Privacy Policy

Effective From: December 15, 2023

When you use the Buzzey app, you agree to the collection and use of your personal information in accordance with this Policy. Unless otherwise defined, terms used in this Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.

The Policy describes the legal bases for using your information, what information we collect, how we use it, whom we share it with and what rights you have in relation to this information. If you don’t agree with any terms in this Policy, please discontinue the use of our App.
  1. Legal Bases for Using Your Information
    The legal bases Purple INK SRL relies on to use your personal information are:
    • Your Explicit Consent

      To create an account with Buzzey and to continue using the App when our terms change, we explicitly ask you to consent to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

      When you use certain features of the App, we’ll also ask for your consent to access specific data or device functions, such as the Bluetooth receiver, the camera, your photos, contacts or location.

      You can revoke your consent through your device permissions or by deleting your account from the app, at Profile Details > Delete Account. For fraud prevention purposes, after deleting your account, your data will be retained for 90 days before being expunged.
    • Legitimate Interest

      We may also use your information because we or a third party have a legitimate interest in doing so. For instance, we need to use your information to provide and manage your access to the App, such as storing and delivering your content and data, protecting your account, tracking the quality of the service and providing customer support.

      Since using Buzzey is free, we may also use some information about you to customize ads shown to you by us or by our partners.
    • Performance of a Contract

      When you enter into a contract or into an agreement with us (for instance, in order to purchase or to access certain features, products, services or promotions), we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of that contract or agreement.
    • Legal Obligations

      We may be required to use your personal information to comply with the law, such as keeping accounting records, responding to legal process or having to take action to protect our users.
  2. Information We Collect
    • Personal Information You Disclose to Us

      To create and maintain your Buzzey account, we require certain information that can be used to contact or identify you.
      It may include, but is not limited to: your phone number, first name and last name, gender, date of birth and email address.

      To give you access to new features or promotions through the App, we may need to request additional details, such as usernames, passwords, password hints or answers to security questions.

      Accessing paid services or products will also require you to disclose billing information, such as your postal address, your credit or debit card number and its associated account information.

      In order to enhance your usage experience, you may also choose to reveal additional information, such as profile pictures, personal descriptions or preferences.

      Please note that you also provide us with any personal information present in the content you publish in the App or in communications with our customer support department.
    • Information Collected While You Use the App

      We automatically collect certain information about your device and your activity in the App:
      • Hardware Information

        Device model, operating system version, device identifiers, as well as other diagnostic data.
      • App Usage Information

        Which sections of the App you visit, what content you view and you publish in the App.
      • Configuration Information

        Configurations you explicitly made in the App, as well as automatically assigned or generated tokens, passwords or identifiers.
      • Information on the Device

        Certain features may access data stored on your device or obtained from its sensors, such as contacts, photo albums, cameras, microphones or location providers.
      • Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies

        We and our affiliates or partners may use use cookies, beacons, stored trackers, unique advertising identifiers and other technologies to collect, analyze, track and measure information about your activity.

        This information can be used to improve the relevance, quality and performance of services, offers and ads provided by us and by our affiliates and partners.
      • Access Log Information

        When you access any part of our App, periodically while you use it, as well as when events such as notifications or errors occur in the App, information is collected that may include: IP address, access time, hardware information, App navigation and configuration information, as well as other diagnostic statistics.
    • Information Collected from Other Sources

      We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as other users, public databases, marketing partners or other third parties.

      Examples of information received from other sources include: social media profile information, marketing leads from affiliate advertisers, information derived from your interactions with other users.
  3. How We Use Your Information
    Purple INK SRL uses the collected information for various purposes:
    • To identity you when you create your Buzzey account and when you sign in.
    • To deliver, provide, operate, maintain, develop, improve, extend and protect our App and our other products and services.
    • To track, analyze, measure, evaluate, rate and improve your use of the App and its content.
    • To personalize and improve your experience while using the App.
    • To give you access to new features, products, services and promotions.
    • To request feedback on the App and on content you viewed or you interacted with in the App (specific features, operations, services or promotions).
    • To fulfill and manage your orders for any paid services or products you access.
    • To create, personalize, deliver, track, measure and improve advertising provided by us or by our affiliates and partners.
    • To communicate with you in various ways:
      • To respond to feedback or to customer support requests.
      • To notify you about changes to the App or to our Terms.
      • To send you alerts or notifications you requested in the App.
      • To send you information about products, services and promotional offers provided by us or by our affiliates and partners.
    • To enable user-to-user communications.
    • To verify your identity in order to prevent fraud or other unauthorized or illegal activity.
    • To enforce our Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy and any other usage policies we may introduce.
  4. How We Share Your Information
    We may share information about you in the following ways:
    • With Other Users

      Other users may see your name, profile picture and description field, as well as content you create, personalize, post or send in the App.
    • With Our Affiliates

      We may share information about you with our affiliates. They include any subsidiaries of Purple INK SRL, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
    • With Third Parties

      • With Vendors and Service Providers

        We may share your data with vendors and service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf and for these purposes require access to such information.

