Stereotypes App Privacy Policy
Effective (last update):
This Privacy Policy sets forth the data collection and data processing practices and principles we employ at ‘ANTIGONE – Information and Documentation Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non-Viοlence’ (ANTIGONE) (the “Company”). ANTIGONE operates under the laws of Greece and the European Union, with its registered address being at 29A, Ptolemaion Str., Thessaloniki, 54630, operating the android mobile application located at Google Play Store, operating the iOS mobile applications located at the App Store and the application located at the website www.antigone.com (the Website), incorporated under the laws of the Hellenic Republic.
At ANTIGONE we respect and care about your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what kind of information we collect, use, share and the security of your information in relation to our mobile applications (“Applications” or “Apps”) and the Website. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices.
BY INSTALLING THE APPS ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, INCLUDING TO THE POSSIBLE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR INFORMATION AND YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES ON YOUR DEVICE. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU OR, AS APPLICABLE, YOUR LEGAL GUARDIAN, DISAGREE TO ANY TERM PROVIDED HEREIN, YOU MAY NOT INSTALL, ACCESS AND/OR USE THE APPS AND YOU ARE REQUESTED TO PROMPTLY ERASE THEM, AND ANY PART THEREOF, FROM YOUR MOBILE DEVICE.
Applicable law
This Privacy Policy is designed to meet the requirements of the following legislative acts:
- General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (“GDPR”);
- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of the United States (“COPPA”); and
Our compliance with the aforementioned legislative acts, both of which are stringent in nature, means that we are highly likely compliant with the data protection and user privacy legislation set out by many other countries and territories as well. If you are unsure about whether our Services are compliant with your own country of residences’ specific data protection and user privacy legislation you should contact us at info@antigone.gr.
What information we collect
Our primary purpose in collecting information is to provide you with a safe, efficient and customized experience.
We may collect non-personal information from our users. The non-personal information is any information that is aggregated or anonymized about our users and other information that does not identify, either directly or indirectly, any individual. We collect non-personal information about your use of our Apps and aggregated information regarding the usages of the Apps.
Currently, we collect the following information from our users:
User Analytics Data: We do not collect any information from users of our iOS apps located at the App Store. In our android apps at Google Play Store we may collect information through your use of our Apps. Further, we may collect information about you when you access and use our Website. We collect information such as non personally identifiable app usage data, the device ID, number of sessions, Application opens, first launches, geography/region, number of users, session duration, Application updates, and operating systems. Please note that we do not combine any information to knowingly identify you.
We may use third-party service providers to store the user analytics data. In our choice of the third-party data storage service, we ensure the data stored is safe and secure in terms of technical and organizational measures employed by such a service provider.
In-app purchases
Our app does not include In-App Purchases, we therefore not have any access to your financial information.
Social media features and tools.
Our app does not include integrated social media features and tools.
How we use your information we collect
We use personal information we collect in order to: 1. Track personally unidentifiable usage statistics and use these analytics to improve the quality of our App , and 2. to find if a new user is acquired from our advertisements.
Principles of data processing
When you download, install and use our Apps, we need to collect, use, and otherwise process your information (non-personal information), as set out in this Privacy Policy.
At ANTIGONE we understand the value of your privacy and how it is important to you, and we are committed to respect your privacy. We follow the commonly accepted fundamental privacy principles when we process your information:
1. Our goal is to collect only the minimum data that we need to deliver any services to you.
2. We aim for full transparency on how we use your information to comply with legal or other lawful purposes and respect your privacy.
3. We make sure we only use your information for the purposes you have given us permission for.
4. We make sure we do not store your information for a longer period than necessary.
Legal basis of processing
When we collect, use, store or process, in any other way, your information, we rely on a number of legal bases, as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
When we are required by law: we may have certain legal obligations in the countries where we operate. These legal obligations may require us to process your personal data under certain circumstances. In such cases, we may rely on these legal obligations which we are required to comply with (e.g. a legal obligation, a court order, or to exercise or defend legal claims) in order to store and use your personal information. For example, when we are requested to disclose your personal information to regulatory bodies or law enforcement authorities.
