Privacy Policy


LAST UPDATED DATE: AUGUST 2024

This application suite and an online platform (also referred to as Swish, Hub, Homescreen, Folders) is operated by Glance InMobi Pte. Ltd. (collectively referred to "Platform", "us," "we," or "our"), that helps end users ("end users" or "you") to consume and navigate dynamic content relevant to your interests. Platform’s offerings include Gaming, Sports, Shopping, Finance, Travel, Social, Entertainment, News, and Weather apps published individually on the application stores such as Google Play Store, GetApps and in applications containing combinations of these apps. Features of these apps may also be accessible through the Hub/Homescreen or Folders on your device. We respect your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, process, and share your personal information and to help you understand and exercise your privacy rights.

Notice at Collection. At or before the time of collection, California residents may have a right to receive notice of our practices, including the categories of personal information to be collected, the purposes for which such information is collected or used, whether such information is sold or shared and how to opt-out of such uses, and how long such information is retained. You can find those details in this statement by clicking on the above links. Please see sections below on Supplemental Notice for California Residents, Retention of Personal Information and How We Use Your Personal Information sections below.

  1. SCOPE
  2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
  3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
  4. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
  5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
  6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
  7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
  8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
  9. SUPPLEMENTAL STATE-SPECIFIC PRIVACY NOTICE
  10. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
  11. OTHER PROVISIONS
  12. CONTACT US

1. SCOPE

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information processed by us, including on our websites, Platform and/or other related software made available to you through smart devices which may be preloaded on the devices, downloadable from Google Play Store, or made available through other digital media ("Services").

Important Note: This Privacy Policy does not apply to: (i) third party’s websites, applications, content, or landing pages ("Third Party Content"), that you may access through Platform, (ii) your interaction with Third Party Content; or (iii) information that you provide to or that is collected by any third party ("Third-party Data"). Third Party’s respective privacy policies govern their collection and use of your information may be available on the settings page of your smart device. Any questions or requests relating to Third-Party Data should be directed to the relevant third party. For the Application that is made available as a pre-loaded feature on a smart device, please note that, the carrier/provider of the device may incorporate relevant terms of this policy within their own privacy policies or provide for a different version of this privacy policy and make the same available to you. Please refer to the settings page of your smart device for the same.

We are the controller for the personal information we process, unless otherwise stated. For information on how to contact us, please refer to "CONTACT US" below.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The categories of personal information we collect depend on how you interact with us, our Services, and the requirements of applicable law. We collect information that you provide to us, information we obtain automatically when you use our Services, and information from other sources such as third-party services and organizations, as described below. Please note that you may interact with our customers, telecom partners, advertisers and media partners directly and their respective privacy policies govern their collection and use of your data.

  1. Information You Provide to Us Directly
  2. We may collect the following personal information that you provide to us:


  3. Information Collected Automatically
  4. We may collect personal information automatically when you use our Services:


  5. Information Collected from Other Sources
  6. We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third-party services and organizations. For example, if you access our Services through a third-party application, such as an app store, a third-party login service, Third Party Content, or a social networking site, we may collect information about you from that third-party application that you have made available via your privacy settings.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your information for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, for administrative purposes, and to market our products and Services, as described below.
  1. Provide Our Services
  2. We use your information to fulfil our contract with you and provide you with our Services and perform our contract with you, such as:


  3. Administrative Purposes
  4. We use your information in our legitimate interest, such as:


  5. Marketing and Advertising our Products and Services
  6. We may use personal information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements. We may provide you with these materials as permitted by applicable law.

    Some of the ways we market to you include email campaigns, custom audiences advertising, and "interest-based" or "personalized advertising," including through cross-device tracking.

    If you have any questions about our marketing practices or if you would like to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes, you may contact us at any time as set forth in "CONTACT US" below.

  7. With your Consent
  8. We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent.

  9. Other Purposes
  10. We also use your information for other purposes as requested by you or as permitted by applicable law.

4. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We disclose your information to third parties for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, to protect us or others, or in the event of a major business transaction such as a merger, sale, or asset transfer, as described below.

  1. Disclosures to Provide our Services
  2. We may disclose your information to the third parties (as set out below) for a variety of business purposes, as described above, in accordance with applicable privacy laws and regulatory requirements:

  3. Disclosures to Protect Us or Others
  4. We may access, preserve, and disclose any information we store associated with you to external parties if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to comply with law enforcement or national security requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety; enforce our policies or contracts; collect amounts owed to us; or assist with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.

  5. Disclosure in the Event of Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers
  6. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract.

5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS

Please note you must separately opt out on each device.

Your Privacy Rights. In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to:

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please click here or contact us at privacy_shf@glance.com, with the subject line "Opt-out" and providing us with the email address of your account or your GAID. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws. We do not track users with cross-device identifiers, please keep in mind that every time you change your device, reset your identifier or reinstall the app a new request will need to be submitted.

6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we do not accept liability for unauthorized disclosure.