        These services include: user authentication and management, data storage and hosting, data management and analysis, payment processing, order fulfillment, email delivery, content review, customer service, advertising and marketing.
      • With Business Partners

        We may share information about you with our business partners, to offer you certain features, products, services and promotions.
      • With Third Parties as Part of a Business Transfer

        We may share or transfer your information as part of negotiations or proceedings for any merger, sale of company assets, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy or acquisition of all or of a portion of our business by another company.
      • With Third Parties For Legal Reasons

        We may share information about you if it is required to:
        • Comply with any applicable laws, rules and regulations.
        • Comply or respond to a legal process.
        • Enforce our Terms of Service and investigate violations.
        • Prevent, investigate or resolve fraud or other security issues.
  5. What Rights You Have in Relation to Your Information
    Under the applicable data protection laws, if you reside in the European Union, you have a number of rights in relation to your information:
    • To be informed about the collection and use of your personal information - in this Policy, we inform you of our data collection and processing practices and purposes.
    • To request access and obtain a copy of your personal information.
    • To request the rectification of your personal information - if your information is inaccurate or incomplete, you can have it updated.
    • To request the erasure of your personal information - if your information was processed unlawfully and in other situations stipulated by law, you can have it erased from our records.
    • To restrict the processing of your personal information - if you dispute the accuracy of your information and in other situations stipulated by law, you can request us to restrict the processing of your information.
    • To data portability - you can request the personal information you provided to us in a machine-readable format.
    • To object to the processing of your personal information - you can refuse the processing of your personal information in certain situations stipulated by law.
    • To request human intervention or challenge a decision made by an automated decision-making or profiling process.
    • To withdraw your consent for information collection and processing - the withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
    • To complain to your National Data Protection Authority

    To exercise one of the rights above, please contact us at support@buzzey.app or send us a signed written request at Romania, Iași, 113 B Toma Cozma, 700552.

    We'll respond to requests within the legal time span of one calendar month, which can be extended for complex requests or for repeated requests from the same individual.

    If there are doubts concerning the identity of the person sending a request, we can ask for additional identification information.
  6. How Long We Keep Your Information
    We store your information for as long as your account is active and for at least 2 years after your account is deactivated (at your request, for prolonged inactivity, for breach of the Terms or for any other reason).

    We cannot guarantee a specific timeframe for deleting your personal information after your account is deactivated, but we do take measures to securely store it and isolate it from regular processing until deletion is possible.
  7. How We Keep Your Information Secure
    We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect the security of any personal information we process.

    However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable and therefore we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
  8. International Information Transfers
    We may collect your personal information from, transfer it to and store and process it in countries other than your own.

    We and our affiliates use servers in Romania, part of the European Union.

    We also use vendors and service providers that store and process data for us, in the United States.
    These vendors and service providers have measures in place to protect your data, such as the Standard contractual clauses for data transfers between EU and non-EU countries
  9. Minors' Privacy
    We do not knowingly collect personal information from or market to anyone under 18.

    By using the App, you represent that you are at least 18. If we become aware that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to remove such data from our records.

    If you learn of any data we have collected from someone under 18, please let us know at support@buzzey.app
  10. Third-Party Content and Integrations
    The App may contain elements provided by third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may present or link to content that we do not control.
    These elements may include co-branded or third-party-branded advertisements, presentations or App sections, features or services.

    You acknowledge and agree that we cannot guarantee and we are not responsible for the safety of the content provided by third parties, nor for the safety and privacy of data they collect from you.

    Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. You should review the individual policies of such third parties and contact them directly for any related questions.
  11. Revisions to This Privacy Policy
    We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to describe our current data privacy practices and to stay compliant with applicable laws.

    For every update, we'll inform you in a number of ways:
    • In our App, we'll ask you to consent to the updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
    • We'll revise the "Effective From" date at the top of the Privacy Policy that’s available in our App and on our websites.
    • We may send you an email or a notification through the App.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@buzzey.app

Purple INK SRL is located in Romania, Iași, 113 B Toma Cozma, 700552.
Company registration number: 36339696