YoiMet Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 25, 2024

Welcome to YoiMet! Please read the following User Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) carefully, as they constitute a legal agreement between you (“you” or “user”) and YoiMet. (“YoiMet” or “we”) and govern your access to and use of all features, content, and services we provide, including but not limited to our application (“Application”; the website and Application collectively referred to as the “Services”).

By registering an account, using our Services, or accessing our Services in any other way, you indicate that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms, including any future updates or modifications, and agree to comply with our Privacy Policy and Policy.

If you do not agree with any provision of these Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Copyright Policy, or the Publisher Terms, please do not register, access, or use our Services.

Your can get more information in https://www.yoimet.com.

Controller

• Controller: The data controller for processing is Bastien Dassonville. You can contact us via email.

• Data Protection Officer(DPO):

￮ Name: Bastien Dassonville

￮ Contact Address:
Kranichsteiner Str. 81
Frankfurt am Main- 60598
Germany

￮ Email: bastiendassonville7@gmail.com

1. Information We Collect

To provide you with high-quality and personalized services, we collect various types of information depending on different needs, including but not limited to the following:

• Account Information:
When you register and create an account, we collect your basic personal information, such as username, profile picture, date of birth, country of residence, etc. This information allows us to create a personalized user profile for you to better meet your needs and provide a more customized service experience.

• Usage Data:
During your use of the application, we automatically collect data related to your usage behavior, such as browsing history, likes, comments, shares, and other interactions. We also collect information about your activities while using our services, including viewed pages and files, searches performed, and other actions. Analyzing this data helps us better understand your preferences and continuously improve our services to better suit your needs.

• Device Information:
To ensure the proper functioning of the application across various devices and platforms and enhance its security, we automatically collect relevant information about your device. This may include: device type (such as model and manufacturer), operating system and version, hardware configuration, internet service provider or mobile network operator information, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address (or proxy server). Additionally, we may collect other information associated with your mobile device, such as network details, Device ID, and the features accessed and used within the application.

• Log Data and Analytics:
When you use our services, we automatically collect certain log data, including your IP address, device type, operating system, browser information, access times and dates, features used, viewed pages and files, and device event information (such as system activity, error reports, etc.). This information helps us understand the usage of our services, perform performance analysis, and identify and resolve potential issues to continuously enhance service quality.

2. How We Use the Information

We use the information collected for the following purposes to ensure we provide you with a high-quality, secure, and personalized service experience:

• Providing and Improving Services:

￮ Social Interactions:
Your personal information helps us optimize the social interaction features within the app. By analyzing this information, we can help you find and connect with other users more easily, recommend relevant content, and customize your social experience based on your interests and preferences.

￮ User Support:
When you encounter problems while using the application, we use your information to provide timely and effective technical support. By understanding your device and usage patterns, we can quickly diagnose and resolve issues, ensuring you always enjoy a smooth experience.

￮ API Requests and Analytics:
We use the collected device and usage information to process API requests and analytics data, enabling us to monitor application performance and optimize it in real-time. This helps us improve the app's functionality and stability, ensuring a better user experience.

• Security and Protection:

￮ Fraud Detection and Prevention:
We use your information to monitor and analyze activities within the app, identify and prevent any suspicious behavior, and protect against potential fraud and abuse, ensuring the security of you and our community.

￮ Ensuring Data Security:
By collecting and analyzing your device information and usage data, we can implement robust security measures to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, or tampering. Our goal is to provide you with a secure environment to ensure your personal information is fully protected.

• Communication and Notifications:

￮ Important Notifications:
We may occasionally send you important notifications regarding the application, such as policy updates, security alerts, and other critical information. These notifications will help you better understand and use the application.

• Analytics and Improvement:

￮ User Behavior Analysis:
We analyze your app usage behavior to gain deeper insights into user needs and preferences. These analyses allow us to continuously improve the services to better align with your expectations.

￮ Introducing New Features:
Based on user feedback and usage data, we develop and test new features to enhance your experience. We are always committed to providing innovative features to keep the application dynamic and meet your needs.

