PinIt LLC offers PinIt! as a Free-To-Use Service. This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use Our Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. 

Please note, we will never use or share user information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

  i. Interpretation

The words in which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.

  ii. Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Application means the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device, named PinIt!.
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “the Platform”, “the Service”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to PinIt!.
  • Country refers to Colorado, United States.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Application.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Data Controller is the entity that determines the purposes for and means of collecting and processing personal data (for example, a mobile app that decides what data is collected, how it is collected, and for what purpose, classifies as a Data Controller).
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Usage Data

We describe the Usage Data in detail in the next section of this Privacy Policy.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

PinIt LLC utilizes MixPanel to collect Usage Data which is used to generate reports to further understand user workflows. 

MixPanel’s privacy policy can be found at https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy/ (external website).

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends when You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services, or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

  i. Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

  ii. Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

  iii. Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is very important to Us. That is why All User data is only stored locally (offline) on the device and is only accessible to the User. 

PinIt LLC provides multiple built-in security measures (such as Protected Pins) that help the Users in keeping Their personal data protected from any unauthorized access. 

PinIt LLC has no avenues to read or access Your Personal Data. This data remains private and local to Youe device, unless You choose to share it with another party via the in-app sharing capabilities. 

Protected Pins

PinIt LLC offers Protected Pins as an extra layer of security to Our Users to protect Their Personal Data. Pins that have become protected via Passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID are protected by the native device security. If the native device security is disabled, Protected Pins will temporarily become unavailable to access until the device’s system password is set again. PinIt LLC has no way to view, unlock, or recover Your Protected Pins.

Data Loss

PinIt LLC is not responsible for any loss, deletion, corruption, or misuse of data on Our Platform. You as a User are responsible for the creation, saving, sharing, and managing of your data within PinIt!. Once Your Data is deleted, it undergoes a permanent deletion process. Thus, it cannot be restored back to Your device. 

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

PinIt LLC is a Data Controller of Your Information. 

The legal basis for collecting and using Your Personal Information is thoroughly described in this Privacy Policy. You may request removal of Your Personal Information at any time. To do so, please contact Us at support@thepinitapp.com.

While using the PinIt! Service, You have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update, or to delete the information we have on You
  • The right of rectification
  • The right to object
  • The right of restriction
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to withdraw consent

Children’s Privacy

The Pinit! Service is designed for adults. Therefore, we do not intend to collect personal information from children under the age of 16.

If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us at support@thepinitapp.com. If We learn that We have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services. You as a User are responsible for any third party materials saved and accessed through Our Platform, such as but not limited to website links or services.

PinIt LLC is not to be held accountable for any law violating actions that the Users may perform within Our Platform. Such actions may include, but are not limited to, those which may result in harm to others or violations of local, state, federal, or international laws.

Consent

By using PinIt! Service, You hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to all of its terms. You also consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

As PinIt LLC and its Business expands, We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will indicate each update prior to it becoming effective by making changes to the “Last updated” date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

PinIt LLC welcomes any feedback regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Policy, please contact us by email at: