Terms and Conditions

HELLOBUDGIE FOR ANDROID – DATA PRIVACY POLICY

hellobudgie International (Pty) Ltd & Data4Me ("hellobudgie") processes your personal data to deliver and develop better products and services, with full respect for your fundamental right to privacy. hellobudgie ensures the security, quality, accuracy and integrity of your personal data. Part of this process may involve processing your data outside your country of residence. By accepting permission requests and/or providing your personal information to us within the context of one or more of our apps or other products, you are consenting to this Data Privacy Policy (“Policy”) and the collection, use, access, transfer, storage and processing of your personal information as described and outlined in this Policy. Accepting hellobudgie’s Terms also constitutes acceptance of this Policy. This Policy describes data collected by hellobudgie for devices using the Android operating system and platform, why and how it is collected, processed and shared, and the services the client application ("app") provides using this data. It also describes the steps hellobudgie takes to protect your personal information.

DATA COLLECTION REGARDING ADVERTISING FOR REWARDS SERVICE

hellobudgie is a digital service that sends adverts generated on hellobudgie’s servers to the hellobudgie app installed on a device. hellobudgie does not link individual natural persons ("users") to specific usage-related data logged on the hellobudgie servers. hellobudgie servers log the uniform resource locators (URLs), or web addresses, of the web pages users visit, but not the content on the page. The servers also log users' IP-addresses, their device make and model, campaign references for sponsored content and a randomly-generated identifier for the users' app installation. hellobudgie stores and processes usage-related data to provide, debug, maintain and optimise the hellobudgie service including populating recommended content for the app's Discover feature. hellobudgie also uses this data to generate aggregated and anonymised statistics for general internet trend analysis and reporting to hellobudgie’s customers, such as mobile network operators. On the Android platform, hellobudgie uses Google Analytics to measure marketing campaigns. Google Analytics anonymises this data and hellobudgie collects the data to improve its products and services. Where hellobudgie has a contractual relationship with your mobile operator, the mobile operator might send additional data such as your cellphone number together with the web traffic data.

PERMISSIONS AND REASONS FOR DATA COLLECTION

When installing the hellobudgie app, you will be asked to provide the app with certain permissions to access data on your Android device. The following describes the permissions requested, what each permission allows the app to do, and why the app needs to collect this data.  

MEASURE APP STORAGE SPACE

This permission allows hellobudgie to measure the size of the cache files on the device. If the size of the cache is large, hellobudgie can offer to clear the cache in order to speed up device performance.  

DELETE ALL APP CACHE DATA

This permission allows hellobudgie to remove cache files in order to speed up device performance. hellobudgie prompts you before it cleans the cache.

READ INTERNET HISTORY AND BOOKMARKS

This permission allows hellobudgie to view and replicate any bookmarks stored in the standard Android location, where your stock browser likely saves them. hellobudgie displays these bookmarks in its bookmark manager. By request, hellobudgie can use this data to import bookmarks into the app. Importing this data is optional. You must manually initiate the import process; hellobudgie does not manage your device’s bookmark data without your consent. If you import your bookmarks into hellobudgie, this data will be stored in your hellobudgie client app. If you sign in to a hellobudgie account using hellobudgie’s synchronisation service, your data will be collected by hellobudgie’s servers and stored there. Please review the above section concerning how hellobudgie treats data collected to provide synchronisation services for more information.  

PRECISE LOCATION (GPS AND NETWORK-BASED)

This permission allows hellobudgie to access your device’s location based on global-positioning system technology, what network your device uses to access the web, and the strength of your connection to nearby networks. hellobudgie uses your location to display geographically determined ads in your Discover news feed. Providing your location ensures that this content is relevant to you.  

MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR USB STORAGE

This permission allows hellobudgie to access your local file storage on your device. hellobudgie needs this permission to allow you to download files from the web and manage them through the app’s interface.  

TEST ACCESS TO PROTECTED STORAGE

This permission allows hellobudgie to read the contents of external storage discs on your device, including secure digital (SD) cards or hard drives connected to your Android device via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. hellobudgie needs this permission to allow you to open, download to and manage files found on external discs through the app.  

CONTROL NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION

This permission allows hellobudgie to share information between devices using radio frequencies, when the devices are placed near each other. hellobudgie uses this permission to share pages of its active tab between devices. If you place another compatible device nearby, Android will ask if the page location of the active tab should be shared. Both devices must support Near Field Communication (NFC).  

FULL NETWORK ACCESS

This permission allows hellobudgie to access network data through both Wi-Fi and mobile network connections (for example, GPRS, 3G, or EDGE connections). hellobudgie uses this permission to send and receive requests from hellobudgie servers, which fetch and deliver web content to your Android device.  

VIEW NETWORK CONNECTIONS

This permission allows hellobudgie to determine whether your device is connected to Wi-Fi or a mobile network connection (for example, GPRS, 3G, or EDGE connections). hellobudgie uses this information to prompt you when downloading large files on mobile network connections. The app asks whether you want to postpone a large download for a later time when your device is connected via Wi-Fi. This may help you save money or use your data in a more efficient way.  

READ CONTACT DATA

This permission allows hellobudgie to read your device’s contact data or address book. Using this data, you can choose to find your contacts on Facebook through hellobudgie’s interface. hellobudgie prompts you before you opt in to revealing any contact data to it or Facebook. The app will not view or use this data without your consent. This permission allows Facebook certain privileges through its third-party Application Programming Interface (“API”). Please review the section above concerning data collection by third parties.  

PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPING

This permission allows hellobudgie to prevent your device’s processor from sleeping. hellobudgie uses this permission to support syncing services. It keeps the app awake while checking messages from hellobudgie’s servers that inform the app if changes have been made to your hellobudgie account. The next time you open the hellobudgie app, the app syncs with the server and updates to reflect any changes made on other devices.  

VIEW APPLICATIONS IN FOREGROUND

This permission allows hellobudgie to view which applications appear most in the foreground of the Smartphone. hellobudgie can thus offer advertising that complements the applications you are most interested in.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

hellobudgie may have to share your personal identifiable information with other companies or entities (third parties) with which we have a business relationship in order to provide the service you have requested. In the case that hellobudgie has a contractual relationship with your mobile operator, hellobudgie may pass on such additional data to your mobile operator's approved list of partners. Some third-party sites may monitor data sent from hellobudgie, such as numbers of hits and the search terms used. hellobudgie does not send personally identifiable information to these services. hellobudgie collects anonymised device information on Android (Android ID or Advertising ID) to improve its products and measure marketing campaigns. hellobudgie may share this data with hellobudgie's marketing partners/customers. hellobudgie reserves the right to disclose any stored data as required by law or if the company believes that disclosure is necessary to protect its rights and/or comply with judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

hellobudgie has appropriate technical and security measures in place to prevent unauthorised or unlawful access to, or accidental loss, dissemination, destruction or damage of, your personal information. Your personal details are stored on a secure server outside your country of residence, with appropriate firewall protection in place. While we are unable to guarantee 100% security, we endeavour to make it as hard as possible for a hacker to decrypt and use your details in a malicious way.

POLICY UPDATES

Any updates or changes to hellobudgie’s Policy will be available to view or download at http://www.hellobudgie.com/termsanddconditions/android/data As a hellobudgie user, we urge you to visit this webpage from time to time to familiarise yourself with the latest version of the Policy.