Privacy Policy
©At built the Append app as a Freemium app. This service is provided by ©At at no cost and is intended for use as is.
This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decides to use our Service.
If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information about this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which are accessible at Append unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to Identifiers, Contact Info, Purchases, Diagnostics, and User Content. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.
The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.
Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app
Essential Account Data
We receive Personal Information directly from you when you provide it to us as part of creating an account, including, but not limited to, at least:
- Full Name
- Email address
These data are processed in order to provide you with Services and secure access to your account.
Contact Information
We may collect contact information for both present and prospective customers including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, title, and company name, from various sources, including offline marketing activities.
We process this information for marketing purposes and to provide support to present and prospective customers.
Third-Party Service Connection
Our Service allows you to connect various third-party services (“Third-Party Services”). When you connect a Third-Party Service and grant us permission to access your account, we never request or receive your log-in credentials for that Third-Party Service.
We use the OAuth authorization protocol to request a token from the Third-Party Service; the token then gives us access to your account to the extent authorized by you and permitted by that Third-Party Service.
Information We Receive From Third-Party Sources
When you enable the Service to connect Third-Party Services, the Third-Party Services will provide us with access to certain information that you may have provided to the Third-Party Services and we will use, store and disclose such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, please remember that the manner in which Third-Party Services use, store and disclose your information is governed by the policies of such Third-Party Services, and Append shall have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any Third- Party Services that may be enabled within the Service.
Cookies and tracking technologies
We also use technologies such as cookies, local storage (as defined below), scripts to collect information, provide a better user experience, and improve our services. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your device. We may use “persistent cookies” to save your ID for future logins to the service. We may use “session ID cookies” to enable certain features of the service, to better understand how you interact with the service and to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on the service. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all aspects of the service. “Local storage” is a way for a website to collect and store information “locally” (e.g., on the user’s device rather than on the website’s server) and then later retrieve it again. Local storage includes “localStorage” and “sessionStorage.” By using local storage, a user’s visits can, for example, be stored on their own computer, counted, and then given to us.
Information We Automatically Collect When You Use Our Service
Some Personal Information is automatically collected when you visit our Sites or use our Service, through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies. See the “Choice” section in this Privacy Policy for a description of these technologies and your rights and options with respect to them.
In addition, we collect anonymized usage data regarding the Service, which we may analyze and use to improve the Service.
Log Data
We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in the case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.
Data Shared with Third-Party Service
Use of OpenAI Services
Our Service utilizes the capabilities of OpenAI, an AI service provider, for various data processing tasks. In the course of this integration, certain data may be shared with OpenAI to enhance the functionality of our Service.
Types of Data Shared
The data shared with OpenAI may include, but is not limited to, text inputs in and user commands that are necessary for the AI to perform its functions (e.g. task / schedule recognition creation). We ensure that the data shared is limited to what is necessary for the AI to provide the requested services and that it is handled in accordance with our privacy policy and OpenAI's privacy policy.
User Consent for Data Sharing
Before any data is shared with OpenAI, we require explicit consent from our users. This consent is obtained through a clear and conspicuous notice within the app's user-interface, where users can opt-in to the data sharing after being fully informed of the type of data shared and the purposes of the processing.
Security
We value your trust in providing us with your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to take the necessary actions.
Additional Limits on Use of Your Google User Data
Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Policy, if you provide Append access to the following types of your Google data, Append’s use of that data will be subject to these additional restrictions:
- to use our Google Calendar information, we require certain permissions from you. We need permissions to read and modify events and calendar list to add/edit/remove your events in your calendar. we will never access, read, or modify your events for any other purpose, and will not transfer this data to others unless doing so is necessary to provide and improve these features, comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
- we will never access, read, or modify your calendar data for any other purpose, and will not transfer this data to others unless doing so is necessary to provide and improve these features, comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
- we will not use your Google Calendar data for serving advertisements.
- we will not allow humans to read this data unless we have your affirmative agreement for specific messages, doing so is necessary for security purposes such as investigating abuse, to comply with applicable law, or for Append’s internal operations and even then only when the data have been aggregated and anonymized.
- our use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
- For more details, please refer to Google Play Services Privacy Policy.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
This policy is effective as of Nov 17th, 2023.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at jun@at.studio.