COOKIES PRIVACY POLICY

We use cookies and similar technologies to help to provide, protect, and improve the TouchPal platform, applications, products and services (collectively “Products and Services”). We consider it essential to inform you clearly and transparently about the use of cookies prior using our Products and Services. This hereby Cookie Privacy Policy sets out the personal information collection and using practices in relation to such information.

1. WHAT IS A COOKIE ?

We and the third parties may use cookies, tags, SDKs, tracking pixels, and other similar tracking technologies. We use these technologies in order to offer you a more tailored experience in the future, by understanding and remembering your particular browsing preferences.

- A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a site, that enables us to: (i) recognize your computer or mobile device; (ii) store your preferences and settings; (iii) understand the web pages of the Products and Services you have visited; (iv), enhance your user experience by delivering and measuring the effectiveness of content and advertising tailored to your interests; (v) perform searches and analytics; and (vi) assist with security and administrative functions. Some cookies are placed in your browser cache while those associated with Flash technologies are stored with your Adobe Flash Player files.

- An SDK is a set of tools and/or code that we embed into our Products (e.g., the mobile applications) to allow third parties to collect information about how users interact with the Products and Services.

- Tracking pixels (sometimes referred to as web beacons or clear GIFs) are tiny electronic tags with a unique identifier embedded in websites, online ads and/or email that are designed to: (1) collect usage information like ad impressions or clicks and email open rates; (2) measure popularity of the Products and Services and associated advertising; and (3) access user cookies.

2. HOW ACCEPTING OR REFUSING THE USE OF COOKIES?

For the management of cookies and your choices, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in your browser’s help menu, which will let you know how to change your cookie wishes. Any settings you may make may affect your Internet experience and your access to certain services that require the use of cookies.

You have the option to configure your devices to accept all cookies, notify you when a cookie is issued, or never accept cookies. However, the latter option may result in some personalized services not being provided and, as a result, you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features offered by the site.

If you do not wish to receive cookies in general or only wish to refuse certain cookies, you can change your browser settings accordingly.

For Internet Explorer:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

For Firefox:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

For Safari:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

For Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB&hlrm=en

For any other browser not mentioned above, you can try to modify your browser setting to decline cookies by visiting the Help portion of your browser’s toolbar.

Your mobile device may allow you to control cookies through its settings function. Refer to your device manufacturer’s instructions for more information.

If you choose to decline cookies, some parts of the Products and Services may not work as intended or may not work at all.

3. HOW DO WE USE THE COOKIES?

Information collected through cookies helps us to analyze the use of the Products and Services and to enable you to benefit from a better experience when using the Products and Services.

As we adopt additional technologies, we may also gather information through other methods. Please note that you can change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated, or to block cookies altogether.

We also use the information we collect from all of our Products and Services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect ourselves and our users. We also use this information to offer you personalized ads.

4. WHICH KIND OF COOKIES ARE ON THE Products and Services?

Functional cookies

The functional cookies enable the Products and Services:

§ to adapt the display of the Products and Services (used language, screen resolution, used operating system, etc.) according to the materials and the software reading your terminal contains. These cookies expire at the end of the session;

§ to facilitate the researches by storing researches previously made by you. These cookies will be stored for a 13-month period.

Analytics cookies

We may use analytics cookies to enhance the performance of the Products and Services, by collecting connection data such as date, time, website address, IP address, visited and consulted pages, and your browser version. We do not share, sell, lease, or rent our mailing or customer lists to third parties and do not store them for more than a thirteen-month period. We may thus use web analytics service provider that uses related cookies. Although we have no control on web analytics service providers which are controller of their own processing, nor on collected data even when transferred outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) since such providers are located in the United States of America, we have deemed it essential to mention them so that you have clear and complete information that their use may, if necessary, require that you give your consent.

Social media cookies

Our Products and Services may incorporate functionality from third-party sites, including certain social networks. These features may sometimes be accompanied by scripts or other features that read, and sometimes place cookies from these social networks on, your device. These cookies can be used to personalize advertising messages. Although we have no access to these cookies, nor any control over these social networks which are responsible for their own processing, nor to the data they collect including in the context of a data transfer outside the EEA when some of them are located in the United States, we have deemed it essential to mention them so that you have clear and complete information that their use may, if necessary, require that you give your consent. For additional information, and provided that such policy is available in your language, please refer to the list of potential social network cookies below.

Facebook.

The following Facebook features can be integrated into our Products and Services and may read or place Facebook cookies:

Sign in to Facebook (which allows the user to sign in to their Facebook account and interact with our website through that account);

Share and follow on Facebook (which allow the user to share with others an item on Facebook)

Click here to read Facebook’s Privacy policy

Click here to get information on Facebook’s cookies

Twitter.

The following Twitter features can be integrated into our Products and Services and may read or place Twitter cookies:

Sign in to Twitter (which allows the user to sign in to their Twitter account and interact with our website through that account);

Share and follow on Twitter (which allow the user to share with others an item on Twitter)

Click here to read Twitter’s Privacy policy

Click here to get information on Twitter’s cookies

Third party advertising cookies or similar

Our Products and Services also integrate third-party advertising technologies that allow for the delivery of relevant content and advertising on the products or service that you use. The ads may be based on various factors such as the content of the page you are visiting, information you enter such as your age and gender, your searches, demographic data, user-generated content, and other information we collect from you. These ads may be based on your current activity or your activity over time and across other websites and online services and may be tailored to your interests.

You can click here for all such third-party partners’ name who directly collect your information and their respective privacy policy and partner list (if any). These third-party partners will collect, use, store, share or other process your personal information solely for the purpose of providing you personalized ads. We do not have access to the use of cookies or other tracking technologies that may be placed on your device you use to access the Products and Services by such non-affiliated third parties. If you do not agree on such third-party partners’ privacy policy or are unwilling to have them Process your personal information, please do not agree or accept this Cookie Privacy Policy.

In addition to the above, we also provide advertisers and/or advertisement agencies with reports about the kinds of people seeing their ads and how their ads are performing. To provide you with personalized ads, we also share certain information with these third parties, such as your IP, GAID, device version, country code, and network type.

If you want to stop receiving personalized ads, you can go to “Settings” of TouchPal Keyboard, once you choose not to receive personalized ads, we and our third-party partners will stop sending personalized ads to you. Please note that the number of ads you see will not change, but they may be less relevant to you.

You can however oppose these various operations by configuring your browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, by following the instructions, also indicated above, which are supplied for that purpose on your browser website. In case of exercises of the right to object, we confirm that no data of connection will be transmitted to any supplier of analysis of audience tools. Moreover, you have a right of access to your own data that you can exercise by contacting the concerned supplier, by specifying the number identifying of the cookie which will be attributed to you by the latter.

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