Privacy Policy
Last updated on December 21, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes how TLDR.chat collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our services, including TLDR.chat website and TLDR.chat mobile application (collectively referred to as the “Service”).
1. What personal information we collect?
The personal information that we may collect about you broadly falls into the following categories:
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Information that you provide
We collect information about you when you input it into our Service or the Service.
Account and profile creation
We collect information about you when you register for an account, create or modify your profile, and set preferences for the Service.
Sign in via other platforms
TLDR.chat integrates with Google Sign-In to streamline the sign-up process. When you choose to sign up or log in using your Google account, we may collect information such as your name, and email address, as permitted by your Google account settings.
Purchases
TLDR.chat may collect payment information when you make a purchase through the Service. However, please note that we do not store or have access to your payment information. Instead, we securely transmit this information to a third-party payment processor.
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Information that we collect from your device and usage
When you use our Service, we automatically gather some information about your device and how you interact with our service. This helps us make your experience better and more personalized. Here’s what we collect:
Device Information: This includes things like the type of browser you’re using, your device’s IP address (a unique number that identifies your device on the internet), the kind of device you have (whether it’s a computer, smartphone, or tablet), and the operating system it uses (such as Windows or iOS).
Usage Interaction: This includes which features you use, the links you click, and how long you spend on different parts of our service.
2. How we use your information?
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
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User Registration: To create and manage your account in our Service.
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Service Improvement: To analyze and improve our Service, troubleshoot technical issues, and enhance user experience.
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Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws and respond to lawful requests from authorities.
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Marketing Communications: If you provide consent, we may send you marketing communications about our products and services.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information
If you live in Europe, we only gather and handle your information when we have a good reason to do so according to the laws in Europe. We collect and use your information only when:
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Legitimate Interests
We process personal information based on our legitimate interests in providing and improving our Service. This includes user registration and authentication, enhancing user experience, and ensuring the security of our Service.
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Legal Obligations
We can share your personal information with authorities to comply with legal obligations, such as responding to lawful requests.
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Consent
We will obtain your consent before sending you marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
4. Who is my information disclosed to?
We may disclose your personal information to third-party companies under certain circumstances. These third-party companies may include service providers, business partners, and other entities that assist us in providing, improving, or securing our Service.
By using our Service, you acknowledge and agree to the disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We take measures to ensure that any third parties with whom we share your personal information are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of that information.
5. Cookies and Similar Tracking Technology
TLDR.chat uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience when using our Service. This section provides information about the types of cookies and tracking technologies we use, how they are utilized, and your options for managing them.
Types of Cookies We Use:
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Necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website and enable core features such as user authentication and account management. You cannot opt out of essential cookies.
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Analytical Cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze how users interact with our website, helping us improve its performance and functionality. We use these insights to enhance the user experience.
6. How we keep your personal information secure?
We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information that we collect and process about you. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information. However, no security system is impenetrable and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission through the Internet, or while stored on our systems or otherwise in our care, is absolutely safe from intrusion by others.
7. Data retention
We retain the personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate need to do so (e.g., to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax, or accounting requirements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need or legal reason to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise it or, if this is not possible (e.g., because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
8. Thirdy-party websites
The Service may link to third-party websites or platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites. If you have any questions about how these other websites use your information, you should review their policies and contact them directly. We are not responsible for the actions of third parties.
9. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time in response to changing legal, regulatory, technical, or business developments.
You can see when this policy was last updated by checking the date displayed at the top of this policy.
10. How to contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact by sending us an email at privacy@tldr.chat