Brief Overview
By accessing the Doulos App, you agree to this Privacy Policy and its terms. Your use of the Doulos App is governed by our Terms of Use. Please read these terms carefully to understand the rules and policies that you must abide by to use the Doulos App and all other technologies that fall under the Doulos umbrella of services.
Summary
This privacy policy outlines the types of data we collect from your interaction with and use of the Doulos App, as well as how we use that information to enhance your Doulos App experience. When you create a Doulos App account or use any other technologies under the Doulos umbrella of services, the information we collect is for the purpose of offering a more personalized experience.
Your privacy is protected.
We take the privacy of information you provide and the information we collect seriously and we implement reasonable security safeguards designed to protect your data as discussed below. We do not share your personally identifiable information with any third-party advertisers or ad networks for third-party advertising purposes.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
The functionality you request determines what information we collect. You may decline to submit personal information to us; however, that may restrict our ability to provide you with certain services or functionality within the Doulos App. The personal information we collect and the use of that information is described below.
Personal Information You Provide to Us.
To create a Doulos App account, we require that you provide a first name, last name, username, and a valid email address. We will use this information to link you with your specific Doulos App account. After you have created such an account, you may choose to provide your gender, age, website, brief biography, a profile picture and other information you choose to provide when such information can be collected by the Doulos App. Such additional information will also be associated with the Doulos App account.
Your User Contributions
The Doulos App allows users to publish, distribute, and display certain content to their Circles or to their Followers, or privately to one's own Journal. Posts may be made on public areas of the Doulos App (such as public posts to Followers), websites and social media accounts you access through the Doulos App, or transmitted to other users of the Doulos App or third parties you choose to connect with on other platforms or services.
Your User Contributions are processed by us to facilitate your ability to use, store, and distribute the User Contribution as you choose. We will associate your User Contributions to your account as long as you opt not to delete such contributions. Keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in a public manner, whether through public posts to Circles or Followers, or any associated social media, message boards or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others. User Contributions are posted and transmitted at your own risk. We have no control over the actions of other users or third parties with whom you choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your shared User Contributions will not be viewed by or used in an unauthorized manner. We do not accept any liability associated with your User Contributions.
Communications from You to Us.
We collect information about you when you send, receive, or engage with messages from us, including when you submit personal information or requests by email or phone call. We may keep a record of such communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve the Doulos App and other technologies under the Doulos Umbrella of services.
Automatic Data Collection Technologies
By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies (ie. web beacons, pixels, tags, and device identifiers which we will collectively reference as “cookies”) as described in this policy. If you use the Doulos App without changing your browser or device settings to disable cookies, we will assume that you consent to receive all cookies provided through the Doulos App.
Cookies and Other Similar Technologies
Cookies are used to identify and recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across the different applications and technologies within the Doulos Umbrella of services. Cookies help facilitate the best possible user experience of the Doulos App as these cookies allow us to recognize you and maintain your user preferences from session to session, and these cookies help us keep your account safe and generally improve the service and functionality of the products and services under the Doulos Umbrella of technologies. We do NOT use cookies or similar technologies to facilitate interest-based ads for third-party goods or services and we do not participate in any ad networks.
We use cookies to collect information on your use of the Doulos App (including IP location data, logs, browser type, browser language, functionality requested, traffic data, the timing of requests, and other such emerging technologies), and other communication data and the resources that you access, use, create on or through the Doulos App. We use this information to provide a tailored experience of the Doulos App for you and to communicate with you more effectively. The information is also collected to determine the aggregate number of unique devices using the Doulos App and other services under the Doulos Umbrella of technologies, track total usage, analyze usage data, and improve the Doulos App functionality for all users and members who participate in the ecosystem. We may combine this information to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our service.
Attribution Providers
We advertise the Doulos App on third party websites such as Facebook and Google and use third-party software to attribute a download of the Doulos App to the advertisement placed on a third-party site. We may provide these third parties with aggregate, de-identified information concerning ads placed on their sites and the Doulos App downloads that result from such ads. We do not sell your information to any third parties nor do we allow our service providers to sell your personal information to third parties or use your personal information to solicit the sale of third-party goods or services.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you and that you provide to us as well as the inferences we make from that information as follows. To provide, support, and personalize the Doulos App and functionality you request;To create, maintain, customize, and secure your Doulos App account, if any;To process your requests and respond to your inquiries;To provide information on other services or products under the Doulos Umbrella of technologies. To maintain the safety, security, and integrity of the Doulos App and the infrastructure that facilitates use of the Doulos App. For internal development of the Doulos App and our other products and services;For internal analysis of use of the Doulos App and related technologies;To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights under applicable law, including our rights and obligations under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use;To provide local ministries, churches, and organizations, to which you identify and voluntarily subscribe, aggregate, non-personally identifiable information for their use and analysis;As described in this Privacy Policy;In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; andFor any other purpose with your consent.
