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This Privacy Policy describes how Greenarea ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our website greenarea.org (the "Site") and the services provided through it (the "Services").
By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide, operate, and improve our Services.
a) Information You Provide Directly:
Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, username, and password. If you upgrade to a premium plan, we collect payment information processed by our third-party payment processors (Stripe, PayPal).
Profile Information: If you use our Bio Profile feature, we collect the links, social media handles, images, and customization preferences you add.
Link and Campaign Data: We collect the long URLs you shorten, along with any associated data you provide, such as custom slugs, geotargeting rules, device targets, UTM parameters, pixels, and splash page preferences.
QR Code Data: We collect the data you encode into QR codes and your customization choices (logos, colors, shapes).
Communications: Information you provide when you contact us for support or with inquiries.
b) Information Collected Automatically:
Click & Scan Data: When someone uses a shortlink or scans a QR code created with our service, we automatically collect information about the click/scan. This includes:
Technical Information: IP address, browser type and version, device type (mobile/desktop/tablet), operating system, and referring website/application.
Geolocation Data: We derive approximate location (country, region, and city) from the IP address to provide geotargeting and analytics.
Timestamp: The date and time of the access.
Usage Data: We collect information on how you interact with our Site and dashboard, such as pages visited, features used, and time spent.
c) Information from Third Parties:
Social Login: If you choose to log in via Facebook, Twitter, or Google, we receive your name and email address from that service as authorized by your privacy settings on that platform.
Payment Processors: We receive information related to your subscription status and payment confirmation from our payment partners (Stripe, PayPal), but we do not store your full payment card details.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide and Maintain Our Services: To create short links, generate QR codes and bio profiles, implement your targeting rules, track clicks and scans, and manage your account.
To Process Payments: To manage your premium membership and subscriptions.
To Communicate with You: To send you service-related announcements, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages.
To Improve Our Services: To analyze trends, track how users interact with our Services, and make improvements to our features and user experience.
To Ensure Security: To monitor and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents.
For Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using personal information is:
Performance of a Contract: To fulfill our obligations to you under our Terms of Service.
Consent: Where you have given us consent, such as for using certain cookies or for marketing communications.
Legitimate Interests: To operate our business and provide our Services, where your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share it in the following limited circumstances:
With Your Consent: We will share information with third parties when you direct us to, such as when you use Zapier integrations.
Service Providers: We employ trusted third-party companies to facilitate our Services (e.g., cloud hosting, analytics, payment processing, customer support). These providers have access to your information only to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
5. Data Retention
We retain the link and click/scan data associated with your account for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. You can delete individual links and clear your history at any time.
We retain your account information for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter in case you wish to reactivate it.
We retain information for longer if required for legal, tax, or accounting reasons.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Insert Data Request Email Address].
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
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 and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or your rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@greenarea.org