Privacy

Effective Date: January 18, 2023 This privacy policy is applicable to how GrownPeeps handles personally identifiable information that is left when you log into the mobile application and server, as well as other personally identifiable information shared with our business partners. This is the Privacy Policy of GrownPeeps LLC. (“GrownPeeps”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) and is incorporated into and is subject to our Terms of Use. The personal data we collect may be transferred to, stored and processed by us and our affiliated third parties outside of the country in which you reside, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. However, GrownPeeps makes reasonable efforts to respect the privacy rights of all of its users. For example, we have taken important steps for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) for EU users. As a data controller, GrownPeeps understands our obligations under the GDPR (EU) 2016/679 and has thus taken the following steps: a) Revised this Privacy Policy to provide you with a clear understanding of our privacy practices. b) Appointed a GrownPeeps Data Protection Officer and EU Representative who can respond to EU data subjects and Data Protection Authorities as needed. c) Reviewed our data inventory and third party relationships to gain a complete picture of data flows and take a Privacy by Design approach to our data holdings. d) Developed a procedure to respond to any requests that may be received from users who are EU residents regarding their data subject rights. e) Reviewed and revised our data retention rules to ensure GrownPeeps is not retaining personal data that is no longer in use. f) Required our third parties who we entrust with GrownPeeps user data to commit to the continued protection of such data and comply with their GDPR responsibilities as a data processor; and g) Instituted a privacy data breach response plan to ensure any privacy incidents are handled effectively and efficiently. GrownPeeps makes reasonable efforts to respect the privacy rights of all of its users. Your use of the Service signifies that you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service. Account Information If you choose to create a GrownPeeps account, GrownPeeps may ask for your name (you may use your actual name if you are comfortable to do so, and you may also use an alias), birthday, gender, bio, profile image, email address and cell phone number, so that we could identify you and provide better Services to you. Some of the aforementioned information is not mandatory. Our primary purpose in collecting your personal data is to optimize and enhance your GrownPeeps experience. What We Collect We also collect user generated content such as your broadcasts, chats, videos or other contributions. Please do not share highly sensitive personal data using our Services. Some information about your use of our Services is collected automatically, such as when you went live and how many followers you have. Any user generated content is collected by GrownPeeps, such as when you enter profile data, create broadcasts, chats, videos, when you gift or follow another user’s broadcasts. When you contact us with questions, concerns or for purposes of customer/technical support, we collect the information contained in your message, which may include your name, contact details and any other personal data you provide. Your social following, that is, data about your connections, will also be collected by GrownPeeps, and if these connections are GrownPeeps users, they will automatically appear as your followers. Keep in mind that we receive information from other users’ registrations for our Services, which may include your social media username. Information is also collected behind the scenes by GrownPeeps servers about your use of GrownPeeps Services. This includes, but is not limited to, when you last logged in, when you created a broadcast, commented on someone else’s broadcast, when you upload a video, how many virtual gifts and coins you have, your total airtime, your IP address and information about your device. Our Affiliates and Third-Party Marketing Partners Based on your consent, we may share some or all of your contact information with our marketing partners, parent company, subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with us. If you would like us to stop providing your information to our affiliates for their own marketing purposes, please discontinue use of our service. Mergers and Bankruptcy In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets, any personal information owned or controlled by us may be one of the assets transferred to third parties. We will notify you via a prominent notice within our Services of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred personal information will be subject to this Privacy Policy. However, any personal information you submit or that is collected after this type of transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity. If you create a GrownPeeps account by connecting with a third-party service, such as Facebook, Linkedin, Google, or if you connect a GrownPeeps account with a third-party account, we will use information from such third-party service, including your third-party service username, gender, profile image and birthday. Certain information will be displayed publicly on your profile page, such as your user name, your birthday and who you are following. Your recent videos will also be displayed publicly on your profile page.We use social sign-in to collect certain personal data from the social media platforms you use in order to register you on GrownPeeps. We use your birthday to determine whether you have reached the minimum age of 21 to use our Services. We use your contact information, such as your phone number, to authenticate your account, and keep your account as well as our Services secure. Cookies A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored on your computer or mobile device. Like many other websites and mobile applications, GrownPeeps will set or access GrownPeeps cookies on your computer or mobile device. Location We request access to your current location provided by your mobile device using GPS or similar technologies so that we can provide content that is more suitable to your location. You are free to accept or block access to your location information. You can switch off access to your location at any time through your device settings. Device Information GrownPeeps automatically receives and records additional information about your device, such as device model. We will use such information to detect abnormal activities and prevent a security breach. We will also use such information to identify a banned account or device. We require your location information, such as your IP address, in order to set up and maintain connection and provide Services to you. If your privacy settings allow, we will make recommendations using your location information. We automatically collect usage information that does not identify an individual user (“Usage Data”). For example, when you download and use the Services on a mobile device, we automatically collect information such as your device type, operating system version and type, certain device settings, device time zone, device carrier, current IP address, applications installed on the device, and platform-specific advertising identifiers. History We will keep a record of your interests, such as your viewing history. We will also keep a record of the virtual gifts you send or receive on GrownPeeps for the gift system to function. The Service allows you to share chats, photos, videos and live streams along with other communications. If you choose to share the items listed above, such items will be stored on our servers in accordance with our data retention policies. Payment Information We require your Email address and or your PayPal/Zelle/Cash App ID information and other sensitive information in order to make payments to you. You shall be solely responsible for the accuracy of such information in order for us to process the payment. Payments will be processed within 5-7 business days from the date of request. Information Shared by You Most communications on GrownPeeps are public and some may be immediately viewed by others. Therefore, you should think twice before sharing any sensitive information. Your private messages may also be monitored by us if we have reasonable grounds to believe that you have engaged in illegal activities while using private messaging services. Your private messages (including any image or video contained) may be shared with law enforcement agencies if we are requested to do so. Information you voluntarily transmit via our Services is publicly accessible and may be viewed and used by others without any restrictions. We do not control such uses of your personally identifiable information, and by using our Services, you assume the risk and acknowledge that the personal data provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties and by us for any number of purposes. When you stream live video content or interact with the video streams in real time, this data is available to other GrownPeeps users in real time. Some metadata, such as number of likes or views, may also be published, however, most of the metadata that GrownPeeps collects is not publicly available. In addition, if you choose to share these items with other Service users, we may not be able to remove them from our servers or make them unavailable to anyone you have shared them with. Sending messages, photos, videos or other communications through the Service is your decision. By choosing to share that information, you should understand that you may no longer be able to control how that information is used and that it may become publicly available (depending in part on your actions or the actions of others with whom you have shared the information). GrownPeeps is not responsible for any use or misuse of information you share. Children Protection GrownPeeps is not directed to children, and if you are under the minimum age of 21 as specified in GrownPeeps Terms of Use, you may not create a GrownPeeps account or use GrownPeeps services. GrownPeeps has zero tolerance to any form of child abuse or exploitation. Your data (including private messages) may be shared with law enforcement agencies if we have reasonable grounds to believe that you have engaged in child pornography, or if we are requested to do so by law enforcement agencies. Global Operation In order to provide Services to our users all over the world, we operate globally. You hereby authorize us to transfer, store, and use your data in any country and region we operate, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. How to Manage Your Personal Information The privacy settings allow you to control whether or not to share certain information and whether you may be found by certain GrownPeeps functions. You may download videos and participate in live broadcasts that you have shared through our Services. If you believe the personal information we have about you is inaccurate, you may also email us at grownpeepsllc@yahoo.com to update such inaccurate information and or deactivate your account. Once your account is deactivated, you will not be able to restore your account. If your account is deactivated due to your violation of our Terms of Use, we may retain certain information (such as device information, phone number) to prevent you from accessing our Services again; Note: You may modify your account information on your profile page at any time. Protection I. The protection of user privacy is a fundamental policy of GrownPeeps. GrownPeeps guarantees that it will not publicly disclose or provide a third party with your non-public information, except in the following circumstances as follows: a) When prior express authorization is obtained from you. b) When and as required by prevailing laws and/or regulations. c) When and as required by relevant competent authorities of the government. d) When it is necessary to safeguard the public interest. e) When it is necessary to protect the safety of any person (including you). f) When it is necessary to address fraud, security or technical issues. g) When it is necessary to safeguard the legal rights and interests of GrownPeeps. II. GrownPeeps may collaborate with a third party (an affiliate or otherwise) to provide you with relevant Services. When we receive feedback from you and inquire about any features you would like to see in future. Customize, measure and improve our Services and content. Analyze our user database to review preferences and trends for our own internal statistical and analytical purposes, which we may use for marketing purposes and with respect to operations and development. Confirm the accuracy of our data with the data held by third parties. In this scenario, GrownPeeps has the right to share your information with a third party, if the third party agrees to bear responsibility for providing privacy protection no less favorable to that of GrownPeeps. III. Under the condition that no private information of an individual user is disclosed, GrownPeeps has the right to analyze the entire user database and utilize the database for commercial purposes. Contact Information You may reach us via the following email address: grownpeepsllc@yahoo.com Law