the Service may not function properly if use or availability of device identifiers is impaired or disabled. It is also used for sending Push Notifications to the device.

Storage

When the user saves files through mobile apps like images, videos, audios, these get stored in the internal storage/gallery of the device.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Third-party Service Providers

• Google Play Services
• Google Analytics for Firebase
• Firebase Crashlytics
• Facebook
• One Signal

Advertisement

We may display advertising across the app using third-party ads like Google Ads. In this case, we use Google Placement ID to fetch Google Ads in the app. We do not manage other features like the targeting of Ads to users; these are managed by Google itself under their own privacy policy.

External Website Links

Our Service and Application may contain links to other websites outside of our services. These may include links to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Vimeo, or other external websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such external websites and applications operated by third parties.

Additionally, you agree that we are not responsible and do not control any third parties that you authorize to access your user content or related data. If you use a third-party website or service and allow such a third-party access to your user content, you do so at your own risk. This policy applies only to information collected by our Service.

Cookies

We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by BlessedNewsNetwork. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the app and community.

Note that disabling cookies on your mobile device or browser may prevent us or our business partners from tracking your browser’s activities in relation to the Service. However, doing so may disable many of the features available through the Service.

A cookie is a small text file sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the website. The cookie will collect information such as your device’s IP address, browser type, and demographic data, and if you arrived at our website via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page.

We also have the option for users to remember your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit our app.

Account Deletion Rights

The users of BlessedNewsNetwork have the right to delete their account from the platform. If done so, all relevant data collected and saved on the server will be permanently removed from the database as well as the server. No further details will be saved at our end.

Payment Process

We do not have a native payment process within the app but may have payment through web view. Users may be able to purchase paid packages created within the app or purchase products through different payment methods. However, we do not store or save any payment accounts such as PayPal, Credit/Debit Card details. These details are added by the user while making a payment and are saved only by the respective payment methods (third parties) like PayPal, PayU Money, etc.

We only save order details and billing addresses, which are internally added by the users while making a purchase. This is done only after the user’s consent.

How Do We Use the Information We Collect?

We use the information we collect to provide our products to you and improve them, develop new products, and protect our users. For example, we may log how often people use two different versions of a product to understand which version is better.

We also use the information we collect to offer you customized content, including:

• Sending you updates, marketing materials, and other information that may be of interest to you.
• Helping your friends and contacts find you on this app, such as via Facebook connections or email-based searches (subject to your consent).
• Responding to your questions or comments.

 

How Do We Share the Information We Collect?

People use this website to find their inspirations, make them a reality, and inspire others in the process. When you post public updates, anyone can view them. You may also provide us with profile page information that anyone can view. The other limited instances where we may share your personal information include:

• When we have your consent. This includes sharing information with other services (like Facebook or Twitter) when you’ve chosen to link your account to those services or publish your activity to them. For example, you can choose to publish your posts to Facebook or Twitter.
• 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 to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues.
• In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or proceeding that involves the transfer of the information described in this Policy.
• We might also share aggregated or non-personally identifiable information with our partners or others who are linked with our Services.

Protection of Information

We at BlessedNewsNetwork are committed to securing the personal information shared by Users. We use various technologies that help secure users' personal details and other related information. We have standard and high-quality SSL Certificates installed on our server, which transmit data in an encrypted form. Our database is secured under a security layer, which is a Private Subnet. Any external attack cannot break our protective firewall and security layer, thus information and details like images and other contents are protected using Cloud Fronts.

Our Policy on Children’s Information

We do not direct our services to children under 13. If you learn that your minor child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us.

Note to Users

During the collection of information on the profile pages of the app, you are required to provide your applicable contact information (such as name, email address, or phone number).

All sensitive information is collected only when you provide us with your consent. We will discontinue our services if your consent is not received (you affirm your consent by accepting our Terms and Conditions).

Users are responsible for managing the information they provide us. You can amend your personal information in case of any changes. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, out of date, or incomplete (or becomes untrue, inaccurate, out of date, or incomplete), BlessedNewsNetwork has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, out of date, or incomplete, we may, at our sole discretion, discontinue the provision of the services to you.

GDPR Compliance

If you’re a user or visitor in the European Economic Area, these rights also apply to you. We are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679.

Data Protection Officer

We have a "Data Protection Officer" responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection. You may contact this officer if you have any questions about our privacy practices or the way we manage your personal information. The Data Protection Officer can be reached at info@blessednewstv.com.

How Do We Make Changes to the Privacy Policy?

We may change this policy from time to time, and if we do, we’ll post any changes on this page. If you continue to use this app after those changes are in effect, you agree to the revised policy. If the changes are significant, we may provide a more prominent notice or obtain your consent as required by law.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

BlessedNewsNetwork does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you think your child has provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.