￮ Log Collection and Analysis:
We automatically collect and record log data for service diagnostics, performance monitoring, and usage analysis. When you access or use our services, the servers generate log files containing information related to your usage behavior. Depending on your interactions with us, these logs may include your IP address, device information,access dates and times, viewed pages and files, search records, and other activity records related to feature usage. Logs may also contain device event information, such as system activity, error reports, and hardware configurations.

3. Information Sharing

We commit not to sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties without your explicit consent, except in the following specific circumstances:

• With Your Consent:
In certain situations, we may ask for your permission to share your personal information with third parties. We will only share information with your explicit consent, ensuring you have full control over your data.

• Legal Requirements:
We may be required to disclose your personal information as mandated by law or requested by government authorities. This includes responding to legal proceedings, fulfilling legal obligations, enforcing our agreements and policies, or protecting our rights, property, and safety.

• Sharing with Service Providers:
We may share necessary information with some trusted third-party partners to support the provision of various services. For example:

￮ Data Analysis and Marketing Optimization:
We may share data related to application usage, user behavior, and marketing effectiveness with partners like Appsflyer for marketing analysis and attribution to optimize our marketing strategies.

￮ Statistical Analysis and Payment Information:
We use platforms like Facebook for statistical tracking to analyze user behavior and gather payment information. This data sharing is solely for improving service quality and user experience.

These service providers are bound by strict confidentiality obligations and may only use your information within the scope of the specific services provided to us.

• Business Transfers:
If we are involved in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, or other forms of business transactions, your information may be transferred as part of the transaction. In such cases, we will notify you of the changes and ensure your privacy continues to be adequately protected.

4. Permissions Explanation

To ensure the proper functioning of the application and provide you with a complete feature experience, we may request the following permissions. Rest assured that we will only collect this information with your explicit permission and in strict compliance with relevant privacy policies and regulations.

• Microphone Permissions:
This allows us to access your microphone for sending voice messages and enabling video calls. Your consent is required for this functionality.

• Camera permissions:

For taking photos and performing video functions, such as profile picture uploads and live video calls. We will access your camera device with your permission.

• Photo library permissions:

This permission enables the app to access your photo library, allowing you to send pictures in chat and customize your user avatar. It enhances your experience by making it easy to share moments with friends and express your identity within the community. Access to your photo library is only requested when you choose to upload or modify content.

• External Storage Permissions:
This permission enables the app to access your device's external storage, allowing it to manage various types of content to enhance your overall experience.

• Bluetooth Permissions:
Used to support functions related to audio recording and real-time audio and video communication using the Agora library. When connecting to Bluetooth devices, we may request Bluetooth permissions to ensure compatibility and stability with audio devices.

• Advertising IDs: Collected for optimizing our marketing efforts and analyzing campaign performance.

These permissions are only utilized after you provide explicit consent and can be managed in your device settings.

5. Information Security

We employ multi-layered security measures to protect your personal information and ensure it is not accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed without authorization. While we strive to implement the highest standards of security measures, it is important to note that no system is completely impenetrable. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute protection of your information against leakage or misuse under all circumstances.

• Access Control:
We strictly limit access to personal information. Only authorized employees or trusted third-party service providers can access this information while performing necessary tasks. Relevant personnel and service providers must adhere to strict confidentiality agreements and may face disciplinary action or termination if violated.

• Security Monitoring:
We continuously monitor and evaluate our systems to promptly identify and fix potential security vulnerabilities. Additionally, we regularly update and test our security technologies and processes to address emerging security threats.

• Data Retention:
We will retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. Once these purposes or legal requirements no longer apply, we will securely delete or anonymize your information.

6.Your Rights

We respect your privacy and provide various tools and options for managing your personal information.

• Right of Access:
You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you at any time. You can view and manage your data through the "Settings" option in the application.

• Right to Rectification:
If you believe your information is inaccurate or has changed, you have the right to update or correct your personal information. Ensuring accurate records helps us provide you with the best possible service.

