Acceptance of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for the darb al wosoul Android App

Last updated: December 15, 2023

These terms of service and privacy policies are entered into by and between You and The Discipleship Platform, LLC (“Organization“, “we” or “us“). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, this “Privacy Policy”, and these “Terms of Service“), govern your access to and use of the darb al wosoul Android App.

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the App. By accessing or using this App, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this App after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. This Privacy Policy is fully compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you use the App and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

By use of our service, you agree with our Privacy Policy (see below) and the data practices described therein. You also agree that such data as we maintain may be transferred to the United States or any other country where we have facilities, service providers, or partners.

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns about this policy, contact our data protection officer: [email protected]

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • App refers to darb al wosoul, the software application provided by the Organization.
  • Device means any device that can access the App such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Service refers to the Application or the Website or both.
  • 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.
  • 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.

This policy applies to information we collect (although we may or may not utilize all these collection methods):

We Do Not Collect Unique Device Data

Such as an IMEI number, MAC address, Firebase installation ID, or advertising identifier.

We Do Not Collect Personally Identifiable Information that can be used to Contact or Identify You

Personal and sensitive user data includes, but isn't limited to, personally identifiable information, financial and payment information, authentication information, phonebook, contacts, device location, SMS and call-related data, health data, cookies, web beacons, microphone, camera, and other sensitive device or usage data

The Organization does not sell, rent, or monetize your data in any way.

Online Usage Data Collection

The App can be used completely offline. The App only connects to the Internet when initiated by You.

Through the App you may access and download from a Website, which provides dedicated non-browser-based interaction between You, the App and the Website. Minimal data is collected automatically when using the Service. Online Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages. This data allow us to reliably and securely offer Our Services.

We do Collect Anonymized App Usage Data

Anonymized App Data means there is no way to attribute app use to a specific person, user, device or app install. Furthermore, you may easily opt out of this within the App.

Anonymized App Data We Collect:

  • How the App is being used and performing
  • How Content is being used and performing
  • Anonymized Device info (make/model/android version/crash data) - to make sure the app is functioning well on the devices making use of it.

Local Data Access

The App asks for various permissions to access data on your device. These requests are displayed clearly in the App. For example, permissions to access your location and camera are needed to share files App to App. However, your location information is not sent to our servers and remains on your device.

Storage and Retention Policy:

  • We retain no personally identifiable information or sensitive data
  • Anonymized Online and App Usage Data is retained indefinitely in order to secure, analyze and operate our Services.

Data Sharing with Service Providers and Affiliates

We may share this data with Service Providers to monitor, secure and analyze the use of our Service or to offer the Service. We may share this data 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.

Third Parties

Since we are unable to control how outside third parties collect and use information, this policy does not apply to information collected by any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries).

You may voluntarily transmit personal data via email, text, and other electronic data between you and us, however, such information is controlled by third parties outside our control.

Our Services may allow you to access, use, or interact with third-party websites, apps, content, and other products and services. When you use third-party services, their terms and privacy policies govern your use of those services.

Our Services 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.

Children’s Privacy

You must be at least 13 years old to use our Services. The minimum age to use our Services without parental approval may be higher in your home country. Our Service does not target anyone under the age of 13. Furthermore, we do not collect personally identifiable information from anyone at any age. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us so we may delete it.

The App may include content from various Copyright Holders and with different licenses. You must use these materials according to their specific licenses.

If you believe your original copyright-protected is published in the App without authorization, please contact us. In a timely manner we will respond in accordance with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act to resolve the issue.

Please send an email in English to: [email protected] Subject: DMCA agent

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. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top 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.

Terms of Service

By using our Services you agree to these Terms of Service (“Terms”).

Legal and Acceptable Use.

You must use our Services according to our Terms and posted Policies.

You agree to use our Services only for legal, authorized, and acceptable purposes. You will not use, assist others to use, or encourage others to use our Services in ways that violate or infringe the rights of The Organization, our users, or others including privacy, publicity, intellectual property, or other proprietary rights.

Harm to The Organization.

You must not, assist others, or encourage others to access, use, modify, distribute, transfer, or exploit our Services in unauthorized manners, or ways that harm The Organization, our Services, or systems, including but not limited to attempting to or gaining unauthorized access to our Services or systems, disrupting the integrity or performance of our Services, collecting information about our users or Services in an unauthorized manner, and selling, renting, or charging for our Services.

Your rights and license with The Organization

  • Your Rights. You retain any rights to the information you submit or share using our Services which you legally had prior to sharing it.
  • Our Rights. We retain all rights to all copyrights, trademarks, domains, logos, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights associated with our Services. You may not use our copyrights, trademarks, domains, logos, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property without our written permission.
  • Service License. The Organization grants you a free, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our Services in accordance with these terms.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available from the internet or the Services will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE ORGANIZATION NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE ORGANIZATION NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICES, ITS CONTENT OR ANY ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

THE ORGANIZATION HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE ORGANIZATION, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THEM, ANY CONTENT PROVIDED BY THE SERVICES OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Organization, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Service or your use of the App.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Services and these Terms of Service and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of Delaware or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Service or the Services shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Delaware, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Service in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Termination

You may end these Terms with the Organization at any time by deleting our Services from your device and discontinuing use of any and all of our Services.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the Organization of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Service shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Organization to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Service is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Service will continue in full force and effect.

Changes to the Terms of Service

We may revise and update these Terms of Service from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Services thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Website.

Your continued use of the Services following the posting of revised Terms of Service and Privacy Policy means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this our Terms from time to time so you are aware of any changes.

Entire Agreement

The Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the Organization and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Services.