This Privacy Policy shall apply to the applications published in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store by Blackstar Software Ltd. and that are accessible from mobile devices and personal computers (the “Apps“), and the use of the websites controlled by Blackstar Software Ltd. in general (the “Website“; Apps, and Website together the “Services“).
General
Regarding the Services: Blackstar Software Ltd. (“Blackstar Software“, “we“, “us” or “our“) is the Data Controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR“).
This privacy policy shall inform you on how we collect, process and use (“Use“) personal data in connection with the Services.
All Blackstar Software Services are governed by this Privacy Policy and by using or accessing a Service You give consent to the processing, use and disclosure of your data. Please do not install or use the Services if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
In general, you can use the Services without providing any personal information such as e.g. your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, financial information (all such information concerning the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable individual data subject together “Personal Data“)
For a better experience, while using our Services we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information to enable analytics and crash reporting provided by third parties. We use analytical and crash report information for supporting business analysis and operations, business intelligence, product development, improving products and services, personalising content, providing advertising, and making recommendations. We may also use third-parties, such as Google in order to develop and analyse use of the Services.
We may employ third-party ad serving technologies that use certain methods to collect information as a result of ad serving through Services. Third parties operating the ad serving technology may use demographic and geo-location information as well as information logged from your hardware or device to ensure that relevant advertising is presented within the Service.
Blackstar Software or third parties may collect and use data, for such purposes, including but not limited to, data such as IP address, Device ID, MAC address, installed software, application usage data, hardware type, Operating System information, browser information, unique identifiers in browser cookies and Internet and on-line usage information.
We will not disclose your personal information to third-parties other than for the uses described above.
You may opt out of analytics tracking and personalised advertising in our apps from within the app settings.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
Links to Privacy Policy of third party service providers:
Cookies
Our Website uses cookies to personalise your experience on our site. Cookies tell us which parts of our website people have visited and give us insights into user behaviour so we can improve our communications and products. You can disable cookies anytime in your web browser.
Blackstar Software cookies don’t collect information that personally identify you. Also, other sites or companies won’t be able to track you through our cookies.
Cookies are stored on your computer when using the Website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk of the computer with which you visit a website and which are allocated to your browser and through which certain information is submitted to the cookies user that sets the cookie (in this case us). Cookies serve to make the website offering more user-friendly and effective overall.
The Website uses cookies to the following extent:
- Transient / Session cookies
- Persistent / Setting cookies
- Analysis cookies
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This includes in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which identify user session in the browser. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
Persistent cookies help the Website remember your information and settings when you visit them in the future. They are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie.
We also use cookies on our website which enable an analysis of the user’s surfing behaviour.
The website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyse how you use the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website will normally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
The IP address that your browser transfers within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser, however please note that if you do so you may not be able to use all functions of the Website. You can also opt-out from the storage by Google of the data that is created by the cookie and is related to the use of the Website (including your IP address) and the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the Google Analytics opt-out Browser add-on available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click this link in order to opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this Website in the future (this opt-out option applies only for the browser in which you set it and with regard to the Website). In this case an opt-out cookie is put on your device. In case you delete your cookies, you will have to use the aforementioned link again.
For further information on Google Analytics please refer to: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/, https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en
Duration of Storage of Personal Data
Unless no shorter storage period is indicated in this privacy policy, we, in general, store Personal Data as long (i) as required for the provision of the Services to you, and/or (ii) as it is necessary with regard to the contractual relationship with you, thereafter only if and to the extent that we are obliged to do so by mandatory statutory retention obligations. If we no longer require the respective Personal Data for the purposes described above, such Personal Data will only be stored during the respective legal retention period and not processed for other purposes.
Your Rights
You have the right to request information from us at any time about your Personal Data stored by us. If the legal requirements are met, you also have rights vis-à-vis us to request from us access to and rectification or erasure or restriction of processing concerning your Personal Data or to object the processing of your Personal Data as well as the right to receive your Personal Data provided to us in a structured, established and machine-readable format from us (you can transfer this data to other parties or have it transferred; data portability).
If you have given your consent to the use of personal data, you can revoke such consent at any time (for the future).
If you believe that the processing of your Personal Data by us is in breach of the applicable data protection laws, you can issue a complaint with the competent supervisory authority for data protection.
Keeping Your Personal Data Secure
We have taken extensive technical and operational precautions to protect the Personal Data retained by us against unauthorised access and misuse. Our security procedures are revised regularly and adapted to reflect technological progress.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy do not hesitate to contact us via the Website or in writing at the address below:
Blackstar Software Ltd.
5 Goldington Road
Bedford
MK40 3JY
United Kingdom