• Right to Erasure:
In certain situations, you can request the deletion of the personal information we hold about you. For example, if you no longer use our services or the information is no longer relevant for its original purpose, you can request that we delete the data. Please note that some information may not be immediately deleted due to legal or legitimate business needs.

• Right to Withdraw Consent:
If you have previously consented to our processing of your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. After withdrawing your consent, we will stop processing your data; however, this does not affect the legality of processing activities based on your consent before its withdrawal.

• Right to Data Portability:
You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and ask us to provide it to you or a third party in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. We will make every effort to comply with your request.

• Right to Object:
In certain cases, you can object to our processing of your personal information. For example, you may choose not to receive our marketing communications and can do so by unsubscribing. You can also object to specific processing activities.

You can exercise these rights through the application’s settings options or by contacting our customer service team. If you have any concerns about our data processing practices, you may also lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.

7. Legal Basis for Data Processing and Your Rights in the Privacy Policy

1. Legal Basis for Data Processing

We process your personal data in accordance with applicable privacy laws. The legal bases for processing personal data include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Consent: In certain cases, we obtain your consent to collect and use your personal data.

• Performance of a Contract: We may need to process your personal data to fulfill our contractual obligations with you.

• Legitimate Interests: In some cases, we process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests, ensure the security of our application, and improve the user experience.

• Legal Obligations: We may be required to process your personal data to comply with applicable laws or regulations.

• Public Interest: We may process your personal data in cases involving public interest.

2. Your Rights

Under applicable privacy laws, you have the following rights:

• Right of Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.

• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request the correction of your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

• Right to Erasure: In certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion of the personal data we hold about you.

• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations.

• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that your personal data be transferred to you or a third party in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

• Right to Object: In certain cases, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

• Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

• Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe we have not handled your personal data in accordance with privacy laws, you have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection authority.

3. Applicable International Privacy Laws

We comply with relevant international privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to:

• The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – applicable to users in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

• The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – applicable to residents of California, USA.

• The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) – applicable to Canadian users.

• The Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD) – applicable to Brazilian users.

• Other relevant national or regional privacy laws, depending on the user's location.

8. Your Rights under the CCPA

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), residents of California have specific privacy rights. Below are your rights under the CCPA and how you can exercise them:

1. Right to Access Your Personal Information:
You have the right to know the specific details of your personal information that we have collected, used, shared, or sold in the past 12 months. You may request this information up to twice within a 12-month period:

￮ The categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

￮ The categories of sources from which we collected your personal information (e.g., directly from you, your devices, or third parties).

￮ The business or commercial purposes for collecting your personal information (e.g., improving our services, conducting marketing activities, or preventing fraud).

￮ The categories of personal information disclosed for business purposes.

￮ If applicable, the categories of personal information are sold to third parties.

￮ The categories of third parties with whom we share or sell your personal information (e.g., advertising networks, data analytics providers).

2. Right to Request Deletion of Your Personal Information:
You have the right to request the deletion of any personal information we have collected from you. Once we receive and verify your valid request, we will delete (and direct our service providers and partners to delete) your personal information, unless we need to retain it to comply with legal obligations, complete transactions, prevent fraud, or for other exceptions.

3. Right to Opt Out of the Sale of Personal Information:
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. Under California law, "sale" is defined as disclosing or providing personal information to a third party in exchange for money or other valuable consideration. If you wish to opt out of the sale of your data, you can do so by visiting our "Privacy Settings" page and submitting a request. Once we receive your opt-out request, we will no longer sell your personal information. However, we may still share certain necessary personal information with our partners who serve as our service providers to deliver services, ensure security, and maintain functionality.

4. Right to Opt Out of Sharing Personal Information:
California law defines "sharing" as using personal information for targeted advertising purposes based on user behavior. If we share your personal information for such purposes, you have the right to opt out. You can exercise this right by visiting our "Ad Preferences" page or by contacting us directly.