Membership
We use the personal information you provide to create and maintain your unique Doulos App account. We also use this information to authenticate and authorize your access to your account. We store this information and other information pertaining to your use of the Doulos App in connection with your unique account as long as you have an active account (active meaning created and not deleted).
Circles and Followers
The Doulos App will allow you to communicate with and connect with other Doulos App users to share User Contributions and other content. It is your choice whether to communicate or connect with other Users and to share your information or User Contributions.
To facilitate connections with other Doulos App users, you will be given the choice of whether to share the contact information stored on your device. You do not have to share this information to use the Doulos App or to connect with any particular User. If you decide to share this information, it will only be used to try and associate your contacts with other Users of the Doulos App to create potential connections. This data will be stored by us for as long as you have an active User account on the Doulos App.
Doulos App Content
We collect the manner in which you use the Doulos App and its content such as public and private journal posts, highlights, and other User Contributions. We process this information to give you access and use the content you create or wish to access through each session of use of the Doulos App.
You will have the choice of whether to download certain content or User Contributions to your device. You will also have the choice of whether to allow the Doulos App to access your device’s storage to add or modify this downloaded content. Access to your device’s storage is only used by the Doulos App for downloading this requested content to your device.
It is your choice to create, access or store the Doulos app information and content. If you do, we will store it in association with your User account. We may use information about your use of the Doulos App and the inferences we make from that use to provide recommendations to you of other content or services within the Doulos Umbrella of technologies.
Communications from Us to You.
We communicate with you through push notifications, email, or in app-messages.
We use data we have about you and inferences we make from that data to recommend certain content and functionality as well as additional products and services under the Doulos Umbrella of technologies. We may combine the information you provide us with information we collect through other means.
Analytics and Performance
We internally analyze the personal data available to us and the use of the Doulos App content (including User Contributions) as well as the inferences we make from that data, to observe social, economic, and geographic trends as they pertain to the Doulos App content. In some cases, we work with trusted third parties to perform this research under controls that are designed to protect your privacy. We may disclose use of the Doulos App in an aggregated manner with de-identified and anonymized information that does not disclose any particular user or any personally-identifying information.
We also use non-personally identifiable, aggregate user data to market the Doulos App including communications that promote participation in the Doulos App ecosystem. We use all data to conduct internal research and development in order to provide a better experience for all Users, measure the performance of the Doulos App, and increase the use of the Doulos App and its features.
Sensitive Data
We do not require that users provide information such as beliefs to us or provide any other sensitive data such as race, ethnicity, philosophical beliefs, or physical or mental health to use the Doulos App or as a User. You will have the option with certain functionality to create, store, and share thoughts and messages related to the Doulos App content. It is your choice to provide sensitive information within the User Contributions you create and share. If you choose to provide any sensitive information, we may use that information with other non-sensitive information to create a more personalized experience on the Doulos app and to perform the services and actions you request such as sharing or storing content.
Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell or share your personal data with any third party advertisers or ad networks for advertising purposes. We may disclose your personal information to third parties in order to enable our ability to provide the Doulos App.
Disclosure on Your Behalf
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to fulfill our obligations under our Terms of Use, to accomplish the purpose for which you provide it, for any other purpose you request when you provide the information, or for any other purpose for which we have your consent.
Disclosure by You
When you share information through the Doulos App, that information may be viewable by you or by anyone else you choose to share it with. If you give access to your Doulos App account to other applications or services, based on your approval, those services would then have access to your shared information. The use, collection, and protection of your data by such third-party services is subject to those third parties’ policies.
Internal Disclosure
We will process your personal data internally to help combine personal information covered across the different aspects of the Doulos App and other services under the Doulos Umbrella of technologies to help provide services to you in a manner that is personalized and useful to you and others.
Service Providers
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use solely to support the Doulos App.
Legal Process
It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. We attempt to notify Users about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgement, unless prohibited by law or court order or in an emergency request.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices and services within the Doulos App and other services under the Doulos Umbrella of technologies.
We will post any changes to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we process our users’ personal information, we will provide a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated. The date the Privacy Policy was last modified is identified at the beginning of the Policy. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date and deliverable email address for you and for periodically visiting this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Info
To ask any questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, you may contact us at thedoulosapp@gmail.com.