Enforcement GrownPeeps is willing to cooperate with law enforcement agencies to combat crimes. Due to security concerns, we are unable to accept requests for non-public user information that are served via email. Except for exigent emergency involving imminent danger to life, original document of the formal request (subpoena, search warrant, court order or other legal proceedings) and any supporting documents (such as scan copy of identification card or police badges) must be served to the office address of GrownPeeps before the user information is released to the law enforcement agencies. We encourage law enforcement agencies to notarize the formal request to help us verify its authenticity. We will not release sensitive user information unless we are convinced of the authenticity of the request. The formal request should: a) Identify the GrownPeeps User ID of the requested account. b) Identify the information requested. c) Indicate the purpose of the request or indicate that the purpose is confidential. d) State the legal basis for the request. If the formal request is not in English, we encourage the law enforcement agencies to provide an English translation. We will keep the existence of the request confidential if requested by the law enforcement agencies. However, we may take action against any account that violates the Terms of Use, including disabling the account. We encourage law enforcement agencies to contact us via email (grownpeepsllc@yahoo.com) regarding the availability of user information before serving the formal request. By using our Services, accessing our Mobile App, you are consenting to the practices relating to personal data collection and use that are described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that our Services are controlled and offered by GrownPeeps from its facilities in the United States of America. The laws of other countries may differ regarding how personally identifiable information must be handled by GrownPeeps. GrownPeeps makes no representations that our Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition, and consent to GrownPeeps collection, storage and use of their personally identifiable information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. Aggregate and Anonymous Information We may also share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. Aggregate or anonymous information is information that does not, on its own, identify you personally. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of users our app receives or share anonymous identifiers (such as device advertising identifiers or hashed email addresses) with advertisers and business partners. This information does not contain any personally identifiable information. Advertisements When we serve an advertisement to your device, we collect information about your interaction with this advertisement to help us evaluate the performance of the advertisement that we show, such as whether you clicked on it, or installed the advertised product. The third parties that serve these advertisements may also collect other information about your interaction with an advertisement and about your browser or device. This collection and the subsequent use of this information by these third parties is subject to these third parties’ privacy policies over which GrownPeeps has no control. Business Partners We have relationships with other companies, such as developers, where we serve as the publisher or distributor of the applications, products, or services developed by those third parties. In this case, both GrownPeeps and that third party may have access to certain information about your use of this mobile application, product, or service. In this case, the information that we collect is subject to this Privacy Policy and the information that the third party collects is subject to that third parties privacy policy. Outbound Links If you choose to access optional services, such as a website, product or service provided by a third party, including through the Service, such third party may also collect information about you. Please see the privacy policies of each such third party for more information about how they use the information they collect. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any exchange of information between you and any third party. These third parties include business partners with whom we may jointly offer products or services, or whose products or services may be offered on our Service. You can tell when a third party is involved in a product or service that you have requested because their name will appear, either alone or with ours. Special Information for California Residents California law allows users of the Services who are California residents to request and receive once a year, free of charge, a notice from us describing what categories of personal information (if any) we shared with third parties, including our corporate affiliates, for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to request a copy of this notice, please contact us as provided in the “How to Contact Us” section. In your request, please specify that you want a “California Privacy Rights Notice.” Please allow at least thirty (30) days for a response. However, please note that we are not required to erase or otherwise eliminate content or information a) other state or federal laws require us or a third party to maintain the content or information; b) the content or information was posed, stored, or republished by another user Other Other than as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not share our users’ personally identifiable information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If in the future, we plan to share personally identifiable information with any third party for its direct advertising \purposes other than as stated in this Privacy Policy, you will be notified in accordance with applicable law. Amendments to the Privacy Policy GrownPeeps periodically makes changes to the privacy policy and the current version will be found at the following link: Privacy Policy. By continuing to use our Services, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy. We reserve the right at our discretion to make changes to this Privacy Policy. You may review updates to our Privacy Policy at any time via links on our app. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by publishing a revised Privacy Policy or by means of a notice on our app, or as required by law.You agree that your continued use of the Service after we publish a revised Privacy Policy or provide a notice on our website constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of the Privacy Policy, you should not use the Service.