5. Right to Non-Discrimination:
You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights under the CCPA. This means we will not treat you unfairly, such as charging higher prices, providing lower quality services, or restricting the scope and functionality of services, solely because you exercised these rights. However, if you choose to delete certain necessary personal information, it may affect our ability to provide you with specific services.

6. Right to Know if Your Data is Sold:
Under the CCPA, you have the right to know if your personal data has been sold to third parties. If we sell your personal data, we will clearly inform you and provide an option to opt out. You can request to know if your data has been sold and exercise your opt-out rights at any time.

7. Right to Lodge Complaints with Local Authorities:
If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your personal information or believe we have violated privacy laws or regulations, you have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection authority. We encourage you to contact us first to address your concerns before filing a complaint with the authority.

9. How to Exercise Your Opt-Out Rights

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), YoiMet is committed to protecting user privacy and ensuring that users understand how their data is used. You can exercise the following opt-out options by contacting us via email:

1. Opt Out of Targeted Advertising: You can choose not to receive interest-based targeted advertising. Please email bastiendassonville7@gmail.com, stating that you wish to opt out of targeted advertising.

2. Refuse the Sale of Personal Data: You have the right to refuse the sale of your personal data. To exercise this right, please send an email to bastiendassonville7@gmail.com, stating that you do not wish for us to sell your personal data.

3. Opt Out of Automated Decision-Making Analysis: If you wish to opt out of automated decision-making analysis, particularly those that may have legal or significant consequences for you, please send your request to bastiendassonville7@gmail.com.

10. LGPD Compliance Statement (Applicable to Brazil)

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data of Brazilian residents in accordance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD). When using our services, you have the right to understand how we collect, use, store, and share your information, as well as your rights under the LGPD:

• Under the LGPD, Brazilian data subjects have the following rights:

￮ Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you and understand how it is processed.

￮ Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

￮ Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of personal data we hold about you, unless it is necessary to retain such data to comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

￮ Right to Data Portability: You have the right to obtain your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

￮ Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests, unless we have compelling legitimate reasons to continue processing the data.

￮ Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent for specific data processing activities at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of data processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise any of your rights or if you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us through [your contact information]. We are committed to responding to your request within a reasonable time frame, ensuring compliance with all LGPD requirements applicable to Brazil.

11. Children’s Privacy Policy Statement

Our services are not intended for use by children or minors under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect or store any personally identifiable information from users under 18 years old. If you are under 18, please do not use our services or provide any personal information to us.

To ensure our platform's safety and compliance, we may collect your age information to confirm that underage users are not part of our services. Additionally, we may use third-party services to help verify and maintain users' age information. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected personally identifiable information from users under 18, we will promptly take steps to delete such data to protect the privacy and safety of minors.

If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided personal information to us without consent, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to remove that information from our records as soon as possible.

12. Changes to the Privacy Policy

As our services evolve and legal requirements change, we may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect these changes. When we make significant changes, we will take proactive steps to notify you to ensure that you are aware of these updates.

• In-App Notifications:
We may notify you of changes to the privacy policy through in-app notifications, such as pop-up messages, to ensure that you are aware of the relevant updates when you log into the app.

• Updating This Page:
We will always publish the latest version of the privacy policy on this page and mark the most recent effective date at the top of the page. We encourage you to visit this page regularly to stay informed about the latest measures we take to protect your personal information.

By continuing to use the application after changes to the privacy policy have been made, you accept the updated terms. If you do not agree with the updated policy, you should stop using the application and contact us to delete your account and related data.

13. Contact Us

We value your trust and are committed to answering any questions, comments, or concerns you may have about this privacy policy. If you wish to exercise your privacy rights or need further clarification, please feel free to contact us:

• Email:
You can reach out to us anytime by sending an email to bastiendassonville7@gmail.com. We strive to respond within five business days of receiving your email. Your feedback is very important to us, and we will do our best to address your questions or concerns in a reasonable timeframe.

Thank you for choosing YoiMet as your social application. We appreciate your trust and are committed to providing you with a safe and enjoyable community experience while protecting your privacy.