Our legitimate interests: we may also count on our legitimate interests to use your information, such as to:
• enhance the security of our Apps and information systems;
• better understand how people interact with our Apps and games.
When we rely on our legitimate interests as a legal basis, we make sure that the rights and freedoms of our users are not jeopardized. In cases where your rights and freedoms override our legitimate interests we refrain from using your information, unless there is another appropriate legal basis allowing us to continue processing.
How we share the information we collect
All personal information collected by us is treated as confidential. We do not share any of your information with any third parties for any purposes.
Further, we may disclose entire or part of your non-personal information in the limited circumstances described below and with appropriate safeguards applicable thereto:
– We may share information with our affiliate companies that at need to know the information in order to assist us provide our services. Please note, we require all of them to comply strictly with this Privacy Policy and educate them regularly on the importance and value of your personal information.
– We may share information with third party vendors that perform analytics services. We will only share information about you that is necessary for the third party vendor to provide the requested service. These parties will process the provided data under instructions ANTIGONE and in compliance with this Privacy Policy. We do not authorize vendors to retain, share, store or use your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We may also use third-party services providers to host the data we have. When we choose this service provider we take into account the privacy practices and principles employed by such a service provider and their commitment to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the GDPR. The third-party vendors we use may be located in the territory of the United States, and the European Union.
Data retention periods
We will not keep your personal or non-personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. You can always request that we suspend or remove your data by writing to info@antigone.gr.
Data subject rights
You have the following rights which are accorded to you either by laws and regulations we are bound by, or by our commitment to respect certain data protection and privacy principles. We will always work to uphold your following rights:
a) The right to be informed about our collection and use of your data.
b) The right to access the data we maintain about you.
c) The right to have your data rectified if any of your data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.
d) The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your data that we hold. The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your data.
e) The right to object to us for using your data for a particular purpose or purposes.
f) The right to withdraw consent.
g) The right to data portability.
h) Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your data in this way.
For any right of yours in relation to your information, you can always contact us by writing to info@antigone.gr to ask for more detailed information.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with appropriate authorities. That said, we would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, so please contact us first at info@antigone.gr.
Security Measures
We use industry-standard security measures at ANTIGONE in order to secure your personal data. We also work with third-party service providers who possess high levels of security measures and provide relevant physical and technical safeguards to keep your personal data secure. We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to encrypt the information you enter on our Apps and the Website in order to protect its security during transmission to and from our Apps or the Website. We also use security measures such as anonymisation (where possible), physical and logical access control to your personal data, and strong passwords.
Children’s Privacy
We offer our App to children. The laws that we are bound by, such as GDPR, and COPPA, set forth stringent rules for the collection of children’s personal data and valid consent relating to children. According to COPPA, we are required to get a consent from a parent or a legal guardian of the child below the age of 13 before they may use our Apps. We are also required to get a consent from a parent or a legal guardian of the child below the age of 16 (in some member states of the EU) before they may use our Apps, in order to be compliant with the GDPR. We do not collect any personal information from children. If a parent or a legal guardian of an underage child thinks that their child is using our App without their consent then they can contact us by writing at info@antigone.gr. We will immediately take actions, including removal of any information relating to an underage child, subject to proof of identification to prevent any wrongful removal of information.
Parents of legal guardians of children have certain rights that they may exercise by directly getting in touch with us via our email address info@antigone.gr. These rights include:
- Right to know what information we collect about children and how we process this data;
- Right to request removal or rectification of information relating to a child;
- Right to withdraw consent of the collection of any data of a child.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy, here at the same page.
Your continued use of the App following the posting of changes will mean you accept those changes.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the App, or have questions about our practices, please contact us via email at info@antigone.gr.