This Privacy Policy of LINE Plus Corporation,. ("Sway", "we", "us", or "our") applies to the operations of Sway that we offer through our mobile application(the “App”) or websites at www.swaytime.me (collectively, the "Services"). It provides the policies and procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing the information of each visitor to or user of the Services ("you", "your", or the "User").
In this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”), which describes what information we collect and what it's used for. We take protecting your privacy seriously, and we want you to understand exactly how and why we use your information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Your use of and/or registration will constitute your agreement to our policy and your full consent to the scope and purposes of our collection, processing and use of your personal information as described herein. If you cannot agree to the terms and conditions set forth below, please do not use our Services.
What Information We Collect
Registration Information
When you first launch the App, we assign you a user profile and collect the personal information you provide to create your user profile. Sway allows you to sign up and log in using your Facebook account/or Google account. Please note that, in any cases, we do not collect your Facebook/or Google password.
Information from other sources
If you sign up using Facebook, Facebook will ask your permission to share certain information from your Facebook account with Sway. This includes your first name, last name and email address. This information is collected by Facebook and is provided to us under the terms of Facebook's privacy policy. You can control the information that we receive from Facebook using the privacy settings in your Facebook account.
You can sign up and log in to Sway using your Google account. When you sign up using Google+, Google will ask your permission to share certain information from your Google account with Sway. This includes your first name, last name, email address in order for us to verify your identity and gender, a link to your Google+ profile, your profile picture, and your list of friends. This information is collected by Google and is provided to us under the terms of Google's privacy policy.
We may also collect the following information:
Information you give us
You choose to give us certain information when using our services. This includes:
When you complete your profile, you can share with us additional information, such as details on your gender, date of birth, personality, lifestyle, interests and other details about you, as well as content such as photos.
We may also collect your email address when you use certain services within the App.
Of course, we also process your chats with other users as well as the content you publish, as part of the operation of the services.
Cookies
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject first- and third-party cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
Information We Collect Automatically
We may automatically collect information about your use of the Services such as: access time, device ID or other unique identifier; IP address; language information; device name and model; locale and timezone; identifiers for advertisers such as ADID or IDFA; geo-location data; carrier provider; operating system information; your activities within the Services; and the length of time that you are logged in. We may combine this information with other information that we have collected about you.
How We Use Information We Collect
In general, we use the information we collect from and about you to provide and operate the Services, respond to your requests, and to provide customer service and technical support. We may store and use information:
How We Share Information
Service Providers
We may disclose the information we collect to third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform functions on our behalf.
Business Transfers
We may transfer the information we have collected to another company in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
Third Parties and Partners
We may share the information with our third party partners, including advertisers and researchers. For example, if you post content that mentions one of our advertisers, we may share that content with them. Or, we may work with a researcher to analyze the content on a particular feed.
In Response to Legal Process
We also may disclose the information in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, subpoena, or other legal process. For example, we may share your IP address or other identifier, your location information, or any other information we have collected about you and your device.
To Protect Us and Others
We also may disclose information if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which Sway is involved.
Aggregate and De-Identified Information
We may also share aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research or similar purposes.
Push Notifications/Alerts
We may send push notifications or alerts to your device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your device or by changing your Sway settings.
Third Party Analytics
We may use automated devices and applications, included those offered by third parties to evaluate usage of our Services. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate our Services. We use these tools to help us improve our Services, performance and user experiences. The information collected may include unique device identifiers, device manufacturer and operating system, IP address, browser type, session start/stop time, and user activity.
Third-Party Links
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Policy, but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third party websites.
Children Under 18
Our services are restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you believe someone 12 or younger is using our site without parental consent, please contact us.
Contact Us
If you have questions about the privacy aspects of our Services or would like to make a complaint, please contact us.
Changes to this Policy
This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. . Your continuing use of our Services after any change to this Policy has been issued constitutes your full agreement and consent to such updated Policy.