By using our Services or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of our Services. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on our Services, by mail, or by sending an email to you.

7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world as described in this policy, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We endeavour to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

If we transfer personal information which originates in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and/or the United Kingdom to a country that has not been found to provide an adequate level of protection under applicable data protection laws, one of the safeguards we may use to support such transfer is the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

For more information about the safeguards, we use for international transfers of your personal information, please contact us as set forth below.

8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We store the personal information we collect as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services, or as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defences, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, certain risk factors, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.

9. SUPPLEMENTAL STATE-SPECIFIC PRIVACY NOTICE

This Supplemental State-Specific Privacy Notice supplements our Privacy Policy and is required by the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (CCPA), Colorado Privacy Act, Connecticut Data Privacy Act, Utah Consumer Privacy Act and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. To the extent there are further U.S. State laws mandate similar requirements, this paragraph shall apply to such applicable users.

The categories of sources from which we collect personal information and our business and commercial purposes for using personal information are set forth in "PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT","HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION" and "HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION" above, respectively. We will retain personal information in accordance with the time periods set forth in "RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION"

Authorized Agent. If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction that recognizes the ability to use a legally authorized agent to act on your behalf, your authorized agent may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. To authorize an agent, provide written authorization signed by you and your designated agent using the information found in "Contact Us" below and ask us for additional instructions.

Verification. To protect your privacy, we will take the following steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. When you make a request, we will ask you to provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative, which may include, but not limited to, asking you to answer questions regarding your account and use of our Services.

Additional Privacy Rights for California Residents

The CCPA provides California residents with the right to know what categories of personal information Platform has collected about them, whether Platform disclosed that personal information for a business purpose (e.g., to a service provider), whether Platform "sold" that personal information, and whether Platform "shared" that personal information for "cross-context behavioral advertising" in the preceding 12 months. California residents can find this information below:

Category of Personal Information Collected by Platform 

Category of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information is Disclosed to for a Business Purpose 

Category of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information is Sold and/or Shared  

Identifiers. 

GAID and Internet Protocol Address

  • Advertising networks including the Group 
  • Service providers 
  • Other Users (User content) 
  • Advertising networks including the Group 
  • Data analytics providers including the Group channels 

 

Internet or other electronic network activity 

User's interaction with the application

  • Advertising networks including the Group 
  • Service providers 
  • Advertising networks including the Group  

Inferences drawn from other personal information to create a profile about a consumer 

Recommendations based on user’s past interactions

  • Service providers 
  • Advertising networks including the Group 
  • Service providers 

 

 

We "sell" and "share" your personal information to provide you with "cross-context behavioral advertising".

Opting Out of "Sales" of Personal Information and/or "Sharing" for Cross-Context Behavioural Advertising under the CCPA. California residents have the right to opt out of the "sale" of personal information and the "sharing" of personal information for "cross-context behavioural advertising." California residents may exercise these rights by on "Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information" or contacting us as set forth in "Contact Us" below.

Disclosure Regarding Individuals Under the Age of 16. Platform does not have actual knowledge of any "sale" of personal information of minors under 16 years of age. Platform does not have actual knowledge of any "sharing" of personal information of minors under 16 years of age for "cross-context behavioral advertising." Non-Discrimination. California residents have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of their rights conferred by the CCPA. . California residents have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of their rights conferred by the CCPA.

This Privacy Policy uses industry-standard technologies and was developed in line with the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.1. If you wish to print this policy, please do so from your web browser or by saving the page as a PDF. Privacy Policy uses industry-standard technologies and was developed in line with the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.1.

California Shine the Light. The California "Shine the Light" law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties.

Additional Privacy Rights for Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and Utah

10. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

Protecting children’s privacy online is very important to us. Although our Services are designed for a general audience, for any Services that may appeal to children we limit personal information collection and sharing to only what is necessary to support the internal operations of our Services.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has uploaded personal information to our site without your consent, you may contact us as described in "CONTACT US" below. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete any personal information we have collected, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it, and terminate the child’s account, if applicable.

11. OTHER PROVISIONS

Third-Party Websites/Applications. The Services may contain links to other websites/applications and other websites/applications may reference or link to our Services. These third-party services are not controlled by us. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which they interact. We do not endorse, screen, or approve, and are not responsible for, the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. Providing personal information to third-party websites or applications is at your own risk.

Supervisory Authority. If you are in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Columbia, Ecuador or Brazil, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law. The following are links to the supervisory authorities in the EEA, Switzerland and UK:

Changes to our Privacy Policy. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion. If there are any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you as required by applicable law. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Privacy Policy if you continue to use our Services after the new Privacy Policy takes effect.

12. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your rights as detailed in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy_shf@glance.com. We have appointed a representative in the EU. You can contact them by post at Mishcon de Reya Representative Services (Europe) Limited, 2nd Floor, 1-2 Victoria Buildings, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 XN32, Ireland, or by email at representative@mishcon.com